Allison Berkley Margo
Aspen Times
Aspen, CO, United States
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Past articles by Allison:
See yourself positively, even in the mirror
Last week I wrote about finally feeling well-adjusted and empowered to love myself for who I am. I think I may have yammered on about how my focus has → Read More
Aspen Princess: Chasing The Aspen Idea through another ‘wellness’ run
A friend of mine recently posted an article from The New York Times about the wellness industry and how it’s basically a big marketing scheme that targets entitled white → Read More
Aspen Princess: It’s the kids’ world, we’re just destroying it
Chances are you’ve probably seen Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speech at the U.N. or heard about the youth-led climate strikes going on around the country. Or perhaps your own child → Read More
Aspen Princess: From the mountain top, through a few valleys and back, eight years of great
Eight years ago today, at high noon on top of Aspen Mountain, I married Ryan in a ceremony that was truly fit for a princess. I promised to love him “in powder and in ice” and “with Highland Bowl as our witness.” It should have cost at least double what we paid for it, but… → Read More
Aspen Princess: We need to protect the bears from ourselves, not us from them
The other night my father-in-law was sleeping peacefully downstairs in (appropriately enough) our mother-in-law apartment when he heard a ruckus outside. It was 2 o’clock in the morning, so → Read More
Aspen Princess: VP’s motorcade quickly became an afterthought
On Monday, I got to revisit my old neighborhood at the Aspen Business Center, hanging out at Mawa’s Kitchen sipping cucumber mint lemonade and savoring every bite of the → Read More
Aspen Princess: Pig roast on the other side of mountain its own classic
The dead pig lay spread-eagle across a big table covered in a blue tarp, an apple stuffed into its mouth. The men circled around it like a swarm of bees as it was being butchered, eating the meat straight out of the gut and cackling with an almost maniacal glee.It was a pig roast after… → Read More
Aspen Princess: Sit back and chill a bit, Mom
“I don’t want it. Put it ’way,” my 3-year old son says, walking away from the red bike I’d literally just bought for him.It’s that iconic little red bike → Read More
Aspen Princess: Living life as glass more than half-full, grief be damned
It’s snowing.I’m sitting in CC’s cafe in downtown Basalt, which is essentially Peaches West. Remember Peaches? That lovely cafe on the best street corner in Aspen where we once → Read More
Aspen Princess: Word choice isn’t always that ducky with kids
Question: What do you do when your 3-year-old runs around in public dropping the f-bomb?We knew this day was coming. Living without children for more than half your life, → Read More
Aspen Princess: You can’t put a price on being ‘lifestyle rich’
The other day, I got to tour this showcase home in Aspen for a magazine assignment and got to see exactly what 10 million bucks will get you.When I → Read More
Aspen Princess: Finally becoming an adult isn’t so bad
It’s finally hit me: I’ve grown up.This is a strange phenomenon, considering I just turned 49 a couple of weeks ago, but for all intents and purposes, I still → Read More
Aspen Princess: When going to the dogs is a good thing
Big news: Today is Gertrude’s birthday.Yes, I’m talking about our pug, and don’t roll your eyes or act like you don’t care. Whenever I bring her up to Aspen, → Read More
Aging is just standard procedure
Guess what? Tomorrow is my birthday.This used to be a cause for celebration, but now it feels like a national emergency — at the same level, if not even → Read More
Aspen Princess: OK, fellas, I’ve got you covered
I think we can all agree: Valentine’s Day is a stupid, if not infuriating holiday.Just because she says that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook. In fact, if you → Read More
Aspen Princess: Being in the ‘yes’ is a good place to visit in 2019
“Our mantra for today is to say yes in 2019,” the yoga teacher said, as if reading it from a script. “Where will you be in the new year → Read More
Aspen Princess: My new shopping style is tap now, worry later
The spirit of giving is much easier when all you have to do is tap, tap and tap. The fallout comes later. → Read More
Aspen Princess: Valley dads stand behind raise their kids, and being a pillar
I was at the playground with Levi the other day when a little boy and his dad were on the swings next to us. The little boy was sticking → Read More
Aspen Princess: Thoughts from the to-be-upgraded A-frame
We are all sick in my house, coughing and sneezing and trying to extract the phlegm from our bodies in various loud and unpleasant ways. Then it snowed at → Read More
Aspen Princess: Signs of fall and climate change are in the air
Last week I took babe and pug to the Maroon Bells for some fall foliage viewing and what turned out to be a somewhat ambitious hike.I say that only → Read More