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DEPARTMENTS 04 THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION 06 LEGENDS & LEGACIES 09 ASPEN UNTUCKED 10 WINE INK 12

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14 GUNNER’S LIBATIONS 16 VOYAGES 24 MOUNTAIN MAYHEM 26 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 29 LOCAL CALENDAR 34 CROSSWORD LIBATIONS IT’S THE CLASSIC

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

by ANDREW TRAVERS

FESTIVAL THERE WILL BE BOOZE.

The fifth annual Après Ski Cocktail Classic is taking over Aspen from March 9 through 12, with liquor flowing slopeside, at The Little Nell and elsewhere around town. Tastings and events run from morning to late at night (and sometimes into the early morning) with distillers, mixologists and liquor brand representatives.

The festival includes parties, grand tastings, private reserve tastings, seminars, mixology demonstrations, onmountain pop-up bars and one big pub crawl.

“Celebrating the Aspen après culture is something we look forward to yearround with the Cocktail Classic,” co-founder and producer Joe Lang said in a program announcement.

Highlights of the four days of events include afternoon grand tastings on Friday and Saturday at the Nell and the Great Après Ski Pub Crawl & Cocktail Competition all around town on Sunday.

Other high points include a “Celebration of Colorado Craft” at the Hotel Jerome and the opening party at the Sky Hotel on Thursday, a mezcal cocktail and storytelling event at Jimmy’s Bodega late on Friday night, fireside chats and tastings through the weekend and a ski race Sunday on Aspen Mountain.

Tickets range from $25 for some single events to $390 for a VIP pass to all four days of parties, available at www. apresskicocktailclassic.com.

The Apres Ski Cocktail Classic returns to Aspen for four days of tastings and events from March 9 through 12.

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Ann Wilson, of the groundbreaking rock band Heart, will headline Belly Up Aspen on Tuesday, Mach 14.

POPULAR MUSIC

Noam Pikelny, of the Punch Brothers, will perform at the Wheeler Opera House on Friday, March 10.

PUNCH BROTHERS BANJOIST Noam Pikelny is bringing his solo show to the Wheeler Opera House on Friday, March 10.

The three-time Grammy nominee and banjo virtuoso is touring in support of his new solo album, “Universal Favorite.” The record features the picking that has made Pikelny a music legend along with his own vocals. Pikelny will share both at the Aspen show.

Tickets are $25, available at the Wheeler box office and www.aspenshowtix.com.

Pick up the March 10 Weekend section of the Aspen Times for more on Pikelny and his new album.

ROCK LEGEND ANN WILSON will be looking back on her career as a singer, songwriter and member of Heart in an intimate performance Tuesday, March 14, at Belly Up Aspen.

The woman behind “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda,” “Magic Man” and other rock classics will be playing her iconic hits alongside some memorable covers.

Wilson is scheduled to go on at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets range from $95 for general admission to $230 for reserved seats, available at the Belly Up box office and www.bellyupaspen.com.

Pick up The Aspen Times or go to www.aspentimes.com to read more about the show and an interview with Wilson.

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1890 ASPEN

A HEADLINE IN THE ASPEN EVENING CHRONICLE ON DEC. 17, 1889, described the bar in the Hotel Jerome as “a captivating resort.” The article continued, “among the many places where gentlemen most do congregate none are more popular than the Hotel Jerome bar under the management of Mr. C.C. Freeman assisted by Mr. P.F. Smith. In catering to the enthusiastic patronage that nightly throngs the parlors Mr. Freeman has studied the market critically and has provided the cellars with none but the choicest and standard brands of wines, liquors and cigars. The billiard and pool parlors have been equipped with a complete set of the famous Brunswick-Balke tables and for an evening’s relaxation and invigorating diversion no place in the city offers superior advantages. Mr. Freeman is one of the most experienced caterers in the city and extends a cordial invitation to the public to join him in night cap, eye-opener or the fascinating appetizer.” The photo above shows the bar in the Hotel Jerome, circa 1890.

This photo and more can be found in the Aspen Historical Society archives at aspenhistory.org.

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by STEPHEN REGENOLD

SNUGGLE IN: PATAGONIA LAUNCHES SLEEPING BAG LINE IN 1972, as a dirt-bag climber, Yvon Chouinard designed and then stitched a sleeping bag for himself. As the future founder of Patagonia, he stuffed raw goose down into the channels of a mummy-style bag, adding a centerfront zipper to let him tie-in while sleeping on mountain peaks.

For this spring, Patagonia nods to Chouinard’s original design with the launch of a sleeping bag line. The company notes the bags, which are Patagonia’s first commercial go in the category, to be “45 years in the making.”

I received a pre-release sleeping bag from Patagonia for this review. The sleeping bags hit the market this week.

At first glance, my test bag was sleek, light, billowy, and warm for its weight.

The hood, baffles and body seem to borrow from Patagonia’s jacket design, in function and in look.

I tested the 850 Down Sleeping Bag (that is the official name), rated to 19 degrees. It comes in three sizes, two colors, and starts at $479 (up to $519 at its largest size).

For that premium price you get a top-end bag. It’s different than most of what’s on the market, including a thin and ultralight 15-denier fabric and complex, asymmetrical baffle construction.

The insulation is a luxuriously light 850-fill goose down. Patagonia notes the down can be traced from its farm origin to the factory in order to “help ensure the birds that supply it are not force-fed or live-plucked.”

The bag weighed 2 pounds even on my scale without a stuff sack, and it packs relatively small. With a 19-degree rating it’s a good all-around bag that can be used many months of the year.

As with any sleeping bag, there are many factors to warmth, from the pad used, to clothing worn, to individual physiological (and psychological) tolerances. But I slept in temps around this bag’s rating and it proved honest to its claim.

One night, with temps in the mid20s, I slept on a thin foam pad and wearing two layers — a base top and a mid-layer — and the 19-degree bag was comfortable.

The hood wraps the face nicely.

The overall fit of the bag is trim; there is little dead space, and the baffles hug close.

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Patagonia touts “comprehensive differential baffle construction” with the bag. That means the down channels are cut asymmetrically to keep down better lofted. It can also eliminate cold spots, Patagonia notes.

Indeed, in my review the bag was holistically warm. Its channels of down seemed to inflate as I lied down, vertical channels along the body trapping heat. Patagonia designed a nice hood and foot box, keeping both ends cozy, too.

A handful of sleeping bags compete with the Patagonia models. The North Face, Mountain Hardwear, Marmot, and several other brands have similar lightweight sleeping bags, including with airy down, thin fabric, and bodyhugging warmth.

Granted, you can pay much less for a sleeping bag. Search any retailer and you’ll see sub-20-degree models for hundreds of dollars less than Patagonia’s price tag.

The REI Co-op Radiant Sleeping Bag is a great example. The 19-degree, down-insulated bag starts at just $119.

It weighs about a pound more than the Patagonia and uses a fine (but lowerquality) 600-fill duck down.

Why would anyone spend around $500 for a similar sleeping bag? The

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truth is, most people should not.

If your sleeping bag needs don’t go beyond casual backpacking trips, something like the Patagonia 850 Down Sleeping Bag will be overkill.

But if you’re purchasing tip-of-spear ultralight gear for mountaineering or more extreme feats, then the higherquality down, increased packability, decreased weight, and feature upgrades can be worth the extra cash.

With a bag like the Patagonia 850 Down Sleeping Bag, you get a product that will last many years. It uses the best materials. It’s made to be a

technical tool for mountaineers and people on expeditions where each ounce counts.

Zip in for the night, perhaps tied-in like Chouinard on a cliff side somewhere. Cinch the hood tight, and feel the down bulk and trap your body heat. This is a technical cocoon made to let you sleep warm and travel fast in some of the wildest places on the planet.

Stephen Regenold writes about outdoors gear at www.gearjunkie.com.

FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE

ASPEN UNTUCKED

by BARBARA PLATTS

If you want to act like a local — and not a newbie skier — there are a few do’s and don’ts you need to know.

SKIING ETIQUETTE

THE DOS AND DON’TS OF SKIING IN ASPEN/SNOWMASS (AND PROBABLY EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD) NOTICE POSTED by the board of Ski Bums Who Want Visitors to Ride More Like Locals: Spring is nearly here, which means increased crowds on many of our favorite slopes in Aspen and Snowmass.

With the warm weather, longer days and tendency toward slope-side al fresco imbibing, we would like to present a few rules/ recommendations/ BARBARA PLATTS suggestions/warnings for all those strapped to a pair of skis or a snowboard.

We have taken it upon ourselves to inform the uninformed on what each of you are doing wrong when you ski close to us.

Who are we? Well, we’re a board of concerned and incredibly skilled skiers who are out on the mountain(s) everyday. This is our home. You may come to visit and think you’re the coolest thing on the mountain, but we are here all season, on slushy days, powder days, stormy days, sunny days and even Mondays. On the list of our life priorities, skiing ranks at the top, before family, friends, occupation and basic hygiene.

