VirtuosoLife - January/February 2008 - (Page 38) LUXE REPORT International Expeditions’ classic Amazon riverboat. PEAK EXPERIENCE Mountain Gorge Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s new Couloir restaurant and bar serves starlit gondola rides to and from the 9,095-foot perch as appetizer and digestif. Chef Wes Hamilton, formerly with the Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, cooks Wyoming-gone-global fare such as smoked buffalo tenderloin with a Madeira glaze at the high-altitude hot spot. 307/739-2675; www.jacksonhole.com Jackson Hole slopes: For expert skiers and, now, gourmets. WILD FILE getting in deep International Expeditions’ new ten-day trip on the Amazon charts a course twice as deep as other voyages into the PacayaSamiria National Reserve. Extra river miles increase the chance of spotting endangered giant otters and rare harpy eagles (as well as sloths, scarlet macaws, red howler monkeys, and pink dolphins), and activities include forest walks, nocturnal boat safaris, and a stop at a Ribereño village. Multiple departures, January 4 through December 19, 2008; from $3,048. Elana Altman takes the stage in Firebird this winter. CELEBRATION DANCE 38 V I RT U O S O L I F E (DANCER) ERIK TOMASSON/SAN FRANCISCO BALLET The San Francisco Ballet salutes its 75th anniversary with a season of gala programming. The nation’s oldest professional ballet company has invited ten prominent choreographers and three international companies, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo among them, to contribute to the Januarythrough-May season, which features a series devoted to Jerome Robbins. www.sfballet.org OLD AND AGILE http://www.jacksonhole.com http://www.sfballet.org
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