Park City Livin'

A quiet and magnificent snow is falling on the mountain and on Main St. I am safely and warmly ensconced in the Alpine Internet cafe with a half-drunk Ghirardelli mocha within arms reach and my laptop burning up my thighs, feet kicked up on the table.

Officially Day 4 of my month-long Park City adventure and still getting my bearings.

I am staying about 5 miles outside Old Town Park City in an official bachelor pad; Complete with two - 30 something bachelors, girly magazines, tons of ski gear everywhere , two tv's that are side by side and on at the same time... alternating between one of 40 satelite sports channels or Comedy Central, fully stocked fridge (my surprise...these boys can cook) and plenty of dust. To paint a picture of the dust situation...yesterday I found myself 409'ing the remote controls...for real.

Ready to break away from the same-old, safe and familiar well Park City was beckoning and I answered the call.

Day one - Sunday was football day. I found a church and then was out and about exploring and came back to watch a personal record of 5 hours of football. Honestly, didnt think I had it in me.

They are guys-guys and I have an opening into their world. I am trying to be respectful of that. Walking the thin line of cool enough to hang with them and yet mature enough to be well...lets just leave it at that!

I have had two awesome home cooked meals - chili and then Thai Curry Chicken.

I expressed surprise at single guys being such good cooks and the conversation went something like this:

Me: Wow...I dont know any singles guys that are such great cooks

Them: Really? All of us that are single can cook. We dont know any single guys that cant cook.

Me: I do.

Them: Besides....everyone knows that guys need to know how to cook if they want to get laid.

Me: I definitely did not know that.

Them: Well, obviously nobody is cooking for you.

Me: No. Definitely not.

A peek into the mind of the 30 something single male...enlightening.

Oh and I got a kick last night out of my roomate saying he'd be willing to "pimp me out" to different guys he knows so I can get free meals and ski tickets and stuff. I played it cool...some people would be offened but I get it...they are just being guy. Fear not! I will (clearly) not allow myself to be pimped out! Thanks anyways...guys.

My favorite characher thus far has been my roomate Chris's friend Nat. He is the Spiccoli of skiers. He says things like "Dude! And "I was so baked!" Comes in and talks in some sort of ski-code talk...has nick-names for everyone...my roomate's is Monkey but he was talking about Snowman and Sex-Panther. He is 31 and all about skiing and chasing tail and as much of it as possible. Good luck with that ..."dude!"

My other favorite person (beside the guy Chris that I am renting from who is such a character, he merits a post all his own) is this guy Adam, who looks like a 40 year old Heath Ledger with straight hair. The night I met him he probably thought I was some weirdo - I couldnt stop staring. The resemblance is striking. He was with his adorable 26 year old girlfriend and I tried not to stare too too much. But we all know how I feel about Heath Ledger.

Park City is a ski-town and no doubt about it has a culture of its own. There are full time residents - and vacationers - but one thing is for sure...everyone skies. I've been enjoying the super convenient and free Park City shuttle that stops at all the ski resorts in town (Canyons, PC, and Deer Valley) it is amazing how people of all ages are skiing at all times of the day. What about school? What about work?

I'm sure I will figure it out...all in due time.

Coming up...Sundance! and more tales from the crib.