We love our mountains and feel a sense of ownership over them (except Buttermilk, you all can have that one). Because of this, we offer these rules/recommendations/ suggestions/warnings to help you feel at home in our awesome presence. And so you aren’t alarmed

if we yell and/or bark loudly at you if and when you do something stupid.

THE DO NOTS • Do not try to ski any slope on Ajax if you think you are a beginner or even an intermediate. This mountain is for expert downhillers. The same goes for Highland Bowl and most every run on Snowmass that takes three lifts or a hike to access. We’ve seen you out on expert terrain before, and, trust us, you stick out like a fur coat at Zane’s Tavern.

• Do not insist on riding up with others in the gondola when there’s no line at the bottom. Us locals consider our time on the gondola sacred, and we would rather enjoy it with friends, sans strangers, if we have the option. This may sound persnickety, but it’s just the way we are. On that same note, do not smoke cigarettes in the gondola.

This stinks it up for several rides. In that same vein, do not defecate (you know who you are) in the gondola.

Save it for the dance floor at Bootsy Bellows, please.

• Do not use busy slopes or congested catwalks to practice your zig-zag turns. The skier going first has the right of way, but making impromptu moves that span the whole slope endangers those behind you who are probably trying to get by. Places like the bottom of Spar Gulch are simply not half pipes. Sure, it would be lovely if they were, but

the fact of the matter is there are too many people for that.

This does not mean you have to straight-line all the way to Kleenex Corner, but do try to be conscientious about your movements. You aren’t the only skier on the mountain.

• Do not make sudden stops on the slope, especially in busy areas.

Everyone around you is getting into a groove and unexpected stops can mean possible pile-ups. If it’s an emergency, then, by all means, halt. But if you just feel like taking a break or you need to answer your phone, pull over to the side of the slope away from traffic. This same rule/recommendation/suggestion/ warning applies for those who need to make a phone call, those who want to pause to socialize and those who are waiting for their ski buddies to catch up.

• Do not carry around a large selfiestick with a GoPro camera attached to the end of it. Firstly, it just looks silly, and it screams tourist. Secondly, it’s a distraction from what’s going on around you, which are other skiers trying to pass your self-absorbed ass.

We get it, you’re on the mountain, enjoying the beautiful day, and you want to post a video to Facebook to show the world all of your mad ski skills. But, with a GoPro in hand, you’re simply never going to be the best skier or snowboarder on the mountain. Sorry, bro.

THE DOS • Do go to Buttermilk, especially if you are just learning the ropes.

It’s a fun mountain that’s ideal for beginners. Plus, we won’t be there to yell and/or bark at you if you do something wrong.

• Do après early and often.

• Do eliminate the gap between your goggles and your helmet/hat (cough…gaper…cough).

• Do stay true to your own ability and find terrain that you can handle.

Challenging yourself is important, but taking on a black diamond when you’ve barely made it smoothly down a green circle is no bueno.

• Do enjoy yourself. Remember, skiing and snowboarding are supposed to be fun! It’s not a competition (well certainly not a close one, anyway) so get out there, relax and have a good time.

Please take note of all the rules/ recommendations/suggestions/ warnings above. We, the die-hard skiers of Aspen and Snowmass, offer these to help you have a good time, stay safe and get out of our way.

Thank you, and happy skiing!

Barbara Platts puts skiing powder before a bath/shower any day of the week. It’s all about priorities. Reach her at bplatts.000@gmail.com.

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WINEINK

ROB ITNER & THE ART OF WINE “I DON’T KNOW anything about wine,” said the woman next to me as she looked deeply into a glass of tawny port at a recent wine tasting at the Cooking School of Aspen.

“But,” she continued, as she took a big sip of the wine, “I know what I like.”

The fact is, what she likes is all she needs to know about wine. And, in reality, she probably knows more than she KELLY J. thinks she does about HAYES wine. But the hope is she will be inspired enough by what was in that taste of the tawny to want to learn more about why.

“People like food and wine,” said Rob Itner, founder of the Cooking School of Aspen. “But they don’t always understand that one of the reasons they like the taste of something is because of the emotions that they derive from their food or wine. I like to help them explore that.”

To do that, Itner has created a series of casual but focused wine seminars that bring wine lovers together for fun- and fact-filled tastings. Over the next four weeks, those who want to know more about and taste wines from around the world can gather in the Cooking School from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays for what are dubbed as Après: Wine Tastings (see schedule, facing page).

WINE AS ART

But it is clear that Itner has a bigger goal in mind than just pouring wine.

“My mission with the Cooking School is to help people view wine and food as art forms,” he said in a conversation after a recent class that introduced 20 or so Aspenites to the power of port wines from Portugal.

“Art is an experience of emotions through the senses. Just like a painting or a musical performance can make you feel something, so too does food and wine.”

“If you go to an art museum and see a painting of, say, a dove, it can mean different things to different people. Some may see flight, others may see a symbol of peace. The same can be true for wines,” he

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enthused. “When I taste a pinot noir, the go-to characteristic for me is ‘the earth sweating.’ It is a reminder of when I was growing up in Vermont and the smell that I had of the dirt and earth in my backyard after a rain. It is a strong emotional reminder of my childhood.”

While we may just see a glass filled with wine when we sit down at a wine tasting, Itner sees an opportunity for edification. “If you go to the Music Tent for a performance by Joshua Bell, you might not know anything about music, but you’ll enjoy it just the same. But add a little knowledge of the performer or the piece and you’ll like it even better.” That’s what Itner wants to add to the winetasting experience.

THE GALLERY

The Cooking School of Aspen debuted a little over a year ago downstairs below Rustique, the beloved French Bistro opened

by Itner and former Aspen chef Charles Dale back in 2001. The sleek, dynamic space feels a bit like an open art gallery with concrete floors and soft mood lighting. It features a full demo kitchen, with facilities large enough to host up to 20 chefs, and room to seat as many as 120 guests for meals.

It also serves as the stage for a full schedule of cooking classes and private events that are creatively conceived to fuel the passions of food and wine lovers, be they corporate groups, weddings or simply gatherings of like-minded connoisseurs. But Thursday afternoons at 5:30 belong to wine.

For $45, guests will get to taste from four to six wines hand selected by Itner from a specific region. There are passed nibbles, as well, but the real attraction is the opportunity to explore the aromas, flavors and tastes of the wines while learning a bit more about them.

“Basically you get a bite or two, and two and a half glasses of wine, along with a chance to experience and learn about an art form,” Itner explained. “Where else can you do that in Aspen for happy hour?”

It also is a great way to meet people with similar interests in wines.

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Rob Itner, the owner of the Cooking School of Aspen, talks wine at one of his seminars.

“It’s really fun when people speak up and begin to participate,” Itner said. “Everyone brings a different repertoire of experiences to the wines and for a lot of folks it’s new.”

The Cooking School provides the perfect venue for Itner, who studied wine at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, California, and taught wine basics to chefs at the New England Culinary Institute before coming to Aspen almost 20 years ago. “Inherently, as human beings we like to share what we know. And I like to help,” he said.

And so he does, with a glass of wine in hand.

Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soon-to-be-designated appellation of Old Snowmass. He can be reached at malibukj@aol.com.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE GRAHAM’S 20-YEAR-OLD TAWNY PORT A tawny port is distinguished by the yellowish-brown color it picks up from being stored in large wooden casks for a decade or more. There are those (including the woman at the tasting in the attached article) who love these concoctions, which have been preserved with the addition of grape spirits into still wines. I love a good tawny port, and this offering from Graham’s is a perfect choice for after dinner, with either a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a chunk of bleu cheese.

COURTESY PHOTOS

by KELLY J. HAYES

NEED TO KNOW The Cooking School of Aspen Spring Wine Class Schedule MARCH 16 The Wines of South America MARCH 23 An Exploration of Zinfandel MARCH 30 Spring Rosé APRIL 6 The Wines of the Loire Valley For more information and to sign up for classes go to: Cooking School of Aspen 305 E. Hopkins Ave. Aspen, CO 81611 Phone: 970-920-2002 admin@cookingschoolofaspen.com

ABOVE: Volcano Aconcagua and Vineyard. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas at 6,962 m (22,841 ft). It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza. You can learn more in the Wines of South America seminar.

LEFT: A stack of wine books can’t teach you what you will learn in a wine seminar at the Cooking School of Aspen.

FAR LEFT: A wine seminar at the Cooking School of Aspen.

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FOOD MATTERS FOOD MATTERS

ASPEN KITCHEN ENCORE

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON WHAT WENT WRONG WORD ON THE STREET hasn’t been flattering for Aspen Kitchen lately.

“The way they shut down was terrible,” says one local restaurateur, alluding to the venue’s abrupt closure last fall.

“They didn’t pay a bunch of people. It’s unacceptable.”

Another popular comment: “They didn’t pay the locals.”

AMANDA RAE A sticker seen around town declares, “Boycott Aspen Kitchen!” And Facebook user Paul Alan Dorich captured public outcry in a review dated Dec. 26, 2016, just 11 days after Aspen Kitchen reopened under new ownership on Dec. 15: “Don’t bother paying for your meal...they stiffed Aspen,” he wrote.

