An “economical” ski resort. Oxymoron? Not here in Park City, where the local newspaper of record yesterday quotes Park City Lodging Association president Paul Christensen: “[Our] association just wants to convince people to choose Park City over Aspen or Vail.” Now that’s penny-pinching, according to the Park Record.
Perhaps that’s 4K per week instead of 6K for a furnished rental. The local high school had several bouts of fireworks for graduation last week. All I can say is that I saw it from here and it was more expensive than the Mayville Fire Department musters up for July 4th. I love July 4th on the lake, sitting on the shore and knowing the volunteer firefighters are out there showing us their best. That is is their best makes it even better than Houston’s largest land-based fireworks in the nation, which I’ve watched from next door for the past few years (sorry Paula – she runs it), it’s a hometown emotional thing.
Front page, above the fold, demonstrates that there may be as many as 35 gang members in the County, so “Sheriff Widens Anti-Gang Operations.” These aren’t just gang members, they’re “documented” gang members. Oooooh. That in itself should guarantee me the right to carry a firearm and have an attack dog in the back of my pickup for protection. Right now Zoe, with tail wagging full tilt, might be able to persuade a toddler just learning to walk, to sit down to pet her while being licked.
So much for the Park Record and the Chamber’s marketing efforts to “not make Park City seem real expensive” as this body advertises in Sunset, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair magazines.
Yes, people are trying to sell off their vacation homes in droves (no buyers) and there’s a 60% vacancy rate in housing but vacant lots are still selling for a million an acre. Now there’s a father’s day gift he’ll remember. An unimproved acre near the slopes. It’s not too late… Dee
Cooking with Dee 