Roxanne Pulitzer is holed up in Telluride, fighting cancer and writing a book.
You remember Roxy. She was married to newspaper heir Peter Pulitzer in Palm Beach – a union that yielded twin boys and ended in a scandalous 1982 divorce, the deets of which earned her the nickname “Strumpet with a Trumpet.”
Her sons are now 28, she’s a grandmother three times and lives with boyfriend Tim Boberg in Telluride.
In a recent interview with Palm Beach Post columnist Thom Smith, Pulitzer talks about her cancer treatments in Boulder, Hunter S. Thompson’s funeral and why she likes the laid back life in the Rockies.
She and Boberg share a 23,000-square-
foot house in Telluride, complete with a bowling alley where neighbors Dan and Marilyn Quayle have tossed a few.
She had her thyroid removed – but it did not eliminate all the cancer. So she’s been in Boulder getting radiation.
“The radiation almost killed me,” she said. “It killed my immune system and everything else in my body.”
She spends her days recuperating – and working on an outline of a sequel to “The Prize Pulitzer,” her best-selling book about her life and divorce in Palm Beach.
She was strong enough to attend Thompson’s funeral this past summer, (they became friends after he wrote about her divorce for Rolling Stone) and she partied hard with the celebs who were there.
“Times change, I’ll tell you what,” she told the Palm Beach paper. “It’s funny: Since I got this thyroid cancer, I’ve been really down for a year. Suddenly, you do feel death. You think, ‘OK, maybe my time is up. It should be.’ For being 54, I’ve crammed in the lifetime of someone who’s 94. It’s been really fast. Boom, boom, boom. I like being out in Telluride and slowing down a little. It’s time to slow down, although I haven’t slowed down too much, because I was at Hunter’s party until 5 (a.m.).”
EATS
Now I know what the fuss is all about. Lucile’s restaurant is a Boulder tradition for decades, but the first Denver branch opened on Thursday at 275 S. Logan St. I stopped in for Saturday brunch and chowed down on the best eggs Benedict I’ve ever had. The line forms here, and it’s going to be a long one. … The Kitchen in Boulder opens its upstairs wine lounge with a benefit party tonight.
Datekeeper
Local Denver bartenders and barmaids take it off for the Denver Baretenders 2006 calendar. It’s a benefit for All For Love Inc., an adoption-support agency. Look for lotsa local hotties from Denver’s dives and classy clubs – and more than a few tattoos. You can pick up a copy at various oases with participating tenders: Bender’s, La Boheme, Lion’s Lair, Park Avenue Grill, Squire Inn. Or hit the release party 8-11 Sunday night at Streets of London Pub.
City spirit
Sighting: “Queer Eye’s” Thom Filicia at Rioja Saturday night … A major TV commercial that’ll air during the Super Bowl is being shot today at Civic Center starting at 10 a.m. – and they need extras … Says who: “Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you’ll be surprised at how little you have.” Ernest Haskins
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.
