

i’m so glad angus (her first husband) bought the house when we were first married. Look, things happen everywhere but I don’t have to deal with certain things here.” I didn’t want to have a pre-arranged life. “Look, it’s more remote,” he acknowledged. The kids have a great time but there’s so much more to Aspen” “I hear the public school has a ski lift to the mountain.” Aspen isn’t what people think-there is a real community here and local, full-time residents.” “After we moved here, most of my friends told me I’d be back in two months,” he said.

The second plane literally flew over my car on the drive into the second tower and I lost a lot of very close friends,” he said in sad, reflective moment. It was traumatic-definitely a motivating factor. “Did 9/11 prompt you to move here?” I asked. When we moved to Aspen, it was really a different experience for us.” I always dreamt of not having a repeat performance of my childhood. “How’s life in Aspen these days?” I asked. He looked tanned and relaxed in Loro Piana. “It’s so good to see you,” I fist-bumped Aspen Trader as we made our way from the Little Nell to the bustling Ajax Tavern, where we sat in the glorious sunshine-it could have been a 60-degree spring day. (I always say I am not a skier but an après skier.) While my son is doing black diamond runs with his instructor, I have lunch with a very good college friend who had decamped to the ski hamlet with his family years before. It just so happened that I was going to be in Aspen for a father-son ski trip, though I am useless on the mountain for anything other than picking up the tab. “Plus, Eagle Airport always gets snowed in and who wants to drive all the way from Denver?” I nodded. And the bad guys will get altitude sickness.” Any place else?” I asked, admiring the timeless palm-leaf wallpaper and enjoying the scrumptious vegetarian spring rolls with dipping sauce. And you can’t run down the street with heavy gold bars in your bag. “Someone will always barter a Picasso for a bag of pretzels,” he said.

The VST daily operations are solely managed and run by its founder Priestess Miriam in conjunction with recommendations from the church elders.“Do you think anyone would be buying art in that scenario?” On March 6, 1995, Priest Oswan transcended into the arms of the ancestors but Priestess Miriam continues to carry on the Spiritual tradition, which embodies many aspects of mainstream spiritualism, Catholicism, Voodoo, and hoodoo. The temple in Russia was established after Priestess Miriam took trips to Russia to teach about African spirituality. The VST has extended its spirituality across the world, including with its connection to The African Priesthood of Senegal and a temple in Russia. It has been serving New Orleans natives and visitors of all nationalities for OVER 30 years. It is the only ”formally” established Spiritual Temple with a focus on traditional West African spiritual and herbal healing practices currently existing in New Orleans. The Temple was established in 1990 by Priestess Miriam Chamani and her husband Priest Oswan Chamani. The Voodoo Spiritual Temple and Cultural Center’s mission is: to provide service that meets the needs of all mankind, which allows him/her to fulfill their quest in the divine plan of the universe.
