Reasons I love Aspen

December 13, 2018

Reasons I love Aspen

I'm in Aspen for the seventh time—I love it here. It's the quintessential (super rich, very fancy) small American town and if I had a bazillion dollars I could see myself living here, at least part of the year. Here's an incomplete and very random list of reasons I love Aspen, Colorado.

The manageable, walk-able size of town.
Hickory House Barbecue (get the ribs)
The shopping (all the usual luxury suspects)
Speaking of shopping, there's an Aviator Nation here, they make my favorite sweatpants in the world.
The relaxed outdoor recreation culture
You don't need to dress up, pretty much ever.
The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen is the best food festival in America.
The luxury condos and all the marble and dark wood furniture.
The luxury hotels and hotel dining. I love a good hotel lobby bar and this place has them in spades.
Great restaurants everywhere
The oxygen bar at the St. Regis is one of my favorite places, having those tubes stuck up my nose and lounging in a pile of faux fur blankets makes me feel like Edina from AbFab.
The air
All the people I've ever met who live here full-time are A+++++ humans.

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I'm a writer, editor, and digital content strategist based in New York City and Oxford, UK. Previously, I was the Chief Content Officer at Tatler Asia, where I oversaw eight editions of the print and digital publication in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Before living in Hong Kong, I spent a career lifetime in New York where I was the Digital Director at Food & Wine, the Digital Director at WWD, the Editor at Large at Glamour, and the Executive Editor at Epicurious. My first book was published by HarperCollins in 2006. I majored in Linguistics at Dartmouth, did a Masters in Women's Studies at Oxford University, and earned an MA Fashion, with distinction, from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.