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SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2009 l WWW.PLANETJH.COM
Volume 7, Issue 38
Motel goes PoMo
Albino!
New musical
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News & Opinion
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Conservative rallies
Letters
Them On Us
Gamble heir dies
News Briefs
Motel 6’s green upgrade
Backbeat
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Calendar
Music Box: Albino!
CD Reviews
Buddhist Ricard
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Dine Out
Crumbs: The Blu burger
This & That
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Classifieds
L.A. Times Sunday Crossword
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On the cover
Al and Pete Simpson
Design by Danny Haworth
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A word from our readers
LETTERS
NATHAN BENNETT
No thanks, Mr. Cheney
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Matthew J. Irwin
Conservative rallies
The protest against the federal
government in Washington, Saturday, was embarrassing – a confused, indoctrinated mob.
If that statement doesn’t get
some comments, nothing will.
I continue: Dissent against the
government is admirable and
necessary, in particular on issues
of humanity or civil rights, but
the people marching on Saturday,
some actually carrying Confederate flags, seemed to have insufficient cause other than an
ego-sense of imposition.
Their signs read, “Don’t tread
on me.” A child interviewed in
The New York Times said she didn’t want Obama to “redistribute
the wealth of [her] Barbies.” And
though taxes and healthcare reform were focuses of their anger
and concern, their arguments
had the weight of stoners I knew
in high school, certain “it’s the
government, man.”
Here’s a secret: conservatives
have been studying “liberal tactics” used at anti-war and civil
rights protests since the 1960s.
Dick Armey, chair of Freedomworks, former House majority
leader, one of the primary instigators of the rallies, is certainly
aware of these tactics.
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He likely learned them from
Saul Alinsky, whose work Armey
was well aware of according to
The New York Times.
Alinksy wrote in the opening to
his book Rules for Radicals, “‘The
Prince’ was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to
hold power. ‘Rules for Radicals’ is
written for the Have-Nots on how
to take it away.”
The text is full of strategies familiar at the tea parties last
spring, as well as Saturday’s
protest. They include creating a
scene, targeting individuals,
using ridicule and using media to
create an impression of a bigger
scene than reality – a tactic parodied by Tom Wolfe in his novel
Bonfire of the Vanities, in which
camera crews zoomed in on a
crowd of 10 or so protestors until
it seemed they were everywhere.
Alinksy, who died in the early
‘70s, was also aware of the fears
of the lower-middle class – “the
nightmare of pending retirement;
the shadow of unemployment;
and finally they dread the possibility of property devaluation
from non-whites moving into the
neighborhood” – which make
them difficult to win over for liberals, but targets for conserva-
Track
tives looking to cause ruckus.
Watching Saturday’s protestors work themselves into a religious fervor over taxes and
healthcare, I thought that they
were disingenuous and selfish,
but then I realized they are scared
and uninformed.
I blame Obama. His gift was to
steer the emotions of the American people toward the virtues of
his agenda. When he forewent
that approach in the face of harsh
Republican criticism and lackluster support from Democrats, he
left a gap in the spiritual heart of
the nation, which conservatives
were all too happy to fill with
fears of change, fears that what
any individual has worked for
might be taken away.
Like President Bush ignored
the nationwide protests against
the war in Iraq, President Obama
should ignore this showing of
misled Americans. They reveal a
sickness of the American identity,
in which self-interest and ideology is confused with freedom.
Freedom is the ability to be
who you are without persecution,
to pursue happiness with equal
opportunity and to be of mind
enough to be compassionate for
those of lesser ability. JHW
In response to the tribute to Mr. Cheney in the (other) newspaper
Monday (Jackson Hole News&Guide, Sept.7), we need to consider for
what should we thank him, exactly. It’s important to remember not just
for the big things, like killing four thousand American GI’s and five hundred thousand innocent Iraqis, and like destroying our economy, but also
for the little things, like enriching himself and his Halliburton buddies by
arranging all that killing, and like his treasonous exposing of American CIA
agent Valerie Plame, whose husband contradicted Bush’s lies about Iraqi
weapons, and like making our national reputation synonymous with
Nazism and torture, which even his captains say was useless.
The huge thank you for Cheney is an affront to all Americans, like
everything Cheney has ever done in international diplomacy, a big-money
lie or a bomb. It was bizarre for him to be bragging around in the last
days of his lame-duck term. But he keeps going. On Thursday (Sept 10)
he [was] in Laramie for some trumped-up tribute to himself. Now has
been strident primping and strutting for the media like one of the game
fowl he loves to hunt. The advertisement is consistent with Cheney’s
way: no evidence, no discussion, just use the biggest bomb you can,
damn the cost. And it’s all bombast and fakery. Here’s my evidence.
As reported in your paper by Ben Cannon last month [August 19, “The
Cheney Hunter”], my daughter Clara and I were recently invited to Jackson, Wyoming, Cheney’s home town, to legislate Cheney’s prosecution.
Our hostess knew me as the author of the Brattleboro Indictment Resolution, which asserted municipal authority to prosecute Bush and Cheney
as based on Universal Jurisdiction and the Nuremberg Charter. This received international publicity even before it was approved in March 2008,
and a legal memorandum on the basis of municipal jurisdiction was by attorneys Harold Burbank and Francis Boyle and was commissioned by
Laurie Dobson for a similar effort in Kennebunkport, Maine.
So now a team is forming to start new indictment legislation in Jackson. Here are quotes from internal email of [email protected].
This is from August 14, before the Thank You ad, not meant for anything
but finding the truth of public opinion for our own purpose so we don’t
waste our time.
. . . To see if the legislation is viable, we surveyed opinion in two
towns: Jackson — a reputed liberal stronghold, and Pinedale — recommended as very conservative by the state Democratic chair. On the
central question, “Should investigations of war crimes by Bush administration officials be stopped?” the overall response was 77% NO with a
14% margin of error. People of various classes responded NO in the
following proportions: Republicans 72% Democrats 71% Other/Independent 71% in Pinedale 68% in Jackson 86%
In other words people in Wyoming want Cheney and Bush prosecuted, and Jackson is not at all isolated in the state on this issue, but in the
mainstream. Seeing these results, we are strongly inclined to proceed
with this project . . .
It is of even greater significance that the response is the same across
party lines. In taking the survey we heard several people say “I used to
be Republican” . No one said anything like “Cheney made me change
from independent” .
Mr. Cheney is not letting himself go away, and neither should the
American people. Probable cause is established for all his crimes mentioned above. If he is innocent, he has nothing to fear, and more reason
to come to trial. We as a nation elected Cheney. He is our mistake, and
we as a nation must face him. Then we will have the integrity and
strength to face the challenges of the future. As Clara says, “A mistake
repaired becomes the past: a mistake ignored becomes the future.” Contact bushindictment@gmail to help your country.
– Clara Daims, Kurt Daims
Brattleboro, VT
sponsored by NEW BELGIUM BREWING
Time for fall adventure riding!
No big surprise, but fall is the best time to mountain bike in the Rockies. And the best trail is
Pinnacles off Togwotee Pass. We rode it on Sunday and I think the trail is in as good a shape as
I’ve ever seen it. A few down logs and a little bit of wetness, but overall, the trail is prime. Of
course, no one talks about the Pinnacles without bringing bears into the conversation, so remember to take a few friends, stick together, and buy a couple fresh cans of bear spray. There’s
not enough room here for full trail directions so grab a map and check in with your local shop
before heading out - getting lost is not uncommon out there. Here’s enough to get you in trouble: Drive east over the summit of Togwotee Pass and take a left on Brooks Lake Road. A few
miles back you will come across the Pinnacles trail head parking area and this is where the fun
begins. Take the singletrack away from the parking area and start climbing... and climbing. Yes,
all the sections are doable, but be forewarned that saving some for later is important! Keep following singletrack around the Pinnacles to eventually wind up at Brooks Lake. Descend the forest service road back to the car for a cold one. All said, the trail is around 20 miles and 2,400
feet of climbing. Plan on four to five hours, start early, and bring lots of food.
– Scott Fitzgerald, owner Fitzgerald’s Bicycles
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HIGH HOLIDAYS
INFORMATION
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FOR ALL MEETING
AGENDAS AND MINUTES
WEEKLY CALENDAR
JOB OPENINGS
SOLICITATIONS FOR BIDS
PUBLIC NOTICES
AND OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION
VISIT OUR WEBSITE
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The public meeting agendas and minutes for the Board of
County Commissioners and Planning Commission can also be
found in the Public Notices section of the JH News and Guide.
Rabbi Stuart Geller
and Chazzan Judd Grossman
at St. John’s Episcopal Church
170 N. Glenwood, Jackson
Rosh Hashanah
Friday, September 18:
5:30 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah
Childcare provided
Saturday, September 19:
9 a.m. Children’s Service
with Rabbi Geller
10 a.m. Shacharit, Morning Service
(Childcare will begin at 10 a.m.)
Potluck lunch to follow services in
the Fellowship Hall. If your last name
begins with an A-G please bring a
side dish, H-M please bring main
course, N-S please bring sweet for
the new year, T-Z please bring a salad.
*Following lunch there will be
Taschlich at Flat Creek.
Shabbat Shuva
Friday, September 25:
6:00 p.m. Services will be held in
the small chapel. Oneg to follow.
Yom Kippur
Sunday, September 27: Kol Nidre
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Services will promptly begin at 6:30 p.m.
Childcare provided
Monday, September 28:
9:00 a.m. Children’s service
with Rabbi Geller
10:00 a.m. Shacharit, Morning Service
Childcare provided
3:45 p.m. Yizkor
4:45 p.m. Mincha/Torah Reading
5:45 p.m. Break
6:00 p.m. Rabbi’s Discussion
6:30 p.m. Ne’ila
7:00 p.m. Potluck community Break Fast
in the Fellowship Hall. If your last name
begins with A-G please bring a dessert,
H-M please bring a salad, N-S please
bring a side dish, T-Z please bring a
main course.
Non-members, guests and visitors are
welcome to join the Jackson Hole Jewish
Community for High Holidays 5770 at no
charge. Tickets are not necessary, but
we do request that you make a reservation
by calling our office at 734-1999 or email
us at [email protected].
THEM
ON
US
Huntin’ fools, making news in Naples
By Jake Nichols
Battlegrounds stretch far and wide
concerning the Forest Service plan to
build additional employee housing on
Nelson Drive. Neighborhood residents
mostly oppose the plan, citing it
would ruin the bucolic nature of
Cache canyon; in particular, the popular Putt Putt trail.
The controversy showed up in a
news piece on Fox affiliate KTRV-TV in
Nampa, Idaho. About 70 people have
signed a petition protesting the development, and a Web site has been created called “Protect the Putt Putt.”
(www.protecttheputtputt.com)
Elk hope deer don’t cough
The great fear is that chronic wasting disease will begin showing up in
Jackson Hole’s elk population. That’s
why Wyoming Game & Fish is hunting
for it in deer.
Extra state workers along with federal employees are being assigned to
check harvested animals during the
fall hunting season for signs of CWD.
Tissue samples will be collected at
check stations, hunting camps, meat
processors and taxidermy shops.
Game & Fish’s John Henningsen
said he hoped he could “get a lot more
deer samples.” In wild populations,
deer carry the disease at a higher rate
than elk or moose. If the disease
shows up in wildlife, it would most
likely appear in deer first, Henningsen
said.
The story appeared in several publications nationwide. We found it at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s PatriotNews.
Service. Both men are being held in
the county lockup facing several
charges each.
Snowboard champ Rice goes
for (buffalo) gold
Two hunters contract
Chronic Stupid Disease
“A bull elk and his harem of cows 26
miles north of Jackson, Wyo., in the
heart of Grand Teton National Park
were just too much of a temptation
Thursday for two hapless would-be
poachers, according to the National
Park Service.”
That was the lead for the story appearing in the Denver Post last weekend. Brothers Ryan and Tracy Palmer
from Rawlins, Wyo., went from spotlighting elk in Grand Teton National
Park – an illegal activity – to allegedly
taking a shot at a bull elk using a crossbow.
A thorough search of the area found
no bull or cow elk carcasses, and every
indication is that “Tracy missed his intended target,” according to the Park
Jackson’s
Travis Rice
has won a
whole mess of
snowboard
competitions.
He has a
closet full of
ribbons to
prove it. And
that pisses
him off.
We caught
an RSS feed
from Luxist over the weekend that featured an interview with Rice by Annie
Scott. The pair were chatting at a press
event in Jackson for Rice’s upcoming
Quiksilver Natural Selection snowboarding competition, and its unique
trophy.
The first place award is a 24-carat
gold bison skull weighing 40 pounds.
Rice explained why he wanted to hand
out such a lavish trophy.