Executive chef and now owner Matt O’Neil agrees that the finale to a tumultuous two-and-a-half-years was “devastating.” Yet the company he works for, Craveable Hospitality Group—which was only managing Aspen Kitchen during the brouhaha— has become a scapegoat, he says.

Craveable was not the owner at the time of the closure, thus it was not financially responsible. It is financier Patrick McGrath of Rocky Aspen LLC who flaked out on payments since day one, according to O’Neil. And let’s be clear: McGrath has zero involvement in the new Aspen Kitchen 2.0.

“Certain vocal members of the community have been rough on us because they don’t know the whole story,” O’Neil says. “It wasn’t up to us to pay (outstanding invoices) in the first place. We were owed the most money of all.”

In summer 2016, federal court proceedings were well under way surrounding Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filed in March by disputed owner Rocky Aspen LLC. On Aug. 2 a courtappointed trustee, Michael Staheli, assumed full control of the Aspen Kitchen business.

Though it was reported that O’Neil quit in August, he was, in fact, promoted. As Craveable Hospitality culinary director and corporate chef, he moved to New York to help open another

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restaurant, allowing him to promote sous chef Jake Burkhardt as new executive chef.

“He stuck with me for two years through all the crap,” O’Neil says of Burkhardt. “He proved he was able to take over the project. I had taken on my new role. This trustee decides, after a lot of back and forth, that Jake was uncomfortable with this trustee.” Burkhardt resigned.

It was Staheli who closed Aspen Kitchen on Sept. 15, 2016. “We had a party booked for 50 people, it was business as usual,” O’Neil says of that day. “We (Craveable) were the new management company, but (Staheli) was the new CEO or boss.

Investors were no longer in control of anything. He decided to shut it down, very abruptly, which we advised him not to do.”

To have Aspen Kitchen fall through O’Neil’s fingers, following two years of turmoil in the wake of lawsuits against Rocky Aspen LLC stemming from original construction of the property dating to 2013, was demoralizing, he says.

“We couldn’t talk to (staff) legally when (Staheli) decided to shut restaurant down. It wasn’t our decision—we were off the project.

He laid everybody off. It’s hard because trust barriers are broken: ‘Why couldn’t you help us?’ We couldn’t help! That was the most heartbreaking part.”

So Craveable Hospitality did the only thing it could do: Put forth a plan to buy Aspen Kitchen at long last. Craveable submitted a bid to bankruptcy judge Elizabeth E. Brown on Nov. 11.

“Pat McGrath also had the chance to bid,” O’Neil explains.

“He put a bid forward that was better than ours. The day comes around that he’s supposed to fund the bank account and buy the restaurant. He didn’t come up with it. We saw this coming.”

O’Neil told Brown that Craveable’s offer still stood. “It was 6 p.m. on the 1st of December,” O’Neil says. “She accepted. I packed my stuff and by 7 a.m. the next morning I was on a flight back to Aspen. We needed to open in 12 days, before the Christmas rush.

The judge knew it was crunch time.” Brown waived McGrath’s option to appeal the ruling.

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As for the thousands of dollars of employee compensation and mechanics liens lost in translation, “When we paid for the business, the court decides what happens to that money,” O’Neil says. “We can’t say, ‘Pay this guy and that guy.’ Through all of this, we look like the bad guys, because we were running the property. All these misconceptions started happening.”

Once back in Aspen, O’Neil was tasked with explaining what happened while attempting to rebuild a team to relaunch Aspen Kitchen.

Here’s where the idea behind this column began: An estimated 80 percent of cooks and dishwashers and at least five core front-ofhouse employees—maître d’ Kateryna Sukhanenko, server Halli Burnsworth, and backserver Yoan Benevides included—came back to Aspen Kitchen. Many ousted servers and managers had found new jobs in the three months that the property sat dark; those who were able to rejoin, such as Burnsworth, cite chef O’Neil’s return as a driving factor.

Why would these workers jump at the chance to get back on board?

Because O’Neil and Craveable Hospitality Group didn’t screw them over in the first place.

“I missed it, and was very happy to join the team again,” Sukhanenko says. On staff since opening day as a host, and later a manager,

Sukhanenko adds that O’Neil’s new ownership of Aspen Kitchen made her decision easy.

“He’s the soul of the kitchen,” she says. “He loves this restaurant.

He wants this restaurant to be successful. Since the opening we’ve hosted a lot of previous workers. I think some of (those) people have this feeling that they’d love to some back (but timing was off).”

Sukhanenko believes the family atmosphere at Aspen Kitchen has changed—for the better. “Each and every person who works here is into the successfulness of the restaurant,” she says. “They’re more involved and more supportive.”

New general manager Marc Ellert-Beck concurs. “We believe in our chef, our menu, our concept,” he says. “We’re here under different pretenses and different leadership.

Meet me, meet our team, try our food. Our goal is to be connected to the community and to integrate.”

(See “5 Ways to Win Locals,” opposite page.)

O’Neil calls his staff “the lifeblood” of the operation and thanks them daily. “We appreciate our employees, we know how hard it was for them to go through this journey with us,” he says. “Give me a chance and I can change your mind. I’m a firm believer of time heals.” amandaraewashere@gmail.com

by AMANDA RAE

IF YOU GO...

Aspen Kitchen 515 Hopkins Ave., upstairs 970.300.4525 kitchenaspen.com Open daily 5:30-10 p.m.

Rickhouse Social Open Wed-Sat at 6 p.m.; Sun at 10 p.m.

AK bar menu served until 12:30 a.m.

5 WAYS TO WIN LOCALS GIVE BACK Aspen Kitchen executive chef Matt O’Neil launched a bar menu of playful, addictive bites, such as tater tots with house-made creme fraîche and caviar (middle) and General Tso’s cauliflower.

“It’s food I like to eat,” he says.

Aspen Kitchen’s “Sweet Support” program directs $5 per featured dessert ordered to an area charity each month. In March, proceeds from executive pastry chef Tracy Wilk’s decadent chocolate-chip cookies and Kahlúa-spiked milk benefit the Colorado Women’s Education Foundation. April will support Tipsy Taxi, reportedly in danger of ceasing operations after 35 years. On March 25 Rickhouse Social hosts a “Save Tipsy Taxi” party.

A NEW, FUN BAR MENU Executive chef Matt O’Neil keeps it playful with “white trash” tater tots (to slather with housemade crème fraîche and American sturgeon caviar); pork belly donut sliders; signature “Clothesline Bacon” lacquered with lavender honey; a bone-marrow bourbon luge (with a side of cowbell); crispy, addictive, sweet-sour General Tso’s cauliflower; and a monster 30-day dry-aged burger with gouda and garlic mayo on housemade beef-fat brioche bun coated in everything-bagel seasoning (all $14 to $25).

“One way to gain people’s love is give them a good burger, right?” says GM Marc Ellert-Beck.

20% LOCALS DISCOUNT “We offer an additional 20 percent off bar menu prices as an incentive,” Ellert-Beck says, “This restaurant fills a niche in the community of being casually sophisticated.” Roaring Fork Valley residents who sit at the bar and order off the bar menu need only to show ID.

STAY OPEN DURING OFFSEASON Again chef O’Neil plans offseason specials. Yoga brunch on the Aspen Kitchen patio, in collaboration with Lululemon downstairs, is in the works.

WHISKEY! Aspen Kitchen has partnered with Breckenridge Distillery to open the new Rickhouse Social speakeasy lounge downstairs (formerly Rec Room Aspen). In addition to craft cocktails and DJ beats, chef O’Neil’s bar menu is served in Rickhouse Social until 12:30 a.m.—and the same 20 percent local discount applies. (By the way, a rickhouse is a room in which whiskey ages.)

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GUNNER’S LIBATIONS

by JEANNE MCGOVERN

MAKE IT 1.5 oz Bulleit Rye .5 oz Grand Marnier 1 oz Vermont Cider .5 oz Orange Juice .5 oz Lime Juice 1 oz Egg White

ADAM & EVE’S DILEMMA

Combine all ingredients in and shake vigorously until a foamy texture is created. Add ice and shake once more to chill all ingredients. Strain into rocks glass.

Garnish with dehydrated orange wheel and flamed cinnamon.

This is it, party people: The Apres Ski Cocktail Classic’s crown jewel ... the pub crawl. With drinks crafted by all of Aspen’s best bars, this is the place to experience apre at its best. To whet your whistle, we share with you this entry by bartender Luisa Canton from the Hotel Jerome’s Living Room, featuring Bulleit Rye. And while we haven’t tasted it yet, experience tells us this stop on the tour is always worthwhile — though really, who can complain about a tour that features Aspen’s best cocktails?

LIBATIONS WERE CREATED BY BELOVED ASPEN TIMES PUBLISHER GUNILLA ASHER, WHO DIED JUNE 2, 2014, AFTER A BRAVE BATTLE WITH CANCER. CHEERS — TO GUNNER!

