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D.C. hears from Western youth
Students Jackson traveled to Washington, D.C., last week for the Model UN
Conference. While there, students toured DC and the White House.
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The White House, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and U.S. Senator Mike
Enzi’s office were all just icing on the cake for 20 area high school students who
traveled to Washington, D.C., last week. The real show was the Washington Area
Model United Nations Conference — a conference as steeped in tradition as its
host school, George Washington University. The 20 students representing Jackson
Hole High School, Jackson Hole Community School and the Journeys School, were
chosen by the D.C. committee and joined more than 3,000 delegates in the nation’s
capital hosted by George Washington University International Affairs Society at the
Omni Shoreham. Some walked away honored with awards, but all walked away
with an experience that will serve them well beyond the boundaries of the Tetons.
The D.C. experience was a first for the Teton County Model UN Club, said Lina
Collado, program associate for InterConnections 21, the nonprofit that supports
the group. As a chaperone to D.C., Collado said the event elevated the local Model
UN experience as students worked alongside a diverse international group of other
students.
“Not only does it expand the experience that much more from [Teton County]
into something national, they also have to debate with students from all over the
LINA COLLADO / COURTESY IC21
Model UN students invited to participate in Washington
Jackson Hole High School sophomore Anna Gibson
admires the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
world,” noted Collado, who has also travelled with students to Philadelphia and
New York City for conferences.
Collado said a conference like the one in D.C. is not for beginners, which can really push students. Every student raised their hands during the conference and
participated, she said. Students worked hard drafting position papers and defending their resolutions. The fact that some of the students walked away with awards
is a testament to their hard work.
This year’s roster boasted a diverse set of schools, including delegations hailing
from the local Washington metropolitan area, and the United Nations International Schools in New York City, South Africa, Panama, Greece and Mexico.
Each fall, InterConnections 21sponsors the Teton County Model United Nations
Conference, which attracts students from across Wyoming and Idaho. There, and
also with the D.C. conference, each student represents a country. The student also
participates in a committee that simulates a UN body and is comprised of delegates representing countries assigned to them by the conference organizers. In
each committee, students deliberate global issues, create solutions in the form of
resolutions, and strive to convince other delegates to pass these resolutions.
In late October last year, students went through a rigorous application process
and were selected by a Washington Area Model United Nations Conference Selec-
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Average monthly April precipitation = 1.12 inches • Record precipitation in April = 2.66 inches in 1963
Average April Snowfall = 4 inches • Record April Snowfall = 24 inches
Welcome to April, and don’t give me that bit about showers now and flowers in May. That flower thing doesn’t usually pan out in Jackson
until June. Although, this spring started much earlier than usual, sans the occasional snowstorm that disrupts the process. April might be starting
cool, but warmer weather will return, and snowstorms will become less frequent this month, usually. We average only four inches of snow in
April. During the snowiest April on record we got two feet of snow in town, in April 1967.
The Cool: Our average overnight low temperatures for the whole month of April are around 24-degrees. The coldest it has been during this
week here in Jackson is 5-below zero. That happened on April 1st, 1970. Which is rather amazing, considering that during the last week in
March the record low is 27-below zero. Getting below zero from this point on is a very rare occurrence, at least until we get into late October.
The Hot: Our average high temperatures for the month of April are around 53-degrees. Normally, if there is such a thing, we’d have afternoon highs this week in the upper 40’s. Back in 2004 we
hit 69-degrees on April 1st. It also hit 69 on April 6th that year. And that also happened on April 4th,
1992. Never seen 80-degrees in April, the hottest it has ever been in Jackson in April is 79-degrees,
which occurred on April 29, 1992.
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The cowboy rides away
Walter Thulin, a junior at Jackson Hole Community School, addresses his
committee, International Criminal Court, representing Prosecutor Hong.
Assigned topics at the DC Model UN included the Russian mafia, the West
Wing, Mao’s Cultral Revolution group and John F. Kennedy’s presidential
campaign.
Jackson Hole High School senior Noelle Johnson and her committee Mao’s
Cultural Revolution Group, representing Chinese political leader, Wang
Renzhong.
tion Committee. From November until the third week in March, students met with
their Model UN trainers every week to properly research their committees, write
their position papers, and prepare to debate as either countries or historical figures.
Assigned topics and figures ranged from the Russian mafia, the West Wing, Mao’s
Cultural Revolution group and John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1960.
The Jackson delegation received two awards. Jackson Hole Community School
student Honora Verdone won for Verbal Recognition on the Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire Committee, and Walter Thulin, also with the
Community School, earned an Honorable Mention on the International Criminal
Court Committee.
Accordingly, the secretariat, staff and speakers endeavored to show delegates that
the knowledge they gained and the skills they learned in their committees could
translate into the “real” world.
From the start, the message of the conference was a call to action — the idea that
the work delegates would do and the discussions they would engage in over the
course of the weekend would go beyond the confines of the conference and the
walls of the hotel.
The conference’s various philanthropic initiatives were just one of these calls to
action through the charity Instituto Mundo Libre, an organization based in Peru
that provides prevention and rehabilitation programs for high-risk youth. This
year, each committee was motivated to raise money and win a “free breakfast” during their last conference day. Through participating in this philanthropic endeavor,
delegates were able to make a concrete difference in the global community and
learn about ways in which they can continue to do so post-conference.
There was also time for exploring the city. The first morning in the District the
group toured the White House. The students and chaperones then made their way
to several memorials including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Martin Luther
King Memorial and Korean War Veterans Memorial. The Jackson group was then
able to tour the Capitol building and visit Sen. Enzi’s office. At the senator’s office
students were able to speak with one of his staffers about several current events
and their Model UN conference.
Also, while in Washington some of the students were able to take college tours,
Collado said. Additionally, she said, each night the students ate at various ethnic
restaurants around the city fully digesting the spirt of the trip. PJH
News of the death of Mason Tibbs is hard to swallow. Tibbs was a
true cowboy legend. I had always heard he was a nephew or some
distant relative to the famed rodeo cowboy Casey Tibbs. He never
talked about it, really.
I rode, worked and drank alongside Tibbs on many occasions. He was a oneof-a-kind waddie with the mustache to prove it. Tibbs rode for the Upper Green
River Cattlemen’s Association for a few seasons, looking after cows on the open
range and keeping them from the jaws of wolves and grizzlies. He drove heavy
machinery for Evans, “caretaked” at Crescent H, and, most recently, worked at
the transfer station. He was a talented cowboy poet as well.
I remember the time Mason and I saddled up one spring near Kelly. We
crossed the Gros Ventre on frisky mounts with four or five dogs in tow. We failed
to recognize we were on Elk Refuge property, or at least were keen to turn a
blind eye to the fact. We came upon rack after rack of magnificent elk antler
sheds. We made note of where they were to return and gather them. Then we
found a dead bald eagle, his feathers scattered about. Mason dismounted and
stuck one of the feathers in his hat.
Later, we noticed a group of horseback riders far off in the distance.
“I don’t know where we are,” Mason said. “We might be on the Refuge. Let’s
go ask them if they know where we are.”
We lit out for that bunch at a full gallop. When we skidded up to the group,
their horses shied and jigged, and everyone seemed quite perturbed. Yes, we
were on the Refuge and, no, we were not allowed to be there. Not on horses and
certainly not with dogs.
“Well then my next question is probably answered,” Mason said. “We were
going to ask if we could come back with a four-wheeler and collect the sheds
we found near the river. There was too much to carry a-horseback.”
“You two clowns go back and trailer your horses and report to my office,”
said the lead rider, his face reddening with composed rage. It was Refuge manager Barry Reiswig, now retired, who was leading a group of sightseers. “I’m
trusting you on your honor to show up.”
We reported to the office, tails between our legs, for the undressing we knew
was coming. Better to just take our licks, we thought, and throw ourselves on
the mercy of the court.
Reiswig let us have it, saying, “we should have known better,” and, “what
kind of imbeciles would think it’s alright to ride roughshod all over the Elk
Refuge.” He asked for the location of the antlers and exactly where we were.
When we explained the area, Reiswig turned another shade of scarlet.
“That area is a highly sensitive eagle nesting zone,” Reiswig blurted. “There is
to be no human presence in there whatsoever. We are not even allowed to go in
there. We’ve been monitoring one banded eagle in particular that nests in
there.”
“Not anymore,” Mason said, slowly removing the feather from his hat and
tucking it in his back pocket.
We got off with a warning.
Adios, amigo. Vaya con Dios.
Grave Grove overrun
The budget overrun on the Grove Affordable Housing Project is
embarrassing. Building costs are forever on the rise but how the
Teton County Housing Authority botched this one is hard to imagine. A reported 36 percent increase in construction costs along with another $1 million jump in site expenses and a $2 million spreadsheet error all
sound like sloppy accounting by the housing authority.
Is this why Christine Walker bolted from the authority, leaving Stacy Stoker to
mop up the mess? Walker continues to stay involved, saying she wants to see
the project through, but she and the rest of the staff at the housing authority
need to explain to electeds and the public exactly how they’ve put themselves
into this jam.
The cost of steel is often a driving factor in why construction budgets get
blown but it’s hard to believe the economy has recovered significantly enough
to warrant a 36 percent escalation in fewer than three years. Globally, steel
prices have climbed out of the funk the recession put them in. John Anton,
manager of IHS Steel Service, told My Purchasing Center that an approximately
$500 billion annual spend rate pre-recession fell to about $330 billion, and now
it’s up to about $410 billion.
Treasurer Donna Bauer said the authority wasn’t being deceptive with their
numbers, just unrealistic. A formula was flawed. It’s not surprising to believe
the authority wanted to paint a rosy picture of its biggest project to date but a
pipe dream doesn’t house worker bees and neither will the Grove this summer.
“I shouldn’t have to go home and review your math,” commissioner Barb
Allen said. The 68 units that could provide homes for 100 people or more are
unlikely to be on the ground when they’re needed most.
Tim Rieser, a retired builder has been outspoken in his criticism of the debacle. He’s not alone. Rebidding seems like more trouble than it’s worth. Finishing phases II and III will probably have to be done at any cost. Nobody wins.
Combined with the expense of fixing Budge Drive and the recently cancelled
Hill Climb, it feels like Jackson Hole has fallen out of favor with the forces that
have always helped make this a charmed community. PJH
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Jackson Hole, Wyoming, offers outdoor recreation and sightseeing opportunities galore. The
valley is home to dazzling vistas and abundant
wildlife free to roam its rugged and pristine
landscape. Travelers flock to the Rocky Mountain mecca in numbers sufficient to call the
tourism industry the undisputed economic
driver in Teton County.
Another industry is booming in Jackson, though, and it doesn’t require any visitation or habitation. Tens of thousands of companies are
currently registered in the state of Wyoming, many of them in Jackson. What a majority of these companies have in common is the uncommon trait of never having set foot in Jackson, or Wyoming, even.
In fact, numerous companies headquartered in Jackson have no employees, make no sales, or offer no product or service. They exist on
paper only.
Wyoming is one of the hotbeds in the cryptic industry of incorporation services, along with Nevada and Delaware. The businessfriendly Cowboy State has aggressively marketed itself as THE place to
start or move your enterprise, even if you don’t actually hang a shingle
here. The virtual reality is that nearly anyone – from convicted felons
to Russian oil tycoons – can set up shop anywhere in the state, including Jackson Hole, in less than one week with little paperwork and
about $200.
The ease of incorporating in Wyoming has led to accusations of
abuse, fraud and tax evasion. The Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office
has tried to balance promotion of Wyoming’s business-conducive environment with occasional crackdowns on shell companies and other
nefarious instances of “mailbox corporations.” Still, Wyoming remains a go-to state for entities looking to dodge Uncle Sam, operate
under the radar, or protect their assets.
Limited liability, unlimited possibilities
What do Miele Manufacturing & Distribution (the notorious German vacuum builder also dabbling in e-cigarettes), Colette Sol USA (a
women’s shoe line from the Netherlands), and Ohana (a Hawaiian coffee importer owned by Henry and Violet Sung) have in common? They
are three of more than 300 companies from around the world calling
Jackson Hole their headquarters. All of incorporated businesses and
Limited Liability Companies (LLC) list 690 S. Highway 89, Jackson, as
their home office. All stuffed into Mountain Business Center’s Suite
200, in fact.