“I think a lot of contests just slack
on trophies,” he said. “I think a solid
ANNIE SCOTT
Protect the Putt Putt
trophy is so important instead of just
like ‘we have a little ribbon for you,’
and you get 10,000 bucks.”
“I imagine you have a closet full of
those little ribbons,” Scott said.
“Yeah, and it pisses me off! I mean,
you try so hard for something and
then you end up getting this cheap,
laser-inscribed piece of glass or something.”
Green scene at
Teton Science Schools
Columnist Heidi von Korff is on a
whirlwind tour of the West. She has
craftily managed to hoodwink her
publisher at the Naples Daily News
(Florida) into believing it is a business
trip. She filed her latest story from
Jackson Hole, telling her readers all
about sustainable and green buildings.
“One of my favorites was the Tetons
Science Center [sic], located in beautiful Jackson, WY,” she wrote. “I loved
how the solar panels bended well with
the building and overall setting of the
landscape. Truly a work of art and vision from the architects and engineers
to make this setting and buildings
blend together and look natural; like it
has always been nestled in a valley.”
JHW
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On “Ms. Hill’s Way
■ While Ms. Hill has always
greeted me outside Hard Drive, I
am thankful to have learned more
about her. Further, I can attest to
the kindness both Ruth Ann and
Mark have shown her.
■ Oh my yes, what a charming
story. A homeless mentally ill female living on the streets. Her outbursts of profanities and other
turbulent behavior (including assaults) is so “quaint”. I know I find
it so touching when she goes on a
tirade of “F-Bombs” and racial epithets in public, often in view of
familes with children. Won’t it be
“unique” someday when her
frozen corpse is discovered under
the bridge, maybe by a child. Wonderful story.
■ There are an estimated
744,000 homeless people in the
United States. We have ONE in
our community and you can’t handle it. Open your eyes to how
other people live and realize that
not everyone can afford home.
Count your blessings that you are
not homeless, and as Ms. Hill
might say ... go fuck yourself.
■ The glorification of a mentally ill individual and her lifestyle is
indeed disturbing.
■ How quaint, Lets all pitch in
and charter busses and fill them
with the mentaly ill homeless from
Portland and San Francisco, Lets
bring them to Jackson Hole and
glorify them with penn. I`m sure
the illegal aliens could use a break
from all the attention.
On “Jackson ‘Welcome’
signs up”
■ glad the town of jackson has
its priorities straight! oh wait....
■ This is Jackson’s bridge to
nowhere...right? Kinda like the
GOP ear-mark favor of $17 million
for earthquake monitoring system
in YNP ... remember, the more we
spend; the more we have. Don’t
worry about the $250k ... it is not
like it was taken from people that
earned it against their will...
■ So the Town can spend
money on signs, but not its people? No raises for anybody working for the Town, but we got
signs!
Poll
Do you have a second job?
You bet: 7% (13)
Boss won’t let me: 12% (23)
If I could find one: 13%
Doin’ OK: 69% (134)
Total votes: 195
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At a glance:
NEWS BRIEFS
By Henry Sweets
Cheyenne bans cell phones in cars
The Cheyenne City Council approved an ordinance that prohibits
motorists from using cell phones while driving, but will allow drivers
to use hands-free devices.
The new rule says that talking on a cell phone while driving is a
misdemeanor punishable by up to a $750 fine, Deputy City Clerk
Kristy Anderson said. Out-of-towners passing through Cheyenne
will be subject to the fine. Signs posted at all prominent gateways
will warn motorists of the rule, Anderson said.
The ban was passed Monday night, and will be enforcable Saturday, Sept. 19.
COURTESYCINTY KERESZTES
Gov. Dave to visit JH
A Gamble heir, Brad was known for being down-to-earth and generous.
Remembering Brad Gamble
Longtime Jackson Hole resident, 48, loved to ski.
By Ben Cannon
A memorial will be held
Saturday for Jackson Hole resident Brad Gamble. Gamble
was found dead in his West
Bank home last Friday.
His death was unexpected
and autopsy results are pending, but close friends speculate the death was related to
complications from diabetes.
A native of the Boston area,
Gamble, 48, moved here
around the mid-80s and became passionate about skiing, according to friend Cindy
Keresztes.
“He was a down-to-earth
guy, very kind and generous,”
Keresztes said.
Reported to be a direct descendant of James Gamble, of
the original Procter & Gamble, Gamble kept a low profile
and did not advertise the details of his lineage.
He built a house in the exclusive John Dodge subdivision that was to be a homage
to an ancestral home, according to his friend and attorney,
Jerry Bosch. But Brad Gamble’s version of the famed
Gamble House, a National
Historic Landmark site located in Pasadena, Calif., was
never completed, and Gamble
lived in a guest house, ac-
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cording to someone who
worked on the home.
An avid skier, Gamble frequently left the valley to ski in
places like Alaska and Oregon, or left the mountains to
sail around far-flung ports of
call.
“To nail down Brad would be
tough,” Bosch said, referring
Friends recalled that
in spite of the famous
last name, Gamble was
a regular guy.
to Gamble’s wanderlust.
In recent years, Gamble
held two jobs, working as a
line cook at Nora’s Fish Creek
Inn and The Granary. The responsibilities of work gave
him some needed structure,
said Granary chef Jason
Mitchell, a close friend.
“He just needed some help
in his life,” Mitchell said. “Me
and my kitchen [the Nora’s
kitchen] were a big part of
that. We helped him get on
top of his demons. We’ve got
to take care of our ski family.”
When Gamble was not heard
from for several days last
week, Mitchell went to Gamble’s home, where he discovered his friend’s body.
“He was a good friend and a
really generous man,”
Mitchell said.
Nora’s owner Kathryn Taylor said Gamble had become
a model employee who often
arrived before dawn to do the
dirty work.
“He was a nice guy to work
with,” Taylor said, describing
her employee as “a quiet
guy.” She added, “He would
do anything, come in at any
time.”
Friends recalled that in
spite of the famous last name,
Gamble was a regular guy.
“You would never know he
was a Gamble heir,” Keresztes
said. He loved to watch football with friends, she said.
Photographer Greg Von Doersten said he used to see
Gamble while skiing in Alaska
in the early ‘90s. Though the
two men were not close in recent years, Von Doersten said
he always expected to see
Gamble in line to catch early
Tram laps at Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort.
“He always had a smile on
his face,” Von Doersten said.
“He was a very generous and
giving and sweet man.”
A memorial pot luck dinner
for Gamble will be held 5
p.m., Saturday at Nora’s in
Wilson. JHW
On Thursday, Wyoming Gov. Dave
Freudenthal will address about 700
members of Wyoming’s natural gas industry at an annual conference, set this
year in Jackson.
The governor has his work cut out for
him. Don Basko, president of the Natural Gas Fair Association, told Wyoming
Public Radio that the Natural Gas Fair
will be an opportunity to commiserate
because market conditions are worse
than they have been in 50 years.
Wyoming Public Radio reports that Natural Gas prices have
reached a seven-year low, after peaking last summer.
Wilson Park lookin’ good
The Teton County Housing Authority announced its new development in Wilson is ahead of schedule and under budget.
Housing Authority Director Christine Walker said in a release
that the successful planning process for the Wilson Park Development could provide a framework for all the program’s future developments. The development was planned and designed with
feedback from neighbors in mind.
Some past TCHA developments were criticized by some neighbors as “out of character” with surrounding neighborhoods.
Walker credited the time and cost efficiency of the project to the
“design/build” model where architects, engineers and contractors
worked together as one unit.
Free plane tickets this winter
Buy three plane tickets to Jackson Hole, get the fourth for free.
That’s the newest ploy to get more tourists here this winter, offered
by Jackson Hole Central Reservations.
Dubbed “4th Flies Free,” the offer is good all season long, but in
order to take advantage of it, travelers must also purchase five
nights lodging and a minimum three-day lift ticket to Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort.
“With the launch of the new Tram, our legendary “cowboy” powder, personalized customer service and a free airline ticket, we’re
giving potential visitors every reason to make Jackson Hole their
first-choice winter destination this year,” JHMR brand director Anna
Olson said in a press release.
Jews get high
Jackson area Jews will mark the beginning of High Holidays on Friday. Two local Jewish groups will be offering services throughout the
10-day observance, a time of renewal and atonement.
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday with Erev Rosh
Hashanah services held by the Jackson Hole Jewish community at
5:30 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church with Rabbi Stuart Geller and
chazzan Judd Grossman. Rosh Hashanah services will continue Saturday morning with a children's service at 9 a.m. and Shacharit morning
service and potluck beginning at 10 a.m.
Chabad of Wyoming will offer Rosh Hashanah services at 9:30
a.m. on Sunday continuing throughout the day and night at Snow
King Resort. Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn will lead services.
Yom Kippur begins Sunday, September 27 with Kol Nidre. For the
complete schedule of High Holiday services and events check out their
Web sites: The Jackson Hole Jewish Community www.jhjewishcommunity.org and Chabad of Wyoming at www.jewishwyoming.com. JHW
AT 18 WEEKS
AFTER FERTILIZATION
Motel 6 does 180
“I’m getting my
finger and toe nails;
my skin is developing.
My sex can be seen
by ultrasound if
I pose just right. I
can hear sounds
outside of your body
- if it’s loud,
I’ll jump!
Once synonymous with cheap, JH location becomes ‘chic.’
BEN CANNON
By Ben Cannon
Eco-conscious visitors looking for sleek accommodations
now have an alternative to socalled green lodges like Hotel
Terra.
In a herculean effort to rebrand itself, Motel 6, the major
chain of budget motels with a
location in Jackson Hole, has
begun refurbishing its rooms
after the boutique-style hotels
found in Europe, the company’s executive vice president
said Tuesday.
The company’s chief operations officer, Jim Amorosia,
was in town to mark the ceremonial reopening of the Motel
6 on Broadway.
“The look, as you can see, is
very boutique-y, very European,” Amorosia said during a
tour of new rooms, which did
not resemble the outdated accommodations popular among
frugal travelers and high
school students in fly-over
states on prom night.
Although the Jackson Hole
Motel 6 was reopened following renovations soon after Memorial Day, Amorosia and a
team of corporate brass were
dispatched here to honor one
of their top performing corporate-run locations.
“This one gets a lot of European visitors,” the company’s
COO said, calling the Jackson
Hole Motel 6 one of the chain’s
“premier resort destinations.”
The new rooms feature bright
wall panels, composite hard-
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wood floors and high-definition flat-screen televisions.
The 30-something-year-old
Jackson location was one of 50
Motel 6 lodges that were the
first to receive the renovations,
which include energy efficient
light fixtures and utilities, and
an emphasis on outfitting
rooms with sustainable and
environmentally-safe goods.
There are more than 1,000
Motel 6 locations in the U.S.
The switch from carpeted to
hard floors –made from 80percent pre-consumer recycled
material – will reduce allergens, Amorosia said.
For the redesign, which is
emblematic of a shift in corporate America to offer smarterfeeling products with a smaller
carbon footprint, Motel 6 used
a top British design firm,
Priestman Goode, which has
designed cabins for Virgin At-
lantic airlines.
A blogger for Dwell Magazine blogger named Sarah Rich
called the redesign “a touch of
modern minimalism and an air
of modest luxury.”
While the exteriors of the refurbished locations, including
Jackson Hole, will remain
largely untouched, new Motel
6 lodges will depart from the
frumpy-looking exteriors
Americans associate with the
name. New hotels will be even
more “green,” and a new location in Texas will use solar
power and a motion system to
reduce energy when a room is
not in use.
Amorosia said the chain will
continue to offer some of the
lowest price points of any
major chain.
A call to the Motel 6 revealed
a room with two double beds
costs $79 per night. JHW
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BY JAKE NICHOLS
“Wyoming: Land of high altitude and low multitude.” – Milward Simpson
Wyoming was forged into being by men like Al
and Pete Simpson. Their great-grandfather, Finn
Burnett, came to Wyoming in 1862 when the
frontier was wild and untamed. Following in
their father Milward’s footsteps, Al and Pete
chose the law office and political realm for their
contribution to the Cowboy State.
Both men continue their close involvement
with their alma mater, University of Wyoming.
Pete still teaches a class there every spring. Al
stays connected to the political scene and sits on
numerous committees and boards across the
country. Both have served in the state legislature. Al was a U.S. Senator from 1979 to 1997.
“You’re talking to two guys of ancient vintage
here,” Pete said during an exclusive JH Weekly
phone interview.
Al and Pete, at 78 and 79, respectively, continue to write history with every witty quote.
They are frank, even blunt at times. But both
are quick with a smile and a handshake. The
Wyoming way.
And they are fiercely proud of this state.
