Gstaad offers so much more than just the beautiful village with its promenade. Go up on the mountains, visit and learn about traditional alpine farms, indulge in various sports and events, and let yourself be carried away by the beauty and power of nature.
"Someone at my high school went to the student parking lot and opened all the gas caps on the cars, leaving them hanging by the little strap. Everyone just kind of screwed them back on and went on with their day. Except one kid whose parents had bought him a brand-new Mustang Cobra that he worshipped. He freaked out, convinced someone had put sugar in his gas tank."
The hotel’s design includes historical elements like terrazzo flooring and brass fittings, while also subtly updating with modern sensibilities for a living archive of Danish design.
The pursuit that can best recreate my farming roots is gardening. It requires putting on the "old" clothes, not your "good" clothes, and a day at the graft is only satisfying when you end up wrecked, muck-flecked and in need of a nailbrush at the sink.
"Throwing stuff is a time-honored tradition of expressing disrespect, disapproval, or dislike of something...Back then, usually what got thrown were rotten eggs, because most people had their own chickens supplying them with a steady stream of eggs."