Other locales for phantom corporations listing Jackson Hole as
their headquarters include 125 S. King, 60 E. Simpson, and 270 W.
Pearl Ave., Suite 103.
Mountain Business Center (MBC) is the industry leader in Jackson
when it comes to incorporation services. Commercial registered agent
Rebecca Bextel is a one-woman gang in more ways than one. Her name
is listed on nearly every one of the hundreds of Articles of Organization in MBC’s file cabinets. On most given days (and nights) Bextel sits
at a reception desk sorting through mail, scanning documents and
emailing clients. Business is booming and she’s not surprised.
“I help people all over the world set up companies in America and
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Wyoming is the place to set a business up in America,” Bextel said. “I think
people are starting to recognize Wyoming is the best place to do business in
the world. It’s considered, arguably, the most business-friendly state in
America. Tax benefits galore. With a Wyoming LLC ownership you can remain anonymous, or at least off the public record.”
U.S. companies incorporate in Wyoming to beat high taxes in their home
state. Wyoming has no personal, corporate or capital gains taxes. Others
form LLCs for the state’s nonintrusive policy – a sort of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
stance – that guarantees anonymity for anyone starting a business. The
owner’s name, address or contact information never appears on a public
document. No officers need to be listed. Those considering Wyoming also
cherish protections from lawsuits and easy access to the court system.
Jennifer Reuting, author of LLCs for Dummies, calls Wyoming a hidden
jewel. “ Wyoming may not be the most glamorous place in the states to
domicile your corporation or LLC, however don’t underestimate it as a tax
haven,” she said. “It’s a wonder that it hasn’t exploded yet, but just wait …
it will happen.”
Wyoming was the first state to adopt and legalize LLCs in 1977. For
decades the law sat on the books gathering dust until the new millennium. Now, even Nevada’s registered agents are jumping on the Wyoming
bandwagon.
MyNewCompany.com is headquartered in Las Vegas where they sign up
companies online. An update appeared on the company website: “ We recently opened an office in Cheyenne, Wyoming due to overwhelming demand. It has lower fees, less disclosure requirements and the Wyoming
Secretary of State is a pleasure to work with (compared to Nevada’s Secretary
of State which [sic] tends to be overwhelmed and unorganized).”
Jason Majors is a Jackson attorney who is also a commercial registered
agent setting up business corporations, LLCs, and trusts at his 125 S. King
office. He also has noticed an uptick in incorporating in Wyoming. He
thinks Jackson Hole might be poised to lead the way.
“It’s been steadily increasing in my practice. I wouldn’t be surprised if the
state has more companies than individuals, like cows in a sense,” Majors
joked. “ You used to hear of Switzerland being a go-to place for whatever the
reasons may be; well, states are now vying for that business. Jackson is interesting. When I first started practicing in 2001, [incorporation service]
wasn’t really on the radar. I didn’t hear a lot of buzz or people talking about
going to Wyoming to set up their businesses or trusts. But I’d say by mid2000s it started gaining traction. It seems like the more wealth that moves
into town, the more it’s exploding. You see a lot of people coming from California mainly because [of its high] income tax. I can see Jackson becoming
sort of a financial hub.”
Both Majors and Bextel believe Jackson Hole has particular cachet and
allure for burgeoning captains of industry.
“People love Jackson,” Bextel said. “People love this area. It’s famous. I’m
always surprised that even in places like Australia or Hong Kong or
Paris – everyone knows about Yellowstone. Everyone knows about Grand
Teton. Everyone knows about Jackson Hole. People ask me about the cowboys and buffaloes all the time. So yeah, people want to be here.”
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Agile working: the officeless paradigm
Rebecca Bextel (top), at Mountain Business Center, which also
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MBC offers what most registered agents can’t or don’t bother with: a virtual office. Bextel’s clientele includes a waiting list of sole proprietors and
entrepreneurs convinced they have an idea for the next big thing.
“One of the beautiful things about a virtual office is it helps even the little guy have a prestigious address,” Bextel said. “ There is no telling how
many kids, like 23-year-old people, who have meetings with their vendors
or their potential clients here. Can you imagine what it would cost just to
staff an office to handle mail and receive stuff and have somebody answer
the phones? It’s an expensive process and you are really putting your butt
on the line.
“[We provide] one central hub and we can do it a lot more affordably
than if you had to pay a secretary, and sign a five-year lease, and have [the
expense of ] a build-out, and pay light bills and air conditioning bills. With
a virtual office you can work from home and then come here to a nice office
with a copier, a scanner, Internet access on Silverstar’s fiber optic line. It
kind of helps the little guy – and I hate to say the little guy because a lot of
our clients do have a lot of money but they don’t need a full-time office.”
Virtual offices and shared workspaces like Spark in Jackson are growing
in popularity as technological innovation increases on par with the skyrocketing local commercial real estate rents – both contributing factors in the
death of the cubicle. Blame a recessionary economy for corporate entities’
eagerness to trim overhead tied to traditional, high-cost office spaces. But
another factor is at play: the American Dream has never been more within
reach, especially for non-Americans.
“ That’s what everybody wants — a job where they can work from home or
any place in the world,” Bextel said. “I hear all the time about how people
want to have a big business in America. These kids, such sharp, smart kids
from all over the world, they hope to eventually move here one day and run a
successful business. They are making an investment in this country. If you
want to help America, go start a small business. I genuinely believe that.”
MBC’s client list is truly international. In addition to
providing a home base for a window installer from Montana, a siding company from Utah and a goat milk soap
seller from Colorado, Bextel has also signed up enterprising individuals from Hong Kong to India to a Romanian client who sells unique kitchen gadgets.
Bextel said she might be the only person in the state
who can take an international client from “A to Z in
forming a business in Wyoming.” The 34-year-old Alabama native endured a grueling four-month training
process to become a Certified Acceptance Agent (CAA)
able to handle passport verification, W-7 certification,
ITIN or EIN setup – paperwork an embassy or consulate
would normally need to assist foreigners with.
What’s in it for Wyoming?
The Cowboy State continually ranks at or near the
top in most business-friendly lists. CNN Money lists
Wyoming as No. 1 in its list of “7 tax-free havens.” According to the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index, Wyoming has the most business-friendly
tax system of any state for the past six years running.
With an estimated 2 million new corporations and LLCs
created each year in the U.S., according to Senate investigators, the Equality State is pushing hard for a
piece of the pie.
A brick-and-mortar based entity operating out of
state can’t take full advantage of Wyoming’s tax haven
but with the explosion of e-commerce, many Webbased companies are looking to game the system by incorporating in Wyoming. Bextel quickly dismisses the
notion Wyoming is a “tax haven.” She admits some individuals are looking for a tax-favorable situation but
believes there is so much more behind the westward ho
to incorporate. Majors, however, thinks that is a main
driver behind the influx of the daily formation of new
LLCs in Jackson.
“Most of it’s tax driven,” Majors admitted. “ When
you are looking to set up a business you ask yourself,
‘ What is going to be the most tax-advantaged way for
me to set it up?’ Then it’s, ‘ Where is the best place for
choice of law and jurisdiction?’”
Majors said Wyoming’s low fees are also an attraction. Nevada just raised its fees and legislation has recently been proposed (and shot down) to add a state
income tax.
“I think we are a pretty stable state,” he said, referring to the state’s relatively robust budget health. “I
don’t think we will be implementing any kind of a state
income tax anytime soon.”
So if the state doesn’t collect taxes and the fees are
pitifully low, what is the benefit to Wyoming? Why attract businesses by the thousands who have no vested
interest or physical presence here?
“People may eventually start doing business here or
have more of a presence here,” Majors said. “ They’ll
start hiring accountants and lawyers, and opening bank
accounts. It’s really a growing industry. It eventually
provides jobs.”
Bextel sees a more immediate impact.
“ We get a lot out of it,” Bextel said. “Me and Ruth
Ann [Petroff ] down in Cheyenne are constantly telling
people about business tourists. I can’t tell you how many
of my customers fly in here. Last weekend, I probably
had 10 people come through this building. And this is
the off-season. These people set up their businesses
here. They employ attorneys, CPAs, their bank accounts
are here. They fly into the airport. They pay taxi drivers.
They eat at restaurants and stay in hotels. They take the
family to Yellowstone and float down the Snake River.
They buy property or timeshares here. There is a lot of
economy in Jackson just from this one little business.”
Avoiding high taxes and protecting personal assets
from lawsuits are not the only reasons many find LLCs
particularly attractive. Bextel pointed out scenarios
where forming a company makes good sense. Wyoming
LLCs live in perpetuity. Combine that with a lifetime
proxy vote and a corporation can outlive partner
changes or the death of its founder.
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different states getting together behind a business plan to form a
company, Bextel said. Should one leave or another join, the company
name can remain consistent.
Anonymity is important for some individuals. Bextel has one client
in the highly competitive wind energy field. He uses LLCs to protect
patents he’s registered so the competition never catches wind of his
new ideas. Others are looking to make a break from their current jobs
by forming their own companies.
“ They don’t want their boss to know they are trying in a year to
quit their job and start their own business,” Bextel said.
LLCs are also used to shield land buyers from potential sellers.
Nonprofits, for instance, often get unfair treatment and a jacked up
price if the seller knows who they are.
“If you can remember Rockefeller went around here anonymously
and started buying up land,” Bextel said. “ What if he had to be public? Things probably would not have turned out as good for all of us
around here.”
Still, a few cheat the system. In particular, California residents
sometimes avoid sales tax on big-ticket items like motorhomes by
forming an LLC in Montana, say, where a state resident would not have
to pay sales tax on that item. A Montana LLC is considered a Montana
resident. Some companies specialize in setting up these temporary
transactional LLCs in order to get around high state sales tax.
Shell game
Wyoming’s encouragement of corporate secrecy invites shady customers. Long before a 2011 Reuter’s story (“A little house of secrets on
the Great Plains”) broke the news nationally that Wyoming provided
aid and comfort to alleged arms dealers, money-launderers and other
criminally-minded individuals, the Wyoming Secretary of State’s office was getting flack from the feds.
In 2006, a global anti-money-laundering group named Wyoming,
Nevada, and Delaware as the most attractive states for fraudulent
shell corporations to locate. By the time then-state secretary Max
Maxfield took office in 2007, cleaning up Wyoming’s reputation as an
outlaw state was his top priority.
Legislation enacted in 2009 was targeted at 5,700 phony or fraudulent shell companies registered to post office boxes. In all, some 7,000
fly-by-night firms were dissolved by the state by the end of the year.
It wasn’t enough.
Rumors continued circulating about shell companies being used
for Ponzi schemes, tax scams and pump-and-dump stock swindles.
Shell companies have vexed the federal government for decades,
muddying money trails and offering endless places to stash cash from
the IRS. The Economist ran a story calling Wyoming the “Switzerland
of the Rocky Mountains,” followed by a study from BYU looking into
the ease of establishing shell companies. It found Nevada and
Wyoming were among the most likely to turn a blind eye to laws requiring identification of corporate owners.
In 2011, Sen. Carl Levin, D -Mich., chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation
that would help strip away some of the transparency that hinders investigations into terrorism, money-laundering, fraud and tax evasion.
“It takes more information to obtain a driver’s license than it does
to form a U.S. corporation,” Levin said.
States like Wyoming that don’t require anyone be named as owner
of a corporation being formed under their laws practically invite people to misuse the system, Levin said. He added that federal intervention was needed because any state trying to act on its own to clean
things up will just drive “people seeking to use corporations for nefarious purposes” to switch to another state with weaker requirements.
Wyoming State Secretary Edward F. Murray III took office in January. He admits clamping down on fraud is always a delicate balancing
act with keeping Wyoming business-friendly.
“Shortly after Secretary Maxfield took office in 2006, Wyoming was
thrown in the national spotlight for the fraudulent use of shell companies and the anonymity around businesses that were formed in
Wyoming,” Murray said. “ This is an area that Secretary Maxfield was
very aggressive on and one that I will continue to be aggressive on.”