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APPEALING TO MILLENNIALS, LAS VEGAS GETS E-SPORTS ARENA THE ARENA has all the features that a professional sports venue needs: stands, warm-up areas for teams, massive screens for spectators and a broadcast platform for commentators. But what distinguishes this new Las Vegas arena is its dozens of video game consoles.

The 15,000-square-foot e-sports venue slated to open Friday will host competitive video game tournaments. It’s part of a trend that the casino industry hopes will attract the millennial crowd, the 15- to 34-year-olds who are becoming majority spenders in today’s economy but aren’t necessarily interested in traditional gambling.

“Las Vegas needs to consistently reinvent itself to remain relevant to the up-andcoming generation,” said Seth Schorr, CEO of Fifth Street Gaming and a member of the board of directors of Millennial Esports, the company behind the arena. “We’ve always come up with ways to maintain our position as the entertainment capital of the world.”

Athletes participating in a tournament at the arena will emerge from a tunnel surrounded by roaring crowds in the stands.

They will then go on a podium and sit at stations equipped with game consoles, monitors and other equipment.

The venue will open its doors March 3 with a three-day, $50,000-prize-pool Halo World Championship qualifier and host an EA Sports-sanctioned Madden 17 NFL tournament later in March.

The arena is within walking distance of downtown hotelcasinos. It will host 200 people in stadium-style seating overlooking the main stage, but hundreds more can be accommodated in another hall outfitted with screens showing the live competition. The entire facility was built in an area that once housed movie theaters and a nightclub.

More than 3 miles of CAT cable were needed to wire the facility.

Its dozens of ports offer internet speeds of one-gigabit. When no tournaments are in progress, the facility will be open to casual

gamers and others interested in using the high-speed internet.

Las Vegas casinos have invested in numerous nongaming amenities to attract the elusive millennials, from rooms with bunk beds for the young travelers who don’t want to spend a minute apart to a lounge that features pool, foosball and air hockey. The Downtown Grand, a short walk from the new arena, has an e-sports lounge, where tournament competitors, casual gamers and fans play and socialize.

“The younger people don’t get enamored by the glitz and the glitter of something; it’s all about authenticity for them,” said Alex Igelman, CEO of Millennial Esports.

Vegas is betting on e-sports as its popularity has evolved from a niche genre of gaming to a lucrative sport thanks to new technologies, more reliable internet speeds and a generation of gamers that has grown up watching

competitive matches on YouTube and other sites. Nevada sportsbooks have already taken wagers on matches.

The sport now draws tens of millions of spectators to online platforms and real-world venues, including New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the Los Angeles’ Staples Center and Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, which earlier this month saw 16 of the world’s best CS:GO teams compete. Estimates show 323 million people watched e-sports in 2016. The global audience is expected to grow to 385 million this year.

“E-sports no longer needs to be legitimized; it’s a huge sport already,” said Mike Sepso, co-founder of Major League Gaming. “There are e-sports fans everywhere in this country.”

TOP TO BOTTOM: Ninjas in Pyjamas, a team from Sweden, competes during the Dreamhack Masters e-sports tournament at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A permanent 15,000 square-foot e-sports facility is scheduled to open in Las Vegas.

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S C I L O H A K R O W THE ASPEN SERVICE INDUSTRY RUNS THIS TOWN

BY AMANDA RAE | PHOTOS BY ANNA STONEHOUSE

THE IMAGE OF THE ASPEN BARTENDER or server is steeped in ski-town swagger. Maestros of Aspen’s vibrant social scene, they earn pocketfuls of cash and stories galore after successful shifts during peak season.

Schedules are flexible—there’s always a coworker chasing extra hours. Night owls may be luckiest: They sleep in then soak up the sun on the slopes, trails, links, or rivers all afternoon before clocking-in again around dusk.

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Repeat this pattern a few times weekly until the lifts close in April or leaves fall in October…then gather stacks and travel for a month or two before returning to town to do it all over again. The cycle is intense, addictive, and enough to keep the rest of us wondering: Have service industry workers cracked the formula to Aspen living?

“I love the chaos, I thrive off it,” says Campo de Fiori bar manager Chris Carmichael—one of the handsome, dark-haired dudes you’ve likely encountered at the Italian hot spot over the past 18 years. Recreation during downtime, year-round, has been his main motivation since moving here following college back East.

“I may not go to a lot of places (which I have), but I’ve met people from everywhere,” enthuses Carmichael, 46. “These eccentric people bring exposure. I love that aspect: People come here to party, spend money, drink, and wear their winter outfits. Town can be jamming…and nobody’s out on the hill! It’s a win-win.”

No doubt about it, bartenders, servers, and other restaurant staff are crucial cogs in the wheels of Aspen’s fast-spinning party machine. Call them merrymakers, conducting fun for cosmopolitan clientele seeking crazy shenanigans, night after wild night, for which our town is known. Fueled by wealth, luxury, camaraderie, and good times, the service industry affords workers ample opportunity to enjoy the fresh-air lifestyle we all covet while foiling FOMO. “My social life is [at] work,” Carmichael explains. “On nights off, I am home. I don’t feel like I’m missing out anymore.” While he might have felt stifled as an Aspen freshman, Carmichael quickly discovered a healthful tradeoff: clearheaded focus to pursue other enterprises, three days per week.

“I was able to remodel my home,” he continues. “I work for Aspen Ambulance part-time and volunteer with Basalt Fire as an EMT two days a week.” Currently he manages a bunch of rental units in Basalt, where he lives. Physical separation from Ute City, he notes, has been crucial to his work-life balance.

While it’s hard not to feel a twinge of envy toward such perked-out professionals, many of us locals have lived that dream at some point.

“We know that the service industry has the highest number of employees,” says Erik Klanderud, Aspen Chamber Resort Association director of member services, citing 2016 City of Aspen retail sales data (see graph, p. 23). “Look at the ‘restaurants and bars’ section: it’s second to accommodations—$125 million, year-to-date (in December 2016)—that’s huge!”

About 70 of the 86 total liquor licenses in Aspen currently belong to

bars, restaurants, and clubs, according to city clerk Linda Manning. That translates to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of folks forgoing the 9-to-5 status quo so prevalent outside our bubble.

“I made a conscious choice to be in the industry—I wasn’t built to sit behind a desk and get two weeks vacation a year,” says Louise Evans, a J-Bar server for four years.

Previously Evans ran the bar and managed Tempranillo in Basalt for five-and-half years, after bartending midvalley for a decade. Before that she tended bar in Washington, D.C., for 22 years. She transitioned to serving six years ago—“I starting feeling trapped behind the bar,” she explains—and hasn’t looked back.

“I’ve been in the business over 40 years,” Evans says. “Working at the

“PEOPLE COME HERE TO PARTY, SPEND MONEY, DRINK ...”

Jerome is a dream job: We have a great crew, no turnover in almost four years, management is amazing. The money is part of it, but it’s also the social interaction. You’ll see CEOs of multibillion-dollar companies sitting next to ditch-diggers next to movie stars, talking about how they broke their first horse or what it’s like to be on tour in a venue with 50,000 people.

That’s what this business is about.”

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onsidering that the first thing many new residents do when craving connection is belly up to a bar, service workers may be initial points of contact. Three-year resident Tiffany Cook recalls her Aspen introduction, after beers at the historic Red Onion.

“At home that night, I’m flipping through Powder magazine, and I see a photo spread featuring [bartender] Pat Sewell! You have ski-bums—and pro-skiers—working there. They don’t do it because they have to. They do it because they want to.”

(Red Onion manager Brad Smith, local restaurant fixture since the 1990s, confirms: employees such as Sewell and Jordan White feed an important, though fading, Aspen image.)

ABOVE: Red Onion bartender and pro-skier Pat Sewell serves up a cocktail.

TOP: Maru’s nightly chef sashimi combo.

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“LOOK AT MY OFFICE!”

LEFT: The scene at the Ajax Tavern’s patio on a sunny afternoon.

ABOVE: Justice Snows’ Alex Ervin makes a “Remember the Maine” hand-crafted cocktail.

OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP TO BOTTOM: Server Tom Passmore at The Monarch; specialty beer and cocktails are always on the menu at The Monarch; a breakdown of 2016 retail sales.

And location is the ultimate motivation for most. “You point to the window and go, Look at my office!”

Evans says. “At one point I had five jobs. You make it work.”

Says bartender Alexis Kendall at Bosq, “‘Our life is their vacation.’ It’s so cliché, but it’s honest. [Visitors] come here, they’re excited, you’re excited, it reinvigorates your love for where you are. The people you meet here you might not meet in any other social circle. They’re so…free.

They become friends. You go to their homes in other places. You travel with them. It doesn’t matter where you came from or where they came from, you have common ground.”

Growing up the daughter of a restaurateur father and mother who owned salons, Kendall, now 34, split her time between Aspen and Naples, Fla. She entered the service industry in the Sunshine State, first as a line cook, then front-of-house. Once rooted in Aspen, she got a bar gig at Pacifica (RIP, 2013).

