It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that bling.
It was plenty blingy Thursday night at Neiman Marcus. Jacob the Jeweler was in town, the man who makes diamond-encrusted watches the size of Frisbees. So Nuggets star Kenyon Martin and his wife, Heather, threw a little cocktail reception for the Bling King in Neiman’s jewelry department, attracting agent Joe Santos, Av Rob Blake with wife Brandy and assorted clock watchers.
The Brobdingnagian timepieces in Nei- man’s were priced at $20,000 to $1 million. Kenyon was seen buying a couple of ’em.
“You have to give people choices,” said Jacob of his watches. “It’s a new item in this market. The more people get to know it, the more they will buy it. It’s very big now in Las Vegas and New York and L.A. It’s slowly becoming bigger in places like Denver. People who saw it here loved it. I call it a ‘happy watch.”‘
I tried one on, and it looked perfect on me, certainly happier than my Hamilton.
After the cocktail party, Kenyon and Heather took Jacob and his wife, Angela, to dinner at Del Frisco’s – where the steaks are as big as one of his watches.
A house is not a home
Vail Daily notes that some people with big houses in Beaver Creek are moving into THE Big House.
The conviction last week of Tyco International Corp’s Dennis Kozlowski brought with it a sentence of eight to 25 years in a New York state prison. He still owns a house in Beaver Creek, 8,627 square feet which he bought for $8.45 million in 2000.
And don’t forget Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas and his son Timothy Rigas. They both own condos in Beaver Creek, and they’re both facing long jail terms for looting the cable company of more than $100 million.
And Alberto Vilar, a philanthropist who gave the ski hamlet the Vilar Center for the Arts, was jailed in May, charged with stealing $5 million from an investor. He spent 25 days in the hoosegow before coming up with $10 million bail.
Lemons
Lemony Snicket readings are wild affairs – so gird yourself for his arrival at 6 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Temple Events Center. He’ll rant, read and sign “Book the Twelfth.” You need to buy tickets (which is an unfortunate event) for $13, which gets you one book (worth $11.99) and one admission. Companion tix are sold for $5 each, which allows you in but you can’t get anything signed. Tough luck, Olaf. Tix go on sale Oct. 18 at all Tattered Covers.
City spirit
At Aurora’s A-List 2005 luncheon last week, Peggy Vandeweghe was talking up a possible Katrina fundraiser in December starring Branford Marsalis at the Ellie … Sightem: Paul Reiser having dinner at Bistro Vendome before a screening of “The Thing About My Folks” … Gloria Estefan at Tattered Cover LoDo Oct. 17 with her kids book “The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog” … Local flight attendant Bill Gersten missed the $16,000 question on “Millionaire” Friday. He didn’t know what piece of furniture an antimacassar protects. Final correct answer is “armchairs” … Sez who: “Things have never been more like they are today in history.” Dwight David Eisenhower
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears on Fox 31 News. You can reach him at 303-820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
