Just because you don’t own a summer house on a lake doesn’t mean you can’t have the same "summer-house-on-the-lake" experience this year.
Book Tamarack Resort’s "Summer Splash" package and enjoy lazy days on Idaho’s Cascade Lake and cozy nights in your own private home. Choose the lodging best suited for your getaway and pair it with either a four-hour luxury pontoon boat rental, a run-about boat with tube and rope, or a credit toward any other marina rental.
Prices start at $183 per guest, per lodging night, based on five-person occupancy in an Estate Home, and are valid June 27 - August 31, 2008.
For more information on this and other Tamarack packages, call (866) 649-6903 or visit Tamarack’s Web site by clicking here.
Selamat Designs is celebrating its 20th anniversary this July and you get a present!
From Tuesday, July 1, to Monday, July 28, take 20% off the designer’s entire line, which includes ultra-luxe occasional furniture and accessories.
Best of all, you don’t have to fight the crowds for this sale. The discount applies to all orders from the Web site and through the trade, so log on to www.selamatdesigns.com today and see what you can’t live without!
Love the new "furniture look" that’s so popular in kitchen appliances these days?
The new Asian-inspired TansuChill refrigerator by Troy Adams looks like an elegant armoire, but open the doors and you’ll find a Sub-Zero™ refrigerator and freezer unit. (A wine-storage unit is also available in addition to the fridge-and-freezer combo).
Choose from the Sahara Dark Wood Veneer Finish and the Flamed Wenge Wood Veneer Finish, both by StudioBecker™; the handle and drawer pulls are in satin nickel.
Retail price for the TansuChill shown here is $22,949(!).
The Jackson Hole Art Auction, which will take place this September 20 at the Center for the Arts in Jackson, Wyoming, may be a few months away, but it’s not too soon to take a look at the items up for bid.
Highlights include gorgeous oils by the likes of Howard Terpning, John Clymer and E. Martin Hennings; bronzes by Grant Speed and David Schaefer, and striking pieces in pencil on paper by Wilhelm Kuhnert.
John Clymer, 1907-1989, "Rocky Trail", Oil on Board, 15 x 30
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Center for the Arts.
Wondering where we’ve been for the past few weeks?
Working on our biggest issue ever, that’s where!
At this very moment, our art directors are sending our Third Annual Real Estate Issue off to the printer. You’ll have to wait until September to see this year’s top places to build and buy in the West, but here’s a little preview (it’s one of our favorites!):
Have you entered Mountain Living’s latest Win This! contest yet?
We’ve had lots of great prizes in the past, but this one—an entire furniture collection from Old Hickory Furniture Co. or a weeklong vacation in the heart of the high country — is really amazing.
The lucky winner will receive one of two grand prizes:
1. A weeklong getaway at the historic Old Faithful Inn, or
2. A roomful of heirloom furniture from Old Hickory’s new Yellowstone Collection including:
Yellowstone Collection Match Bed: Est. Retail Price: $1890
Yellowstone Collection Nightstand: Est. Retail Price: $742.50
Yellowstone Collection Bench: Est. Retail Price: $675
Yellowstone Collection Dresser: Est. Retail Price: $1687.50
Yellowstone Collection Mirror: Est. Retail Price: $675
Yellowstone Collection 5-Drawer Chest: Est. Retail Price: $2025
Yellowstone Collection Desk: Est. Retail Price: $1215
Yellowstone Collection Chair: Est. Retail Price: $675
Yellowstone Collection Lamp: Est. Retail Price: $270
Yellowstone Collection Wall Rack: Est. Retail Price: $202.50
Yellowstone Collection Frame & Print: Est. Retail Price: $675
Yellowstone Collection Bedding: Est. Retail Price: $1350
If our calculations are correct, that’s more than $12,000 worth of furniture (which might explain why some of you have been faithfully entering every day)!
Looking to dress up your drab concrete patio or walkway? We love Accents Con Agua’s leafy solution.
Its new Leaves 365 line includes remarkably realistic slate and porcelain leaves that can be inlaid in everything from walkways to patios and pools, tabletops to backsplashes, fireplaces, bathrooms and mosaics.
Leaves 365 is available in sets of individual leaf tiles, six-in-square stone tiles with inlaid stone leaves, or the popular "Backsplash in a Box" and "Mosaic Rug in a Box" sets.
Who knew that Hawaii was home to some of the biggest mountains in the world? And who would have guessed that a Colorado girl like me, who’s used to living at 6,000 feet, would have been the only person to suffer from hypoxia at the top of one of them? (To make matters worse, everyone else was from New York and L.A. — oh, and Cincinnati, too.)
Here’s the story: I signed up for the Mauna Kea Summit & Stars Adventure, led by Hawaii Forest & Trail, which is by the way, one of the best guide services I’ve encountered.
After a few hours of getting tossed around on the bumpy road—Saddle Road is the name and most rental car contracts forbid you to take it— leading up to the 13,796-foot-high summit (can you believe that? If you measure the mountain from its base, it’s more than 33,000 feet high!) we reached the top, just in time for the sunset. We stayed at the top for a while, marveling at the giant, building-size telescopes perched there (shown at top left), and watched as the International Space Station flew overhead. And, this was really cool: Take a look at the second picture from the top. That’s not another mountain, it’s the shadow of Mauna Kea. If you look really closely, you can see me waving.
Then, the hypoxia set in. It’s really just a shortage of oxygen, not really a big deal and pretty common at that height, but still, I was pretty disappointed in myself.
So, before our driver succumbed too, we all piled back into the van and headed down to 9,000 feet, where we set up telescopes and took in the night sky, including an amazing full moon. Here’s an interesting fact: Mauna Kea is a coveted stargazing spot, because from there, one can see the entire northern hemisphere sky, and 80 percent of the southern hemisphere. The Southern Cross was in clear view.
Now, if this sounds like a lot of fun to you, visit www.hawaii-forest.com and check out the details of this adventure and many more. The Kilauea Volcano adventure is pretty cool too, especially now, as the volcano is active.
Photos courtesy Christine DeOrio and Hawaii Forest & Trail
You don’t have to twist our arm to get us to stay at a Four Seasons property. The rooms are luxurious, the cuisine to die for, and the service, well, it’s second to none. But alas, a stay can sometimes require a twist (or a complete wringing-out) of the wallet.
Well, this summer, many Four Seasons properties are offering deals that will make it a little bit easier to get the summer vacation you’ve been dreaming of. There are three offers to choose from:
Stay Longer offers a complimentary night
Experience More features a hotel or resort credit
Bed and Breakfast includes daily breakfast for two
Next, you’ll have to decide where you want to go. Each property offers one incentive, so log on to www.fourseasons.com to check them out.
May we offer a few suggestions? Choose Jackson Hole and you’ll be lounging in bed, sipping a mimosa in the shadow of the Tetons in no time. Or score a precious extra day in Whistler or Vancouver (Can’t decide? They’re pretty close together, so why not visit both?).
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