The most prolific registered agent service in the state is Wyoming
Corporate Services (WCS). The private company, owned by Gerald
Pitts, handles thousands of Incs and LLCs. Before the state crackdown
on bunko artists, its website advertised the following, found in a
cached version of the URL before this paragraph was scrubbed:
“… [A] corporation is a legal person created by state statute that
can be used as a fall guy, a servant, a good friend, or a decoy. A person
you control yet cannot be held accountable for its actions. Imagine
the possibilities!”
A WCS competitor out of Buffalo boasts: “ The State of Wyoming
doesn’t want to know who the members and managers of an LLC are,
but they need to be able to point to someone who does.”
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That someone is Bextel and Majors. Neither was particularly worried about fraudulent uses of companies they register coming back to
bite them, personally. They are not legally liable in any way and both
say they use good judgment when considering new clients.
Majors said he’s turned a few people away on a hunch. “ They just
didn’t feel right,” he said. “If somebody was going to do something illegal I certainly wouldn’t provide any services to them.”
Bextel, too, has refused service to a few characters.
“ Yes, [I’ve turned a few away],” Bextel said. “I’m waiting on some
people to blow me up on Google.
“I had one guy call me up the other day. He said he was a web developer and was interested in my services. After a while he says he
wants to be the signer of a bank account for some real, mega property
that he doesn’t own. I said, ‘Sir, this just doesn’t feel right and I’m not
even going to help you here.’ Well, he flipped out.”
Bextel reported she’s also had people call and give one name and
then admit their real name was something else. “Sorry, red flag,” she
said. “[MBC owner] Carl [Knobloch] and I have a personal, moral obligation to do the right thing as well as a business obligation.”
If registered agents promise to take their clients’ names to the
grave, what would it take for them to disclose sensitive information?
“A subpoena,” Bextel said. “It’s happened a few times. Fewer than
five times in four years, I would say. Usually they don’t ask who owns
the company. They just say, ‘ABC LLC has been sued.’ Then, when the
sheriff or whoever leaves, I get on the phone and say, ‘Hey, Joe, your
company’s been sued. Here’s the summons. Where would you like me
to send it to?’”
Shelf companies are also en vogue. They are companies formed by
organizations like MBC and WCS for the sole purpose of sitting on a
shelf to age. The older the company, the higher the price they fetch.
Insiders say owning a company with some age on it looks good to potential investors and the Internal Revenue Service, making it appear
as if the firm has been around for a while and not just opened
overnight.
Bextel said she mainly uses shelf companies for partnership splits
where one co-owner suddenly finds himself with a large sum of
money for his share of a business. “It’s nothing shady,” she said, “they
are just not about to deposit that check into their personal account.”
Virtually Jackson Hole
Jackson has its own share of interesting characters incorporated in
town. Ariel Ozick parks his California Internet business in Jackson. He
runs a couple of background-checking websites offering to dish the
dirt on ex-cons and child molesters at ArrestRecords.com and
RecordsFerret.com.
Chris Mohritz, another Californian out of La Jolla, headquarters
Better Living Labs, Inc. Under its banner, Mohritz has 22 point-ofpurchase URLs selling anything from sea sponges to popsicles,
though none of the Web sites worked or appeared ready for use.
The Mitchell Madison Group, a “post-consulting” firm, has all of its
bases covered. It can be reached at its virtual corporate offices in
Switzerland, the Philippines or Jackson Hole. In reality, the only place
it physically exists is Santa Monica and Manhattan.
eLogicTech Solutions, a diversified outsource IT service company, is based in Hyderabad, India, and collects its U.S. mail in
Jackson, Wyoming. Rupali Modi and Nirav Modi founded the subsidiary of the Modi Group in 1999. They have more than 1,000 employees (none of them in Wyoming) and combined annual sales of
$100 million across various industries including manufacturing,
trading and real estate. PJH
Best of Jackson
Hole, Part Deux
the
These Readers’ Choice winners didn’t
make it into The Planet’s Best of issue
last week. So without further ado,
please give a round of applause for Best
of Jackson Hole’s Best Omissions.
Bronze: First Baptist Church
of Jackson
JACKSON WHOLE GROCER
Whole Grocer debuted its shiny
digs in June.
Worst Thing to Happen to
Jackson Hole in 2014
Gold: Budge Dr. Landslide/Walgreens
Silver: Amerigas Explosion
Bronze: No. 1 Ski Resort Ranking
Best Cover Band
Gold: Tram Jam
Silver: Lazy Eyes
Bronze: Mandatory Air with the
Miller Sisters
JOSH MYERS
Best Thing to Happen
to Jackson Hole in 2014
Gold: New Whole Grocer Opening
Silver: Walgreens Closing
Bronze: Jackson Centennial
Celebration
Best Musician (Under 17)
Gold: Wyatt Lowe
Wyatt Lowe wowed the crowd during
The Planet’s Best of Jackson Hole party
last week at Center for the Arts.
“Are these guys local?” was a question repeatedly uttered among
stunned partygoers as the young rockabilly virtuoso and his band, The Mayhem Kings, cooled the crowd.
Lowe grew up in Temecula, California, where he cultivated his interest in
music at Chappy’s Roadhouse – his
family’s BBQ and blues restaurant. It
was there that his ears soaked in the
sounds of the best blues players from
the region.
We’re not sure what shocked people
more during Lowe’s performance – the
fact that this brand of rockabilly swagger subsists in Jackson Hole or that Lowe
is young enough to compete in the Best
Musician under 17 category. - RV
Silver: Aspen Jacquet
Bronze: Coby Larsen
Bronze: Syler Peralta-Ramos
Best Band Playing Original Songs
Gold: Chanman Roots Band
Silver: Sneaky Pete And The Secret
Weapons
Bronze: One Ton Pig
Best Classical Musician
Gold: Byron Tomingas
Silver: Jason Fritts
Bronze: John Haines
Best Musician
Gold: Powell Miller
Silver: Wyatt Lowe
Bronze: Jason Fritts
Best Church Choir
Gold: St. John’s Episcopal Church
Silver: Presbyterian Church
of Jackson Hole
Best Teton Valley Musician
Gold: The Miller Sisters
Silver: Ben Winship
Bronze: Brian Maw
Best Club DJ
Gold: DJ VerT-OnE
Silver: DJ Londo
Bronze: DJ Therapy
Best Live Entertainment Venue
Gold: Pink Garter Theatre
The opening of the prohibition style
watering hole The Rose and the adjoining Pink Garter Theatre filled a void in
downtown Jackson. It created a venue
to celebrate local culture with art
openings, book signings and film
screenings, while allowing world class
musicians to make their debuts here.
While patrons enjoy floating from the
Garter to the incandescent Rose, bartenders sling classic cocktails with style
and grace while savory and sweet social plates via Chef Maho Hakoshima
are served up till late.
Dom Gagliardi, Ethan Oxman, and
the Garter crew always have their music
antennas pointed to the sky, ushering
world class acts onto the Garter’s stage.
Historic performances care of TV on the
Radio, Public Enemy and Odesza, along
with artists who appeared there for
Jackson Hole Snowboarder Magazine
parties, such as Zion I, De La Soul, Immortal Technique and Talib Kweli, continue
to cement the Garter’s role as an integral crossroads for music and culture in
Jackson Hole. - RV
Silver: Knotty Pine
Bronze: Snow King Field for JacksonHoleLive! Concert Series
Up or out?
prugh.com 307-733-9888
CALENDAR
Wednesday 4.1
MUSIC
■ Open Mic Night, 6 to 9
p.m. at Wildlife Brewery in
Victor. Free. 208-787-2623
■ Songwriter’s Alley
Open Mic, 8 to 10:30 p.m.
at Haydens Post. Sign up at 7
p.m. Featured set: Mike
Swanson & Rob Sidle of
Wood Smoke Rising. Performers get one free drink,
half off bar menu food, and
entry into a drawing for $25.
Free, all-ages. 732-9027.
■ Karaoke, 9 p.m. at the
Virginian Saloon. Free. 7399891.
ART
■ Diverse Works Art Exhibit, 1 to 5 p.m. at Daly
Projects, 125 E. Pearl. View a
selection of work by the
gallery’s eleven core artists.
Free. Also by appointment at
307-699-7933.
COMMUNITY
■ Bingo, 6 to 9:30 p.m. at
Elks Lodge. Games start at 7
p.m. elks.org.
■ Free Income Tax Preparation, 4 to 7 p.m. at Teton
County Library. IRS-certified
volunteers will be ready to
help you with your taxes.
Spanish translators will be
available. Free. tclib.org.
■ Trivia Night with Crazy
Tom, 7 p.m. at Town Square
Tavern. Show off your trivia
knowledge and win prizes.
Free.
townsquaretavern.com.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
■ Tech Tutoring One on
One, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Teton County Library. One
on one computer and technology tutoring on topics of
your choice including help
with devices such as iPads,
smart phones and e-book
readers. Free. Reserve a spot
at 733-2164x1. tclib.org.
KIDS & FAMILIES
■ Curious Kids, 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. at Jackson Hole
Children’s Museum. For children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Play with paint, mud,
clay, water, soap and recycled materials. jhchildrensmuseum.org.
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
■ Intro to Life Coaching, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. at Christie
Watts Coaching Office. Talk
about your goals, relationships and family issues. Free.
christiewatts.com.
■ Free Guided Meditation, 6 to 7 p.m. at Spirit.
Mediations will be led by
Samantha Eddy. Call 7333382 to reserve your space.
Free. spiritjh.com
■ Yoga Ropes Class, 4:45
to 5:15 p.m. at Teton Yoga
Shala. Use ropes on the wall
to do yoga. $10-19.
tetonyoga.com.
■ Sunrise Yoga Flow, 7 to
8 a.m. at Studio Excel. Start
your day with an energetic
yoga flow. Free. studioxjackSee CALENDAR page 12
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son.com.
■ Morning Yoga, 6:30 to
7:40 a.m. at Teton Sports
Club. Morning yoga with Lisa
Laurie. $12, free for members. tetonsportsclub.com.
■ Oneness Deeksha Meditation, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. at
Akasha Yoga. Experience
Deeksha, a gentle meditation
using a hands-on energy
transmission to physically
shift the brain toward a Oneness state of consciousness.
Donations appreciated. onenessjacksonhole.com.
■ Crystal Sound Bowl
Session, 5 to 6 p.m. at Intencions. Relax and rebalance to
sound frequencies, aromatherapy and good vibes.
Walk-ins welcome. $10. intencions.com.
MusicBox
MOONALICE
CALENDAR
Thursday 4.2
MUSIC
■ Club Coach with DJs
Londo and Cut la Whut,
10 p.m. at the Stagecoach
Bar in Wilson. Free. 7334407.
■ Justin Smith, 4 to 7 p.m.
in the Ascent Lounge at Four
Seasons Resort. Folk. Free.
ART
■ Wine and Palettes, 6:30
to 9 p.m. at Local Galleria in
Driggs. Get your creative
juices flowing and enjoy an
evening of art and fun. At the
end of the event, you go
home with your very own
masterpiece. $30, includes all
supplies and instruction. Register at (208) 270-0833 or
tetonvalleylocalart.com.
Projects, 125 E. Pearl. View a
selection of work by the
Free. Also by appointment at
307-699-7933.
COMMUNITY
■ Teton Toastmasters,
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JHMR closing weekend throws down with Moonalice, Mandatory Air, Head to Head, John
Wayne’s World, and Naive Melodies: Tribute to the Talking Heads
Beam up to planet Moonalice
Aaron Davis
Moonalice. The name alone suggests an
Alice-in-Wonderland-esque psychedelic
trip through a Jetsons-era mind warp. Certainly Grateful Dead-inspired, the music
of Moonalice is carefree and occasionally
cheesy through its free spirit (“It’s 4:20
Somewhere”), with a jam-oriented throwback mentality to the psych-rock of the
1960s.
Venture capitalist and frontman of a
hippie band aren’t typical part-time jobs
that are paired together, but for 58-yearold Roger McNamee, either side of the
coin is an investment toward potential returns. McNamee launched equity firm Elevation in 2004, which rallied to a worth of
about $1.1 billion with good bets on Yelp
and as an early advisor for Facebook.
