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Jan 8, 2025 | 
skimag.com | Sam Pfeifle
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. From its quaint country stores to its picturesque covered bridges, Vermont is brimming with character. No matter the time of the year, this small but mighty state is one of the most beautiful in the United States, chock-full of hiking, biking, skiing, and snowshoeing, with vibrant culinary and brewery scenes, to boot.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
skimag.com | Sam Pfeifle |Samantha Berman
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. In the throes of deciding where to ski this winter? We’ve been there. From trying to find resorts with terrain appropriate for everyone to figuring out where to stay, eat, and play, planning a ski trip is complicated. The amount of moving parts is overwhelming, even for experienced skiers and travel pros.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
outsideonline.com | Sam Pfeifle |Samantha Berman
Opening day is upon us, with most major ski resorts expected to open by Thanksgiving weekend, kicking off the winter 2024–25 season. Each year, SKI magazine, our Outside Inc. partners, surveys its readers about which resorts offer the most value, their favorite family-friendly amenities, banging bumps, where to catch the liveliest après scene, and more. All responses are recorded—many of them mentioned below—and highlight what each ski area does best.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
skimag.com | Samantha Berman |Sam Pfeifle
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Ranking ski areas is a highly subjective business. After all, what works for one group of skiers isn’t necessarily of interest to the next.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
centralmaine.com | Sam Pfeifle
As I watch the discourse between members of the two major political parties here in Maine regarding the upcoming presidential election, I notice there’s one thing no one seems to have grasped yet: Maine uses ranked choice voting to allocate its electoral votes in the race for president. Oh, sure, these folks probably know the fact of RCV’s existence.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
pressherald.com | Sam Pfeifle
As I watch the discourse between members of the two major political parties here in Maine regarding the upcoming presidential election, I notice there’s one thing no one seems to have grasped yet: Maine uses ranked choice voting to allocate its electoral votes in the race for president. Oh, sure, these folks probably know the fact of RCV’s existence.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
portlandphoenix.me | Sam Pfeifle
If you’ve ever wondered what exactly it is that Rick Rubin did with Slayer’s Reign in Blood, The Cult’s Electric, or Tom Petty’s Wildflowers, you might want to read his relatively new book, The Creative Act. No, it doesn’t give any of the history or pivotal choices he made on any of those or the dozens of other big-time albums he’s produced, but it does give you an idea of the aura he creates, the creativity he inspires. And it has lots of zen-like koans.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
portlandphoenix.me | Sam Pfeifle
In general, you might think of pop-punk as a young person’s music — fast-paced, high-energy, lots of snotty songs about high-school loves lost and found. But have you seen that When We Were Young Festival poster? Green Day, Blink-182, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, the Offspring; it goes on. All these guys — and it’s mostly guys, yes — are pushing 50 and beyond.
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Jun 21, 2023 | 
portlandphoenix.me | Sam Pfeifle
We ask a lot of our artists. We want new music, new movies, new movements of visual arts, new dances to deploy at weddings from time to time. In a constant stream. And if they could not cost very much, that would be great. It ain’t easy. And those who are doing the creating are generally wracked with self-doubt and imposter syndrome while trying to piece seven revenue streams into one rent payment.
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Jun 7, 2023 | 
portlandphoenix.me | Sam Pfeifle
In “Me,” Elton John’s 2019 memoir, Cidny Bullens does not get a mention. But Cid was there, singing as one of a trio of backing singers and even dueting with Elton on a song or two, for the two iconic Dodgers Stadium shows and his week in L.A. in October 1975 (a “pinnacle”), which takes up five pages of the book. As part of the trip, John relates eating a handful of valium, declaring a suicide attempt, vomiting, and playing the first show the next night.
