Boz Angelas is what locals are calling Bozeman Montana. It's amazing how close the path of this small city parallels the town I have called home Portsmouth New Hampshire. Though Bozeman has the mountains and Portsmouth has the ocean. People who moved here 10 years ago complain about the growth, the influx of chain stores and upscale retail stores on main st. Longer term locals sport bumperstickers saying Montana Native. But there also many people and businesses that have benefited greatly and took advantage of the growth and enjoy the success.
It's the same story; a bunch of cool artists, musicians, couch surfers, ski bums move to a town they make it cool, the word gets out, a tourism industry sprouts up, people visit and say "this is my dream place" they move there, real estate market goes nuts, couch surfing artist types exit (I heard they are on the way to Buffalo), luxury condos and Lexus's are spotted on the main street, upscale dog accessory store opens next to the Starbucks across the street from the high end baby clothing store. People are happy and build big homes on top of mountains employing hundreds of local carpenters, plumbers, landscapers. The artists that did stick around sell some artwork and the town becomes well caffeinated. The city lands on the must visit list of every hipster and baby boomer. Life flows forward.
A couple of funny lines from a couple of local what to do papers.
From things you need to know about Montana: If you dog weighs less then a rabbit don't blame us if we shoot it, we can not be held responsible. Get a real dog and everything will be cool.
From the Best of Bozeman addition "best things about Bozeman": You can spot the idiots easily, their the ones "living the dream"
I really like this town, it has a great food co-op, beautiful athletic people to gawk at, it's naturally beautiful and rugged and a recreation center where you can take a shower for $1. Yesterday I got the skinny on the spot to mountain bike. South of Hyelite Reservoir called the Emerald Lake/Heather Lake trail. Here's the description from Dirt World: Beautiful ride up to pristine lakes. Easy at first, but gets technical with lots of roots, rocks, and switchbacks. 4.5 miles one way to Emerald lake, then an additional 1.5 miles to Heather lake. Uphill all the way, but it's a great ride down. Watch for hikers and horses.
It gained 3,000 ft. up to 9,220 ft. and the most amazing lakes surrounded by cliffs and very few people. I took a swim in Heather Lake, sat quietly focusing on gratitude and the 4 horse fly's using me as a landing pad. Then the down, I haven't been doing a ton of Mnt. Biking as I been digging hitting the roads so my chops were a little rusty but on the first steep descent my adrenaline flowed and soon I was off the brakes and down in about 20 minutes.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm in the Wild Joe's coffee shop , people outside are anxiously waiting for a parade and I'm going to meet Old Time Dave Talmage in a bit. Yes last night I ran into my old roommate, front man from the Mill City Ramblers, comedian, poet and all around old timey good guy. He is playing fiddle with the Billy Pilgrims based out of Colorado, they were at the Zebra Lounge. A small enthusiastic crowd made the show. It was great to catch up with the man and we decided to drive together up to Missoula today, the next stop on their tour and the next stop for me and the Astro. A couple hours in the Astro with OTDT will surely give me more blogging fodder. Check out his Myspace page and his video for Money Talks it's awesome.
Give this a try when your freaking... I use it constantly!!
on the in breath: Relax your body
on the out breath: Smile
on the in breath: Dwell in this moment
on the out breath: This wonderful moment
From the book Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hahn
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