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8/25 - Nani's

*Page maintained & photographs, by Walt unless otherwise noted.  If anyone isn't getting emails from me for the weekly lunch, please let me know.    wf

***Mental calculation of payment for lunches should include w/menu-in-hand on ordering:       food + drink(s) + tip (usually 15-20%) + tax .
Peter suggests this formula: Food + drink + 25% (5% tax and 20% tip).

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Message page from other DaaP members LINK

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* ANNOUNCEMENTS *

Some images from...
Bert's & Greg's (& Peter's) Excellent Adventure
Birds of Sage & Scree

Book Available NOW!

Greg & Bert signing books alongside Ken Thomasma, July 13, 2010, at the GTNP CT Visitor Center

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This page is dedicated mostly to images of the members of our Jackson, Wyo lunch group, the places we've been, the good times we've shared, & perhaps a few stories we remember or have forgotten but need remembering.  Thumbnail pictures presented here can be clicked on to enlarge to full screen size.  All pictures were taken by me (Walt Farmer) unless otherwise attributed.  (I hope there are some early pictures of members, but I don't think so, we'll see who else will have items to contribute.)

If anyone else wanders through here, our group was started by Bert Raynes & Gus Schwarz,  many years ago, then came Ray Kepford, Dick O'Brien and Frank Craighead.  It has grown to over 35 members by the time this page is initially posted in March 2008.  We meet at a different restaurant each Wed.  to solve the problems of the world, and then we meet again the next week to solve the problems of the previous week. It's done, with great aplomb, self-rightiousness, perspicacity, panache, salt, vinegar, ketchup (catsup), and other assorted condiments.

Our group is made up of friends, friends who are or have been: authors, entrepreneurs, retired military, bankers, professors (teachers), geologists, artists, pilots, bon-vivants, riff-raff, inventors, people from Chicago, downhill skiers, river floaters, former gunfighters, tour guides, park rangers, and other generic miscreants.  We like each other, we have fun & good food, and no, you can't just join; we're by invitation only & from the above, we obviously ought to be more selective.  We're just glad we got to know each other & that we came to live in Jackson, Wyo, even though some have the audacity (temerity?) to go somewhere else in the winter - you know who you are.  History will judge us as eclectic, and hungry.

From Brian Schwarz - "The originals were Bert Raynes, Gus Schwarz, Frank Craighead, and Dick O'Brien.  Dick was retired Air Force.  I think they just invited friends to come, and if they stuck, they stuck.  Frank suggested they become ROMEO'S, as in Retired Old Men Eating Out, but I think it became DaaP when someone asked Dick something and Dick smiled and said 'strawberries,' which was what he was eating, but not related to the question he was asked.  I showed up when my father needed help getting to the restaurants."

Bert:  "Of course Gus and I were not starting anything, just going out to lunch when the ladies were.  Many months later, add in Dick O'Brien and then Ray Kepford.  I wish you (talking to Walt) or someone with digitals in their veins would take a lot more pictures.  Guys who dislike it, can hang their heads or ....."

As keeper (Walt) of the record book, I decree there's only one.  The Most Members At One Lunch is, may I have the envelope please.... 21, which now has been set at Chinatown on 12/10/08.  If anyone wants to start any new records & keep score accordingly, let me know.  This record does not include guests (my rule).

Member Websites:  WALT FARMER   GREG McHURON   VANCE CARRUTH   JOHN SIMMS   JIM DARWICHE   PETER WARD   GREG ZIEGLER

2010: 8/25 - Nani's; 8/18 - Piglets; 8/11 - Bert's Walk; 8/4 - Teton Pines; 7/28 - Pizza Hut; 7/21 - JHG&T; 7/14: Teton Raptor Center; 7/7 - Dornans; 6/30 - Simms'; 6/23 - Ocean City KMPlaza; 6/16 - Cafe Genevieve; 6/2 - 43 North; 5/26 - Trio; 5/19 - Snow King; 5/12 - Betty Rock; 5/5 - Brew Pub; 4/28 - Shogun; 4/21 - Abuelitos; 4/14 - Ocean City; 4/7 - Virginian; 3/31 - Cascade; 3/24 - (Old) Bubbas; 3/17 - Lotus Cafe; 3/10 - Shooting Star; 3/3 - Chinatown; 2/24 - Sidewinders; 2/17 - Thai Me Up; 2/10 - Betty Rock; 2/3-Noras; 1/27-Teton Steakhouse; 1/20-Bunnery; 1/13-NMWA; 1/6-Pizza Hut

2009: 12/30 - Virginian(4); 12/23 - The Pines (2); 12/16 - Noras(3); 12/9 - Brew Pub(3); 12/2 - Chinatown(3); 11/25 - Sidewinders(2); 11/18 - Abuelitos(2); 11/11 - Shogun; 11/4 - Rising Sage(3); 10/28 - Ocean City(2); 10/21 - Teton Steakhouse(2); 10/14 - Snow King(2); 10/7 - Bubbas(2); 9/30 - Virginian(3); 9/23 - Dornans(2); 9/16 - Bert's Walk; 9/9 - Jedediahs; 9/2 - Walt's House; 8/26 - Chinatown(2); 8/19 - Pines; 8/12 - Betty Rock(2); 8/5 - North Grille; 7/29-Virginian(2); 7/22 - Abuelitos; 7/15 - 43 North  scratched to Pizza Hut; 7/8 - Thai Me Up; 7/1 - Dornans; 6/24 - Southside Pizza; 6/17 - Snake River Brewing(2); 6/10 - Bajio Mex Grill; 6/3 - Nora's(2); 5/27 - Simms';  5/20 - Cuttys(2); 5/13 - Chinatown; 5/6 - Sidewinders; 4/29 - El Gordito's; 4/22 - Pizza Hut(2); 4/15 - Virginian; 4/8 - Ocean City; 4/1 - Betty Rock; 3/25 - NMWA's Rising Sage(2); 3/18 - Merry Piglets; 3/11 - Cuttys; 3/4 - Bubbas; 2/25 - El Abuelito's;  2/18 - Jedediahs; 2/11 - NMWA(Rising Sage); 2/04 - Snow King; 1/28 - Teton Steakhouse; 1/21 - Pizza Hut; 1/14: Nora's; 1/7 - Snake River Brewing

2008: 12/31: Virginian(2); 12/24: Cadillac; 12/17: Teton Pines(3); 12/10: Chinatown (3); 12/3: Sidewinders(4); 11/26: El Abuelito(2); 11/19: Cuttys(2); 11/12: Earth and Vine; 11/5: Shogun; 10/29 - Jedediahs; 10/22 - Sweetwater; 10/15 - South Side Pizza; 10/8 - Teton Steakhouse(2); 10/1 - Sidewinders(3); 9/24 - Thai Me Up; 9/17 - Cuttys; 9/10 - Ocean City; 9/3 - Dornans (2); 8/27 - 43 North; 8/20 - The Grille @ JHG&T;  8/13 - Village Inn; 8/6 - Nora's; 7/30 - Wort(2); 7/23 - Brew Pub; 7/16 - Picas; 7/9 - Rising Sage(3); 7/2 - Sidewinders(2); 6/25 - Chinatown(2); 6/18 - Teton Pines; 6/11 - Rising Sage(2); 6/4 - John Simms'; 5/21 - Dornans; 5/28 - Teton Pines; 5/14 - Chinatown; 5/7 - Sidewinders; 4/30 - El Abuelitos; 4/16 - Snow King; 3/26 - Teton Steakhouse; 3/12 - Wort; 1/30 - Rising Sage; 1/16 - Virginian

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