“There are six generations of us hanging
around in Wyoming and that does please us
greatly,” Al said. “We don’t get up and tell people that everyday but man, oh man, it’s in your
heart and your gut and you know you want to
preserve it.”
JH Weekly: Both of you have achieved a point
of iconic reverence in the Cowboy State, but
you both play in Peoria, Illinois too. You’re at
home on the range but comfortable in metropolitan circles. You both took a year of schooling
in the Midwest for your first taste of life outside
of Cody, Wyoming. I imagine your Boy Scout experience at Heart Mountain was likely an eyeopening experience as well.
Pete: For both of us, you just cited the same
two incidents because Cranbrook was an eyeopener for a couple of guys growing up in a
small town, going to a small high school, then
going out to Michigan amongst these boys that
were pretty tough and smart. It was an eyeopener but so was Heart Mountain for both Al
and me.
(As members of the Boy Scouts, the Simpsons
visited the Japanese internment camp at Heart
Mountain during WWII. While there, Al befriended Norm Mineta, who would later achieve
see SIMPSON’S page 12
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from THE SIMPSON’S page 11
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political fame. The two are still close friends.)
JHW: You both were born into the Great Depression. The state, the country, the world is in a similar
economic downturn. What do you recall of growing
up in those trying times?
Al: My dad was practicing law in Cody, Wyoming.
Pete and I were little boys. All we do remember was
the railroad station was across the river and suddenly,
in the ‘30s, these people would come knocking at the
door. And they might have a Fedora on or a nice coat
or suit and they would ask, “Is there any work we
could do here?” Pete and I would talk with them. We
had no fear of them. They took us across the river and
showed us how they cooked their food with a fire and
tin can. They were just good solid Americans that didn’t have anything to eat or do.
Pete: I can also remember one time dad had accumulated a law fee or something and he bought Al and
me a couple of pretty nice-looking bikes. We rode
them down to the city park and we both got a nosebleed from guys.
Al: They beat us up!
Pete: They said, “Where’d you get that fancy stuff?”
We went back home and tucked the bikes in for a
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while until we could toughen up.
JHW: The U.S. is currently searching for a graceful
exit from Iraq. Afghanistan is now the new hotspot.
Alan, you were part of the Iraq Study Group. Is it time
for an Afghanistan Study Group?
Al: I was on the Iraq Study Group. We had 79 recommendations presented to [the Bush] administration
and they followed about three of them. Now they
have followed 75, or so, of them.
But don’t forget, people may not like the Iraq war
or the war in Afghanistan, but they respect the military. That’s the true difference from Vietnam, where
they hated the war, and they hated the soldiers. There
are not people out in the world, unless they really are
slobs and total non-patriots, who hate the military. You
can’t hate the military. But people don’t think we’re at
war.
Pete: What is it that the Stars and Stripes quoted
one of the soldiers saying? “We went to war, and
America went to Wal-mart.” To a great extent that’s
true.
JHW: Al, you have stated that you never really had
interest in governing. Your passion is in legislating.
Al: I couldn’t govern. It would be impossible for me.
I couldn’t administer my way out of a paper bag. But I
sure could legislate. I learned it in the Wyoming legislature. There’s a craft, a skill to legislating. It’s a sport
and I enjoyed it thoroughly but I could never have
been a good governor or mayor or anything else.
JHW: Yet you were tapped as a possible VP candidate for Bush in 1988?
Al: My name was in the mix. Pete and I met
[George H.W.] Bush in ’62 when our father took over
his father’s (Prescott Bush) office. We’re very close.
So I called him and said, “I see my name popping up
here and there, but go ahead and take my name off
the list, George, I don’t want any part of it. I’d be at
the funeral of every dead leader in [the world].
Pete: I am just now looking at a picture as we sit in
Al’s outstanding office. It is a picture of George H.W.
Bush and he has his head thrown back laughing to beat
the band as Al just zings one in there. He loved the
humor and the stories.
Later, when Al did have his name publicly announced as ‘off the list’ after the [VP] choice was
made, Al’s comment when asked why he didn’t want
it was: “I didn’t want somebody shining searchlights on
my fishing stream up the South Fork.”
Al: We had fished with the Bushes when he was
Vice President. We went to Glacier just the four of us
– Barbara, George, Ann, and myself – for three wonderful days. We would sit by the fire at night having a
beer and laughing, and there’d be about 84 sets of
eyeballs staring at you.
JHW: I’m quoting William E. Simon. “Bad politicians
are sent to Washington by good people who don’t
vote.” There is certainly no shortage of bad politicians
today. We have a corrupt Illinois governor, a South
Carolina governor with an Argentinean mistress, and a
disgraced Presidential candidate who admitted to an
extramarital affair which may have resulted in an illegitimate child. Do the American people even care
about their leaders’ misbehavior?
Al: I think they do care. Let me tell you, the guy at
the barstool in Buffalo, he knows what Sanford’s doing
and [Blagojevich] and he’s offended by it. But for every
one of those there are five or ten guys doing it right.
The media is interested only in conflict, confusion, and
controversy; not clarity.
Here’s an example: Enzi and Kennedy did 28 bills
together that had to do with workforce safety and
public health safety. How much did you read about
that? Not very damn much. That’s the way it works
and it’s sad. As long as you’ve got talk shows babbling
into the vapors about every indiscretion, good God …
I tell people “turn off your television.”
Pete: Al has often said, when you think about it, at
least 85 percent of those men and women are trying
to do it right. There are 15 percent of [politicians]
who are boobs, nuts, airheads, and maybe even criminals. But 15 percent of the population is boobs, nuts,
airheads, and maybe criminals.
JHW: What do you think about the practice of
bloating bills with sneaky, unrelated stuff as riders? The
healthcare bill, for instance, is a monster.
Al: That is a classic American artform. That’s happened since people began to legislate in the Continental Congress. You see the train coming down the track
and you say, “Hey, that baby is gonna pass, so I’m
gonna put a wheel under that.” One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. There hasn’t been anything that
has come up that something didn’t get tacked on as a
rider and that’s the way it’s always worked.
Pete: I think in the state legislature, here at least,
it’s a little tougher to do.
Al: Yeah, you don’t do it here.
Pete: You’re too close to these guys. Everybody’s
bound with the same leg irons. You live with the people you represent and you live with the laws you make
so you just don’t do that.
Al: I remember [Ted] Kennedy once said, “God, Al,
it’s late at night and the bill’s floatin’ and I need some
money for a witches museum in Salem.” I said, “That’s
great, but I need a new fence for the elk preserve. Do
that, and it’s a deal.”
JHW: You’ve been called “folksy” by some, Al, and
“acerbic” by others. Men and women who know the
real you might use terms like “loyal” and “principled.”
I mean this in the kindest way possible and with no intentions of rushing anything, but what do you wish
they will write on your tombstone?
Al: I want it to say, “You would have wanted him on
your side.” That’s it right there; because loyalty, especially when your friends go down in flames and everybody leaves them, that’s all you’ve got left sometimes.
Pete: I quote the rabbi that said, when somebody
looks into his casket, he’d like to have them say, “I
think he moved.”
JHW: You saw Jackson Hole in the early days before
the money came. What has it become now? Have we
killed the golden goose here? You’re both businessmen and politicians – should government have any
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role in preserving Jackson’s heritage or wildlife?
Al: We’re going to cover that when we get there. There is a lot
to that. But when the government owns 97 percent of the
county, I would venture to say they are pretty well involved. You
can’t have various governments – state, county, and federal –
owning 97 percent of your county and then pretend you’re in
charge.
Pete: I know that our dad was really involved in fighting the socalled Park extension (GTNP). Our grandmother came by one
time and after seeing what had happened to the rest of the
county, with the roadside stands and one thing or another at that
time, and she said an amazing thing, because she was on the side
of preventing the extension; she said, “Well, you can be wrong.”
And that was surprising for her to say, but she loved the scenery,
she loved the view, she loved the way it looked after all those
years. Wherever the park protection is, it still looks that way.
Al: Our dad said the same thing. I see Cliff Hansen also said the
same thing. They both said, “We put up a good fight, but we
thought we were being deceived because they thought Snake
River Land & Cattle Company was a private organization.” But it
was the Rockefeller organization and it had to be that way otherwise the price of sagebrush would have gone way up for the people trying to preserve it. Dad said, “They were right, and we
were wrong.”
JHW: Both Cody and Jackson depend on tourism to some extent. What are the similarities and differences between the two
western Wyoming towns?
Pete: The upper South Fork has a lot of people that have
moved in like Jackson people moved in on the west side of town
and up toward Teton Village. And those are people with lots of
bucks who see the country and the scenery and love it and sequester a piece of it.
Al: We don’t have that tremendous influx of wealth here.
That’s just not Cody. The one other difference I’ve noticed from
being in public life is that in Cody, people don’t give a damn who
you are. And in Jackson, there’s some people who hope somebody knows who they are. That’s a very significant difference.
Pete: Some of the students in my class have pointed out the
circle with the JH in it, which is a sticker on a lot of cars. Somebody said that in Europe the distinctions between countries is
designated by a circle with an initial in it, and sure enough there
are people who believe Jackson Hole is a separate country.
JHW: We sure vote that way.
Al: You said it right there. There is a great anti-Cheney disgust
or hatred in that county that’s very real.
Pete: But you also have a pretty powerful right-wing there.
JHW: So we have decided that the difference is Cody has the
wind, Jackson has the windbags.
Al: Don’t put our names to that.
Pete: But you’re on to something there. JHW
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TGR premieres new ski flick
For many members of Jackson Hole’s robust ski and snowboard community, there is no rite of the preseason more anticipated than the September premiere of the Teton Gravity Research movie, which happens to be this weekend.
While Re:Session, TGR’s latest film, includes clips of the current cadre of TGR stars – skiers like Seth
Morrison and Sage Catabriga-Alosa – it also features some of the very talented younger athletes who are
already making a sizable mark. At just 19, Sammy Carlson stands apart as a top skier with some sublimelooking moves, said producer Josh Nielson.
“I would describe his style as complete dominance of park ride and spinning, and basically making skiing
look really fun,” Nielson said at TGR HQ last week.
But the film opens with one newcomer whose segment should elicit more whoops and yells than even
the most brilliant rookie athelete ever could: Jackson Hole’s new Aerial Tram.
Proceeds from the premiere will benefit the Avalanche Center Support Organization and a scholarship
for a local high school student. Led Zepplica will play at the Mangy Moose after party. – BC
Re:Session screens at 5:30 and 8:00 p.m., Saturday at Walk Festival Hall. $13 for the screening, $25 for the
after party. Partygoers must purchase a movie ticket to buy an after party ticket. visit tetongravity.com.
Visions of art
Off Square Theatre will run Lettice and Lovage,
the latest play in
its Black Box series, through the
weekend.
Written by playwright Peter Shaffer, of Equus and
Amadeus fame,
Lettice and Lovage
is about “a woman who has a real knack
for elaborating on the truth, which gets
her in some trouble,” said director John
Briggs.
Set in London and historic Wiltshire,
England (home to Stonehenge), the play
follows Lettice Douffet (Judith Townsend),
a tour guide with a penchant for making
up facts about the landmarks.
“It’s absolutely a comedy,” Briggs said.
The show also stars Off Square players
Terry Schwab and Kelly Bouma, as well as
actress Tamara Johnson, on loan from the
Virginia Shakespeare Festival. – BC
Catch Lettice and Lovage, 8 p.m.,
Wednesday through Saturday. $25 for adults;
$20 for students/seniors; $15 for children 11
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Jackson Hole High School students will be
thrust into the international art scene, this
weekend, as part of the Western Visions program at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
Students’ photos are the latest addition to
the 22-year-old tradition, culminating with the
Western Visions Miniatures and More Show &
Sale, the museum’s largest fundraiser.
Western Visions begins with a ladies-only
‘Ojibwa Chief’ by luncheon at Teton Pines.The Western Visions
Preview Party, Friday, will present the art for
Robert Griffing
sale and introduce some of the artists. The museum will also dole out several awards to the artists. Local writer and
art lover Todd Wilkinson will also lead a panel discussion at 1:30 p.m.
Finally, the Western Visions Miniatures and More Show & Sale will
close the weekend on Saturday with more than 300 works by160
artists, prices ranging from $500 to tens-of-thousands. Raffle prizes include a Mini Cooper and a “mini safari.” Bid by-proxy online at
www.wildlifeart.org. Today is the last day to register, 732-5412. – MI
Western Visions ladies only luncheon is, 11 a.m, today, at Teton Pines;
the preview party is, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, at the museum; and the Miniatures and More Show and Sale is, 5:30 p.m., Friday, at the museum. Packages: $100 to $500. www.westernvisions.org.