Forming Moonalice in 2007, he wanted
to go all in with respect to reaching fans
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and potential fans via social media. He
dropped $100,000 on six video cameras, a
satellite network for the top of the band’s
vehicle, a website platform and other
minute details to broadcast every Moonalice show to viewers with a basic 3G or 4G
connection. Beyond the extensive media,
he has arranged for every show to have an
original art poster created by “a wellknown artist,” memorializing that event
and given to all attendees.
McNamee has surrounded himself with
high-quality talent, including enlisting TBone Burnett to produce the band’s only
studio album, 2009’s Moonalice. Rounding
out the touring band is Barry Sless (lead
guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass) of Phil Lesh
& Friends and David Nelson Band; Pete
Sears (keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals) of
Rod Stewart’s band, the original Jefferson
Starship, and Hot Tuna and drummer John
Molo of Bruce Hornsby & The Range, John
Fogerty and The Other Ones. Also on the
road as the band’s manager is Grateful
Dead family member and co-founder of
Jerry Garcia Band, Big Steve Parish.
“We have a brand new light show that
looks really great when you are high and
Teton Village is very high,” McNamee said.
Moonalice, 10 p.m. Friday at the Knotty
Pine in Victor; and 3 p.m. Saturday, under
the tram in Teton Village. Both shows are
free. jacksonhole.com.
Fly into past with Futurebirds
Athens, Georgia’s ambient psychedelic
country-rock quintet Futurebirds has
made Jackson a regular tour stop since fall
of 2011, a time of sheer debauchery and
over-the-top antics that made for a loose
first impression. The band’s recordings, on
the other hand, are inviting and thoughtful, encompassing a vibe that is tight
within its roughness. An ambiguous dark-
ness peeks through on the sophomore release, 2013’s Baba Yaga, which houses
Southern rock rhythms with subjects of
death and dysfunctional relationships. In a
live setting, Futurebirds is a free-spirited
jamband, inspired on a nightly basis to
embrace the unknown — a quality that
keeps relentlessly touring bands interested
in their own performances and pushing
the limits of their musical interaction.
“In some ways we’re like one organism
with six brains, but at the same time
everyone in the band is vastly different,”
singer/guitarist/songwriter Carter King
said. “We had five different songwriters in
the band on Baba Yaga, with very different
influences and inspirations. We get into
the studio and people bring in their songs,
and by the time we get done with a song,
there’s a piece of everybody in it.”
“We all come from different backgrounds and chase different sounds, but
when we play together there’s this weird
dark chemistry amongst us,” added guitarist Thomas Johnson. “I can hear a song
that someone else wrote and know exactly
what I can bring to it, and the same goes
for the others when they hear my songs.”
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CALENDAR
Futurebirds touch down with enigmatic allure Sunday at Town Square Tavern.
Futurebirds, 10 p.m., Sunday at the
Town Square Tavern. $15. 307Live.com;
733-3886.
Head to Head headlines Garter
Local 20-year-olds Otto Wieters and
Dan Sanford have immersed themselves
in the world of audio engineering, production and drumming, forming Head to
Head just more than a year ago. The
melting pot of electro-soul, pop, EDM,
hip-hop and ambient is their foundation
— all thumped and pumped as a backing
track — while the duo builds an acoustic
aesthetic with live percussion.
Musically, it’s all about the groove, the
backbeat, and the dance-friendly breaks. PJH
Head to Head, 10 p.m., Friday at the
Pink Garter. Free.
PinkGarterTheatre.com.
Yes, please
Maybe
Maybe not
Fooled Again
Outlander returns, Bacon House Nation
debuts and State Fair Terror! terrorizes
Bacon House Nation
Wednesday, April 1 (FYI)
Series debut: The producers of Tiny House Nation, the reality
series in which families scale down their living spaces from McMansions to custom 500-square-foot mini homes, have fried up
the next logical step: houses fashioned entirely out of bacon. Host
Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef) and a team of “meat-construction
specialists” (imagine that casting call) travel the country making
bacon-house dreams come true; first up is a Wyoming family who
want to simplify their domestic sprawl, move into a cozy Dutch
Colonial made of locally-produced pork loin and “wake up to the
smell of bacon every dang morning.” Fun factoid: Bacon House
Nation was rushed into production to get on the air before the
Food Network’s sizzlingly similar Home Sweet Ham.
State Fair Terror!
Thursday, April 2 (Syfy)
Movie: It’s no Sharknado, or even Sharknado 2, but Syfy’s latest
disaster-cheese epic State Fair Terror! at least features some
oddly-specific casting: Michael Bacon (musical brother of Kevin)
as the mayor, Meatloaf as the town sheriff, Carrot Top as a shady
tilt-a-whirl operator, John Oates (mustachioed half of Hall &
Oates) as a U.S. Army general and, most impressive of all, Jon
Hamm (Mad Men) as a local TV weatherman with a dark past. The
setup: It’s just another pleasant day at the Wyoming State Fair—
until patrons begin mysteriously turning into flesh-hungry zombie-vampires (“zompires” for short) and attacking the
still-humans. The cause is soon revealed to be a weaponized
batch of “Butters on a Stick” from a nearby military base accidentally delivered to the fair instead of the Middle East. Blink and
you’ll miss state fair grandstand musical acts like the Red Hot
Chili Peppers, Fiona Apple and Korn being mauled in the chaos.
Bar Rescue
Friday, April 3 (Spike)
Local alert: Hospitality expert/yelling machine Jon Taffer has
made over many a dive, but few as mismanaged as Ballz ‘N Hos, a
Jackson Hole pool hall with a limited beer selection (“We got
Coors and Coors Light!”), billiards tables in various states of disre-
Spring Premiere: Outlander, Saturday on Starz
pair (some players are forced to shoot around knives pegged into
the felt) and waitresses ordered by management to dress like
prostitutes (as discovered halfway through the episode, a couple
of them really are prostitutes who perform services on the premises). Heated exchanges with the bar’s DJ over his musical selections (“Why would I play anything but Lil Wayne?! Man is a
genius, yo!”) and the bartender who’s never cleaned a glass (“I
meant to, but I kinda zone-out around the 60th Lil Wayne track”)
lead to a trademark Taffer meltdown and new branding for the
club: Sips+Strips, Wyoming’s first craft beer and artisan bacon bar
(which went under and became a Domino’s soon after this
episode was filmed).
missioners Chambers. Improve your communication
and leadership skills in a supportive setting. Free. tetontoastmasters.com.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
■ Tech Tutoring One on
One, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Teton County Library. One
on one computer and technology tutoring on topics of
your choice including help
with devices such as iPads,
smart phones and e-book
readers. Free. Reserve a spot
at 733-2164x1. tclib.org.
■ Knit Nite, 6 to 8 p.m. at
Knit on Pearl. A weekly social for knitters and crocheters. Free.
knitonpearl.com.
KIDS & FAMILIES
■ Curious Kids, 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. at Jackson Hole
Children’s Museum. For children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Play with paint, mud,
clay, water, soap and recycled materials. jhchildrensmuseum.org.
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
■ Yoga Basics, 11 a.m. to
12:15 p.m. at Teton Yoga
Shala. Learn basic posture,
meditation, breathing and
the philosophy of yoga.
tetonyoga.com
■ Therapeutic Yoga, 6 to
7:15 p.m. at Teton Yoga
Shala. Slower vinyasa-style
yoga class. $10 to $19.
tetonyoga.com.
■ Crystal Sound Bowl
Session, Noon to 1 p.m. at
Intencions. Relax and rebalance to sound frequencies,
aromatherapy and good
vibes. Walk-ins welcome.
$10. intencions.com.
SPORTS & RECREATION
■ Aikido Sessions, 7:30
p.m. at Inversion Yoga. Free.
inversionyoga.com.
■ Basketball, noon to 2
p.m. at the Rec. Center. Stop
by to share in a game of basketball, pick-up play. Drop-in
rate. tetonparksandrec.org.
Friday 4.3
Outlander
Saturday, April 4 (Starz)
Spring premiere: When last we left Claire six months ago (talk
about time travel, Starz), she’d caught a glimpse of a chance to return to the 1940s, only to be pulled back into the 1740s by Black
Jack Randall — the dastardly ancestor of her 1940s husband Frank
— and then seemingly rescued by her 1740s husband Jamie. Following all of this? The second half of Outlander’s first season
picks up with — spoiler alert — Claire making her way back to the
stones of Craigh na Dun and being transported to the future. Unfortunately, she goes too far and winds up in the 21st century as a
bacon hostess at Sips+Strips.
Mad Men
Sunday, April 5 (AMC)
Spring premiere: Speaking of spoilers, Mad Men showrunner
Matthew Weiner has placed so many “don’t talk about ______!”
demands on TV critics about the second half of the final season’s
opener, “Severance,” that there’s little point in bothering. But,
maybe there’s something about the series’ ultimate end to be
read into Don Draper’s (Jon Hamm) pitch to a restaurant chain:
“The BLT. We all know what the ‘B’ stands for, but what about the
‘L’ and the ‘T’? I say they stand for ‘Longing’ for a simpler ‘Time.’
That’s what America wants, and you’re selling it. With bacon.”
Bravo, Mr. Weiner, bravo.
Bill Frost writes about television for Salt Lake City Weekly, talks about it on the TV Tan Podcast and tweets about it at @Bill_Frost.
MUSIC
■ Screen Door Porch, 3 to
6 p.m. in The Trap Bar at
Grand Targhee Resort.
Americana, roots-rock,
country-blues. Free. GrandTarghee.com.
■ Jazz Night, 7 to 10 p.m.
in The Granary at Spring
Creek Ranch. Pam Drews
Phillips on piano/vocals, Bill
Plummer on bass, and Mike
Calabrese on drums. Free.
733-8833.
■ Matt Donovan Trio, 4 to
7 p.m. in the Ascent Lounge
at Four Seasons Resort. Instrumental bluegrass. Free.
■ Papa Chan and Johnny
C Note, 6 to 9 p.m. at Teton
Pines Country Club Restaurant. ‘20s to ‘40s jazz. Free.
733-1005.
■ Head to Head, 10 p.m.
at the Pink Garter. DJs, live
drums. Free. PinkGarterTheSee CALENDAR page 14
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atre.com.
■ Naïve Melodies: Tribute to The Talking Heads,
10 p.m. at Town Square Tavern. $15/Friday, $20/Friday+Saturday. 733-2886.
■ Moonalice, 9:30 p.m. at
the Knotty Pine. Psychedelic
rock. Free. 208-787-2866.
■ The Lofters, 9 p.m. at
the Virginian Saloon. Country, rock. Free. 739-9891.
ART
Projects, 125 E. Pearl. View
a selection of work by the
Free. Also by appointment
at 307-699-7933.
■ Clay Sculpting: Portraits, 9 a.m. to noon at Art
Association. $155, $130 for
members.
artassociation.org.
GOOD EATS
■ Wine Tasting, 4 to 7
p.m. at the Jackson Whole
Grocer. Free. 733-0450.
■ Wine Tasting, 4 to 7
p.m. at The Liquor Store &
Wine Loft. Five wines will
be showcased from a featured region each week.
Free. 733-4466.
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
■ Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. at Inversion
Yoga. Make your Friday
night fabulous with a perfect
combination … yoga, good
food and drinks, and friends.
Be a part of the happiest
happy hour in town. Two
great classes to choose from
at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Food
provided by Ariel Mann and
JH Wellness, drinks provided
by Inversion. $10. inversionyoga.com.
OUTDOORS & NATURE
■ Stargazing Wyoming,
8:30 to 10:30 p.m. on the
lawn at Center for the Arts.
Explore the night skies of
Wyoming through a giant
Dobsonian Telescope. Free.
wyomingstargazing.org.
Well,that happened
The not-so-subtle insanity of fandom
Andrew Munz
We’ve all been through a break-up.
Whether it’s the break-up of our parents or
one of our own friendships or relationships, we’ve learned by now that nothing
lasts forever. Not even slightly homoerotic
five-part English boy bands. No, I’m not
talking about Take That, but rather One Direction. Grab your box of tissues, girls, because Zayn Malik has left One Direction to
go in his own direction.
