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A More Frenchie Me on the Main Street of Telluride

Well, I’ve done it.  Or at least it’s the beginning.  A totally non-tech savvy person such as myself managed to get a blog up and running.  I’ve been hungry to share with you the many discoveries I make throughout my travels and at home here in Telluride, Colorado.    I’m constantly finding a shop, hotel, restaurant, spa, product or other attraction (including people!) that I want to report on.

I also wanted to be able to reveal to you a little bit more of moi since so many people seem to be curious about how I came to live in Paris, France for over a decade, then traded it out for a totally different lifestyle in the Rocky Mountains.  Actually there are many similarities between Paris and Telluride:  both are amazingly beautiful, culturally rich, sophisticated places.  Most of the people you find living in Paris and Telluride tend to be open-minded and rather nonconformist.  And visitors to these world-renowned destinations often stand awestruck by the beauty and grandeur of these locales, whether it be manmade or natural.

Full disclosure:  I didn’t set up this blog by myself.  Thank you to fellow Telluriders Mary Dawn DeBraie, from Alpen Schatz, and her partner, Michael Mowery, for helping to kick-start the process.  Mary Dawn and I share a passion for well-crafted European goods and alpine art de vivre.

Many thanks to Jim Berkowitz who stepped in at the eleventh hour to put me in touch with the right person that could get my blog up and rolling.  Jim is a computer whizz who also happens to be part of the KOTO family, the same Telluride-based radio station where I produce Travel Fun, my talk show on travel.  Jim’s show, Jazz Beat, is a nationally-recognized program that’s a must for neophytes and jazz aficionados alike.

Cary Snowden and Jessie, from Square Compass, are just the right people that I found out about through Jim.  I greatly appreciate all that they did to help me.

Thank you to Roy Steele, from Inside Outside Design, for the creative input.  I worked with Roy for over seven years on TheRichesof Web site and enjoyed getting to know him both professionally and personally.  (Know that this blog will completely replace that site.)

I extend un très grand merci to Mark Eversman, from Paris Notes.  Mark has encouraged, coaxed, and prodded me along throughout this whole blog development, an arduous task that lasted the better part of a year.  He has pushed me to better define myself in order to cohesively present my mélange of interests (and perhaps personalities!) to my audience.  I feel very fortunate to be the recipient of his advice since I consider his Paris Notes Web site and newsletter to be la référence for information and stories about the French capital.  We had met only once some thirteen years ago tucked within the haute décor of the newly opened Café Marly in Paris.  We have, however, enjoyed (for the most part) an engaging relationship by phone and e-mail throughout the years, especially this past year.  Sometimes I adore him; other times I think he’s a pain in the you-know-what.  I’m quite sure he’d say the same about me.  More on Mark later…