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Skimbaco Lifestyle offers daily inspiration for modern woman on the go.
- Inspiring to live life to the fullest.
- Latest trends and fashion, and the scoop on upcoming events and trends.
- Peak into New York City.
- Entertainment trends and interviews.
- Travel stories and tips on luxury (for less) traveling at Skimbaco Travel
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WHAT’S SKIMBACO?

Skimba is a Finnish slang word for skiing and CO is for Colorado – Skimbaco is a word I made to mean not just skiing in Colorado, but meaning living life to the fullest, enjoying every minute of it and doing what you love. When you are in Colorado – ski, when you are in New York – go shopping or to museums; whatever you do, enjoy the moment, live life to the fullest. Think of skimbaco like carpe diem for modern moms.

“Skiing in Colorado” is just one fun thing what our family does, and Skimbaco was born when we lived in Durango, Colorado.

“Whale watching in Cape Cod” might have done it for us, or “shopping in NYC”, or “castle-hopping in Germany”. This blog’s tagline was for a long time “from skiing in Colorado to shopping in New York City”, and it must have been meant to be, because we actually moved from Colorado to New York in August ‘08.

We live life to the fullest and I hope to inspire you to do the same.

SKIMBACO WRITERS

KATJA PRESNAL, lifestyle expert, owner & founder of Skimbaco

Read Katja Presnal’s professionl bio and some press she have received.

I am a fashion-freak-former-model.
I am a cinnamon-bun-baking-housewife.
I am a marketing-loving-business-woman.
I am a “let’s-jump-some-more-on-the-couch-kids”-mother.

I love to spread sunshine, share great ideas and products, and inspire you to live life to the fullest. I truly believe you can make lemonade out of lemons and that sometimes the worst that happens can be the best that ever happened. My passions are fashion, home deco, traveling, skiing and good food and I love sharing my finds with others. I am a work at home mom, and I created a lifestyle that let’s me do my most important job, being a mom, while pursuing a career. I am a proof that a girl can have it all.

Katja

KATIE GOODMAN, Family Food & Good Life Expert

Katie Goodman, mother of two, believes that part of the goodness in life is sharing good food with friends and family. She’s a SAHM determined to make family meal time a priority while providing a variety of healthy and delicious food choices. Katie blogs at goodLife {eats}, where she shares what she finds good in the kitchen and in life. Katie also contributes to Craftzine, Tablespoon, and Paula Deen Online.

PIA LILA, AKA MAURELITA, European lifestyle & travel expert

Maurelita is a Finnish redhead living in Paris with two kids and a French gentleman biker husband. Maurelita started blogging about her kids in Finnish in 2004 and soon got happed into writing bilingual blog posts also in French about education, social media, going out in Paris, sustainability and shopping… and any challenges that a 2.0 mum would face. In her second life she’s also known to play around with knowledge management and social media. You can visit her own blog Maurelita, and Skimbaco Travel, where she is Skimbaco’s bicycle reporter in Paris.

SATU VÄNSKÄ-WESTGARTH, Adventure & European lifestyle expert

In the early 2009 Satu decided to take a year off the regular nine to five lifestyle in Finland and launched on an adventurous year on the road, sometimes travelling with her kayak, bike or skis and sometimes without. One year has turned to next and she is still enjoying the life out there living her dream. Together in her journey is the not so British entrepreneur husband from Britain, who seems to spend more time outside the borders of his homeland than within. With background in marketing management and communications Satu is figuring out the next step in her life and career, while planning the travels to come. For more stories from the road, visit Satu’s blog Destination Unknown (in Finnish) and Skimbaco Travel where she is our travel reporter in Europe.

MARIA LICHTY, Healthy Lifestyle & Vegetarian Food Expert

Maria Lichty is the co-creator of Two Peas and Their Pod, a successful food and recipe website. Maria and her husband, Josh, are known as the “cooking couple.” They make a great team in the kitchen and love sharing their recipes with the world. Maria is also passionate about health and wellness. She has a degree in health promotion and enjoys helping others make positive health behavior changes. In her free time, Maria also enjoys traveling, exercising, reading, and spending time with her adorable nieces and nephew.

MATT PRESNAL, men’s lifestyle expert, skier & helicopter pilot

Like any perfect husband, Katja’s husband Matt participates in the family business and occasionally writes for Skimbaco. Matt writes from the perspective of a modern dad. When not running after three kids, cooking gourmet family dinners and Whrrling trips to the zoo, Matt is skiing black diamonds or test flying helicopters. A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, who saved numerous lives as an EMS pilot in the Rocky Mountains, yet Matt’s most important job is being a father, which he excels as most everything else he does (says his wife).