“I started to love bartending because it’s essentially cooking with spirits,” Kendall says. “I had a passion for it.”

After launching cocktail programs at Bia Hoi and Ricard in Snowmass as a consultant for an L.A. restaurant group, and helping Grey Lady Aspen open, she took a brief hiatus. Hawking cowboy couture at Kemo Sabe, however, didn’t resonate.

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you have with it,” Kendall explains of her job. “You hate the long hours, but you love the interactions. And the time after the restaurant closes. And before, when we sit down for family meal.

Those things are so addicting that I keep getting drawn to it.”

Aspen locals are hooked, too.

Some bartenders and servers develop steadfast fans; often when they leave a venue, their customers follow.

“They’re bar people,” Kendall says.

“Where’s so-and-so? Let’s go there.”

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n a recent Friday afternoon at L’Hostaria, that tight-knit family culture is in full force. At least 50 percent of the restaurant’s 45-person staff has been on payroll six years or longer, says owner Tiziano Gortan.

“They feel proud to be part of this team that can please 70,000 people a year.”

Celebrating its 20-year anniversary all year, the L’Hostaria crew prepares for the inevitable crush of customers seeking popular $12 plates of homemade pasta. Bartender Kristin Pride notes that Gortan hasn’t raised that price in the 11-plus years she’s worked there.

“Our ticket averages in the bar are pretty low,” Pride admits. “We have to turn and burn to stay above water, but he wants to keep it that way to take care of local clientele.”

A bartender since college, Pride, 42, now fills just one shift weekly (an industry rarity), complementing her day job in commercial property

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management.

“It’s such a busy restaurant that the way we work together has to be spot-on, otherwise we get buried,” she says. “We pull together as a team.”

Four-year L’Hostaria server Randi Trowbridge, 28, chimes in. “We’re all on the same page of professionalism,” she says. “And we hang out outside of work—mountain bike, dirt bike, go skiing together. That makes a stronger team.”

Similar to Pride, Trowbridge has been in Aspen since age 19, working at Toppers, Gusto Ristorante, D19, Ellina, and Ajax Tavern. L’Hostaria is a career highlight.

“We may not make the biggest money in town, but we’re definitely consistent,” she says. “That means more to me [than] having those big nights then a really low night. I’ve worked at new restaurants in town and it’s stressful to get rhythm going.

L’Hostaria [has] a system that works.”

That’s why Jamie Contractor, 32, returned about eighteen months ago to become L’Hostaria manager. After hostessing for many years here, she went traveling. Landing a corporate restaurant gig upon returning to Aspen only made her miss Gortan’s mom-and-pop method.

“The hardest part is finding and keeping good staff, especially in Aspen,” she explains. “L’Hostaria has been lucky—everyone has worked here for so long.” (Gortan’s intolerance for cattiness helps foster

security, Trowbridge adds.)

Contractor appreciates her boss’s altruism, too: L’Hostaria hosts events regularly for area nonprofits and schools. “It’s not just a restaurant, it’s an active participant in the community,” she says. That includes feeding local patrons. “We close Sunday/Monday, but stay open all offseason.”

For his part, Carmichael welcomes the offseason lull. That’s when he gets back behind the bar at Campo. “I could never hold this pace year-round, like Las Vegas or New York City,” he says. “No way!”

Ditto for Keith Goode, head bartender at The Monarch. “I couldn’t imagine working in New York or San Francisco, where you never have time to recharge,” he says.

Transitioning from Justice Snow’s during its rambunctious heyday (2012-14) to the more subdued Wild Fig (kitchen closes at 10 p.m.) stoked his sanity.

“Not getting home until 3:30 a.m. was killing me,” quips Goode, who serves on the City of Aspen Planning & Zoning Commission, a four-hour commitment every other week.

“What’s great about this town is that it allows you to recreate yourself so many times,” he adds. “I was a bus driver when I first moved here.

My mom was so upset—You have a degree [in English] and you’re a bus driver?!” (Word is out on what she thinks now that he practices a craft.)

Evans mentions misperceptions,

too. “We can be stereotyped to being stupid, uneducated, unmotivated,” says the career bartender and server, who has three college degrees and endured a three-year stint at a D.C. law firm. “I had a ‘real job’ at one point. I just didn’t like it.”

A caveat: Seasonal inconsistency.

“The ebb and flow of income,” Carmichael says, “means you’ve got to plan accordingly.” Trowbridge agrees: “You have to save your money,” she cautions. “Being in the restaurant business, it’s not consistent pay, but in the end I make as much as someone in an office at the end of the year.”

Stay on a team long enough, at the right place, and you might find yourself in Japan during the slow months. That’s where Jimmy Yeager,

proprietor of Jimmy’s: An American Restaurnt and Jimmy’s Bodega and one of Aspen’s most successful serviceindustry stories, took staffers on a research trip last fall.

For Jimmy’s general manager Jessica Lischka, it’s the icing on an unexpected career.

“I started at Jimmy’s as a hostess in 2006, having moved from Wisconsin after college to be a ski bum for one winter,” Lischka says. “Then I waited tables at Jimmy’s, did a short stint at Aspen Magazine, and came back to Jimmy’s as a manager. I never planned on having a career in a restaurant but 10 years later, here I am, owning part of one!”

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hile service industry work isn’t all about the Benjamins, it’s hard to ignore the fact that hustling

a grand a night around Christmas is feasible. As for rumors about Aspen bartenders earning six-figure incomes, well, nobody will cop to that.

“I’m not that rich,” says Trent Battle, a high-volume bartender at Bootsy Bellows and 39 Degrees at the Sky Hotel.

“But the people that I get to meet are also my money. [I’m] networking with people all over the world.”

After slingin’ drinks in downtown clubs for a dozen years, would Battle ever consider a change of scenery?

“Is that a real question?” he counters. “There’s only one Aspen.

Come on now.”

One-time bartender Amanda Rae accepts that she’ll probably never earn $100 in less than a minute ever again. amandaraewashere@gmail.com

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HOW NOT TO BE AN OBNOXIOUS CUSTOMER? BE POLITE, PLEASE. “Pleases and thank yous go a long way. And eye contact. They’re gonna be reciprocated.”

—Chris Carmichael, bar manager, Campo de Fiori “If I ask, How’s it going?...‘Iced Tea’ is not an answer. Everyone wants to be treated with respect.”

—Nick O’Hara, server, Meat & Cheese “Never wave your money.

Never call me, ‘Hey, Bartender!’ Know what you want when you get my attention—or at least be willing to tell me what you like. Don’t waste my time on a busy night.”

—Keith Goode, head bartender at The Monarch; The Wild Fig

CA$H IS KING!

“When’s the last time you brought cash to a bar? If you leave a credit card tip, we don’t see it until later.”

—Keith Goode, head bartender at The Monarch; The Wild Fig

“One time bartending in Basalt, I was buried in the well. I see a hand—a guy snapping fingers under my nose. ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ he said. So I asked the rest of the bar if they knew who this guy was! Don’t be an a**hole.

—Louise Evans, server, J-Bar at the Hotel Jerome “Don’t tell me how some other bartender makes your cocktail. That’s everybody’s pet peeve.

It’s a recipe for failure.”

—Alexis Kendall, bartender, Bosq

CITY OF ASPEN RETAIL SALES BY INDUSTRY, YEAR-TO-DATE, DEC. 2016

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The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWN

LIGHT IT UP BLUE

MAY SELBY

PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND in Aspen was cast in blue for autism awareness with the sixth annual Light It Up Blue Aspen autism benefit, the signature fundraiser of Acendigo.

Featuring a star-studded evening of fundraising, curated cocktails and chef dinner stations, speeches, a live auction and a concert with Black Pistol Fire at Belly Up Aspen, this year’s benefit was beautifully orchestrated. Special guests included Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cheryl Hines, Areva Martin, Esq., Dr. Jennifer Berman, Chris Davenport and others.

Based in the Roaring Fork Valley, Ascendigo is a nonprofit whose mission is to serve local, regional and national populations of youth and adults across the autism spectrum through experiential, community-based learning opportunities to enhance their health, abilities, personal growth and social engagement.

Sallie Bernard founded Extreme Sports Camp in 2004, which morphed into Ascendigo in recent years where she serves as board president and believes that learning any skill, whether life skills,

social skills, or sport-specific skills, is best accomplished through sustained and repeated immersion, coupled with the expectation that the participant can in fact progress to the next level.

All proceeds from Light It Up Blue Aspen directly benefit the programs offered through Ascendigo. Learn more by visiting www.ascendigo.com.

Contact May with insights, invites or info: allthewaymaymay@hotmail.com

Candice Bourgeois and John Bryan Rickman.

MC Chris Davenport gets guests revved up for the live auction.

High-octane rock duo Black Pistol Fire, based out of Austin, Texas, by way of Toronto, Canada, is composed of Kevin McKeown on guitar/lead vocals and Eric Owen on drums.

Sallie Bernard founded Extreme Sports Camp in 2004, which is now Ascendigo, where she serves as board president.