FILM
It came early this year, and many of us didn’t notice at first, but we are excited for the reprieve from Hollywood endings over the next month with
Frank’s Fall Film Festival.
Last weekend, we saw Sam Rockwell in Moon, a psychological sci-fi film
about a man on a three-year contract to harvest “helium 3” from the moon
with only a computer to keep him company, until an accident reveals the true
nature of the contract.
Films on my list include Woody Allen’s Whatever Works with Larry David and
Ponyo by Hayao Miyazaki, of Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle fame.
Goodbye Solo, The Cove and Food, Inc. also look interesting. – MI
Watch trailers and check the schedule at franksfilmfestival.com.
Oktober is here
BEER & BRATS
Drink beer and eat brats for a good cause.
The third annual Teton Valley Foundation Oktoberfest event will be held this Saturday at the Grand Teton Brewing Company.
The celebratory event doubles as a fundraiser for the foundation, its mission is
to put on cultural events in Teton Valley. There will be German food, competitions and kids activities. Music will be provided by Ben Winship’s Old Time String
Band and the Teton Valley Muskrat Orchestra, both of which feature well-known
Teton Valley musicians. Admission is $5 but kids and anyone dressed up in traditional German attire will be admitted free of charge. -HS
Oktoberfest, 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday at Grand Teton Brewing in Victor. 208.201.5356
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★ THIS WEEKS PICKS
Wednesday 9.16
MUSIC
■ Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.,
on the deck at South Side Pub.
Free.734-0866.
■ Chas Collins, 9 p.m., at the
Million Dollar Cowboy Bar.
Country. Cover TBD.
733-2207.
■ Live in the Hole features
Mark Lange, 6:30 to 7 p.m., on
Jackson Hole Community
Radio, KHOL 89.1 FM. Free.
■ Willowstar Squires, 8
p.m., at Alpine Wines in Driggs.
Acoustic singer-songwriter.
Free.
★ALBINO!, 10 p.m., at the
Knotty Pine in Victor. 10-piece
Afrobeat. 208-787-2866. $10.
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL
■ Western Visions Jewelry
and Artisan Luncheon, 11
a.m. to 4 p.m., at Teton Pines
Resort & Country Club. A
ladies-only event. National Museum of Wildlife Art. 732-5412.
Packages $100 to $500.
www.WesternVisions.org.
■ Poster Signing with Tom
Gilleon, 3 to 5 p.m., at Altamira Fine Art. 739-4700.
■ Altamira Fine Art Grand
Opening, 4 to 7 p.m., The
Larry Hestand Trio performing.
739-4700.
■ Gallery ARTWalk, 5 to 8
p.m., with more than 30 Jackson art galleries.
■ 7th Fall Round-Up, 5 to 8
p.m., Galleries West Fine Art.
733-4142.
★ Lettice and Lovage by
Peter Shaffer, 8 p.m., Off
Square Theater’s BLACK BOX
Studio Series, Center Theater.
$25 Adult, $20 Senior/Student
and $15 Children. 733-4900,
OffSquare.org.
CLASSES & LECTURES
■ Conservation Alliance
Info Lunch, noon, Conservation Alliance conference room,
685 S. Cache. For this month’s
info lunch, Alliance public lands
director Louise Lasley will
share perspectives gathered
during our series of Border
Walks. Bring lunch; we’ll provide drinks and snacks. 7339417.
COMMUNITY
■ Teton Literacy Volunteer
Open House, 6 p.m., Teton
Literacy Program, 1715 High
School Rd. (Flat Creek Business
Center) Please join us for our
Fall Volunteer Open House.
733-9242, [email protected].
Thursday 9.17
MUSIC
■ Phil Round, 6:30 p.m.,
Amangani Hotel. Solo acoustic.
Free. 733-9641.
Country. Cover TBD.
733-2207.
■ Keith Phillips and Bill
Plummer, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.,
at Teton Pines on Moose-WilSee CALENDAR page 16
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son Road. Jazz. 733-1005.
Free.
★ MC Ramsey and local
deejays, 9:30 p.m., at the
Mangy Moose in Teton Village.
Mikey Thunder, LP Chilen,
Drunken Master and Bambu
King spin reggae. Mangymoose.net. $5.
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL
■ Greg Woodard Artist Reception, 2 to 4 p.m., Altamira
Fine Art. 739-4700, www.altamiraart.com.
■ Marshall Noice and
Robert Deurloo Show, 5 to
8 p.m., Center Street Gallery.
733-1155, www.centerstreetgallery.com.
■ Western Visions Wild
West Preview Party, 6:30 to
10:30 p.m., at National Museum of Wildlife Art. View art,
place ballots, and mingle before the big sale. Packages
$200 to $500. 732-5412.
www.WesternVisions.org.
★ Lettice and Lovage by
Peter Shaffer, 8 p.m., Off
Square Theater’s BLACK BOX
Studio Series, Center Theater.
$25 Adult, $20 Senior/Student
and $15 Children. 733-4900,
OffSquare.org.
LITERATURE
■ Great Books, 7 p.m., The
Wort Hotel. The Story of Samson from Judges 13-16.
734.8800, [email protected]
CLASSES & LECTURES
■ Astronomy Club, 7 p.m.,
Teton Co. Rec. Center A presentation by Martin Storksdieck
and Jill Stein of the Univ. of
Maryland, will describe their
research project involving our
club. “Solar Eclipses and the
China Connection,” is about
the recent total solar eclipse
over China. Telescopes will be
set up on the Rec Center’s
patio for observing after the
program. 733.2173. Free.
COMMUNITY
■ Teton Toastmasters,
noon, in the County Commissioners Chambers in the Teton
County building. Light lunch
provided. Come learn public
speaking skills. Walk-ins welcome. 699-4882.
■ Go By Bike Commuter
Challenge celebration, 5 to
7 p.m., Friends of Pathways office, 335 S Millward. Gobybike.friendsofpathways.org.
■ Pikas at Pica’s: Carnitas
for a Cause!, 9 p.m., Pica’s
Mexican Taqueria. 734-3734
or sara.fagan@tetonscienc
Albino! draws inspiration from Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat rhythms and political lyricism.
New wave of protest funk
By Aaron Davis
Horn-dressed, deeply rhythmic, and born in the 1960s
from the mind of Nigeria’s Fela
Kuti, Afrobeat has sustained a
worldwide revival in the last
decade. San Francisco’s vibrant 10-piece ensemble, Albino!, uses the music as Kuti
did—as a vehicle for protest.
Fela Kuti (1938-1997) studied
at Trinity College of Music in
London before establishing the
genre, which he used to attack
the political injustices in Africa
using social criticism through
his lyrics. In ’69, Kuti brought
his band to the U.S., where he
discovered and was heavily influenced by, the Black Panther
Party. Numerous setbacks
arose from his stardom and
radicalism, including being attacked by Nigeria’s military.
Afrobeat traditionally
weaves funk, jazz,
Stop by
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for the COLDEST
BEER in town
Friday 9.18
MUSIC
Free. 733-9641.
■ Brazilian Night, 6:30 p.m.,
at Warbirds Cafe in Driggs.
With pianist Keith Phillips, vocalist Juliane Kowski and
bassist Mike Rossi. Free. 208354-2550.
■ Papa Chan and Johnny C,
6:15 to 9:15 p.m., at Teton
Pines. Free.
See CALENDAR page 17
16 September 16 - 22, 2009
polyrhythms, and African
highlife, the latter genre originated in Ghana in the
early1900s with multiple guitars and horns. Songs generally
break the 10-minute mark,
some reaching the 20 and 30minute ranges. Regular performers at Burning Man, Albino! Embraces this style with
their own flare— “tripped-out
tribal stage garb” intertwined
with African dance, outrageous
costumes, and infectious
group choreography.
“The idea behind the costumes is that, early on, we
wanted to have the spirit of
Sun Ra or Parliament or Kuti,”
said Michael Bello, musical director of Albino! who plays
tenor and baritone sax, lead
vocals, and keyboards. “We
didn’t want to represent in the
same way because it’s not our
culture. A lot of our costumes
were created by our percus-
sionist /dancer, but eventually
each member started adding
their own [flare].”
While the twenty-legged ensemble embraces the philosophy and group dynamic of
Kuti’s legacy, their original
music focuses on domestic issues—from commercialism to
the political state of the government. The scathing lyrics
draw awareness and urge a
call-to-action.
“It seems like the voices of
people aren’t being heard,”
Bello said. “It’s about the deconstruction of the transitional
movement, breaking down the
power that holds it together,
like corporations—bringing
back power to individuals.”
The East Bay Express Critic’s
Poll chose Albino! as Best Band
for 2009: “...the group’s second
album, “Peralta House,” was
recorded live with all 11 members in the same room at the
same time, and its boiling
drums, striking guitars and
swirling horns never miss a
beat.” The heavy bottom end
that is fueled by the rhythm
section is further thickened by
dual baritone saxophones.
While there are many Kutiinspired bands touring these
days, Albino! is the real deal
and the individual chops show
as much as the on-point group
dynamic. The wall of syncopated sound is overwhelming
at first, but a groove is evident
and being apart of that experience is reciprocal.
Keep and eye out for their
old school bus, which was gutted and converted into a moving hostel with bunks. JHW
Albino! takes stage at 10 p.m.,
tonight at the Knotty Pine in
Victor. $10. Call 208-787-2866.
Download free tracks at AlbinoBand.com or Archive.org.
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Mon-Fri 4-7pm
733-2792 750 W. Broadway
CD REVIEWS
Paranoid Cocoon
CALENDAR
Some Assembly Required
COTTON JONES
★★★★★
Cotton Jones, a group of kids in their 20s
from Maryland, play groovy folk music with
original soul.
The band is led by Michael Nau, whose gift
for belting lyrics is surpassed only by his ability
to write poetic ones. His cohort and future
wife, Whitney McGraw, laces elegant vocals
and wispy organ over Nau’s gruff tracks.
The backup guitars and drums lend a rolling,
roadtrip-in-a-convertible tempo to the music.
But the reverb, organ and Nau’s voice also
make the music right for a dim room, late at
night, and a little soul searching.
Nau’s lyrics are heavy on folk philosophy,
with pragmatic observations like “you’ll only
be as big as what you do,” or “home is where
you stop for a minute, and clean your teeth.”
But they really get their flavor with imagery,
like silver rivers and a girl with a mouth full of
stars, that recall 70’s psychadelia.
Standout tracks are “Blood Red Sentimental
Blues,” and “Where You Stop for a Minute”
but the entire album is pleasant to listen to.
– Henry Sweets
Up from Below
ASSEMBLY OF DUST EDWARD SHARPE &
THE MAGNIFICENT ZEROES
★★★★★
As the torchbearers of hick-funk, the Assem★★★★★
bly of Dust represents a sorrowful purity and
playful honesty few and far between across the
musical landscape. Flipping through their
Rolodex of cronies, the group recruited a
plethora of talent (Richie Havens, David Grisman and Keller Williams, etc), only adding to
their already acclaimed sound and live presence.
With his towering vocals, Reid Genauer cradles the listener through poignant folk melodies
(“Light Blue Lover” feat. Grace Potter and Tony
Rice), rockabilly numbers (“Leadbelly” feat.
Jerry Douglas) and backwoods honky-tonk
(“High Brow” feat. Al Schnier of moe.). Not to
be outdone by special guests, the spiraling guitar
wizardry of Adam Terrell puts oneself into a
daze of joyous harmony continually captured by
the group within the studio.
Like wine, bourbon and cute middle-aged
women, AOD consistently gets better with age.
Though it is tough to be as good in a recording
booth as onstage, the band pulls it off with such
ease, one revels in their endless possibilities.
– Garret K. Woodward
The L.A.-based band Edward Sharpe &
the Magnificent Zeroes has produced some
wonderful songs, one or two of which are
currently on rotation on community radio.
There’s the quasi-popular “Home,” a big
bad love song that has captured my attention, prompting me to hit the repeat button
at least 16 times in the last week. The song,
which features an utterly terrific male and
female duet, makes a convincing case for
this 10-piece, self-styled “jug band.”
There are other gems on the album Up
from Below, like the “oom-bobbin’” song
“Janglin” and the soft “Brother,” but there
are also a few throwaway tracks that just
barely miss the mark somehow. Yet the
whole album is worth at least a full spinthrough or two, and one of its most
charming components are singing lovers
Jade and Alexander, who make a few appearances.
– Ben Cannon
★ = AM RADIO ★★ = SATISFYING ★★★ = COLLECTABLE ★★★★ = MOOD ALTERING ★★★★★ = THE BEATLES
Kingston, Jamaica will join the
crew. Don’t worry about the
drive home – a $2 bus service
will be offered from Teton Village to Jackson. Cover is $5.
