Here I am writhing in Agony. The Green Eyed Monster has taken control of my being. I was to wax nostalgic about all my experiences at the Hotel Saint Bernard and tell you how great my friend Jean Mayer is. Why you may ask is jealousy the essence of my thoughts? It's that little El Nino guy. My friend Jean was skiing 2 feet of stupendously light powder as were all his students that have come to his Hotel in Taos Ski Valley New Mexico. It's everything a ski hotel should be. Food that is out of this world. You can spit and hit the lift from front door. The staff is like one huge family some who have worked there for 30 years. It's Classic, Comfortable and Cool filled with warm wood, shiny brass and skiing accoutrements and photography from the last 50 years. All those guests, staff and friends are all back slapping and smiling, sucking down Hot Toddy's, describing how deep it was, going over there heads. Arrrgghh. I'm writhing here! OK OK I'll just be happy for my friends, how's that?
I've been thinking about the Hotel Saint Bernard today because I spent the day writing all sorts of Keyword infested content for their page on http://resorthotelphotographer.com/hotel-saint-bernard. One of the challenges when you come up with a good idea is you have to follow through on it even when it's not in your comfort zone. Writing is not yet in my comfort zone but it soon will be. Sink or Swim baby. The Good Idea is the ResortHotelPhotographer.com website. It's project based photography that allows us to create more content. It has a page for each of the projects where we give ideas for potential editorial clients and access to license imagery of the project.
This is the Hotel Saint Bernard's 50th birthday and I love that place. Jean Mayer the proprietor is a hero to me. He truly embodies the Spirit of Skiing and shares his passion with his guests, his staff, friends and all the instructors that teach at the Taos Ski Valley Ski school where he is the technical director. While so many instructors discuss only technique Jean is developing his students Spirit of Skiing. It's about energy, fun and excitement not merely driving your hands forward. To him it's about the dance not just edging. Staying at the Hotel Saint Bernard should be on everyone's great things to do before I die list. It's genuine. Check out the link to the images. Have fun in all that powder my New Mexico friends and Happy Birthday World's Greatest Ski Hotel.
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