Month: March 2008

Whistler Day 5 – The Bane of My Existence

I talked about White Out conditions on Day 3. Those conditions were a joke compared to Friday’s outing. Friday we did Fresh Tracks which is breakfast at the Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler and first access to the mountain before opening to the public. It was snowing so we were looking for a good time. It was puking snow on the mountain all day. The freeze line was kinda high so at one point we were skiing in rain. It was awful returning to the freeze line because then you’d get cold again. The peak was insane. 60 – 80 km/hr winds and absolutely zero visibility. I wanted to take a picture of what I saw but it would be the same as posting an image of a white square. All you saw was white, there was no way to determine which way was up or down. Gravity sometimes helped and other times the winds were pushing you so much you just prayed there was no cliffs around to fall off of. There was a reason …

Hermès Ready to Wear – Fall Winter 2008- 2009

Hermès Ready to Wear – Fall Winter 2008- 2009 If you are looking for trends, don’t come to Hermès. There clothing doesn’t follow the trends (lets face it, there market isn’t looking for the latest trend). They make very high quality pieces and I was quite taken with the coats this year. images: thefashionspotcom