THE
GOODS
■
Gary Small and his Coyote
Brothers
Nominated for 2009 Nammy
Award for Best Blues and
Songwriter of the Year, Gary
Small and his Coyote Brothers
will trek from Sheridan,
Wyoming, with vintage rock
‘n’ roll in to Jackson Hole.
Their fifth release, I Don’t Play
by the Rules, stays within
blues-rock boundaries highlighted by Small’s classic
Fender tone. The Coyote
Brothers will play 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, at the Silver
Dollar Bar. No Cover for either
of these performances.
■
Local deejays Mikey Thunder, LP Chilen, Drunken Master and Bambu King will spin
all sorts of reggae for groovers
of ska, dancehall, skank and
rocksteady at 9:30 p.m. on
Thursday at the Mangy Moose.
Guest emcee Ramsey of
Led Zepplica
Tribute bands are becoming
tradition with Teton Gravity
Research film premieres. Led
Zepplica is fronted by Robert
LIVE MUSIC 7:45 - 11:15pm
September 18-19
COYOTE BROTHERS
September 22
Bluegrass Tuesday
307.733.2190
BROADWAY AT GLENWOOD
ONE TON PIG
WWW.WORTHOTEL.COM
Plant imitator Joe Retta, who
claims that Plant himself said
he was the “best guy he’d ever
heard do his stuff.” The band
has been together since 1989,
performing mostly in Southern California, but also national tours and trips to
Canada and India. The band
will take stage at the TGR After
Party at 10 p.m. on Saturday at
the Mangy Moose. TGR’s
newest 16mm and HD ski and
snowboard film Re:Session will
premiere at 5:30 p.m. and 8
p.m. at Walk Festival Hall in
Teton Village. $13; $25 for the
after party, available at TetonGravity.com, Tobacco Row,
733-4385 and Jackson Treehouse, 739-TREE. – AD
Country. Cover TBD.
733-2207.
■ Jazz Night, 7 p.m., in The
Granary at Spring Creek
Ranch. With Leroy Plock on
piano, Mike Rossi on bass,
Mike Calabrese on drums.
Free. 733-8833.
■ Gary Small and The Coyote Brothers, 8 to 11:30
p.m., at the Silver Dollar Bar.
Rock, blues. Free.733-2190.
■ Split, 9 p.m., at the Virginian Saloon. Rock, countryWestern. Free.739-9891.
■ Funky Fridays, 10 p.m.,
Jackson’s Hole Bar & Grill, DJ
L.P. Chilen spins the best in
Club Music. 303-653-6928
ART
■ Amy Larkin Artist Reception , 6-9 p.m. at Shade’s Cafe.
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL
■ Jackson Hole Art Auction
Preview, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
Center for the Arts.
866-549-9278.
■ 22nd Annual Western Visions Miniatures and More
Show & Sale, 5: 30 to 9:30
p.m., Packages $100 to $500.
732-5412. WesternVisions.org.
■ Legacy of Nature Group
Show, 1 to 4 p.m., Legacy
Gallery. 733-2353, www.legacygallery.com.
★ Lettice and Lovage, 8
p.m., Off Square Theater’s
BLACK BOX Studio Series,
Center Theater. $25 Adult,
$20 Senior/Student and $15
Children. 733-4900.
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
★Meditation as Cultivating
New Ways of Being with
Matthew Ricard, 9 a.m. to 3
p.m., Friday and Saturday, at
Shooting Star in Teton Village.
$400. centerofwonder.org.
HOLIDAYS
■ JH Jewish Community
Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5:30
p.m., St. John’s Episcopal
Church, 170 N Glenwood
Jackson No tickets required,
reservations helpful. 734-1999.
Saturday 9.19
MUSIC
■ Pianist Pam Drews
Phillips, 7 p.m., in the Granary
at Spring Creek Ranch. Free.
733-8833.
Free. 733-9641.
Country. Cover TBD.7332207.
■ Gary Small and The Coyote Brothers, 8 p.m., at the
Silver Dollar Bar. Rock, blues.
Free. 733-2190.
■Split, 9 p.m., at the Virginian
Saloon. Rock, country-Western. Free. 739-9891.
ART
■ Wilson Summer Arts and
Crafts Fair, 9 a.m. at the Fish
Creek Center, Wilson. 7337440.
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL
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■ 14th Annual Jackson Hole
QuickDraw Art Sale & Auction, 9 a.m., Town Square.
■ 3rd Annual Jackson Hole
Fall Real Estate Auction,
noon, at The Wort Hotel.
www.jacksonholeauctions.com.
■ Greg Beecham Showcase,
noon, Astoria Fine Art, 7334016, astoriafineart.com.
■ Jackson Hole Art Auction,
1 p.m., Center for the Arts.
866-549-9278, www.jacksonholeartauction.com.
■ Artist meet & greet, 1 to 3
p.m., Altamira Fine Art. 7394700, www.altamiraart.com.
■ Annual Wildlife and Wildlands Show, 2 to 8 p.m.,
Wilcox Gallery. 733-6450,
www.wilcoxgallery.com.
■ Trailside Galleries Fall
Gold Show, 3 to 6 p.m.,
mostly Western artists. 7333186, trailsidegalleries.com.
■ The Art of Conservation:
30 Artists, 30 Years, 5:30
p.m., The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance’s gala celebration with live and silent
auctions, and the premiere of
the Alliance’s 30th Anniversary
film by Charlie Craighead. $60.
733-9417.
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
★ Meditation as Cultivating
New Ways of Being with
Matthew Ricard, 9 a.m., Friday
and Saturday, at Shooting Star.
$400. centerofwonder.org.
BEER
★3rd annual Oktoberfest, 4
to 8 p.m., Grand Teton Brewing Company in Victor. Music
by Old Tyme String Band. 208201-5356.
FILM
★TGR’s Re:Session World
Premiere Benefit, 5:30 and 8
p.m., Walk Festival Hall. World
Premiere of Teton Gravity Research’s newest 16mm and HD
ski & snowboard film Re:Session. TGR after party at the
Mangy Moose with Led Zepplica. $13, $25
Tetongravity.com.
COMMUNITY
■ Volunteer with Habitat
for Humanity, 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. 734-0828.
■ JH Farmers Market, 7
a.m., Jackson Town Square.
www.jacksonholefarmersmarket.org.
HOLIDAYS
■ JH Jewish Community
Rosh Hashanah, 9 a.m., St.
John’s Episcopal Church, 170 N
Glenwood. Rosh Hashanah
Services with Rabbi Stuart
Geller and Chazzan Judd
Grossman. Children’s Service,
10 a.m. Shacharit, morning
service. Potluck lunch to follow.
Taschlich on Flat Creek to follow potluck. 734-1999 or
[email protected].
Sunday 9.20
MUSIC
■ Stage Coach Band, 6 p.m.,
at the Stagecoach Bar in Wilson. Old-time country, folk,
Western. Free. 733-4407.
18 September 16 - 22, 2009
COURTESY CENTER OF WONDER
CALENDAR
Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard will teach you the path to happiness.
Elation and contemplation
By Henry Sweets
Not happy?
Happy, but want more?
A Buddhist monk coming to
Jackson this week might be
able to help you.
Mathieu Ricard is a campaigner for happiness, who
also does scientific research to
prove it’s benefits.
At a lecture at the Center for
the Arts Tuesday, Ricard will
talk about how meditation
and compassion can lead people to achieve a level of happiness they thought were
impossible. But Sunday at the
Murie Center he’ll take people
out into the fall colors to put
those theories into practice.
Ricard, dubbed the happiest
man alive, is a Buddhist monk
based in Nepal who also
serves as the French translator
Altamira Fine Art Gallery
172 Center St. 739-4700
Artspace Gallery/Art Association
240 S. Glenwood, 733-6379
A Horse of a Different Color
60 E. Broadway, 734-9603
A Touch of Class
10 W. Broadway, 733-3168
Astoria Fine Art
35 E. Deloney, 733-4016
Buffalo Trail Gallery
98 Center Street
734-6904
Brookover Gallery
125 N. Cache Street, 732-3988
Caswell Gallery/Sculpture Garden
145 E. Broadway, 734-2660
Cayuse Western Americana
255 N. Glenwood, 739-1940
Center Street Gallery
30 Center Street, 733-1115
Ciao Gallery
766 S. Glenwood., 733-7833
for the Dalai Lama.
At the Murie Center on Sunday, he will lead a nature walk
through the Murie Center in
Grand Teton Natioinal Park.
“We will be doing a walk in
nature and then a discussion
and teaching around the fire
Ricard is a campaigner
for happiness, who also
does scientific research
to prove its benefits.
ring at the Murie Center,”
Center for Wonder’s executive
director Carrie Geraci said.
“The theme of the talk is
how we can use that state of
outer beauty that we see in
nature to inspire a state of
inner beauty within ourselves
ART
GALLERIES
Diehl Gallery
155 W. Broadway, 733-0905
DiTomasso Galleries
Fay Gallery
Teton Village Road, 739-1006
Fighting Bear Antiques
375 S. Cache, 733-2669
Full Circle Gallery
335 N. Glenwood, 733-0070
Galleries West Fine Art
70 S. Glenwood, 733-4412
Gros Ventre Gallery
Heriz Rug Co.
120 W. Pearl, 733-3388
Horizon Fine Art
by really looking at cultivating
our feelings of empathy and
respect for the environment,”
The event is open to children nine years of age and
older. Teachers will be on
hand with other activities for
the kids if their attention span
proves too short for the three
hour, contemplative event.
After pursuing a PhD in molecular genetics at the Pasteur
institute, Ricard devoted his
live to Buddhism. He still does
scientific research to back up
his spiritual work; proving
that meditation can reduce
blood pressure, for instance.
Geraci said he is a charismatic and articulate teacher
who can put Buddhist teachings into a widely palatable
form.
“He’s such an amazibng
teacher because of his West-
165 N. Center, 739-1540
Images of Nature
170 N. Cache, 733-9752
Images West
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs, 208-354-3545
Jack Dennis Wyoming Gallery
Town Square, 733-7548
Jeff Grainger Workshop
335 N. Glenwood, 734-0029
JH Muse Gallery
62 S. Glenwood, 733-0555
Legacy Gallery
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary
130 S. Jackson Street, 734-0649
Mountain Trails Gallery
National Museum of Wildlife Art
3 miles north of Jackson, 733-5771
Oswald Gallery
165 N. Center Street, 734-8100
RARE Fine Art Gallery
485 W. Broadway, 733-8726
ern education, so whether
you’ve been a Buddhist practitioner for half of your life,
just got into it or never tried to
meditate and haven’t been introduced to Buddhism he’s so
artistic and knowledgeable
that this will be a mind opening experience for everyone,”
Geraci said.
“His main teaching is how
we can find more happiness,
happiness in our lives, and
who doesn’t want that,” she
added.
Ricard will also host a twoday meditation retreat, which
is already full. JHW
“Contemplation in Nature”
is 3 p.m., Sunday at the Murie
Center in GTNP. Free. Ricard’s
lecture is 7 p.m., Sept. 22 at
the Center for the Arts, $20
suggested donation.
Robert Dean Collection
180 W. Broadway, 733-9290
Rivertime Designs
98 E. Little Ave., Driggs, 208-351-2045
Schmidt’s Custom Framing
890 S. Highway 89, 733-2306
Shadow Mountain Gallery
10 W. Broadway, 733-3162
Trailside Galleries
Trio Fine Art
545 N. Cache, 734-4444
West Lives On
74 Glenwood, 734-2888
Wilcox Gallery
North of town on Cache, 733-6450
Wild by Nature Photography
95 W. Deloney, 733-8877
Wild Exposures Gallery
60 E. Broadway, 739-1777
Wild Hands
70 S. Glenwood, 265 W. Pearl
733-4619
CALENDAR
By Matthew Irwin
A common complaint out of
Hollywood or Broadway adaptations of true events is that
producers forego reality for
entertainment. They say, “This
is what might have happened.” Case in point: Jackson
Hole to the Max, which claims
that Teton Jackson, the criminal, gave the valley its name,
and not the widely accepted
namesake, Davey Jackson, the
trapper.
Musical theater writers Scott
Brown and Anthony King took
this familiar “device” to extremes in a two-man farce
about selling a “book” to producers, now being performed
in the front room of Jackson
Hole Playhouse.
Before I go any further, I’ll
say that it works. I laughed
my ass off. My only regret is
that I didn’t bring a bottle of
wine or a six-pack to share
with my lady. (The Playhouse
does not carry alcohol, but
will gladly serve yours to you
if you bring it.)