Sharp dressed gents Charlie Arnold, Steve Olinski, Rob West, Mark Janian and Patrick Doyle.

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Areva Martin onstage at Belly Up.

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Nicole Folger, Jack Schaeffer, Ashley Feddersen, LoriAnne Henry, Andi Leahey, Hope Rader, Julie Royer Manning, Susan Royer Cruz, Nikki Goss and Laurel Gilbert.

Kat Janian, Charlie Arnold, Patrick and Debra Doyle.

Suzanne Leydecker and Julie Royer Manning.

Michelle Stiller and Maureen Thompson.

Sen. Ken Salazar and family, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines.

Pam Freeman, Sentient Jet’s Kirsten LaMotte, Warren Stickney and Colette Stickney.

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MUSIC/ART/FILM/LITERATURE

CHRIS ROCK BRINGS THE PAIN

STAND-UP GREAT GETS PERSONAL ON ‘TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR’ STOP IN DENVER ON TOUR for the first time in nine years, Chris Rock is cracking wise about the topics that fans might expect him to in 2017 — Trump, racial politics, police shootings — along with diving deep into some unexpectedly personal, undeniably tender territory surrounding his recent divorce.

Talking about splitting from his wife of 16 years, he parsed his personal failings and his search for humility and even spirituality. “I’m trying to find God before God finds me,” he repeated throughout the latter part of the show.

The comedy legend brought his much-anticipated “Total Blackout Tour” to Denver for two sold-out nights at the Bellco Theatre in early March, as he builds toward the first of his recently announced Netflix comedy specials.

Rock opened with the obligatory altitude jokes every comic has to do when they play Colorado, followed by the obligatory legal weed jokes every comic has done in the last few years (unlike a lot of comics, Rock spun local riffs that were actually funny and original, including a joyful boast about having weed on his pancakes).

He jumped into his Trump material from there. Rock talked about panicking every time he sleeps, running to the internet upon awaking to find out what new horror or tweet-storm the president has wrought.

“Every time you fall asleep, you wake up to a new government!” he exclaimed.

But the heart of his Trump material steered away from the outrage and umbrage most comics have brought to the stage in the last few months. Rock said he wasn’t worried about Trump — that an out-of-touch 70-year-old white guy in the Oval Office has been the status quo for most of his life: “Trump is the natural state of America.”

President Obama, he argued, was the aberration. Rock underscored the point with a hilarious extended metaphor about Obama as a woman

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who goes to bed with you, even though she’s way out of your league.

And, he argued, as an AfricanAmerican, it’s easy to be hopeful — even at the dawn of the Trump era.

“When you’re black, the future is always better,” he said, “because the past sucks ass.”

Racial discrimination, he noted, has grown less overt but no less exclusionary. There may not be a “whites only” sign at Whole Foods, he said, but the $7 oranges on the shelf have the same effect: “Prices are the new Jim Crow.”

Analyzing the spate of police shootings of young black men, he suggested that cops might want to

shoot a white teenager every once in a while, “just to make it look good.” And he tore apart the “few bad apples” argument that most police are good people. Some jobs, like pilots and cops, he argued, can’t have a few bad apples.

Rock may have been away from the stage for awhile, but his genius for mixing astute cultural analysis with gut-busting laughs and a dose of vulgarity is still in tact. In an insta-classic extended riff on gun control, he argued that only people who had to pay a mortgage should be able to own firearms. And, touching on the racial inequities in the criminal justice system and the

lengthier prison sentences given to African-Americans, he suggested courts take a page from Wal-Mart: “If you find a lighter sentence, we’ll match it.”

The latter part of Rock’s 90-minute set, however, marked a striking shift in tone and topic for the stand-up legend. Addressing his divorce, he was funny, revelatory, often self-lacerating and moving.

Rock said he got “pornoed out” and warped by internet pornography, that he stopped listening to his wife, that he got selfish, and that he cheated on her. Out of the specifics of his screw-ups, he turned philosophical

Comedian Chris Rock greets fans at the Bellco Theatre in Denver following his performance on Saturday night.

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COURTESY PHOTOS

by ANDREW TRAVERS

on marriage and relationships: “You are not equals. You’re in a band. Sometimes you play lead. Sometimes you play the tambourine.”

His advice: when you have to play the tambourine, play your heart out. Also, have sex even when you’re mad.

He talked about their custody battle and about the ugliness of family court, noting a silver lining in being surrounded by lawyers trying to take his money: “That’s when I realized I made it.”

Before ending his show with a literal mic drop, Rock briefly touched on his current romantic life and the brave new world of online dating.

He’s on Tinder, he said, under his own name, with a photo of himself hosting the Oscars as his profile pic.

When friends tell him he shouldn’t do that, because women might target him because he’s Chris Rock, he said, he counters: “But I am Chris Rock!”

Chris Rock’s “Total Blackout Tour” is his first stand-up tour in nine years. It included two Denver shows in early March, and runs through the end of the month.

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“G a Bear” embodies all that was Gunilla: beauty, tenacity, strength, power and mystery.

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“G a Bear” embodies all that was Gunilla: beauty, tenacity, strength, power and mystery.

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THELISTINGS

MAR 9 - 15, 2017 T.I. AND Z TRIP — 9:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen.

First time ever playing back to back sets. 21 and only. 970-544-9800

FRIDAY, MARCH 10 BRAZILIAN JAZZ SESSIONS — 7:30 p.m., The Little Nell, 675 E. Durant St., Aspen. Lively Brazilian jazz music from the Josefina Mendez Jazz Trio.

SATURDAY, MARCH 11 HEAR Cedric Gervais will headline Belly Up Aspen on Wednesday, March 15.

THURSDAY, MARCH 9 CHRIS BANK — 3 p.m., The Nest at Viceroy Snowmass Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. R&B melodies by the valley’s groove master.

FRED ANNES ART OPENING — 5 p.m., Aspen Jewish Community Center, 435 West Main St., Aspen.

Fred Annes is a Carbondale-based sculptor and painter, originally from Chicago. His current work explores two main concepts: the exploration of reflected light and the transformation of materials.

WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL — 6:30 p.m., Wheeler/Stallard Museum, 620 W. Bleeker St., Aspen.

Short films that both inform people about the state of the world and inspire them to take action. Proceeds from the event benefit ACES’ Tomorrow’s Voices program in honor of Willard Clapper.

BRAZILIAN JAZZ SESSIONS — 7:30 p.m., The Little Nell, 675 E. Durant St., Aspen. Lively Brazilian jazz music from the Josefina Mendez Jazz Trio.

SMOKIN’ JOE AND ZOE — 3:30 p.m., The Nest at Viceroy Snowmass Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.

DAMIAN SMITH AND DENNIS JUNG — 4 p.m., Red Onion, 420 E. Cooper Ave., Aspen.

WINTER MUSIC RECITAL SERIES: VIOLINIST ROBERT MCDUFFIE — 6:30 p.m., Harris Concert Hall at Aspen Music Festival and School, 960 N. Third St., Aspen. Robert McDuffie, world-renowned violinist and Aspen Music Festival and School alumnus, closes out the AMFSs Winter Music Recital Saeries. 970-925-3254 THEATRE ASPEN’S ANNUAL COSTUME GALA AND FUNDRAISER — 6:30 p.m., Hotel Jerome, 330 E. Main St., Aspen. An evening of celebration, scintillation, dining and dancing. 970-925-9313.

BRAZILIAN JAZZ SESSIONS — 7:30 p.m., The Little Nell, 675 E. Durant St., Aspen. Lively Brazilian jazz music from the Josefina Mendez Jazz Trio.

SHAKESPEARE’S “THE TEMPEST” — 7:30 p.m., Thunder River Theatre Co., 67 Promenade, Carbondale. An exciting new adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest,” directed and designed by Lon Winston.

Tickets at www.thunderrivertheatre. com or 970-963-8200.

MONDAY, MARCH 13

SMOKIN’ JOE AND ZOE — 9 p.m., St. Regis, 315 E. Dean St., Aspen.

SMOKIN’ JOE AND ZOE — 3:30 p.m., Venga Venga, Fanny Hill Slopeside, Snowmass Village.

SUNDAY, MARCH 12 JUSTICE SNOW’S AMERICANA MUSIC SERIES PRESENTS: LET THEM ROAR — 11:30 a.m., Justice Snow’s, 328 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Showcasing women’s voices and celebrating music that is distinctly American.

970-429-8192 BRADMAN’S ONE MAN BAND — 3 p.m., Slow Groovin’ Snowmass, 67 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village.

Multi-instrumentalist Brad Manosevitz uses a loop pedal to weave together acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin and percussion playing an eclectic mix of handmade Americana, folk rock, bluegrass, classic rock and originals.

CHRIS BANK AND MARK JOHNSON — 3:30 p.m., The Nest at Viceroy Snowmass Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. Live apres music featuring R&B and funky blues with smooth vocals.

