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St Anthony’s, our new hospital in Frisco, Colorado, has been open for nearly two years now and not only does it offer great care, it has awesome views, a good array of services and some very nice people. You may reach them at 970-668-3300. Cheerful volunteers greet you at the information desk at the front of the lobby, with its huge fireplace and […]
There is a new feature in a growing number of Summit County homes that saves money and is ecologically sound at the same time. “Tankless” or “on demand” hot water heaters are the latest and greatest. Instant Hot Water in New Zealand When I was a kid growing up in New Zealand, most of us […]
Do you have any idea what it means for our ski resorts to be wind powered? I visualized many big wind turbines sitting on top of the ski mountains. We get enough wind sometimes that it could work! Can you see wind turbines all across the top of the Ten Mile Range? It makes me […]
Hannah, the resident yellow lab, and her sidekick Buddha, a fiercely happy chihuahua, are the welcoming committee at the Hotel Frisco, a small boutique hotel on Main Street in our mountain town of Frisco, Colorado. Mark and Mary Waldman, refugees from Silicon Valley California, are the inn keepers, and you will not find better hosts! They and […]
My husband and I, and a couple of good friends decided to try a brand new restaurant in Breck named Modis. It was so good that I had to come home and write about it. If I had known that it would be that great in advance, I would have taken photos of the food, as the presentation was […]
The GatherHouse is a glassblowing studio in Frisco, Colorado. Run by John Hudnut and his wife Kate, they have demonstrations and classes on a regular basis. You can watch as John makes vases, tumblers, lighting or bowls, every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 7pm or by appointment. The GatherHouse is a popular place, especially […]
Where once we had little cabins, today we have huge condo buildings. Yes, they are designed nicely, and have a mountain feel, but the town is losing a little of its charm and quaintness because of Frisco development. Frisco Development at First and Granite One example is the half acre site at First and Granite, […]
Summerwood is a unique little subdivision at the edge of Lake Dillon. The very top of Summerwood is on a ridge that overlooks Lake Dillon, and the views are spectacular. Of course, there are not a lot of homes on the Ridge. The majority of the homes in the subdivision also have spectacular views, and they look […]
Last week I was talking with a friend of mine about a parcel of land called the Giberson Preserve. It is one of Frisco’s last truly beautiful parcels of privately held land still in its original state. The Continental Divide Land Trust (CDLT) holds a conservation easement on it so that it can never be developed. When I told my friend that […]
I checked the tax assessment for my Silverthorne home today on the county website and the assessor’s value has gone up about 18% in two years. My condo at Copper Mountain is up 17%. That means, if the mill levy is unchanged, that my property taxes will go up by the same percentage. Valuation notices will go out before May 1, and […]
101 Main St, #109, PO Box 4115 Frisco, CO 80443
