Tai Babilonia, a really nice article

Tai Babilonia said she has always felt more comfortable on blades than in shoes. So, when the world champion pairs skater caught cabin fever last summer during a visit to the Aspen home of her fiance, comedian David Brenner, Babilonia knew where to go to get right.

At Lewis Ice Arena she found a familiar place in an unfamiliar town, a refuge, so to speak, for a "big city girl" unaccustomed to life in the mountains. She also found an old friend in Teri Hooper, the head coach at the Aspen Skating Club. Back when they were both aspiring young skaters, Hooper and Babilonia trained at the same Los Angeles rink under famed coach John Nicks.