The Chilean Ski Slopes are Alive with the Sound of Music! →
My new Altarcations column is up on Gawker! It features a real live VON TRAPP descendent:
Sam von Trapp, grandson of the melodious Maria and Baron, met Elisa Sepulveda at the Portillo ski resort in Chile, which her stepfather owns. A ski instructor in Aspen and Portillo for ages, von Trapp also moonlighted as a Ralph Lauren model and was featured as one of America’s Top 50 Bachelors in People Magazine in 2001. (I’m trying so hard not to use the phrase “lonely goatherd” right now, you guys.) The proposal took place in Monterey “while floating in kayaks over a calm ocean among sea otters and dolphins.” These are a few of their favorite things…
Go read it for more happy nuggets about Anderson Cooper, Sonia Sotomayor, and embarrassing dads!
