1UP Bar

Remember the days when you got so psyched to get 1UPped? Well this bar just 1UPped a lot of them. Not that I was ever a huge gamer...okay, well, I WAS, when it came to the original Nintendo (and I still am), but I got to admit--I kinda dig the arcade themed bar. It was a fun change of pace...I mean, why sit around and talk talk talk when there are games to play--and plenty of 'em.

Like Giant Jenga!!!

Yes, it was totally taller than me...

Cheap beer + giant jenga = disaster
+ crowd = funny.

And who could forget one of the greatest games of all time: skee ball! How many youth birthday parties were crammed around a row of these! (Yes, at good ol' Chuckie Cheese).

And while I don't have much game left in terms of Pac Man, practice can only make perfect.

Don't forget to bring plenty of quarters!

Closing Day - Happy Easter

While some people spent Easter Sunday searching for eggs and eating a big family meal (and watching the special Easter episode of Unwrapped)...

Vail's Closing Day celebration went on in full force, which means...It was time to sport stylish gaper gear...

Hang out with friends...


slide around on snow...


and party at the top of Chair 4.



Thanks to the blizzard, it felt more like January than April,

and the season-end celebration was stunted, to some degree,

but the trow-down tradition lived on, a tribute to many great seasons of the past.


At the base, we said goodbye to our friends,

and had a long-awaited and well-deserved grill out!!!


See you next year!

A Day in the Park

Kylie and I had planned to spend the entire day in the park, but, well, our "day" quickly became more like an afternoon, which soon became a couple laps (and hiking). haha. No time for half-pipe and jumps today, and crappy weather for that, too, the boxes and rails are calling our names! How's that for a warm-up lap?


Gotta love those spring park sessions...

Who doesn't love to dance? Vail's posh bar and bowling alley, Bol, was the perfect place to celebrate Jayne's Annual 30th.


Friends gathered to knock back a few drinks and knock down a few pins.



Surprisingly, for a girl who used to have birthday bowling parties as a kid, my bowling technique could use some work. Note to self, bowling balls should not land mid-way down the lane in the gutter.

Happy Annual 30th, Jayne!


The fun continued at the Ski School Luau the following day...


Cheers, friends!

Special to Metromix: Four days of film and fun begins in snowy Vail

Four days of film and fun begins in snowy Vail
By Juliana Broste
Special to Metromix
Published on Metromix.com on March 31, 2011

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Spring Break Week

While the production season for Unwrapped is over, another season is at it's prime--Spring Skiing! I've been keeping busy with a few freelance TV gigs, but have surely budgeted in some time to get back on snow!

When families head to Vail for Spring Break, that means, there's plenty of lessons to teach!




Dessert at Kelly Liken! Hello Bartender!