Tahoe Heartbeat hats were ubiquitous in Lake Tahoe, sold everywhere from grocery stores to ski shops and immediately recognizable for the logo — an EKG line and an outline of Lake Tahoe.

My grandparents' vacation cabin in Lake Tahoe is the stuff of legend. In the '90s, when my parents were just friends, my dad "accidentally" invited himself on a ski trip with my mom and her parents.