If you haven’t heard of One Direction (or
“1D”), you’ve somehow been able to avoid
the most popular cultural phenomenon to
impact teenage girls since The Beatles.
Along with Zayn, the four remaining members (Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne
and Louis Tomlinson) auditioned in 2010
to be on Britain’s The X Factor. They auditioned as solo acts, but judge Simon Cowell decided the gang would work better as
a group. Sure enough, they dominated
third place and eventually released the single “That’s What Makes You Beautiful,”
topping charts, dropping panties and
emptying wallets all across the world. Last
year alone, the group grossed $75 million
in revenues from royalties, concerts and
merchandising.
Since Zayn’s departure, people all
around the world are reeling from the
emotional devastation. Some UK citizens
have actually been requesting (and are
being granted) time off from work to cope
with the harrowing news.
tion: “if Zayn doesn’t come back to 1D ill
fkn do it!!!!”
Forgive my ignorance, but that is insane.
I understand that fandom will always be
prevalent, especially amongst teenagers,
but I can’t imagine this kind of attentionseeking pre-information age. Nowadays
with celebrities being just one click away,
fans especially feel as if they are closer to
them, as if one fan’s actions can impact a
celebrity’s decisions. Thanks to modern
social media, fans are able to cut themselves open, post a photo and gain international attention. The fact that I’m even
The source of suicidal selfies: Zayn Malik. writing this article is indicative of that.
The break-up of The Beatles was one of
Peninsula, an employment law firm
the most influential, important moments
based in Manchester, told The Telegraph
in music history. Had Twitter and Instathat roughly 480 employers had called the
gram been around during The Beatles’ era,
company helpline seeking guidance on
I guarantee the same type of blatant attenwhat to do for employees requesting comtion seeking would exist (#LetsKillYoko, for
passionate leave because of Zayn’s split
example).
from the group. Yep. Because of one dude’s
But no matter how many articles are
decision to leave a pop band.
written or how many girls cut their arms or
It gets much worse. A recent trending
throats or whatever body part, Zayn Malik
hashtag on Twitter called #Cut4Zayn has
is still a human being with his own free
fans performing self-harm, dragging
will. Unless they offer that kid millions of
knives across their arms and legs (disbribery dollars, he may never return. The
turbingly enough, the hashtag has since
remaining members of 1D have already
become wrought with parody). One fan
said they will continue putting out music,
sliced out the letters Z-A-Y-N, taking a pic- just like how the Spice Girls continued
ture next to a sink of blood. There is even a without Ginger Spice. And I’m sure some
hotline solely created for One Directioners day, Zayn will come back for a reunion
to talk to someone if they’re feeling suicitour and the world will be OK again. Until
dal. One picture I came across showed a
that inevitable time, please keep your
girl with a knife to her throat with the capknives in the drawer.
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CALENDAR
Saturday 4.4
MUSIC
■ Aaron Davis & the
Mystery Machine with
Matt Herron, 4 to 7 p.m.
in the Ascent Lounge at
Four Seasons Resort. Americana, folk-blues, alt-country.
Free.
■ Keith Phillips, 7 to 10
p.m. in The Granary at
Spring Creek Ranch. Jazz,
standards and pop on the
grand piano. Free. 7338833.
■ Tram Jam, 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the base of Bridger
Gondola at Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort. All
weather mountain music.
Free. JacksonHole.com.
■ Moonalice, 3 p.m. Under
the Tram Stage in Teton Village. Psychedelic rock. Free.
JacksonHole.com.
■ John Wayne’s World, 10
p.m. at The Rose. Instrumental jazz-funk. Free.
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Culture Front
‘Michelle Ramin, Ben and Travis Find a Tube’
(watercolor on paper, 2015).
Creative madness at Artlab Open Studios
Meg Daly
Back in the day — or, really, only a few
years ago — when Teton Artlab started the
Factory Studios, their occasional Open
Studio nights were one of the hottest,
hippest events in town. Crowds of people
buying art, looking at art, looking at each
other, drinking beer and raising the esteem
of visual artists to that of rock stars.
It was great. And unfortunately it was
short-lived. (Whether it’s a collective of
artists or a working-to-middle-class family,
it’s hard to find a permanent home in Jackson Hole.)
In the Artlab’s current incarnation on
Jackson Street, the monthly Open Studio
night focuses on the Lab’s visiting artist
program. Though smaller and mellower in
scope, these evenings are valuable events
for Jackson’s creative community.
There are the obvious benefits of getting
to see an artist’s work up close and personal. For example, February visiting artist
Georgia Rowswell’s abstract pictures of geological features from Yellowstone can
only be fully appreciated in person so you
can see the intricate layers of recycled fabric that composed the colorful layers.
Michelle Ramin, the other visiting artist
in February (each month the Artlab hosts
two artists or artist teams), said her resi-
dency was “life-changing.”
“Given the opportunity to be in such an
inspiring place as Jackson with a full, uninterrupted month to create work was a
great gift,” Ramin said. “The Open Studios
aspect of the residency was a celebration
of sorts for all the hard work Georgia
Rowswell and I had done throughout the
month.”
Another reward for spending an evening
hanging out at an Open Studio is the element of the unexpected. In winter months,
the Artlab feels like an industrial space
crossed with a cozy log cabin. During February’s Open Studio, attendees ended up
sitting near a wood stove and sipping wine
while Ben Roth and Travis Walker made an
improvised spectacle of themselves by
“wearing” a piece of industrial tubing over
their heads.
Part elephant trunk, part alien head, the
tube had us in hysterics. Where did the
tube come from? What compelled Ben to
pick it up? Someone may have thrown in
an ironic academic art reference like,
“Nick Cage visits the junkyard for his latest
Soundsuit.” The random hilarity and camaraderie when a bunch of artists get together is an art experience in itself.
Ramin captured this moment in an accompanying watercolor painting. She said
the Open Studio night solidified many of
the friendships and professional relationships she developed during her residency.
“I felt like I had become a part of the Jackson art scene in a way,” she said.
January artist David Buckley Borden
echoed Ramin’s sentiment. Borden is creating a series of fine art maps based on
Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone. He solicited and will utilize public
feedback to create the maps.
“The most meaningful part of my Teton
Artlab experience was the personal relationships I developed as a result of the residency,” he said, “And one of the most
valuable opportunities for developing
these relationships was the Open Studio.”
Borden said the one-on-one, down-toearth conversations that happened during
the Open Studio were, to him, “just as
powerful and meaningful as the Teton
landscape itself.”
Artlab Open Studios may not be the
ragers of yore. But you don’t want to miss
them. Open Studios are scheduled through
October, usually the last Saturday of the
month. You can check the Teton Artlab
website or Facebook page for details. Who
knows? An artist might ask your opinion
for a mapping project. Or take your old Tshirt to weave into a piece.
Or, if you’re really lucky, someone will
stick a tube on your head. PJH
ART GALLERIES
Altamira Fine Art Gallery
172 Center St. 739-4700
Art Association/Center
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 Trails 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
Ciao Gallery
70 S. Glenwood., 733-7833
Circus Gallery
170 N. Main Street, Victor
208-787-1ART
Diehl Gallery
155 W. Broadway, 733-0905
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
Grand Teton Gallery
130 W. Broadway, 201-1172
Heather James Fine Art
Hennes Studio & Gallery
5850 Larkspur Drive, 733-2593
Heriz Rug Co.
120 W. Pearl, 733-3388
Horizon Fine Art Gallery
30 King Street, Suite 202, 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
Legacy Gallery
Town Square, 733-2353
Lines Gallery
245 West Pearl
Mountain Trails Gallery
National Museum of Wildlife Art
2820 Rungius Road, 733-5771
Raindance Gallery
165 N. Center Street, #4, 732-2222
RARE Fine Art Gallery
485 W. Broadway, 733-8726
Richter Fine Art Photography
30 King St, 733-8880
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
Tayloe Piggott Gallery
62 S. Glenwood, 733-0555
Trailside Galleries
130 E. Broadway, 733-3186
Trio Fine Art Gallery
Turpin Gallery
545 N. Cache, 734-4444
Two Grey Hills
110 E. Broadway, 733-2677
Vertical Peaks Gallery
165 Center Street, #1, 733-7744
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
PinkGarterTheatre.com.
■ Naïve Melodies: Tribute to The Talking Heads,
10 p.m. at Town Square Tavern. $15/Friday, $20/Friday+Saturday. 733-2886.
ART
■ DiverseWorks Art Exhibit, 1 to 5 p.m. at Daly
Projects, 125 E. Pearl. View
a selection of work by the
Free. Also by appointment
at 307-699-7933.
COMMUNITY
■ 47th Annual Easter Egg
Hunt, 10 to 10:30 a.m. on
Jackson Town Square. Families are invited to stroll
down to Town Square to
meet Peter Rabbit and his
friends, enjoy the community, and have the chance to
win great prizes. Be sure to
arrive early! Ages 1 to 8.
Free.
jacksonholechamber.com.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
■ Passover Sedar, 6 to
8:30 p.m. at St John’s Episcopal Church. Join the JH
Jewish Community congregation in their annual
Passover Seder led by Carl
Leveson and chain Judd
Grossman. Reservations required by March 31 to
[email protected]
g or (307) 734-1999. $1842. Pay what you can, not
one turned away. Fully cited,
music and family friendly. jhjewishcommunity.org.
Sunday 4.5
MUSIC
■ Stagecoach Band, 6 to
10 p.m. at the Stagecoach
Bar in Wilson. Old-time
country, folk, Western. Free.
733-4407.
■ Rockenanny: full band
open mic, 8 p.m. to midnight at Town Square Tavern. Backing band is
provided; bring an instrument or just show up; free
drink for performers. 7333886.
■ Mandatory Air, 3 p.m.
Under the Tram Stage in
Teton Village. Rock, countrysoul. Free.
JacksonHole.com.
ART
■ First Sunday, 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. at National Museum
of Wildlife Art. Free for area
locals. A family friendly celebration of the Conservation
Gallery. The National Geographic film ‘The Last Lions’
will play in the Cook Auditorium at 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m.,
and 2:30 p.m.
wildlifeart.org.
RELIGION & SPIRIT
■ Taize: Turning off The
Buzz, 6 p.m. at St. John’s
Chapel. If prayer is a significant practice in your life, yet
it sometimes gets crowded
out very easily, you might
enjoy the style of worship
created by the community
of Taizé in France. Taizé
worship is based around
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CALENDAR
MAKE YOUR
EASTER RESERVATIONS
TODAY.
Open for the off season
733-3912
160 N. Millward
Open nightly at 5:30pm.
Closed Tuesdays.
Reservations recommended.
Reserve online at
www.bluelionrestaurant.com
structured rhythms of contemplation and silence that
provide a way to “turn off the
buzz” of our daily lives and experience a new depth of
prayer. We would love to have
you join us for this special service of prayer, song, and silence.
Free. stjohnsjackson.org.
■ Coffee and Kabbalah,
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Cafe Boheme. Learn about Kabbalah.
Free. jewishwyoming.com
■ Palm Sunday Communion, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. at St.
John’s Episcopal Church.
Free. stjohnsjackson.org.
KIDS & FAMILIES
■ Sunday Adventure Sessions, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at
Jackson Hole Children’s Museum. A fun activity event.
jhchildrensmuseum.org.
Monday 4.6
DANCE
■ Nia Fusion Dance, 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at
Dancers’ Workshop. An exercise that fuses martial arts and
dance. Drop in $18. dwjh.org.
■ Tango Practice, 6:30 to 8
p.m. at Dancers’ Workshop.
A group-led tango practice.
Donation. dwjh.org.
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
■ Monday Mindfulness
Meditation, 6 to 6:45 p.m. at
Zendler Chiropractic. Silent
meditation sponsored by
Teton Sangha. Beginners encouraged, cushions provided.
Free. chiropracticjacksonhole.com.
■ Women’s Empowerment
Circle, 6 to 7 p.m. at Intencions. Open group of local
women learning to transform
life’s obstacles into success,
guided by life coach Christie
Watts. Donation. 733-0073.
christiwatts.com.
SPORTS & RECREATION
■ Aikido Sessions, 7:30
p.m. at Inversion Yoga. Free.
inversionyoga.com.
