VirtuosoLife - January/February 2008 - (Page 36) LUXE REPORT Boxed in: Steep canyon walls surround Telluride on three sides. LIFT TICKET black beauty A variety of chutes, bowls, cliffs, and couloirs characterize the eight backcountry-style runs carved from Telluride Ski Resort’s new Black Iron Bowl. No pain, no gain: The expert terrain requires a ten-minuteminimum hike from the lift but rewards with peak scenery. www.tellurideskiresort.com Roy Lichtenstein’s bronze Airplane stands 9 feet tall. TRAVEL HEALTH Eat and Run YARD ART The garden plot goes pop in Lichtenstein at Fairchild, an installation of ten pop art sculptures by Roy Lichtenstein at Miami’s Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Through May 31, tropical flora frames the cartoonish installations, some as tall as the palms for which the Fairchild is famed. www.fairchildgarden.org 36 V I RT U O S O L I F E (AIRPLANE) ESTATE OF ROY LICHTENSTEIN PLANTER’S PUNCH The new Think5 energy bars deliver five cups of fruits and vegetables in one serving and stow handily in the bags of nutrition-minded travelers. Though they contain apples, broccoli, spinach, watercress, and other unsweetened ingredients, they taste like a dessert, in red berry or chocolate red berry flavors. $29.90 for ten bars at www.thinkproducts.com http://www.tellurideskiresort.com http://www.thinkproducts.com http://www.fairchildgarden.org
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