Another Super-Cold One & New Music 25Jan19

Wow. Breck grabbed another 5" while Vail had 9" but snow was forecast all day so I went Summit-side. It was super cold and windy. I skied over to Pk 6 from 7 and skied there mostly but it was frigid and super windy - Imperial didn't open. I floated from 18" of new through 2" of crusted terror. The pic is from the top of the steeps at Wonderland bowls - whew; navigation required.

We were fortunate to find a pair of Kala's chosen BC boots, Fischer BCX6s, online for less than half off MSRP $220 for $104 - remarkable for mid-season. I think they didn't really know they had modern NNN-BC boots as they were not described as such so I was dubious on the buy but knew I could return them... woohoo.

Vampire Weekend just dropped a couple of singles from an upcoming album; it's been six years. The Harmony Hall is cool - deferential to the Dead Shades of Grey and more - Ezra is tickling some cool stuff and doing his keen lyrics thing. I look forward to the full album but its release date is not announced.

Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall

And, also recently, a big Icelandic festival was held and KEXP was there to introduce and record a Nordic princess, Aurora. I'm listening 'cause she/they are pretty cool synthpop, ala CVRCHES. Worth a listen.

Aurora @ Iceland Airwaves

In closing, I made a heirloom tomato and burrata salad tonight... I varied what I learned from a close friend in Napa Valley... yum.