Gutenberg! The Musical!
takes the form of a script reading, in which writers or directors try to convince producers
to put their money behind the
show by performing it without
costumes, sets or, for the most
part, actors. They have themselves and a piano player
(JHW’s Danny Haworth).
Only, the book has 30 characters, so Bud (Jeffrey Whitlock) and Doug (David
Holmes), composer and
writer, respectively, wrote the
name of each character on a
ball cap, which they variously
stack and alternate on their
own heads, so the audience
won’t get confused about
which character they are
playing.
Bud and Doug patronize the
audience by explaining the
structure of a musical as they
move through it – why, for instance, they might include an
uplifting song that has nothing
to do with the story, or how to
end the first act with a number
that recaps all that’s happened
and sets up the resolutions in
the second act.
The story: Johann Guten-
ANDREW WYATT
The hilarity of unreality
Jeffrey Whitlock and David Holmes perform the comic
show Gutenberg! The Musical!
berg invents the printing
press, which is destined to
teach people to read, but evil
Monk does not want anyone
to read, because he makes up
scripture according to what
suits him. Monk tricks Helvetica (“also a font”) into destroying the printing press,
which didn’t happen in history, “but could have,” Bud
and Doug say. The rest of the
“cast” is made up of crazy
townpeople and side characters, such as Drunk 1 and
Drunk 2, as well as AntiSemite and Little Monk –
even Rat 1 and Rat 2. When
Gutenberg fails to deliver his
printing press, the townspeople kill him, which also didn’t
happen, “but might have.”
JHW
Gutenberg: The Musical
plays, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sunday and September 27 at Jackson Hole Playhouse. $20; $40
for dinner (6 p.m.) and show.
733-6994; jhplayhouse.com
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY
Iocated in beautiful
Pinedale, WY.
Center for the Arts presents
september 20
SUNDAY
TICKETS $25 all seats
••••
7:00 p.m.
The Simpson Brothers
Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson and his big brother, Pete, don't just know their Wyoming history: They
are a part of it. The sons of Sen. Milward Simpson – who also had a seat in the U.S. Senate and was Governor
of Wyoming 1955-59 – have served their state in a wide variety of political, educational and cultural roles,
and are two of the funniest men in the state.
Health Food Store,
the location is perfect
for someone to come
in and take over.
••••
Includes inventory
of food, refrigeration
displays, counters, etc.
••••
Off Square Theatre Company
Anne & Pete Sibley
Through Sept. 19, 8:00 p.m. nightly: "Lettice & Lovage" – Off Square Theatre Company's Studio Series
concludes with Peter Shaffer's archly British comedy about architecture, preservation and a little domestic terrorism.
In the Black Box Studio Theater. $25/$20/$15.
Come take a look at a
business that just
keeps growing.
••••
The Center of Wonder
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 7:00 p.m.: Matthieu Ricard – The Center of Wonder welcomes the French translator of the
Dalai Lama back to the Center Theater to speak about "Compassion in Action." Free, though donations will support
the building of clinics and schools in Nepal. (307) 734-0570.
Jackson Hole Music Experience
Priced to sell at 100K.
Please call to inquire
at 307-367-3833
talent features Seadar Rose playing her rootsy Americana. Also on tap are Celtic, blues, folk and jazz from some of
the area's finest. $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $10 for students, FREE for JHME members.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 6:00 p.m.: Teton Boulder Project – Local and international climbing pros Jack Tackle,
Conrad Anker and Steve House speak and show slides in the Center Theater to help raise funds for a proposed
bouldering park in Phil Baux Park. $20 general admission.
tickets
Center Box Office 265 S. Cache Street
all programs,
by phone 307.733.4900
artists and dates
online www.jhcenterforthearts.org subject to change
B u s i n e s s L e a de r s
Leading into the Future. It’s smart. It’s easy.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Monday 9.21
MUSIC
■ Jackson Hole Hootenanny, 6 p.m., at Dornan’s.
Musicians may sign-up beginning around 5:30. Free. 7332415.
■ Pete Ford, 9 p.m., at the
Country. Cover TBD.
733-2207.
Tuesday 9.22
MUSIC
■ Open Mic Night, 7:30
p.m., at Rock Rabbit in
Pinedale. rockrabbit.com or
307-367-2485. Free.
■ One Ton Pig, 7:30 p.m., at
the Silver Dollar Bar. Folkrock, country. Free. 733-2190.
■ Pete Ford, 9 p.m., at the
Country. Cover TBD.
733-2207.
ART
■ Silversmithing, 6 p.m., Art
Association Multi-Purpose Studio, in the Center for the Arts,
240 S. Glenwood. $20 dropin. Call to register: 733
[email protected].
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
★Compassion in Action, 7
p.m.,Center for the Arts, Loving-kindness and compassion
are the most positive and fulfilling emotions to experience.
Buddhist monk Mathieu Riccard talks. $20 suggested donation. centerofwonder.org.
– Compiled by Henry
Sweets and Aaron Davis
Friday, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m.: "Women of Jackson" – The seventh annual showcase of the valley's female musical
Town of Jackson
■ Hellound Glory, 9 p.m., at
the Knotty Pine. $8.
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL
■ Art Brunch Gallery Walk,
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Jackson’s
30-plus art galleries.
■ West Lives On Gallery
Open House, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., 734-2888, www.westliveson.com.
THEATER
★The Simpson Brothers, 7
p.m., Center Theater. Former
U.S. Senator Alan Simpson and
his big brother, Pete share
their love of the West with
stories about growing up in
early JH. $25. 733-4900
HOLIDAYS
■ Chabad of WY Rosh
Hashanah, 9:30 a.m., Snow
King Resort, Morning Services,
9:30 am; Shofar Sounding,
11:30 a.m.; Tashlich Service, 2
p.m.; Evening Service, 7 p.m.
Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn,
Executive Director of the
Chabad Jewish Center will be
leading services. 462-0847.
Blue Planet
Foods
M-Sat 9a-6p
307-367-3833
432 W. Pine Street
Pinedale, WY
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Serving fresh,
award-winning
beer & tasty new
menu items.
$7 lunch
Japanese,
Spanish
& Latin
influences
Open for Dinner
Happy Hour 4-6pm
7 nights a week at 5:30pm
Our deck is now open
Open daily
11:30am - Midnight
265 S. Millward
307-739-2337
307-734-1633
155 N. Glenwood
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LUNCH
Daily at
11:30am
DINNER
Nightly at
5:30pm
Billy’s Open
Daily at
11:30am
Happy Hour
5-7pm
nightly:
2 for 1 Drinks
in the bar
you like to eat a lot, Nora’s is the
place to hang out in Wilson, just 6
miles northwest of Jackson on Hwy
22. If you visit us often, you’ll start to
recognize our regulars, who discuss
world issues or gossip over coffee.
Breakfast is especially good, pancakes and huevos rancheros barely fit
on our huge plates. Dinner is served
nightly from 5:30 p.m. Wilson.
733.8288
Asian & Sushi
BLU KITCHEN
We offer the freshest ingredients, an
open kitchen and a beautiful outdoor
deck. Our small plates include
caramelized eggplant with fresh
mozzarella, and grilled asparagus
with olive bread crumbs. Our appetizers include luxury shrimp and pan
seared red deer with cherries and
shiitakes. Our large plates include a
kobe beef strip loin, air chilled
chicken breast with truffled mac n
cheese and our giant pastrami
burger. Full bar, sakes and tequilas.
Open nightly at 5:30pm. 155 N.
Glenwood. Reservations at 7341633. Walk-ins welcome.
Continental
BON APPE THAI
Lunch served from 11 a.m. - 2:30
p.m. Dinner starting at 5 p.m. Closed
for lunch on Sundays. Take-out and
delivery available. Walk-ins welcome.
Reservations. 245 Pearl, 734-0245.
BURKE’S
Sample our superior steaks, chops,
and innovative fish, game and fowl
dishes in this historic renovated
building. Reservations, smoke-free.
Nightly from 6-10 p.m. 72 S. Glenwood. 733-8575.
KOSHU WINE BAR
Koshu serves an ever-changing menu
of contemporary pan-Asian cuisine,
delicious cocktails and a variety of
wines by the glass. The JH Wine
Company is just outside our door.
Wed. - Sat. at 5:30 p.m. DJ on Thursday nights. 733-5283.
NIKAI
Jackson Hole’s favorite sushi bar offers the finest delicacies from both
land and sea. Featuring innovative
sushi & sashimi as well as a creative
asian inspired grill menu. Full service
bar specializes in tropical cocktails
and offers unique fine sake and wine
lists. 225 N. Cache. Reservations are
recommended, 734-6490.
THAI ME UP
Authentic Thai dishes including coconut chicken lemongrass soup,
drunken noodle and coconut milk
curries. Full bar and children’s menu.
Serving Lunch Tuesday-Friday, 11:30
a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; Dinner, 5:30 p.m. close, Tuesday-Saturday. Take-out
available. 75 E. Pearl, parking behind
restaurant. 733-0005.
43 NORTH
Serving dinner seven nights a week
at the base of Snow King. Happy
hour begins at 5 p.m. Cozy pub atmosphere and great selection of
whiskies. Live music four nights a
week. 645 S. Cache, 733-0043.
Q ROADHOUSE
From the people that brought you
Rendezvous Bistro, “Q,” on Teton
Village Road, serves up a variety of
Roadhouse fare. Menu items include; Blackened Catfish, Shrimp
Jambalaya, Turkey Meatloaf, Steaks,
BBQ Ribs, Pulled Pork & Beef
Brisket. Extensive wine list and full
bar available. Open Nightly 5:00
p.m. Happy Hours at the bar only
are 5 - 6 p.m. and 8 - 9 p.m. Reservations 739-0700.
THE BLUE LION
A Jackson Hole favorite. Offering the
finest in creative cuisine. Join us in
the charming atmosphere of a refurbished older home. Ask a local about
our rack of lamb. Also serving fresh
fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entreés. Open nightly at 5:30
p.m. 20% off your entire bill between 5:30-6 p.m. Reservations recommended. 160 N. Millward,
733-3912.
DORNAN’S PIZZA & PASTA
CO.
Gourmet pizzas, homemade soups,
pasta, sandwiches and salads. Enjoy a
relaxing lunch while sitting along the
Snake River enjoying the fabulous
view of the Tetons. 12 miles north of
Jackson in GTNP at Moose,
Wyoming, 733-2415.
NORA’S
If you like to eat among locals, and if
RENDEZVOUS BISTRO
The Bistro offers something for
everyone including salads, sandwiches & daily plate specials. Our
Raw Bar features oysters on the half
shell, tuna tartare and oyster shooters. Appetizers include mussels,
gnocchi, grilled octopus, steak
tartare and more. The entree selection ranges from traditional bistro
Fish & Chips, Meatloaf, Veal Marsala
& Coq au Vin to many other selections including fresh seasonal
seafood, pasta & steaks. Open nightly
at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended. Located at 380 S. Hwy
89/Broadway. 739-1100.
SNAKE RIVER
BREWERY & RESTAURANT
America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Enjoy the atmosphere while
enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas,
burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads
and desserts. $7 lunch menu from
On the Town Square • 733-3279
OPEN FOR DINNER
From 5:30 p.m. every evening
SERVING LUNCH
11:30 p.m. til 2:00 p.m. Weekdays
The place to hang out in Wilson
307-733-8288
Authentic THAI Cuisine Daily
SERVING BREAKFAST
6:30 til 11:30 a.m.Weekdays
6:30 a.m. til 1:30 p.m.Weekends
Mon - Sat 11:00am - 9:30pm Sun 5-9:30pm
Try our Thai Lunch Express
11:00am - 2:30pm
Take-Out Available
Reservations Recommended, Walk-ins Welcome
307.734.0245
245 W. Pearl Ave. (across from the old Post Office)
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ECO-FRIENDLY
Bike Delivery
11am-2pm
(please place order before 10:30am with larger than 5 sandwiches)
2 for 1
Pepper Popper
Happy Hour 2-4:00pm
Don’t know what a pepper popper is?
Come in for a free sample.
50 WEST DELONEY • TOWN SQUARE • JACKSON • 307-734-9420 • (F) 307-734-9430 • BackcountryProvisions.com
11:30am-3pm. Happy Hour deals
from 4-6 now include our tasty hot
wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WIFI.
Open 11:30am - midnight. 265 S.
Millward. 739-2337
SNAKE RIVER GRILL
Celebrating 15 years! Whether you
stop by for a pizza and beer, or enjoy
our celebrated menu of American
and International fare and our huge
wine list, you will be pleased by Jackson’s most beautiful restaurant and
as stated in The Wine Spectator, the
“best!” in town! Open nightly at 5:30
p.m. On the Town Square, 733-0557.
