 An amateur pianist and trumpet player, and an expert skier and golfer, Vigeland has written on wide-ranging topics for such magazines as "The Atlantic Monthly", "Harper's", "The New Yorker", "Boston Magazine", "The Boston Globe Magazine", "Conde Nast Traveler", "Country Journal", "DoubleTake", "Downbeat", "Fast Company", "Golf Digest", "Harvard", "New England Monthly", "The New York Times Magazine", "Playboy", "Sports Illustrated", and "Yankee.