World Record 4 Travis Pastrana

New Years Eve in Aspen (its all a blur).

 Aspen, Colorado.  1/1/10. Paris Hilton in Aspen. Photo: Robert FullertonThe Spin for 2009 has been spun. Happy 2010!! Another holiday season is in the books.  New Years Eve in Aspen seemed uneventful this year.  No bomb threat, no power failure, no celebrity assaults.  Lots of people got blotto in Aspen last night.  Find yourself, find your friends. Who are all these people? It's OTR (off the record.) 

Happy New Year from the entire staff at AspenSpin.com

ASPEN GLAM

       Aspen Glam click 4 pix       Bad Boyz in Aspen                                        

Paris Hilton in Aspen

Paris Hilton and BF Doug on New Years Eve in Aspen.  Photo: Robert Fullerton.

Paris Hilton in Aspen for New Years Eve

45 Minutes of Chaos

Amy and John Phelan provide FREE ART for everyone @ Aspen Art MuseumAspenSpin is usually in prime position when the ski patrol "drops the rope"on Ajax. Tonight we managed to get behind the velvet rope at Dennis Basso FreeStyle 2009. Freestyle is the annual fundraising event for the Aspen Art Museum (AAM). Everybody was there. The après ski event was over the top,as always, and Aspen's Art patrons came from near and far to celebrate the season and out bid their friends.

Click for pix.  45 minutes of Chaos.

Decadent drinks and hors d'oeuvres, unparalleled auction items and a super sick fur fashion show brought the SRO crowd to their feet.  Hundreds of thousands of dollars was raised for AAM, as the "see and be seen crowd" was spurred on by celebrity auctioneer Simon de Pury.

Freestyle is one of the best events of the Holiday season in Aspen. The 45 minutes of Chaos refers to the onslaught of socialites jockeying for position on the red carpet and at the "turn and repeat" photo station.  No one wants to be to early....or to late, so the months and months of planning comes down to 45 minutes of Chaos.  A-Spin managed to drop the gore-tex and slip into an Armani suit in order to get all the money $hots.  The pix say it all. 

Click: 45 minutes of Chaos  

The Basso Posse @ Freestyle 09. Click 4 pix.LoriAnne Henry and AAM Chief Curator Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson at Freestyle 09. Click 4 pix

 Fur Flies in Aspen....again at Freestyle. click 4 pix.

Aspen X-mas on FIRE

Snow Polo in AspenAfter a pretty quiet off-season,  Aspen is on fire for Christmas.  Hot, Hot, Hot. Today traditionally starts the decadence that we've come to expect.

Observations: from AspenSpin.

The mood is more upbeat than last year, but still muted compared to the peak, 2007.

People are getting crazier.

People like to list their residences in response to the opener-- "where u from"?  Chicago, Paris and ....Aspen. London, Dubai and ....Aspen.  New York, Palm Beach and.....Aspen.  LA, Cabo and....Aspen.  Pittsburg, Tampa ....and Aspen.---(all real responses). Remember people, time-shares don't count as a residence.

Texting on skis is not safe, especially  on icy hard-pack.  Texting in the middle of the mouse trap near lift 3 (Ajax Express) or tortilla flats where Spar meets Copper, or on Little Nell, below the berm is not smart.

Chicken Noodle soup replaced  Curry/ Coconut at Sundeck ----no brainer. Adding more chairs at Sundeck, no brainer.  More mats at the base of the Gondy--on the super-slippery concrete--WOULD be a no brainer---PLEASE!.

People are drinking more----and they like JOKA Vodka.

Charlie Sheen and his wife will work it out. (inside info).

Il Mulino is the new "it spot".  The place is raging.  Today, people were eating lunch outside---in like 10 degree temps.  They've got it going on.

Click the pix   ASPEN X-MAS 

Lunch at Il Mulino in Aspen. Hot Hot Hot.

 NYC Moguls ripping moguls on Ajax.

 Love Grown Foods, Aspen. The best. Treat yourself to a skin treatment. Dr. Ken Mark, 970-925-7730