Patrick Hogan: June 2008 Archives

So, did you hear the one about the priest who went jogging naked.

No, it's not a joke, I'm really asking. Did you hear about it?

An off-duty police officer spotted Whipkey walking nude toward his home at about 4:30 a.m. He reportedly told the officer he had just finished jogging near the high school and didn't think anyone would be around at that time of the morning.

Whipkey also told police he sweats profusely if he wears clothing while jogging, saying, "I know what I did was wrong."

You'd think he'd be used to sweating after wearing all those robes every Sunday. Then again, I knew a priest back in New York who would set a fan up behind the altar at every mass to cool him off and also cause his robes to billow outwards as if under divine inspiration.

But he never went jogging naked, as far as I know. 

You may not have heard but you can now catch a direct flight from Salt Lake City to the City of Lights, gay Paris. Oo la la. Of course that's all well and good for couples looking for a romantic getaway, but as Salt Lake Tribune columnist Paul Rolly points out, what happens to travellers who want to bring some French wine back with them to the capitol of the Mormon Empire.

The direct Paris flights mean those jetting in from the City of Lights will go through customs at Salt Lake City International Airport. So visitors or Utah residents returning from a European jaunt better not plan on bringing with them some of that famous French wine, or customs will have to confiscate it since agents go by the laws of the states where they work.
Utah's liquor laws do make a small exception for people going through customs. They may bring in two liters of alcohol. Any more than that, though, and it's sayonara $200 bottle of vintage vino.

Those are the breaks I guess. C'est la vie.

I noticed a short little brief on the Denver Post's Web site the other day from The Associated Press. It was one of those instances where two paragraphs spoke volumes.

If you don't hear from me for the next few weeks, now you know where I am.

ASPEN, Colo.--Fishing may be well under way in Colorado's mountains, but some Aspen slopes are still packed with more than 3 feet of snow--and that means a final run down the mountain for skiers.

From Friday through Sunday, Aspen will open seven runs, most of them intermediate, with about 45 acres of snow-covered terrain, said resort spokesman Jeff Hanle. The mountain will be open to the 11,212-foot summit.

Though most sports shops have put away skis for the summer, some spots in town have rentals available.

One of them is Four Mountain Sports at Aspen Highlands, whose owner, Julie Bohan, says she doesn't remember Aspen open to skiing so late in the year. Bohan's a 22-year resident of town.

"It's your typical early summer conditions--better than a glacier, but not as good as a powder day," Rich Burkley, vice president of Aspen Skiing Company's mountain operations, said in a statement.

Aspen is preparing for its 26th annual Food and Wine Magazine Classic, which is expected to bring about 5,000 people this weekend.

Get the bathing suit, sun tan lotion and skis Ma, We're going to Aspen.