NATE HANCOCK AND THE DECLARATION WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOHN CARLIN — 9 p.m., Justice Snow’s, 328 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Steeped in the blues of the muddy Mississippi, a few hours from where Nate grew up, marinated in traditional soul-gospel of one of his first musical mentors, Joey Williams, guitarist for The Blind Boys of Alabama and Robert Randolph, and infused with the So-Cal funk/ska stylings of more recent co-conspirator Norwood Fisher of Fishbone/Trulio Disgracious. 970-429-8192

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NONFICTION BOOK CLUB: “THE GLASS UNIVERSE” — 5:30 p.m., Pitkin County Library, 120 N. Mill St., Aspen. The Nonfiction Book Club and interesting book each month. Call the library at 970-429-1900 or email Jeffrey Bradley at jeffrey.bradley@ pitkincounty.com to join the club.

TUESDAY, MARCH 14 SMOKIN’ JOE KELLY — 3:30 p.m., Shlomo’s Deli & Grill, 501 E. Dean St. Unit C-1, Aspen.

VISITING CRITIC LECTURE AND DINNER WITH ASMA KAZMI — 5:30 p.m., Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 5263 Owl Creek Road, Snowmass Village.

Asma Kazmi creates transdisciplinary, relational works where people, media and objects come together.

ASPEN WEEKLY WRITERS’ GROUP — 7 p.m., The Red Brick, 110 E. Hallam St., Aspen. Group edit your work to be published, performed or displayed. Free.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 JUSTICE SNOW’S AMERICANA MUSIC SERIES PRESENTS: NATE HANCOCK & THE DECLARATION — 9 p.m., Justice Snow’s, 328 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Steeped in the blues of the muddy Mississippi, a few hours from where Nate grew up, marinated in traditional soul-gospel of one of his first musical mentors, Joey Williams, guitarist for The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Robert Randolph, and infused with the SoCal funk/ska stylings of more recent co-conspirator Norwood Fisher of Fishbone/Trulio Disgracious.

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Meet Watson! Watson is a beautiful Black Lab mix possibly with hound? He is 3 years old and weighs 80 pounds. He is such a love and gets along with people and dogs. He needs some work on recall and needs a person who will give him plenty of exercise. Watson is up to date on shots, neutered and microchipped. If you are interested in this beautiful boy - please fill out an application at luckydayrescue.org.

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Candidate should have 3+ years of previous experience as a Relationship Banker. The applicant should be able to sell and cross-sell a full range of Vectra bank products and services. Must be able to accept and process applications for consumer loans & small business loans. Candidates will also have excellent customer service skills and good attention to detail.

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General Manager General Manager - Full service landscaping company located in an upscale mountain ski town in Idaho is looking for a general manager to supervise employees, work with clients, and oversee all operations.

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Media A r t I n v e n t o r y Photographer In depth Photoshop experience needed for a gallery in Aspen. Please call (970) 925-5567.

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REAL ESTATE COORDINATOR Be part of a great team! Full time real estate coordinator needed in Willits office. Strong communication, organization and computer skills; ability to multi-task, attention to detail, hard worker and great attitude is a must.

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We are interviewing for Evening Maintenance and Custodian Evening shift light maintenance and custodian work.

Full time, permanent job.

Good communication skills important. Ability to work with a team and provide guest services with a smile!

Top wages, benefits, good people and a great working atmosphere in the heart of Downtown Aspen. Please apply at Aspen Square Front Desk or send resume.

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Have the best winter of your lifetime, enjoying mountain living and making new friends, while learning photography, a skill that will last forever.

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Basalt - $1,250,000 Sophisticated, 2010-built 4 bd+office, 3.5 ba, 3246 sq.ft.

Southside home across from the playground & park. Open floor plan w/ roomy dining, living room + play area, gourmet kitchen, big pantry, wine fridge/bar. Hardwood floors, cherry cabs, stainless appliances, slab stone countertops, abundant windows, generous mudroom. Master suite with his &hers closets, steam shower, Jacuzzi tub. ADA compliant.

900 E. Hopkins #12

Great office space conveniently located on Main St. Beautiful views & great visibility street. 4 separate offices spaces with 2.5BA, a kitchenette & plenty of storage space. Perfect for a private business or to lease out to 4 individuals.

Danny Becker

•Top floor, corner, SE facing studio + sleeping loft w/ Ajax views •Walk everywhere location on a quiet dead-end street •Immaculate w/ updated appliances, bamboo wood floors, tiled bath •Excellent storage/closet space, common laundry •Low HOA fees of $1000/QTR include all utilities. MLS#144834

Sally Shiekman-Miller

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970-948-5769

Basalt - $370,000

WHITE BOX - YOU BUILD KITCHEN Unique, creative, cutting edge project.

May be used for Residential and/or Commercial. 16' to 19' ceiling with fabulous light. Seller financing possible.

Robert Tobias

970-618-1231 swift@sopris.net www.willitsbend.com

Blue Lake - $740,000

Carbondale - $440,000

Immaculately maintained, beautifully renovated in 2009, light, bright & quiet 3 bd+office with pellet stove, 3.5 ba, 2942 sq.ft h o m e w i t h v a u l t e d c e i l i n g s.

2-way gas fp between the dining and living rooms, large master suite with gas fp and walk-in closet, roomy 2-car garage + workshop, huge amount of storage, private rear yard & deck backs up to open space.

Sally Shiekman-Miller

Sally Shiekman-Miller

970.948.7530 sally@sallyshiekman.com www.AspenSnowmassSIR.com

970.948.7530 sally@sallyshiekman.com www.AspenSnowmassSIR.com

Carbondale - $499,000

Spacious 4 bd/2.5 ba, 1880 sq.ft. home w/Sopris views. Complete remodel in 2012; new wood floors & paint in 2016. Woodburning stove, finished basement w/2nd living room, 1-car garage, fenced back patio, covered entry way. Low HOA fees make this property affordable for first time buyers or investors.

Carbondale - $789,000

Glenwood Springs - $125,000

Snowmass - $1,150,000

Nature Lover's Dream.

3 acres bordering Cattle Creek. Custom built, energy efficient, horse friendly, 1,757 sq ft. Call today for a tour.

ELK SPRINGS LOT - READY TO BUILD! Endless views on this 3.78 acre lot, adjacent to open space. Includes approved plans for 3,700 SqFt home. Tap fees paid. Motivated seller, owner financing available.

Meadow Ranch. With 2300+ SF and 4 bedrooms, this is one of the most attractive purchase options in the price range.

New carpet & paint. Low dues, Located in the Aspen school district. Easy walk to parks, recreation, and ski shuttle.

Marianne Ackerman

Corey Crocker

Will Burggraf

Reasonably priced 3 bd, 2.5 ba furnished half duplex. In good condition with main level master suite, high ceilings in the living room, rock surrounded gas fp, nice kitchen with ample cabinetry and large pantry, big fenced yard for kids and pets & patio, 2-car garage, low HOA fees. A great home or rental property.

Sally Shiekman-Miller 970.948.7530 sally@sallyshiekman.com www.AspenSnowmassSIR.com

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Haddie Lopez 970.456.6559

Snowmass Village - $2,700,000

FOR SALE/FOR LEASE 84 Terrace Drive Elegance and Luxury in a premier location within the Aspen School District. 4 bed/4 bath Built in 2004 totaling 3,000 sq. ft. & 19,000 sq. ft lot. Available for Rent.

Call to preview. This is a must see!

Gabriel Andrade

347-724-4886 gabe.andrade3@gmail.com

Trans portation

Willits - $829,000 Beautifully appointed, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, 2005-built furnished home. Large gourmet kitchen, open floor plan w/ high ceilings, living room plus sitting area, charming gas fp. Oversized master suite with gas fp, Jacuzzi tub, steam shower, his & hers walk in closets. Covered front porch and back patio with built-in gas grill. In-floor radiant heat plus A/C, fenced yard, 625 sq.ft garage.

(970) 445-7259 corey@palladiumaspen.com www.palladiumaspen.com

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Chevrolet suburban 2005

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Ford Roush Mustang 2009

GMC Explorer Conversion Van 2014

Chevrolet suburban 2005 Good condition. 159,000 Auto transmission. 5.3 Leather seats. Sunroof. Power windows. Silver Aspenstarlimo@aol.com

Desirable two-door Chevy Tahoe.

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Subaru Ouback 2.5L XT (Turbo) 2005

Subaru Outback 2014

Land Rover LR3 V8SE 2005 Coach package. Great condition. 151K Auto transmission. V8 AWD. Aluminum wheels. Ski Rack Silver Eric

Roof rack , plus set of snow tires.

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Excellent condition, Leather, Moon Roof, Blue Tooth, Fully Loaded, Winter Accessories, Navigation System, Remote Engine Starter and more.

35K miles $25,500 970-948-7815

Subaru WRX TR 2006

Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid SEL 2015

Fleetwood E3 Popup 2008

Polaris Pro RMK 155 - 2014

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5,300 miles.

Fully loaded with over $2k inupgrades. Toy hauler, 2 king beds, furnace, bathroom, indoor/ outdoor grills, indoor/outdoor shower, hot water. Newly sealed roof.

