Stina Sternberg

The name Aspen evokes thoughts of black-diamond ski slopes, hot-tub parties and fur-covered UGG boots. But the popular winter resort area has an alter ego: In the summer it's one of the prettiest, most serene places on Earth, and home to some ear-popping mountain golf. The area's best-kept secret is the private, eco-friendly Snowmass Club (pictured above), which was meticulously redesigned by Jim Engh in 2004 and offers one of the greatest up-and-down rounds a golfer can face.

Call me old-fashioned, but I didn't own a cell phone until the 21st century. Now that I do, I text message in full sentences, not in prepubescent shorthand. I take great pride in the fact that I don't have a facebook page. I've never visited MySpace.com. Friends, editors and colleagues have tried to make me (when you write blogs such as these and the one I did for Golf For Women for years, the networking sites help drum up traffic), but I've refused to take part in any of it.

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF.- In a scary moment, the California desert was rocked by a 30-second earthquake roughly 40 minutes after the Kraft Nabisco Championship ended. As winner Yani Tseng was giving her post-round interview in the media center, the ground began to move and mild panic spread among the press corps. The quake, which we just found out measured 7.2 on the Richter scale at its epicenter 90 miles from here in Mexicala, Mexico, was severe -- or so I'm told.