Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Office Politics

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One winter, I was hired to work as an office assistant in lift operations. Stephanie, the department manager, hired a woman named Anne to be...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Fire!

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What's that? You want a disaster porn image of the old Lodge on fire? I am here to oblige, sicko: Insane, right? It burned down in Octo...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Time for a trip in the Way Back Machine

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Further back than usual, that is. I just found these links , which give a great overview of the history of Vernon Valley and Great Gorge, b...
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Monday, October 01, 2007

Minor Characters 2: The Trans Techs

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The Transmobile, a monorail that conveyed patrons between Alpine Center & Motorworld, was my least favorite ride to attend. It was a o...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Postcards from the Edge

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The Park's gift shoppes used to sell a poster-sized map of the place. One of my favorite things about it was that it depicted attractio...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

Polka your eyes out

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Have I mentioned the Spa at Great Gorge before? It was the Park's upscale cousin. The company that owned both held onto it when they sol...
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History Lesson

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I found this on Gothamist today. It has nothing to do with the Park, but it's kind of hilarious. Observe, if you will, a young Matt Di...
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Saturday, September 15, 2007

And now for something completely different

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Here's a poem written by our good friend Dellana. For those of you unfamiliar, the Internationale is a worker's anthem. No, it...
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Friday, September 14, 2007

Minor Characters, Part 1: A Roundup

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There were lots of weirdos on the periphery of my Park experience. First, there was Lloyd. He hung out behind the bottom shack at the Alpin...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Well, Hey There, Buckaroo!

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If you worked at the Park in the early to mid 90's, you probably remember Alex and Chris M, the twins who worked security. Nice, funny, ...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Wait, whuuuuuttt????

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I was recently telling a story about a woman we worked with named Denise. Along the way, I gave some exposition: She was a complete hippie....
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Lost!

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Stacey M had a second job at a bar called Sheridan's Lodge. It was at least 30 minutes from the Park, but Stacey lived within stumbling ...
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Thursday, August 09, 2007

The Not So Much Prodigal Returns

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I went to the Park yesterday for the first time since I got an orange soda on my break nearly ten years ago. My son Sean and I were there f...
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Monday, August 06, 2007

Home Alone

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If you worked at the Park and your parents were foolish enough to leave you at home while they went on vacation and you, in turn, were fooli...
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Office Invasion

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As Melissa noted earlier , the best place to eat lunch at the Park was our department's office. It was centrally located in the base are...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

This is John.

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John was an exchange student. He was known as John-the-Irish-Guy, John-I-Heard-He's-An-Underwear-Model, or, my favorite, Eurotrash. (Th...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Boredom: A Photo Essay

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One day, Brett decided to put on every harness he could find. Roger approved. He then decided to clip in backwards. And away he went.
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Saturday, July 28, 2007

Buckets of Beer and Touch Screen Trivia

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The Hexagon Lounge, the Park's bar/restaurant, was a popular apres -shift destination during the winter seasons. One of the main draws w...
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Friday, July 27, 2007

I Dream of Mickey

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I hope we're not giving the impression that it was all fun and wacky hijinks in polyester over there. We spent a lot of time being flat...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Shake it off

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One afternoon, I was working an Alpine Slide mid-station. Located near the bottom of the slide, the main purpose of the position was to assi...
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