Sorry, been away way too long. Been too busy selling gravirax to post-- here it goes.
My big prediction at the end of December was that 2022 was going to be the year of anger. Not a tuff predication given how widely unpopular Joe Biden is while really doing nothing wrong. I mean, shoot, can you really get that pissed off about suggesting that Medicare cover hearing aids and dentures or paid family leave or even OMG promoting clean energy while the stock market was at near record highs at the end of 2021? (oh yeah, that clean energy that helps reduce global dependence on oil and gas from the USSR is looking like a good strategic move as well). Well, yeah, guess you can be that pissed at Joe (with our wonderful local Congress Rep Lauren Boebert blaming Joe for killing US service men while he spoke of his son's death due to his service to his country).
Anyhow, stuff that pisses me off about Aspen:
10. Calling Tasters to order a pizza at 6 pm and being told 'we are too busy to do take out orders'
9. having the airport closed twice in a week due to private jets falling off the runway
8. Trying to rent Buckhorn cabin on Aspen mountain, and being directed to Aspen X, who told me they could curate an awesome apres ski experience for $18k for 10 people (that includes snowcat down at end of day and champagne and music). To be fair, you can still rent it out for $200 for the deck and grills, and an additional $50 or 100 for each toboggan ski patrol needs to use to bring food and drink to the deck. But, guess who gets first 'dibs' on the space?
7. Being told by out of town friends they went to Element 47 and the St. Regis where the dinner was super expensive and pretty much inedible, and they look at me for some kinda explanation, and all I can do is shrug my shoulders and say I haven't eaten anywhere but Home Team in 2 years because I can't afford it
6. Not being able to find seltzer to buy in our grocery stores---for a year. Aren't the food supply chain issues supposed to be over?
5. Flying in and out of Aspen---my wife and son have spent a total of 6 additional nights in various Dallas hotels over two trips due to various flight issues (including the aforementioned private jets off the end of the runway), requiring them both times to be diverted to Grand Junction, and once requiring me to pick them up in GJ
4. Bad money---from Hunt to Roman Abramovich to Gorsuch
3. Speaking of our dear local friend Jeff Gorsuch, he lobbied and pressed the flesh to get the Gorsuch Haus hotel in the lift 1A corridor approved, by the skin of his man fur, by stressing local development and deep local connections. He just flipped the .95 acre of land that is zoned for his hotel (.95 of an acre for a hotel WTF) that he bought from Aspen Ski Co less than 1 year ago for $10 million. He sold the land and development rights to a Soviet oligarch for $76.25 million this past week. So much for local ownership. I guess Jeff G doesn't mind being two steps away from Ukrainian blood on his hands, and I would say I am going to boycott Gorsuch, BUT I never could afford anything there anyhow.
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