Tuesday 4.7
MUSIC
■ The Miller Sisters, 7:30
to 11 p.m. at the Silver Dollar
Bar. Country-soul. 733-2190.
■ Screen Door Porch, 4 to
7 p.m. in the Ascent Lounge
at Four Seasons Resort.
Americana, folk-blues. Free.
■ Moonshine Mary’s Open
Mic, 4 to 7 p.m. in The Trap
Bar at Grand Targhee Resort.
Free. GrandTarghee.com.
DANCE
■ Booty Barre, 11 a.m. at
Dancers’ Workshop. Dance
class with Katie Jackson.$16
drop in, $120 for 10 punch
card. dwjh.org.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
■ Creating Healthy, Supportive Work Environments Workshop, 8:30 a.m.
to 12 p.m. at Community
Foundation of Jackson Hole.
Do you manage or coordinate
people in your work or volunteer activities? Are you managed by someone else? Put
people together in stressful
environments and conflict is
likely to occur. Different personalities, work styles, and
approaches to social interactions can create distractions
that take the focus off your
organization’s mission, and
put it on personal politics instead. Learn practices for
building respectful, supportive
working environments, and
for managing conflict, both
up, down, and sideways. Coffee and light breakfast provided.$10-$20. Register at
739.-026. cfjacksonhole.org.
MIND, BODY & SPIRIT
■ Snowflake Sangha, 6:30
to 8 p.m. at St. John Episcopal
Church. Meditate in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. No
experience necessary, must
be 18 and older. Free. tetonsangha.com.
■ Tops Weight Loss Support, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the
Preschool Room at St. John’s
Episcopal Church. Free.
tops.org.
■ Daniela Botur’s Crystal
Sound Bowl Experience,
noon to 1 p.m. at Intencions.
Relax and rebalance to sound
frequencies, aromatherapy
and good vibes. Walk-ins welcome. $10. intencions.com.
■ Deeksha Hour, 6 to 7
p.m. at Spirit. Have an immediate experience of expanded
awareness, a quieter mind
and receive a transfer of energy, shifting your brain into
higher states of consciousness. Includes yogic chanting
and chakra exercise. All are
welcome. Donations accepted. spiritjh.com.
■ Therapeutic Tuesday, 6
to 7:15 p.m. at Teton Yoga
Shala. An all-level yoga therapy class focusing on specific
needs of students. Slower,
vinyasa-style class in which
breathing and holding postures is emphasized. $12-19.
tetonyoga.com.
SPORTS & RECREATION
■ Basketball, noon to 2 p.m.
at the Rec. Center. Stop by to
share in a game of basketball,
pick-up play. Drop-in rate.
tetonparksandrec.org.
■ Recreational Volleyball,
6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Rec.
Center. Drop-in rate. tetonparksandrec.org.
■ Zumba with Tammy,
5:10 to 6:15 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church. Zumba fitness
is 70 percent Latin beats
paired with easy to follow
movement. The cardio conditioning that you achieve in this
class is hard to beat. tammyb.zumba.com.
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Asian & Chinese
CHINATOWN
Authentic atmosphere for your
dining pleasure featuring over
100 entrees, including Peking,
Hunan, Szechuan and Canton
cuisines. Lunch specials and dinners daily. Full service bar. Open
daily. 85 W. Broadway, Grand
Teton Plaza. (307) 733-8856.
TETON THAI
Serving the world’s most exciting
cuisine. Thai food offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot,
sour, salt and bitter. All balanced
and blended perfectly, satisfying
the most discriminating palate.
7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton
Village, (307) 733-0022 and in
Driggs, (208) 787-8424.
Continental
THE BLUE LION
A Jackson Hole favorite for 36
years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Ask
a local about our rack of lamb.
Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry,
steaks, and vegetarian entreés.
Live acoustic guitar music most
nights. Early Bird Special: 20% off
total bill between 5:30 - 6 p.m.
Must mention ad. Open nightly
at 5:30 p.m. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. 160
N. Millward, (307) 733-3912.
bluelionrestaurant.com.
CAFE GENEVIEVE
Serving inspired home cooked
classics in a historic log cabin.
Brunch daily 8 a.m., dinner
nightly 5 p.m., happy hour daily 3
- 5:30 p.m.: $5 glass wine, $5
specialty drinks, $3 bottled beer.
135 E. Broadway. (307) 7321910. genevievejh.com.
DORNAN’S PIZZA &
PASTA COMPANY
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. Twelve miles north of
Jackson in Grand Teton National
Park at Moose. (307) 733-2415
ELEANOR’S
Eleanor’s has all the perks of fine
dining, minus the dress code
serving rich, saucy dishes in a
warm and friendly setting.
Eleanor’s is a primo brunch spot
on Sunday afternoons. Its bar
alone is an attraction, thanks to
reasonably priced drinks and a
loyal crowd. Come get a belly-full
of our two-time gold medal
wings. Open daily 11a.m. to
close. 832 W. Broadway inside
Plaza Liquors. (307) 733-7901.
FULL STEAM SUBS
The deli that’ll rock your belly.
Jackson’s newest sub shop serves
steamed subs, reubens, gyros,
delicious all beef hot dogs, soups
and salads. We offer Chicago
style hot dogs done just the way
they do in the windy city. Located
just a short block north of the
Town Square. Open daily from11
a.m. to 7 p.m. at 180 N. Center
Street. (307) 733-3448
KIM’S CORNER
Best ski food in the area! Korean
and American style, from breakfast sandwiches, burgers, chicken
tenders, philly cheese steaks,
fries to rice bowls and noodles.
Something for everyone! Located
at base of Summit Lift between
the ski patrol room and the ice
rink. 100 E. Snow King Ave.
Open Tuesday - Thursday 9:30
a.m. - 7 p.m., Friday - Sunday
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Order
ahead (307) 200-6544, facebook.com/Kimscornercafe
LIBERTY BURGER
Liberty burger features 11 different burger, including the standard
liberty burger of just mustard,
mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickle
onion. There are six different
meat selections along with our
custom beef blend. Sides include
skinny fries, sweet fries and onion
for an additional $5.99/each
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Hot chips made fresh all day long
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Local is a modern American
steakhouse and bar located on
Jackson’s historic town square.
Serving locally raised beef and,
regional game, fresh seafood
and seasonally inspired food,
Local offers the perfect setting
for lunch, drinks or dinner.
Lunch 11:30am Mon-Sat
Dinner 5:30pm Nightly
Trio is located just off the town
square in downtown Jackson,
and 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.
Dinner nightly at 5:30pm
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ON THE TOWN SQUARE
45 S. Glenwood
Available for private
events & catering
rings. Two salads are on the
menu along with two sandwiches.
Milkshakes, root beer floats,
adult milkshakes, beer, wine and
spirits are available. Open at 11
a.m. daily. 160 N. Cache. (307)
200-6071.
LOCAL
Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our
menu features both classic and
specialty cuts of locally-ranched
meats and wild game alongside
fresh seafood, shellfish, houseground burgers, and seasonallyinspired food. We offer an
extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant
bar atmosphere with 12 beers on
tap as well as a relaxed dining
room, Local is the perfect spot to
grab a burger for lunch or to have
drinks and dinner with friends. 55
North Cache, (307) 201-1717,
localjh.com
LOTUS CAFE
Serving organic, freshly-made
world cuisine while catering to all
eating styles. Endless organic and
natural meat, vegetarian, vegan
and gluten-free choices. Offering
super smoothies, fresh extracted
juices, espresso and tea. Full bar
and house-infused botanical spir-
its.Daily 8:00 a.m.breakfast, lunch
and dinner. 145 N. Glenwood St.
(307) 734-0882.
tetonlotuscafe.com.
MANGY MOOSE
Mangy Moose Restaurant, with
locally sourced, seasonally fresh
food at reasonable prices, is a always a fun place to go with family
or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff
will make you feel right at home
and the funky western decor will
keep you entertained throughout
your entire visit. Reservations at
(307) 733-4913,
mangymoose.com
SNAKE RIVER BREWERY
& RESTAURANT
America’s most award-winning
microbrewery is serving lunch
and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired
pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and
desserts. $8 lunch menu from
11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Happy hours
4 - 6 p.m. include tasty hot wings.
The freshest beer in the valley,
right from the source! Free WiFi.
Open 11:30 a.m. - midnight. 265
S. Millward. (307) 739-2337,
snakeriverbrewing.com
SWEETWATER
Satisfying locals for lunch and din-
ner for over 36 years with deliciously affordable comfort food.
Extensive local and regional beer
list. Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
features blackened trout salad,
elk melt, wild west chili and vegetarian specialties. Dinner 5:30 - 9
p.m. including potato-crusted
trout, 16 oz. ribeye, vegan and
wild game. Reservations at (307)
733-3553.
sweetwaterjackson.com.
TRIO
Owned and operated by Chefs
with a passion for good food, Trio
is located right off the Town
square in downtown Jackson.
Featuring a variety of cuisines in a
relaxed atmosphere, Trio is famous for its wood-oven pizzas,
specialty cocktails and waffle fries
with bleu cheese fondue. Dinner
nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reserve at
(307) 734-8038 or bistrotrio.com
Indian
THE INDIAN
The Indian is themed after a
British officer’s club, The Indian
serves Colonial Indian cuisine and
classic cocktails. Enjoy a variety
of dishes including butter
chicken, lamb vindaloo and many
other vegan and gluten free options. Open for dinner nightly at
5:30. 165 N. Center St. Reservations (307) 733-4111.
cool
ways
to perk up
For reservations
call 734-8038
JACKSON HOLE
NIGHTLIFE GUIDE
WINTER 2015
Your insider’s
guide to
nightlife
in the Tetons
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Everywhere you find
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at PlanetJH.com
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Dine
Out
Italian
CALICO
A Jackson Hole favorite since
1965, the Calico continues to be
one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of
really good food, (much of which
is grown in our own gardens in
the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large
selection of wine. Our bar scene
is eclectic with a welcoming vibe.
Nightly at 5 p.m. 2560 Moose
Wilson Rd. (307) 733-2460.
Mexican
EL ABUELITO
Serving authentic Mexican cuisine
and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere. Home of the
original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection
of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch
served weekdays 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Nightly dinner specials. Open 7
days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W.
Broadway, (307) 733-1207.
THE MERRY PIGLETS
Voted Best Salsa! Jackson’s oldest
authentic Mexican restaurant and
a local favorite. Choose from
over 10 unique and different salsas and sauces, Tex-Mex plates,
including mesquite-grilled fajitas,
wraps and fire-roasted chicken.
Huge margs in 10 flavors plus
“Big Pig Marg,” a 32 oz original.
160 N. Cache, (307) 733-2966.
Pizza
ARTISAN PIZZA
Blue Collar Restaurant Groups
Italain style restaurant and pizza
serves fresh salads, apps,
Neapolitan inspired pizza and
housemade classic pasta dish’s.
All entrees come with soup or
salad and house made garlic
bread. Veggie and gluten free options available. Happy Hour in the
bar Monday to Friday from 5 - 6
p.m. features $6 pizza’s, 2 for 1
wine by the glass and well drinks,
and $1 off all beer. Open nightly
at 5 p.m. Located in the 690
building on highway 89 next to
Motel 6. Half a mile south of
Sidewinders. (307) 724-1970.
DOMINO’S PIZZA
Hot and delicious delivered to
your door. Hand-tossed, deep
dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style
and artisan pizzas; bread bowl
pastas, and oven baked sand-
wiches; chicken wings, cheesy
breads and desserts. Delivery.
520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza.
(307) 733-0330.
PINKY G’S
The locals favorite! Voted Best
Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012, 2013
and 2014. Seek out this hidden
gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, stromboli’s, calzones and
many appetizers to choose from.
Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special
including a slice, salad, and soda.
Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun
.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts. Delivery.take-out. Open
daily 11a.m. - 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway. (307) 734-PINK.
PIZZERIA CALDERA
Jackson Hole’s only dedicated
stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using
the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations.
Try our Bisonte pie with bison
sausage and fresh sage. Lunch
specials daily featuring slices,
soup and salads. Happy hour specials from 3 - 6 p.m. Take-out
available. 20 W. Broadway. Open
daily 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (307)
201-1472. pizzeriacaldera.com.
