Most People would be happy just to find a taxi without that funky smell. There is one, guaranteed, in Aspen, and it will far exceed your wildest expectations. It is the cab to beat all cabs. It is…the Ultimate Taxi! Launched by Jon Barnes in 1990, this local conveyance is also a recording studio, planetarium, toy store, nightclub, laser light show, and on-line performance space. This is not the kind of cab you whistle at from street corners, unless your whistle is one of admiration. No, to ride in the Ultimate Taxi you must book it in advance. And rather that order cabbie Barnes where to go, sit back while he whisks you and your friends on a tour of the town.

    Aspen is one of those see-and-be-seen places, and there’s no better way to get noticed than a ride in the backseat of the Ultimate Taxi with the disco ball turning. Just ask the folds who’ve already taken a ride: George Hamilton, Ivana Trump, Peter Frampton, Ring Starr, Bob Dole, Clint Eastwood, Hunter S. Thompson, Paula Poundstone, Melanie Griffith, and even a few people who still have careers, such as Regis Phillbin and Kermit the Frog.