Lafayette, Colorado People who live here speak very little French. Lafayette, nous voilà! they sometimes say. Although Lafayette, famous Hero of Two Worlds, (our world et le monde de Lafayette) never skied much past the bunny slope and few remember him slip- ping bourbon in cocoa after snowboarding— in fact, few remember him at all—it’s still historical as hell here, a veritable winter love- fest de la révolution, hippies and nobles lug- ing down the Rockies.