As Is · Aspen

Aspen, as is.

As Is · Volume 12 · September 2026

The King of France

My father played beach football at 85th Street in 1970s Miami. Across the line was Steven Hunt Grabow — the best-dressed, most coordinated guy on the sand, an Aspen ski instructor once on the cover of the town phone book. My middle name came from him. The story of the name, and why it was always going to be Aspen.

As Is · Volume 9 · June 2026

The Mesa Above Aspen Where Billionaires Go to Be Left Alone

It began as a potato farm. Sixty years later, Starwood is the 960-acre gated mesa above Aspen where billionaires go to be left alone. The story of 542 Carroll Drive — the last remaining half of publisher William Ziff Jr.'s estate, now for sale at $29,990,000.