Everything else seems to be adequately answered...
Eat: Angel's (fried mac'n'cheese - it's delicious), the only thai food place in town is actually pretty decent, little pricey for thai, but I'm also thai food snob who's gotten amazing goodness for $5 for a giant plate of food, I used to just go to Vons & buy pasta and cook tho because it gets expensive eating out all the time, and and I forgot: Whiskey Creek during happy hour - good appetizers for 50% off (as well as booze but don't know if you're 21+...?)
OH! You could look into Ski School for a job, although the weather is gnarly right now during the holidays they usually need extra people. I did this for a little while at the end of the season and LOVED it, but the weather was great and you get tipped ok and I really enjoyed teaching little kids how to ski, it's also not super hard/stressful if you're just starting out. If you aren't patient though you might want to do/look into something else.