SWEETWATER RESTAURANT
Satisfying locals for lunch and dinner
for nearly 30 years with deliciously
affordable comfort food. Award winning wine list. Lunch 11:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Corner of King & Pearl, 733-3553.
TRIO
Voted one of “Jackson Hole’s
hottest restaurants” Food and
Wine Feb. 2009. Trio is owned and
operated by local chefs with a passion for good food. Our menu features contemporary American
dishes inspired by classic bistro
cuisine. Daily specials feature wild
game, fish and meats. Enjoy a glass
of wine at the bar in front of the
wood-burning oven and watch the
chefs perform in the open kitchen.
Open for dinner nightly at 5:30
p.m. 45 S. Glenwood. For reservations call 734-8038.
.
Coffee House
HARD DRIVE CAFE
Internet Access: our computers or
yours. Organic espressos. Soup,
salad, panini, wraps, philly cheesesteak. Serving Snake River Roasting
Company coffee. Open Sat - Thu
5:45 am - 3 pm, Fri 5:45 am - 10 pm.
1110 Maple Way, 733-5282.
JACKSON HOLE ROASTERS
Procuring, roasting and serving the
finest coffee in the world, including
organic, fair trade, bird-friendly, and
so on! We roast on the premises and
ship worldwide. When you come to
our shop be sure to try a cup made
from The Clover.Open M-F 7 a.m. to
6 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to ? 165 E.
Broadway, 690-8065.
Mexican beers. Open 7 days a week
from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W.
Broadway, 733-1207.
PEARL STREET BAGELS
Open daily 6:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Two
locations to serve you. In Jackson
145 W. Pearl, 739-1218. In Wilson on
Ida Lane, 739-1261.
THE MERRY PIGLETS
Voted Best Salsa in Jackson! Jackson’s
oldest and most rockin’ Mexican
restaurant. Choose from over 10 salsas and sauces, Tex-Mex plates, including enchiladas, rellenos,
mesquite-grilled fajitas, salads, burrito’s, wraps and fire-roasted
chicken. Huge margs in 10 flavors
plus our “Big Pig Marg,” a 32 oz original. One block north of the
square,160 N. Cache, 733-2966.
Italian
Specialty
CAFÉ PONZA
Italian Pizzeria and Cafe with gourmet pizza as well as large NY Slices.
Jackson’s only late night eatery.
Pizza, salads and home-made
tiramisu & cannoli’s as well as Illy
Espresso. Glasses of wine starting at
$5. All day cash price special:
Cheese Slice and 16oz Beer $5.
Open every day 11:00 a.m. - 2:30
a.m. Pink Garter Plaza, 50 W.
Broadway, Call 734-2720 for delivery or pick-up.
Bread Basket/La Canasta Del
Pan
Now serving simple and delicious sandwiches made with
fresh products. Pan Bana: a
subtle and healthy vegetarian
sandwich made with sliced
tomatoes, fresh mozzarella,
fresh basil leaves and balsamic
vinaigrette. As well as various
combinations of warm ham and
brie, turkey and gorgonzola,
fresh mozzarella, slices mozzarella and swiss cheese. Made
from the freshest bread available. So think of us at lunch
time! Also various sweet breakfast options available. The bakery also offers an ever changing
variety of French and Mexican
baked goods: Mazipan, chocolate or plain croissants, Elephant ears, apple turnovers,
coconut macaroons, chocolate
soufflé, various cheese custard
filled pastries. Stop by the
Bread Basket and smell the enticing aroma of international
baked goods.
OSTERIA
From the folks who brought us the
Bistro, Q, and Bistro Catering. Highlights include Osteria’s 12-seat wine
bar, eight seat salumi bar, house
made pastas, wood-oven fired pizzas, and paninis. The sausage stuffed
olives, fresh fish and veal chop won’t
disappoint. Come experience Osteria’s outdoor seating and extensive
wine list. Walk ins welcome, reservations recommended 307-7394100. Dinner nightly 5:30-10. Lunch
daily 12-2:30
Mexican
EL ABUELITO
Authentic Mexican Cuisine. Home of
the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR RESTAURANT
GUIDE, IN PRINT AND ONLINE,
CALL 732-0299.
Open nightly 6-10 p.m.
Chef Michael Burke, Proprietor
733-8575
72 S. Glenwood
“Food for all is a necessity. Food should not be a merchandise, to be
bought and sold as jewels are bought and sold by those who have
the money to buy. Food is a human necessity, like
water and air, it should be available.”
– Pearl Buck (1892-1973) American Nobel Prize winning author.
Now serving
breakfast and lunch
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
307-733-0365
365 W. Broadway
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
“...Voted one of Jackson Hole’s
hottest restaurants” Food and
Wine February 2008. Trio is
located right off the town square
in downtown Jackson, and is
owned and operated by local
chefs with a passion for good
f o o d . O u r m e n u f e a t u re s
contemporary American dishes
inspired by classic bistro cuisine.
Daily specials feature wild game,
fish and meats. Enjoy a glass
of wine at the bar in front of
the wood-burning oven and
watch the chefs perform in the
open kitchen.
20% OFF
ENTIRE BILL
Good between 5:30-6:00pm
Dinner starts at 5:30pm
733-3912
160 N. Millward
Please present coupon to server when ordering.
• Reservations Recommended •
18% gratuity may be added to your bill
prior to discount.
Open for Dinner
nightly at 5:30pm
Located off
the town square
at 45 S. Glenwood
Available for private
events & catering
For reservations
call 734-8038
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Not your classic burger joint - Blu’s dining room.
A memorable burger
JACKSON HOLE
ROASTERS
COFFEE
HOUSE
Authentic Mexican dishes
made from scratch
By Ben Cannon
Recently, after fishing another Sunday New York Times
out of a recycling bin, I thought
about the terrific burger I had a
few nights earlier.
Actually, after I retrieved The
Times, I mainly thought about
how stoked I was to score the
entire paper, including the
NYT Magazine and this
month’s NYT Style Magazine.
The fact that it was sitting on
top of the pile and free of spills
made the find all the sweeter.
But afterward, when I got
home and sat down to write,
that’s when I remembered that
delicious burger.
You see, sometimes even the
most visionary Jackson Hole
restaurateurs have to add
Hot chips made fresh all day long
Ten homemade salsas and sauces
Our margaritas will make you happy,
but our service will make
you smile!
by the cup or by the pound
the
Home of RG”
IG MA re
“BIG Pof
ea
pl su
VOTED “Best Salsa”
in BEST OF
JACKSON HOLE
2009
32oz
North of the Town Square
in Downtown Jackson
(307) 733-2966
LARGE
SELECTION
OF
MEXICAN
BEERS
pastries • sandwiches • wireless access
145 E. Broadway
699-3984
385 W. Broadway, Jackson
Authentic Mexican Cuisine
(307) 733-1207
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11am to 10pm
OPEN NIGHTLY
at 6:00pm
ABUELITO’S SPECIAL
Jumbo prawns cooked with mushrooms,
sautéed in our original sour cream sauce
Breakfast available
7:00-11:00am
307-733-0557
On the Town Square
Call and ask Frank
about FREE delivery
to your door.
1325 S. Hwy 89 • 733-0201
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LUNCHEON
COMBINATION
Monday-Friday
11am-3pm
DINNER
SPECIALS
SOPA SIETA MARES
Delicious soup made with fresh fish,
shrimp, octopus, crab legs, clams & scallops
Lunch specials starting June 1
Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm
Having a party?
Try our Mr. Q
FULL CATERING
MENU
featuring hot & cold specialties
HOME OF THE
ORIGINAL
JUMBO MARGARITA
FULL BAR
FRESH ROASTED ORGANIC COFFEE
RESTAURANT
THAI FOOD. HEALTHY.
spicy
sweet
tangy
salty
Dinner 7 days a week
starting at 5:30pm
307-733-0005
75 E. Pearl at the Ranch Inn Hotel
FILE PHOTO
something simple and relatively inexpensive to the menu
in order to get a few more bodies through the door. In many
cases, that food is a burger.
So when you have an excellent chef using top ingredients,
the end result can be a gourmet cousin to a classic burger
from Billy’s (which, in my
opinion, will never become an
outdated eating experience).
Enter Jarrett Schwartz, the
man behind Blu Kitchen,
which specializes in sushi and
eclectic small plates.
Months ago, during a seasonal menu rewrite, Schwartz
came up with a cheeseburger
made from Kobe beef.
While I have been to Blu for
dinner a handful of times over
the summer, on each occasion
it was with a small group and
we ordered tapas-style, sharing
a number of small plates
around the table.
Following Friday’s Palates
and Palletes Art Walk, which I
historically arrive at too late to
each year, missing out on all
the free food, a friend and I
were looking for something
hearty that wouldn’t lighten
our wallets too much. A quick
brainstorm of food available
downtown produced the $14
burger at Blu.
Burger king Jarrett Schwartz
As a couple of dudes looking
to keep it simple, we sat at the
bar across from Schwartz, who
momentarily paused from
preparing plates of delicate
sashimi in order to slap a couple of Kobe beef and chorizo
patties on the grill. I can’t
think of another place where
you could order a burger from
a guy expertly slicing raw fish,
but there you have it.
So we get these large burgers
topped with melted Dubliner –
an aged white, slightly sweet
cheese– and also smoked pastrami and caramelized onions
on a ciabatta bun.
What a great burger. The
pastrami was not at all overpowering but played a small
part in the delicious and
hearty symphony that was this
creation. Served with a generous portion of Blu’s famous
truffled french fries, an order
could almost be enough food
for two people with smaller
appetites. In fact, neither my
dinner companion nor I finished ours, and he had them
boxed up for some Teton adventure the next day.
Schwartz said he is planning
to unveil a different burger to
warm belly and soul in the upcoming months. But that’s the
least of what’s keeping him occupied. You’ll learn more
about that later. Meanwhile,
consider trying a burger from
Blu Kitchen. JHW
Blu Kitchen is located at 155
N. Glenwood. A burger is
around $14. 734-1633.
ONLY
Get a Double Cheeseburger, Medium Fries and
a Medium Soft Drink for only $3.99 + tax
during the month of September.
3
$ 99
+tax
1110 W. Broadway
Open daily 5:00am to midnight.
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Hand-Lettered Calligraphy
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WELLNESS COMMUNITY
THESE BUSINESSES PROVIDE HEALTH OR WELLNESS SERVICES FOR THE JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY AND ITS VISITORS
TETON ROLFING
The Whole Body Approach to Wellness
Sachi Nakayama
Certified Rolfer
413-6032
Mikel Bensend
Certified Rolfer
413-3260
www.tetonrolfing.com
Balance in Structure & Function = Freedom
Ticia Sheets
Certified Rolf Structural Integration
CMT
Dedicated to the Teachings of Ida P. Rolf
307.413.8080
Office locations in Wilson & Victor
www.mountainsomatics.com
Yoga en Español, Kundalini Yoga
+ Yoga for Athletes
Coming in October. Visit www.akashayogajh.com for more details.
307.690.1350
150 E. Hansen
Jackson, WY
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ACROSS
1 Deferred payment at bar
8 Flies over Africa?
15 Alternatives to Twinkies
20 “Cool!”
21 Upgrades the factory
22 Pocatello’s state
23 Dramatic device about
which Hamlet says “The
play’s the thing ...”
25 Work of fiction
26 Type sizes
27 Made, as a basket
28 Soak (up)
29 Star responsible for
eclipsing Venus?
30 North Carolina university
31 Pick
33 Pandora’s boxful
35 Missile’s path
36 Site of an impromptu
nap
37 Kindness simile
40 “... so long __ both shall
live?”
41 Extends across
42 Line of bushes
43 Regal initials
44 Ed who wrote “87th
Precinct” novels
47 Loving: Prefix
49 Territory that became
two states
52 Highest class
53 Rare key in which a sec-
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tion of Chopin’s “PolonaiseFantaisie” is written
57 Grammar school basics,
briefly
58 Kelly’s co-host
59 H-bomb trial, e.g.
60 Back of the neck
61 Lunar Asian holiday
62 Broadway auntie
63 Concerning
64 Enjoy a hot tub
66 Big name in nonstick
cookware
67 It starts with enero
68 Sch. near the Rio Grande
69 Peru’s __ Picchu
70 Unrefined oil
71 Suffix with real
72 World Series of Poker
Main Event game
75 Gets licked
76 Put down
78 Prefix meaning “spiral”
79 Fizzles (out)
80 Sign of burnout hidden
in eight puzzle answers
81 “__ fired!”