Originally $19k asking $8,750 Eagle, CO 970-390-9787

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Electronics

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Musical PRO BASS GEAR. •Mesa Boogie 1 X 15 w/cover and casters $250. •Fender 1992 USA Jazz Bass w/ hard case $699 •Warwick German Corvette bass w/ gig bag $575 • Carvin 1 x 15 speaker $150 • Les Paul Bass. $1250 • Power amp $150 970-618-5591

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$900,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $2,146,568.46 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: (i) failure to pay the outstanding balance on the loan when due on September 30, 2013, and (ii) all amounts due have been accelerated pursuant to paragraph 24 of the Deed of Trust, as Grantor transferred the Property described below ("the Property") to a third party on October 31, 2016 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 101, Mountain Valley Subdivision, Third Filing Also known by street and number as: 681 MOUNTAIN LAUREL DRIVE, ASPEN, CO 81611.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Of DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: •Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Pitkin County Library William R. Dunway Community Meeting Room, 102 North Mill Street, Aspen, CO 81611.

•All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings.

Notice is hereby given to the general public of the approval of an amendment to a site specific development plan, and the extension of a vested property right pursuant to the Land Use Code of the City of Aspen and Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following legally described property: 110 West Main Street, Hotel Aspen Condominiums, City and Townsite of Aspen Colorado. The Aspen City Council, through Ordinance No. 1 (Series of 2017) has granted amendment to the Planned Development and extended the vested rights associated the lodge redevelopment that includes lodge, free market residential and affordable housing uses. For further information contact Jennifer Phelan, at the City of Aspen Community Development Dept. 130 S. Galena St, Aspen, Colorado (970) 429-2759. s/ City of Aspen Publish in The Aspen Times on March 9, 2017.

(12694679)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan Lum, Deceased Case Number 2017PR030008 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to [X] District Court of Pitkin County, Colorado or on or before July 2, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Skye B. Skinner, Personal Representative 1398 Rock Court Carbondale, CO 81623 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 2, 9 and 16, 2017 (12674119)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE: 540 E. Main Street

•Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:00 - 5:00 in the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners office, 123 Emma Road Suite #106, Basalt, CO 8162 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx

Public Hearing:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017:

Legal Description:Section 7, Township 10 South, Range 84 West, 6th P.M., as described in the Warranty Deed recorded as Reception No. 472856.

Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 028-2015 to Provide for an Extension to the Term of a Lease Agreement with Vectra Bank Colorado, NA for the Purpose of Housing the Office of the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder During the Courthouse Plaza Renovation Project

Description: A 2nd Reading of a proposed ordinance rescinding the designation to the Aspen Inventory of Historic Landmark Sites and Structures for the site of the new Aspen Police Station. This proposed action reflects the relocation of previously existing historic structures on the site to the Holden/Marolt Mining and Ranching Museum.

Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 028-2015 to Provide for an Extension to the Term of a Lease Agreement with James E. Cox Living Trust for the Purpose of Housing the Office of the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder During the Courthouse Plaza Renovation Project NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR'S SETTLEMENT/FINAL PAYMENT: Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, hereinafter the "Board," shall make final settlement for the work contracted to be done on the project known as Asbestos Abatement for the Pitkin County Sheriff and Administration Facility Project, hereinafter the "Project," to Daro Tech, hereinafter the "Contractor," on March 27, 2017.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the Project contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the Project, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or its subcontractors shall file with the Board written verified notice of such claims at any time up to and including the time of final settlement first stated above or forever waive any and all claims, without limitation, pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-26-107, as amended, against the Board of County Commissioners, Pitkin County, Colorado and the Project.

All claims must be addressed as follows: Board of County Commissioners c/o Ben Farrara at 123 Emma Road Suite #106, Basalt, CO 81621 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on March 9, 2017 (12693282) Jeanette Jones, Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners

March 27, 2017; 5:00 PM

Meeting Location:Council Chambers; Basement of City Hall 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611 Project Location:540 E. Main Street, Parcel ID: 2737-073-24-003

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: •Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Pitkin County Library William R. Dunway Community Meeting Room, 102 North Mill Street, Aspen, CO 81611.

•All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings.

•Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:00 - 5:00 in the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners office, 123 Emma Road Suite #106, Basalt, CO 8162 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the general public that on February 23, 2017, the Pitkin County Community Development Director granted approval for the Pearl Pass LLC Site Plan Review (Case P073-17; Deter. #007-2017). The property is located at 250 Express Creek Road and is legally described as the Elmira Lode Mining Claim, USMS No. 7664A. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2909-293-00-007. This site-specific development plan grants a vested property right pursuant to Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes.

S/Cindy Houben Community Development Director Pitkin County, Colorado Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on March 9, 2017 (12693302) Jeanette Jones, Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/05/2017, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/9/2017 Last Publication 3/9/2017 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/07/2016 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Sydney Tofany, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOSLYN V. WOOD #32836 Wood Nichols, LLC 201 Main St., Ste 305, Carbondale, CO 81623 (970) 963-3800 Attorney File # The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2017 and March 9, 2017 (12630040)

Land Use Reviews Req: Designation of Historic Properties; 26.415.030 Decision Making Body: City Council Applicant: The City of Aspen, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611 More Information:For further information related to the project, contact Ben Anderson at the City of Aspen Community Development Department, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO; (970) 429.2765, Ben.Anderson@cityofaspen.com.

Published in the Aspen Times on March 9, 2017 (12694629)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald K. Sheeley, DeceasedCase Number 2017 PR 30006 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to [X] District Court of Pitkin County, Colorado or on or before June 24, 2017 (date)*, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Tina Jill Sheeley, P.R. c/o Rick Jones, Esq. Richard McCulloch Jones, Jr., P.C. 323 West Main Street, Suite 301 Aspen, CO 81611 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 23, 2017 and March 2 and 9, 2017. (12665205)

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 16-017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 7, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records.

Original Grantor(s) ANDREW MOSZYNSKI Original Beneficiary(ies) JAN SODERBERG Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JAN SODERBERG Date of Deed of Trust March 12, 2009 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 18, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 557209 Original Principal Amount $900,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $2,146,568.46 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: (i) failure to pay the outstanding balance on the loan when due on September 30, 2013, and (ii) all amounts due have been accelerated pursuant to paragraph 24 of the Deed of Trust, as Grantor transferred the Property described below ("the Property") to a third party on October 31, 2016 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 101, Mountain Valley Subdivision, Third Filing Also known by street and number as: 681 MOUNTAIN LAUREL DRIVE, ASPEN, CO 81611.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

PUBLIC NOTICE "Pursuant to Section 6104(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, notice is hereby given that the annual report for the taxable year ended December 31, 2016, of The Solid Rock Foundation, a private foundation, is available at the Foundation's principal office for inspection during business hours, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, for any citizen who requests it within 180 days after the date of this publication.

The Foundation's principal office is located at 715 West Main, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado, 81611.

Telephone: 970-925-4290 Published in The Aspen Times March 9, 2017.

(12693816)

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/05/2017, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/9/2017 Last Publication 3/9/2017 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/07/2016 A S P E N T I M E S . C O M / W E E K LY Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Sydney Tofany, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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BOOK REVIEW

‘HOW TO DRINK LIKE A BILLIONAIRE: MASTERING WINE WITH JOIE DE VIVRE’ TOO OFTEN, wine authors tell you to smell the cork, drink with your pinkies up and toss around adjectives about a wine’s legs or aromatics that nobody understands. While Mark Oldman’s latest book title, “How to Drink Like a Billionaire: Mastering Wine with Joie de Vivre,” might allude to some of these high-brow tactics, the book’s contents make it perhaps one of the most approachable and essential wine books to date.

Its first sign of brilliance is the format. Each “chapter” is a single informative page, with a few exceptions, offering up a piece of savvy wine advice. The book begins with Oldman’s eloquent descriptions of billionaires who get it — the ones who are careful when ordering wine in restaurants so as not to get ripped off. He commends the superrich who toss pompous wine rules out the window and do things like

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Oldman warns readers not to confuse the perspective of his book “with the encouragement of snobbery.”

He has made his career doing just the opposite, authoring previous wine books and hosting seminars about outsmarting wine and “wine speak without the geek.”

“I strive to puncture pomposity and encourage people of all capacities to ‘drink bravely,’” he writes. “As anyone who has spent time with me will attest, I relish deeply the chance to relieve drinkers of wine’s pretentiousness. It is in this spirit that we shall now, with an insider eye and a flavorful dollop of fun, drink richly.”

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Bordeaux to go with that cheeseburger?

Seeking an obscure wine or an alternative to big-name Champagne?

Oldman’s advice will make you feel like an insider the next time you’re the chosen one to select the wine at dinner.

You’ll feel smarter for not giving into the pressure of the sommelier who steers you toward the higher-end bottles (See Chapter 44: Choose the Cheapest).

Don’t let the billionaire title fool you.

This book might be about drinking richly, but not in that way. Rather, it’s about being a smarter wine drinker.

The only criticism I have of the book is that it’s not produced in a purse-sized version for easy referencing on the go.

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