To be included in our Dining Guide
in print and online call (307) 732-0299.
Colonial Indian Cuisine
Classic Cocktails
Open nightly 5:30pm
165 N. Center Street
307.733.4111
www.theindianjh.com
FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT
PIZZAS, PASTAS & MORE
HOUSEMADE BREAD & DESSERTS
FRESH, LOCALLY
SOURCED OFFERINGS
TAKE OUT AVAILABLE
(307) 733-2460
2560 Moose Wilson Road • Wilson, WY
Dining room and bar open nightly at 5:00pm
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EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
20% OFF
ENTIRE BILL
Good between 5:30-6:00pm.
Must mention coupon.
Open nightly at 5:30pm.
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
DINNER
•••••••
733-3912
160 N. Millward
Reservations recommended
Reserve online at bluelionrestaurant.com
Open daily 8:00am
145 N. Glenwood
(307) 734-0882
WWW.TETONLOTUSCAFE.COM
HAPPY HOUR
Monday-Friday
5 to 6 p.m.
PIZZA & PASTA
Serving dinner nightly at 5 p.m.
690 S. Hwy 89 • 734.1970
LARGE SELECTION OF MEXICAN BEERS
LUNCHEON COMBINATION
Monday-Friday 11am-3pm
NIGHTLY DINNER SPECIALS
385 W. Broadway, Jackson
Authentic Mexican Cuisine
(307) 733-1207
OPEN 7 DAYS 11am-10pm
HOME OF
THE ORIGINAL
JUMBO
MARGARITA
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t o 71441
(Std msg & data rates apply.)
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scribed them as appearing “visibly disturbed.” Law
enforcement officials questioned the men before they
made it onto Broadway and were shocked by their
claims. According to the cleanup workers, they had
encountered otherworldly creatures while removing
debris from the site.
I spoke about this incident with an anonymous
source involved in the valley’s law enforcement efforts. He said the typical protocol would have been
to take the men to a secure location, stabilize them
and then put them under hypnosis or sodium pentothal to learn the details of what really happened.
“I have witnessed this many times,” the source
said. “Extraterrestrials are known to communicate telepathically and can embed messages deep
in a person’s consciousness. Hypnosis has proven
the best way to get beyond the person’s memory
and access any messages, which have been
downloaded.”
He also told me that information retrieved in this
PPP solitary style
Elizabeth Koutrelakos
‘Tis the season for some of those
friendly multi-sport competitions. Assembling a team of friends and competing in the Pole Pedal Paddle Race all
sounds like a good idea while chatting
about it at the bar. While I respect all
humans who decide to partake in the
competition, I have no desire to do it.
“Why not? It’s fun,” everyone claims.
I just wouldn’t fit in there for many,
many different reasons.
For one, I don’t own an animal costume or anything slightly goofy-looking.
Secondly, I don’t have enough friends to
even create a group, nor am I in good
enough shape to attempt the whole
thing on my own. Lastly, I have a fear of
commitment for dates far into the future. I get planning anxiety and my
throat starts swelling if I make a plan
too far in advance.
While trying to keep in the spirit of
PPP, I created my own little activity set
that I can do with others or by myself.
It’s called the “Bike, Ski, Swim” and can
be practiced at any time for little cost
(after the purchase of your National
Park pass). I began mid-morning from
Bradley Taggart parking lot. While it
wasn’t intensely cold, it felt brisk
enough to leave my gloves on. From
there, I biked. The park had just plowed
the road and it really did look bikeable.
Unfortunately, I am not an expert biker
and I slid around a couple of times on
the black ice. Additionally, by the time I
had biked about three miles, I wanted
to retire. I don’t have bike shorts and
have not biked for years. I have yet to
enjoy the comfort of sitting for extended periods of time with a plastic
seat between my legs.
So, I abandoned the bike along the
side of the road in a patch of melting
snow. When you make your own activity
you can end legs of the race at any
point. Post-bike, I put my skis on and
skied to Jenny Lake. Here, I saw some
friends and skied to the West end of the
lake. The skiing across the lake was perfect corn and it had become quite warm
in the middle of the day.
In the sizzling heat, it was time to create a new activity. I quickly settled on
the dip/swim, although I felt a bit apprehensive about plunging into open
water surrounded by ice. I held my
breath and went for it. There was no
swimming involved because all heat
immediately left my body. So, I began
my way out of Jenny Lake. Dare I say it
was the most peaceful Jenny Lake outing I have ever experienced? It was
mostly silent except for a few birds and
a sole snowshoer. I have never been to
Jenny Lake when the road is closed for
the winter, but now I know why so
many people flock to it in the spring.
When all is silent, the mountains actually look even bigger. I tore my eyes
away from the beauty to continue my
attempt at a multi-sport day.
On the way back, it got extremely
warm — too warm. This is when I
wished I had a support team like they
have in real races. It was about 65 degrees. The radiant heat from the snow
made me feel like I was crossing the
white Sahara Desert. I began to feel
dizzy and lightheaded. I wanted to give
up, lie under a tree, call for help — anything to get me away from the heat
blanket of whiteness and sage. Since the
previous options seemed too dramatic,
way from other human-extraterrestrial encounters
has accelerated our advances in science and technology. “This is how we make some quantum
leaps,” he noted, as if it was common knowledge.
It is also known that since the late 1990s, there
have been numerous unidentified flying object, or
UFO, sightings in this area. Sometimes the UFOs appeared to exit and enter directly into the mountain
and hills in and around town. At other times they
have been seen traveling in and out of nearby lakes.
There is some speculation that a UFO base might
be located under this entire valley. However, this is
not confirmed, and, there is no known threat to locals. To learn more about the extraterrestrial presence in the valley, please stay tuned until April
Fools’ Day 2016.
Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio
personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner,
author, and clairvoyant. Got a Cosmic Question?
Email [email protected]
GetOut
A scene of solitude on frozen
Jenny Lake.
ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS
A: Some readers have heard that several men helping on the scene of the now-famous landslide were
secretly whisked away to a military base in an undisclosed location. The workers at the site caught the attention of authorities there after they attempted to
abruptly leave the cleanup scene. Witnesses de-
with Carol Mann
Enjoying the magnificent view into
Cascade Canyon from Jenny Lake.
: Is the
rumor
true about what
was discovered
in the Budge
Drive Landslide?
Q
Cosmic
Café
An icy outlet serves as a dipping spot for the weary and scorched.
I continued on my way.
I got to the road and looked for my
bike, cursing the fact that it wasn’t
there. I figured someone must have
stolen it. I walked on the asphalt, because in my delirium, I thought it would
be cooler than skiing on the white snow.
I don’t know which was better, but I
eventually found my bike. At that point
I was feeling happy at the idea of it
being stolen, as I don’t really like riding
bikes anyway. So, I pushed it back to the
parking lot while carrying my skis and
being as inefficient as possible. Some
race. Maybe multi-sport competitions
are better with others? Perhaps creating
my own race and changing it up as I
went along wasn’t the best idea? Maybe
it can be cool to sometimes sign up for
an event and work toward the prize of
having fun and finishing? In my own little world, I was a winner. In fact, I found
my trophy in the shower when random
splotches of my skin felt hot and tingly.
Oh sunburn, what a priceless prize I can
remember for days. PJH
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Natural
Medicine
with McKenzie Steiner, ND
GUEST COLUMNIST
A natural approach
to seasonal sneezes
Spring is fast approaching and along with it comes
seasonal allergies. Millions of Americans suffer from
seasonal allergies, especially when the pollen counts
rise. According to the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, about 17 million people were diagnosed
with hay fever last year alone.
In Jackson, allergy season starts even before the snow
melts with snow mold. The onslaught continues once
the snow is gone with pollen from the extensive wilderness all around town. Seasonal allergies such as hay
fever are a type of immunoglobulin E antibody, or IgE,
allergy. This means that when exposed to an allergen,
the body mounts an immune response with the production of histamine. Histamine is the compound responsible for all of your seasonal allergy symptoms
from the sniffles to itchy and watery eyes. Common
seasonal allergy symptoms may present as hives,
eczema, red and itchy eyes, nasal congestion, sneezing,
itchy mouth, coughing and asthma.
Many people know they have a seasonal allergy because
around the same time every year symptoms show up. The
difficulty comes when attempting to pinpoint the culprit.
In the spring, there are many potential allergens with all of
the grasses, flowers and trees blooming at the same time.
It is very helpful to know what you are allergic to in order
to lessen or prevent exposure. In addition, you can be
more prepared each year as allergy season approaches
and treat yourself accordingly.
Allergy tests
Naturopathic recommendations
There are several tests available to determine your
allergies. The first is an allergy skin test. This test is
very reliable for IgE allergies and it is also one of the
fastest testing methods. Doctors perform the test by
pricking the skin with specific allergens and then observing the skin’s reaction. Another is a blood test
called serum-specific IgE antibody test. The serum
IgE antibody test is often done in individuals who
have severe or life-threatening allergic reactions such
as anaphylaxis.
1. Decrease your overall inflammation by eating an
anti-inflammatory diet high in vegetables and omega-3
fatty acids found in fish and flax, and minimizing red
meat, dairy, sugar and alcohol.
2. Increase your water intake. The amount of water a
person needs daily varies greatly. Visiting or living in
high-elevation Jackson increases all your fluid needs.
Being an athlete also increases your water requirements. If you drink enough water daily so that you do
not feel thirsty and your urine is clear or just slightly
yellow, your fluid intake is probably sufficient.
3. Decrease your overall stress levels. Reduced stress
is associated with improved immune function and a
lessened response to seasonal allergies.
4. Use a neti pot. The pots can physically remove allergens by flushing the sinuses when used daily.
5. Keep a clean bedroom. This will also help improve
your response to seasonal allergies. Make sure to remove potential allergens from your room by vacuuming, washing your sheets and pillowcases weekly,
washing your hair before bed, and consider using a
HEPA filter. Being a pet lover, this one is difficult for me,
but don’t sleep with your pets. They carry a lot of potential allergens on their fur into the bed with you.
6. Take supplemental vitamin C. It can help to decrease your histamine response to seasonal allergies.
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that is a key player in immune function.
7. Take quercetin, an anti-inflammatory
bioflavonoid. It can also decrease your allergic response. Quercetin can be found as a supplement or in
foods such as nettles.
8. Consider homeopathic remedies such as Allium
cepa and Euphrasia. Allium cepa is helpful for excessive
nasal discharge. Euphrasia is used for inflamed, burning and itching eyes, and some nasal discharge.
A naturopathic perspective
There are many different natural treatments for patients suffering from seasonal allergies. The primary
goal of a naturopathic doctor in treating these allergies
is to support the body and alleviate the symptoms. For
increased effectiveness, it is important to begin natural
treatments one month to several months prior to a
known allergy season.
Improving overall health
Seasonal allergies are often exacerbated by increased systemic inflammation. In addition, your immune function, digestive function and endocrine
function all play a role in how your body responds to
an allergen. It is important to support all of these
functions to lessen your allergic response. One way to
do this is to identify any foods in your diet that may
cause additional inflammation and stress to your
body, with an elimination-challenge diet. This diet is
not for someone with a severe or life-threatening allergy. To help manage potential reactions, it is a good
idea to do this diet under the supervision of your doctor. This method for identifying food intolerances can
take up to several weeks to complete. It consists of removing a potential reactive food or food group from
the diet for a period of time, observing your reaction
to this removal, reintroducing the suspected foods
back into your diet one at a time, and then noticing
any physical, mental or emotional response to this
reintroduction.
These natural treatment recommendations may be
used with or without your current allergy meds or treatment plan and will allow you to get out and enjoy
spring. PJH
McKenzie Steiner, ND, is a naturopathic doctor with a family practice in Jackson Hole. Visit her on the Web at DrMckenzieSteiner.com.
‘Seeing Stars’ by Kurt Krauss • Sunday, April 4, 2015
LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ranted (at)
7 Texter’s “Oh, I
should also mention
... ”
10 Houston
ballplayer, for short
14 Building blocks
19 Picador’s target
20 “Bingo!”
