Hometown: Sheridan, Wyoming—the best place for a kid to grow up
Favorite Places: Jackson Hole, NYC, Paris, London, Corfu
Favorite Restaurants: Uncle Lou’s in NYC, La Closerie des Lilas in Paris, Snake River Grill in Jackson, Glyfa on Corfu, and Gallo Supper Club in Denver
First real job: marketing department of The Denver Post
Current jobs: Editor in chief and vice president of Colorado Homes & Lifestyles and Mountain Living magazines, founder and director of the Left Bank Writers Retreat, publisher of my new company ernestpress.com and president of my condo’s HOA
What I’ve written: Advertising copy, press releases, speeches, a cookbook, three novels, one narrative nonfiction book, three nonfiction book proposals, 120 editor’s columns, 101 travel stories, 75 poems, one trillion emails and a zillion checks
How I love to spend my time: Visiting my daughter in Brooklyn, writing every morning, walking with my dog, Henri, in Cheesman Park, digging in dirt at the Denver Community Garden where I’m growing plants for pollinators, standing Sunday movie date and weekly dinner date with my friends Anne and Susan, hiking in the mountains, kayaking at Leigh Lake in the Tetons, annual family trips to Greece, reading a book in the Luxembourg gardens, hosting my seasonal salons, and slumber parties with my posse of five dear friends from Sheridan—we met in junior high
Collections: I collect books found at English bookstores in Paris and have found first editions including a Charles Dickens and a particular treasure—an editor’s proof of the 1958 Paris Review that has Ernest Hemingway’s interview in it complete with editor mark-ups, purchased for €16. I also have a collection of autographed air-sickness bags (unused of course) that my Aspen Airlines (gone now) flight attendant roommate in the ’80s helped with, and it includes Eddie Van Halen, David Brenner, Vanna White, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Bo Diddley
