Instead, he was at a ski lodge outside of Anchorage, Alaska, sipping wine and pontificating at a conference of his editors.

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Through the 1990s he and his mother funded his budding career by hustling donations from her friends and coworkers at a ski lodge in Londonderry, Vt.

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While I power-shopped Max Mara sale racks, my husband, Tom, spent a record 900 euros in 20 minutes at a stylish men's boutique and emerged looking like Ahhnold at a ski lodge.

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The structure spans 15, 000 square feet, and sits 500 inside plus 250 more on an outdoor deck with sweeping views of the Sierras, and most of the time it functions as just another on-mountain ski lodge with restrooms and dining, albeit a very modern and environmentally friendly one with great food (and a full blown barbecue smokehouse outside).

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The rustic, locally loved ski mountain will be upgraded but left largely untouched, save for a members-only lodge and activity center atop the mountain reserved for the Summit community.

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