At first glance, Bob Puglisi looks as though he should be a character in a film. He’s reached an age of …

The man of many cloths At the Crested Butte Ski School, instructor Rick Barton is exchanging warm, comical banter with a …

Unbound Energy For a streamlined design that is the epitome of slick Ikea digs, Bart Laemmel’s home is surprisingly warm with …

Just a Small Town Boy In between fragments of barely audible sentences, the grill flames are stabbing the air with sizzling …

Poised between two guitarists, Patti Gast is more a folk singer in modern times with her smooth voice, skirt below the …

Her smile is almost bigger than she is, and her name, Cricket, a tiny creature with a melodic story, perfectly fits …

The Gentle Grizzly In this town, some are legends known only by a single name and most of the time it’s …

Coloring her own world  Is it any wonder that a child raised by cultured hippie parents would grow up to paint …

On the road to Cattlemen’s Days It’s hard not to smile a mile in the presence of Margo Patton-Blair. Pretense-free, she …

A True American Tale “They said that was my name. I was there when they named me but I don’t remember …

BORN TO BE WILD   Me? I’m not worthy,” laughs the Royal Has-Been Flauschink Queen Paula Dietrich when asked to be …

He was hired out of Hiram College in Ohio because of the well-known Midwestern work ethic, which was presumably better than …

Keeping Busy   Two young boys sit at attention with necks stretched up to catch the earliest glimpse of the dishes …

A Class Act King of the Crystal Palace   He’s submersed comfortably into a blue velvet couch in the lobby of …

There’s more than one way to be a ski bum(mette)!   When Danica Baker moved to Crested Butte during the fall …