83 Vaughan of jazz
85 Siberian metropolis
87 California’s first lady
90 Letters before a trade
name
93 “Well, __-di-dah”
94 “The Mod Squad” role
95 Ready to be driven
44 Disney’s Ariel, e.g.
45 Make pure
46 2000 Martin
Lawrence/Nia Long comedy
47 Fen-__: withdrawn dietdrug combo
48 Dost possess
49 Jerk
50 Staying afloat in place
51 Lacking guile
53 Building addition
54 First instruction
55 Words before black or
red
56 Book after Micah
63 “... two fives for __?”
64 Island east of Java
65 Elec. letters
66 Marriage promise
68 Bonneville Flats state
69 Harass
70 Fair, in forecasts
73 Feng __
74 Wife of Zeus
77 Alas. native
79 Scrub up, say
81 PBS chef Martin
82 Fruit tree grouping
83 Libya’s Gulf of __
84 Torn off forcibly
85 Veteran
86 Submit with a stamp
“Fatha”
96 “Buenos __”
87 Hr. part
97 Dangerous compound in 16 Febreze target
17 Easily become angered 88 Queen of Troy
Agent Orange
89 Gymnast Mary Lou of
99 General Arnold of WWII 18 Short story writer known Olympics fame
for irony
102PC key below Shift
90 Lake fisherman’s boat
19 Comforting words
103Frenzied
91 Receiver of property, law
24 Green targets
104Vertical
92 Climb
105Open one’s law office, 29 Conniving
94 Book, in Bologna
31 Ballet bird
say
32 Rock concert memento 96 Beatrice’s admirer
108Chorus platform
98 Mutant superhero group
109Instrument shaker at the 34 1862 Bull Run victor
of comics
37 Undercover agents
end of a minstrel troupe
100Kitty
starter
38 Lend a hand
110Made of clay
39 Blue Moon of ’60s-’70s 101Annual major golf tour111Bridge bid, briefly
naments played in August,
112Black Sea port dweller baseball
familiarly
40 Subject of Indiana
113Unemotional
103Bog-like
Jones’s quest
105Med. care group
41 “Gymnopédies” comDOWN
106Mantric sounds
1 Spoke like Don Corleone poser
43 Fabled napper
107Guffaw syllable
2 Not long, timewise
3 Recent rightist
4 Nile dam site
5 Hauls to the shop
6 “Who __ to argue?”
7 ___ a rock and a hard
place
8 Hot-dish holder
9 Iroquois Confederacy
member
10 In-flight approx.
11 Throw easily
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13 Marrying on the sly
14 Cincinnati-to-Nashville
15 Jazzman known as
ROB BREZSNEY’S
FREEWILL ASTROLOGY
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
www. jhweekly.com
ARIES (March 21-April 19): To the
thug who stole my Chevy Malibu from
its parking place while I was recording
an album in San Francisco back in 1991:
I forgive you. To the lovely and talented
Artemisia, who couldn’t bring herself to
fall in love with me as we partied at the
Burning Man festival back in 2001: I forgive you. To any Aries readers who hate
it when I refer to my personal life in
their horoscopes, and would much
rather I confine myself to talking about
them: I forgive you, and recommend
that you engage in a thorough version
of the cleansing I just illustrated.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The
old saying “You can’t have your cake
and eat it too” suggests that maybe it’s
not a good idea to go out on dates with
a variety of lovers while you’re engaged
to be married. Nostradamus scholar
John Hogue has taken the spirit of this
idea and created a variation that I think
applies to you right now, Taurus. “You
can’t have your past and your future,
too,” he says. In other words, you cannot fully embrace the exciting and
daunting possibilities that loom ahead
of you if you also insist on immersing
yourself in the pleasures of the past.
You can either have the old ways or the
new ways, but not both.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my astrological analysis, you currently have a certain resemblance to a
vacuum cleaner or a hungry baby. Every
time I’ve turned my meditations to the
Gemini tribe, I’ve been hearing a psychic version of a giant sucking sound.
What does it all mean? I sense that
you’re especially voracious right now,
almost insatiable — as if you’re inclined
to engorge and absorb any old thing
that you happen to find in front of you.
Are my speculations true? If so, I hope
that all the things you’re finding in front
of you are healthy for you. But just in
case some of them are not: Would you
consider exercising some discrimination
about what you allow to enter into the
sacred temple of your body and mind?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): These
days, your gods can kick the butts of
everyone else’s gods. Likewise, your
lawyers and agents and sidekicks can
most likely outwit, outdo, and out-wrestle everyone else’s. But it’s crucial to
note that if you try to work alone, you
will not be able to kick other people’s
butts, let alone the butts of their gods,
lawyers, agents, and sidekicks. The
skills of your allies will be indispensable. The way I see it, your test in the
coming days will be to overcome any
tendency you might have to indulge in
pathological levels of self-sufficiency as
you cultivate a greater capacity to ask
for and receive help.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “We’re all
mutants,” read the headline of a report
on the genetic research. It turns out that
you have between 100 and 200 mutations in your DNA. To gather the evidence for this revelation, scientists had
to sort through huge amounts of data. A
Chinese scientist who was a member of
the research team said that “finding this
tiny number of mutations was more difficult than finding an ant’s egg in an
emperor’s rice store.” You will soon
have a comparable experience, Leo:
From an overwhelming array of choices,
you’ll locate the rare catalysts you need.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There’s
a device on the market that claims to
age wine very quickly. The makers of
“Clef du Vin” say that by using their
simple technology, you can “accelerate
the aromatic development of the wine’s
flavor and soften its structure.” So dramatic is the supposed effect that “one
second of the device in the wine is
equal to one year’s age.” I believe that
you now have the metaphorical equiva-
lent of this marvel, Virgo. This temporary talent won’t work on wine, but it
could perform wonders with other
processes that would benefit from having their evolution expedited.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The
soft-minded person always fears
change,” said one of my favorite transformers, Martin Luther King Jr. “For him,
the greatest pain is the pain of a new
idea.” The corollary to King’s pronouncement is that changes are less
likely to be painful if you’re not afraid of
them. According to my astrological
analysis, Libra, none of that stuff will be
an issue for you in the coming weeks.
As you slip into a phase of riotous
growth, I expect you will have abundant access to previously dormant reserves of courage and
tough-mindedness.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Studies show that many people believe their
attendance at a sports event impacts
the outcome of the game. They are obviously suffering from a ridiculous delusion, right? They’re enthralled by the
kind of magical thinking that our primitive ancestors engaged in, right? Normally I’d say yes, but not right now, not
for you Scorpios. For a limited time only,
your presence at events where people
congregate may exert an uncanny influence far beyond the power of logic to
explain. Your opinions will carry more
weight than usual, and your power to
shape group dynamics will be at a peak.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
If I’m reading the astrological omens
correctly, you’re now ensconced in a
smooth groove and not even close to
being stuck in a cluttered rut. You’re
making the right moves for the best reasons, and never trying to get ahead at
the expense of others. During a grace
period like this, I think you’d be wise to
convene what I call a problem team. A
problem team is a posse of smart allies
whose task it is to dream up every possible glitch that could threaten to undermine your efforts in the coming weeks.
They lead you through dry runs that test
your reflexes and prime your resourcefulness, thereby making those glitches
unlikely to occur.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
While I’m pretty much a genius when it
comes to the meaning of Kurt Cobain’s
lyrics, the art of cooking perfect scrambled eggs, and the secrets of being a
good listener, I’m an absolute idiot
about how a car engine works, how to
make money on eBay, and how to craft
a foreign policy that would deal effectively with Pakistan. What about you,
Capricorn? What are dumb about? This
is an excellent time to cure your ignorance about any subject you should
know about for the future.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The
following projects would be excellent
ways for you to spend your time: 1. Attend a fantasy camp where you learn
rodeo tricks. 2. Teach a worthy candidate the intricacies of licking your nuzzle
spots. 3. Scratch an itch that has been
subliminally bugging you 4. Solicit lively
information from a devil’s advocate, a
sexy mother, and a world traveler. (You
need exposure to people whose perspectives will pry open a couple of the
closed areas of your mind).
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your
quest has come to a fork. Down one
path lies a tumultuous obsession — a
compulsive, tormented hunt like Captain
Ahab’s pursuit of Moby Dick. In the
other direction, a graceful chase beckons, more in the manner of Sir Galahad’s
pure-hearted search for the Holy Grail.
Choose one fork and your quarry will be
beastly, impossible, and frustrating. If
you choose the other fork, your quarry
will be magical and transformative.
[email protected] © 2008 Rob Brezney
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JACKSON HOLE
WEEK OF 9.06.09 TO 9.12.09
LL244
Great lot in a great neighborhood! Located on a
quiet street in Brookside Hollow, this building is
close to a neighborhood park and within Victor city
limits. Protective CC&R’s insure Brookside Hollow’s
continued desirability. $69,000 Contact: Kristin Vito
LL270
LL246
Great 2009 Price! Located near the edge of Grand Property perfect for investment. Can be divided
Teton National Park this 3.09 acre lot has beauty in all into four parcels. Right off HWY 89 for convenience.
directions featuring the Grand Teton, Teton Mountain $300,000 Contact: Dena Luthi
Range, Sleeping Indian, Death Canyon, Valley views,
and more. Covenants for this property are very simple
allowing for horses, critters, and fencing. Please contact
Timothy Mayo for a map, brochure and showing.
$700,000
Total # of sales
Week’s top sale*
3
$780,000
Properties Currently Pending
Properties Pending Last Week
Residential
Building Site*
Multi-Family
Farm & Ranch
Commercial
67
63
Total #
of Sales
Average
Sold Price
2
1
0
0
1
$602,500
$0
$0
$0
$210,000
Last 12 Months (09.12.08-09.11.09)
LL285
Build your dream home in your own painting.
This #1 fairway lot on the Aspen Hill Golf Course
will awe you! Too much to describe, come see
for yourself. $105,000 Contact: Jocelyn Driskill
SF461
PRICE REDUCED Wilderness, wildlife and outdoor
activities abound from this three bedroom cabin
near the Buffalo River. A lease permits this on the
Bridger-Teton National Forest, north of Jackson
Hole, at the Gateway to Yellowstone and Grand
Teton National Parks. $229,000
Contact: Jennifer Reichert
Number of Sales
Days on Market
SF493
List Price Volume Sold
Cozy 3 bedroom, 2 bath log-sided home sits on the
Median List Price Sold
6th fairway of Aspen Hills Golf Course. Open vaulted
ceiling and mature landscaping. Only 50 minutes Average List Price Sold
from Jackson! $199,000 Contact: Zoe Hughes
173
183
$317,224,204
$895,000
$1,833,665
12 Months - Year Ago (09.12.07-09.11.08)
Number of Sales
Days on Market
List Price Volume Sold
Median List Price Sold
Average List Price Sold
395
148
$668,280,985
$1,045,000
$1,691,850
Current Inventory
SF498
This beautiful home includes a three car garage,
open space, amazing mountain views, sound system,
cathedral ceilings, jetted tub in the master suite,
large trex deck and an easy Jackson commute.
Amazing must see home!!!! $425,000
Contact: Dena Luthi
TC183
Nicely furnished townhome + garage located at the
base of Snow King Ski Resort. This townhome has a
lock-off which offers a variety of rental options. This is
the least expensive unit in the development and is an
incredible value. Priced for a quick sale. $499,000
Contact: Kristin Vito
SF503
The Blue Sky Cabin! An adorable cottage style
home in downtown Driggs on a beautifully landscaped
lot with a large deck, hot tub, flower gardens and
a one car garage. Just ½ block from ski hill road
with a proven vacation rental history. $229,000
Contact: Jennifer Reichert & Zach Smith
SF513
South Park Home newly remodeled with the best
finishes, thoughtful & intelligent design, antique
beams, mature landscaping, Grand Teton & Teton
Mountain Range views, oversized three vehicle
garage, large well maintained barn with RV bay
and door, 3.16 acre parcel, completely fenced for
horses…and the rest you will need to see yourself.
$1,990,000 Contact: Timothy C. Mayo
TC193
This 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo features views of
the Elk Refuge with 2 decks for outdoor enjoyment.
Great in-town location, laminant floors throughout,
new paint, immaculate condition, and an oversized
garage! $395,000 Contact: Courtney Campbell
CC100
A great opportunity for development. These 2 lots
are zoned UC in the lodging overlay with two historic
cabins. Still owned by the original Wort Family. The
1st cabin is 1,104 sq. ft. built in 1928 currently
leased, the 2nd cabin is 372 sq. ft. built in 1930,
and a 3rd building ... garage storage. List Price
$3,999,000 Contact: Penny Gaitan
Active Listings
970
Listing Inventory Dollars $2,383,616,298
Average List Price
$2,457,336
Average Days on Market
234
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