21 One might get
caught off base
22 “Waterworld”
orphan girl
22 April 1 - 7, 2015
23 Five-star auctioneer?
25 Five-star bridal
accessory?
27 About to explode
28 Like NASA and
FEMA
30 Clear up
31 __ death: repeat too often
32 Longest river in
France
33 Sonata, e.g.
35 They’re hung by
drivers
36 Five-star Ponzi
scheme?
40 Explosive experiment
41 Thai appetizers
44 Author Follett
45 E.U. member
46 Five-star pageboy?
49 “Big four”
record company
51 Leather ending
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53 0.0000001
joules
56 1953 Pulitzerwinning dramatist
57 “SNL” alum
alongside Hartman
and Carvey
59 Thinks better of
it
61 Once called
62 Go-to guy
64 Cigar size
65 Five-star secluded getaway?
69 CNN news anchor __ Paul
72 Baronial headpiece
73 Hardly around
the corner
76 Put under
78 Knocks on
79 Purina product
80 Qing Dynasty
general of culinary
fame
81 Deutschland
donkey
82 Slip-__: shoes
83 Five-star flugelhorns?
86 Backstabber
87 Acquisition
transaction, briefly
89 Tuxedo accessory
90 Carried on
93 Five-star spiel?
99 Times to get
ready
100 Five-O booking
agent
101 Golden
102 Magi origin
106 Mythological
hybrid
108 Break for mom
110 Trumpeter Louis
111 Five-star competition?
113 Five-star headgear?
115 Dodger manager before Mattingly
116 Bad end
26 Beethoven’s “__
Adieux” sonata
29 Bubbly beginning?
34 Yearned
37 Manhattan part
38 Bailout key
39 Like, with “to”
40 Slightly
41 Remedy from a
doctor?
42 “Alfred” composer
DOWN
43 Buster Brown’s
1 Bridge action
2 Last Olds made dog
45 Photographer’s
3 Where __
accessory
4 Pick 6, for one
47 Fitting most
5 Language that
people
gave us “galore”
48 Home on the
6 __-eyed
7 Cast selection? range
49 Hebrew for
8 Nickname for
baseball’s Durocher “skyward”
9 Shout during a 50 Rainier, for one
52 Port on Italy’s
charge
10 Native corn por- “heel”
53 Some dashes
ridge
54 “Balderdash!”
11 Couple
55 Flip side of
12 Hot __
Ronny & the Day13 1993 A.L. battonas’ “Hot Rod
ting champ John
Baby”
14 “Why don’t
58 Station for film
we!”
buffs
15 Coming or
60 Nearest star to
going
Earth
16 Deke victim
17 Tapenade ingre- 62 Not see properly
dients
63 Whistler, e.g.
18 Least likely to
65 Old cry of disblow
gust
24 Like a fantasy
66 Illegal payland?
117 Like some
phone nos.
118 Designer McCartney
119 Related maternally
120 Massachusetts
motto opener
121 The Carolinas’
__ Dee River
122 Strengths
ments
67 Mortarboard
sporters: Abbr.
68 A wall may
need a second one
69 This, in Toulouse
70 Brooklyn __
71 Density symbol,
in physics
73 Criticism
74 Abbey nook
75 Looking up
77 Actress Barkin
78 Rain protection
79 Bow-and-arrow
sets
84 Wash. summer
hrs.
85 Lighter name
86 Remedy for a
freeze
88 Back-to-back
’90s Super Bowl
champs
90 Reel off
91 Fashion photog-
rapher Richard
92 Family subdivisions
93 Strut
94 “The Purloined
Letter” monogram
95 Dices
96 Godhead, for
one
97 Blemish
98 Java Freeze
brand
100 Doo-wop syllable
103 United divider?
104 Young salmon
105 “__ Bulba”:
Gogol novel
107 On safer side
109 World-weary
words
110 Ryan and Benjamin: Abbr.
112 Big load
114 Golfer Ernie Els’
homeland
Q
: I know I
should meditate,
but I can’t sit still
for that long. Any
advice?
A: You’ll be happy to know that there are many varieties of meditation. Some are physically passive and
others are physically active. Some are solitary; others
are practiced in a group. All forms of mediation measurably quiet the mental chatter of the mind, sharpen
mental focus, upgrade the immune system, calm
emotions and relieve stress. The idea is to then carry
these positive benefits into daily life to experience
inner peace and mental clarity regardless of what’s
going on externally.
Rob Brezsny’s
Cosmic
Café
with Carol Mann
Every world culture and religion offers some form of
meditation, and all of these ancient practices (and
modern ones) are designed to bring people closer to
their own pure essence. They all share the notion that
we are naturally connected to a “Universal Field of
Consciousness,” which gives us access to the higher
intelligence and unconditional love of “All That Is.”
Typically, that access is clouded by the distractions inherent in daily life. However, once that link is established and strengthened, life is very different. There
are hundreds of scientific studies documenting the
measurable health, wellness and spiritual benefits of
practicing meditation.
The common denominator in all forms of meditation is the unique combination of deep relaxation
combined with a highly alert mental state. In meditation, both of the brain’s hemispheres are simultaneously active. This is what makes it different from sleep,
trance, daydreams, hypnosis and our normal waking
consciousness. The meditative state creates its own
unique brainwave patterns, which offer benefits other
states of consciousness cannot deliver.
Back to the original question, some of the many active forms of meditation include: yoga, martial arts
and athletic activity when it takes you in to “the
zone.” More active options include dance, playing a
musical instrument and chanting. So, if the passive
kinds of meditation, which involve sitting in silence,
have no appeal, there are plenty more options. All
forms of meditation are cumulative, so the more consistently you incorporate the practice, the better you
will feel in your body, mind and spirit.
If you’d like some further resources, you can contact me for information about meditation classes in
Jackson. There are also great meditation courses online (Google these) and other links, like one from the
Huffington Post that lists 15 great books on how to
meditate. PJH
Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio
personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author and clairvoyant. Got a Cosmic Question?
Email [email protected].
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Choconiverous” is an English slang word that’s defined as having the tendency,
when eating a chocolate Easter Bunny, to bite the head
off first. I recommend that you adopt this direct approach
in everything you do in the coming weeks. Don’t get
bogged down with preliminaries. Don’t get sidetracked
by minor details, trivial distractions, or peripheral concerns. It’s your duty to swoop straight into the center of
the action. Be clear about what you want and unapologetic about getting it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The American snack cake
known as a Twinkie contains 68 percent air. Among its 37
other mostly worthless ingredients are sugar, water, cornstarch, the emulsifier polysorbate 60, the filler sodium
stearoyl lactylate, and food coloring. You can’t get a lot of
nutritious value by eating it. Now let’s consider the fruit
known as the watermelon. It’s 91 percent water and six
percent sugar. And yet it also contains a good amount of
Vitamin C, lycopene, and antioxidants, all of which are
healthy for you. So if you are going to eat a whole lot of
nothing, watermelon is a far better nothing than a
Twinkie. Let that serve as an apt metaphor for you in the
coming week.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be as close as you
have ever gotten to finding the long-lost Holy Grail — or
Captain Kidd’s pirate treasure, for that matter, or Marie
Antoinette’s jewels, or Tinkerbell’s magical fairy dust, or
the smoking-gun evidence that Shakespeare’s plays were
written by Francis Bacon. At the very least, I suspect you
are ever-so-near to your personal equivalent of those
precious goods. Is there anything you can do to increase
your chances of actually getting it? Here’s one tip: Visualize in detail how acquiring the prize would inspire you to
become even more generous and magnanimous than you
already are.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): People are paying attention
to you in new ways. That’s what you wanted, right? You’ve
been emanating subliminal signals that convey messages
like “Gaze into my eternal eyes” and “Bask in the cozy
glow of my crafty empathy.” So now what? Here’s one
possibility: Go to the next level. Show the even-more-interesting beauty that you’re hiding below the surface. You
may not think you’re ready to offer the gifts you have
been “saving for later.” But you always think that. I dare
you to reveal more of your deep secret power.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people believe unquestioningly in the truth and power of astrology. They imagine
it’s an exact science that can unfailingly discern character
and predict the future. Other people believe all astrology
is nonsense. They think that everyone who uses it is deluded or stupid. I say that both of these groups are
wrong. Both have a simplistic, uninformed perspective.
The more correct view is that some astrology is nonsense
and some is a potent psychological tool. Some of it’s
based on superstition and some is rooted in a robust
mythopoetic understanding of archetypes. I encourage
you to employ a similar appreciation for paradox as you
evaluate a certain influence that is currently making a big
splash in your life. In one sense, this influence is like snake
oil, and you should be skeptical about it. But in another
sense it’s good medicine that can truly heal.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to the Biblical stories, Peter was Christ’s closest disciple, but acted like a
traitor when trouble came. After Christ was arrested, in
the hours before the trial, Peter denied knowing his cherished teacher three different times. His fear trumped his
love, leading him to violate his sacred commitment. Is
there anything remotely comparable to that scenario developing in your own sphere, Virgo? If you recognize any
tendencies in yourself to shrink from your devotion or violate your highest principles, I urge you to root them out.
Be brave. Stay strong and true in your duty to a person or
place or cause that you love.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Marketing experts say consumers need persistent prodding before they will open
their minds to possibilities that are outside their entrenched habits. The average person has to be exposed
to a new product at least eight times before it fully registers on his or her awareness. Remember this rule of
thumb as you seek attention and support for your brainstorms. Make use of the art of repetition. Not just any old
boring, tedious kind of repetition, though. You’ve got to
be as sincere and fresh about presenting your goodies the
eighth time as you were the first.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In Cole Porter’s song “I
Get a Kick Out of You,” he testifies that he gets no kick
from champagne. In fact, “Mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me
at all,” he sings. The same is true about cocaine. “I’m sure
that if I took even one sniff that would bore me terrifically, too,” Porter declares. With this as your nudge, Scorpio, and in accordance with the astrological omens, I
encourage you to identify the titillations that no longer
provide you with the pleasurable jolt they once did. Acknowledge the joys that have grown stale and the adven-
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tures whose rewards have waned. It’s time for you to go
in search of a new array of provocative fun and games.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The English writer
William Wordsworth (1770-1830) wrote hundreds of
poems. Among his most famous was “I Wandered Lonely
as a Cloud,” which is also known as “Daffodils.” The
poem sprung from him after a walk he took with his sister around Lake Ullswater in the English Lake District.
There they were delighted to find a long, thick belt of
daffodils growing close to the water. In his poem,
Wordsworth praises the “ten thousand” flowers that
were “Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on
the milky way.” If you are ever going to have your own
version of a daffodil explosion that inspires a burst of creativity, Sagittarius, it will come in the coming weeks.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your subconscious desires and your conscious desires seem to be at odds.
What you say you want is not in precise alignment with
what your deep self wants. That’s why I’m worried that
“Don’t! Stop!” might be close to morphing into “Don’t
stop!” — or vice versa. It’s all pretty confusing. Who’s in
charge here? Your false self or your true self? Your
wounded, conditioned, habit-bound personality or your
wise, eternal, ever-growing soul? I’d say it’s a good time
to retreat into your sanctuary and get back in touch with
your primal purpose.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes you’re cool,
but other times you’re hot. You veer from acting aloof
and distracted to being friendly and attentive. You careen
from bouts of laziness to bursts of disciplined efficiency. It
seems that you’re always either building bridges or burning them, and on occasion you are building and burning
them at the same time. In short, Aquarius, you are a master of vacillation and a slippery lover of the in-between.
When you’re not completely off-target and out of touch,
you’ve got a knack for wild-guessing the future and seeing
through the false appearances that everyone else regards
as the gospel truth. I, for one, am thoroughly entertained!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How can you ripen the initiatives you have set in motion in recent weeks? Of the
good new trends you have launched, which can you now
install as permanent enhancements in your daily rhythm?
Is there anything you might do to cash in on the quantum
leaps that have occurred, maybe even figure out a way to
make money from them? It’s time for you to shift from
being lyrically dreamy to fiercely practical. You’re ready
to convert lucky breaks into enduring opportunities.
© Copyright 2015 Rob Brezsny l FreeWillAstrology.com l [email protected] l San Rafael, California
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