Before the billionaires descended, Telluride was Colorado’s “Best-Kept-Secret.” The little town, nestled in a unique box canyon, was an unpretentious hang out for hippies and hardcore skiers. The rich movers and shakers looking for luxury with their skiing went to Aspen and Vail. Telluride’s history as a rough-and-tumble Victorian mining town with rich deposits of […]

On a sunny Saturday in April I passed a charming wooden bench in a small city park under an old California oak tree. On the bench was a bouquet of yellow flowers, not roses or anything expensive, more like large daisies. The bouquet, wrapped in a large cone of plain brown paper was tied with