He Gets Around
You may know Mark Yost as one of the refreshing, bright young stars of the Pioneer Press editorial page and the conscientious chronicler of the bright young stars of the local blogosphere. But he's much, much more than that. He's also this town's answer to Marlon Perkins. Or is it Marlon Jackson? Which ever, he also travels to exotic places - and writes about it. This time in a little rag called the Sunday New York Times.
Yost has a a fascinating article on affordable Colorado ski packages. Excerpt:
In my class was Jay Morse, 37, of Lakewood, Colo. He had skied 20 years ago in Maine but not since. And then there was Welwyn Misquitta, a 48-year-old immigrant from India who now lives in Bartlett, Tenn. He, his wife and two sons were visiting because his oldest son was scheduled to go to Snow Mountain for a church retreat in mid-December and they wanted to check it out. "It's lovely," said Mr. Misquitta, who had never been on skis before. "It's the first time we've seen so much snow."
Leave it to a Minnesotan (naturalized though he may be) to go to Colorado and bump into a guy from India named Mr. Misquitta.
Mark Yost isn't the only local boy recently appearing in the nation's newspaper of record. Today in the NYT, The Northern Alliance's Captain Ed was put on the front lines of defending the legitimacy of the Eason Jordan story. As always, he acquits himself with substance and style.
Regarding Ed, reserve a few extra well wishes for him and his lovely wife Marcia. She had a pancreas transplant today, and so far everything is going well. Good luck Ed and Marcia, our prayers are with you.
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