There is nothing quite like seeing more than 200 high-profile Denver city slickers in brightly embroidered Western shirts and cowboy hats. Think Cowboy Curtis Convention. That was the scene at Del Frisco’s Tuesday at noon as the Denver Rustlers gathered for a steak/Caesar-salad/shrimp/
creamed-corn lunch before the bus ride to Pueblo for the Colorado State Fair.
For 17 years this group of Denver big hats has traveled south to make sure the kids at the Junior Livestock Auction don’t go home empty-handed.
I didn’t make the trip to the fair – which was a shame, according to Larry Mizel, the home builder and Rustler organizer. “It’s six hours of stories,” he told me.
The gang had plenty of stories at lunch, like the time Eddie Robinson kicked over the milk bucket, so his team lost the milking contest.
Rustler bigwig Tim Schultz talked to the crowd before the drive down – and noted that the networking possibilities at this party were heady, indeed. He got his job as president and exec director of the Boettcher Foundation through Barry
Hirschfeld, whom he met through the Rustlers. And he also met his fiancé, Debbie Jessup, at a Rustlers trip. Not bad if you can do a good deed – and find a great job and a woman to love at the same time.
“There you go,” says Schultz. “A pretty good deal, that’s what I say.”
Plate face
First, charities gave us celebrity masks. Then stars. Then chairs. Then dogs. Now here come the plates.
Adoption Options’ Oct.7 party at the Wildlife Experience in Parker will feature Platters That Matter up for auction.
And look at the people who took the time to paint a plate for the cause:
Carmelo Anthony, Marcus Camby, “Bachelorette” Trista Sutter, Mayor Hick, Ch. 9’s Kim Christiansen and Mark Koebrich, “Talk Soup’s” Joel McHale, “Animal Planet’s” Jeff Corwin, Joe Sakic, E! Network’s Juliana Dipandi, Mix 100’s Dom & Jane, Uncle Junior from “The Sopranos,” LaLa Vasques, yers truly.
And don’t sneeze at the silent auction that includes an African safari and a golf trip to Scotland.
Call 303-695-1601.
Something to talk about
Bonnie Raitt stopped into Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret Monday night for some drinks and music before her Tuesday night gig at Red Rocks.
When an artist plays Red Rocks, he/she/they get a “piece of the rock” to remember the date. Raitt has played it 25 times, so she received a special on-stage presentation from Mayor John Hickenlooper and producer Chuck Morris – and she was inducted into the Red Rocks Hall of Fame, joining such Red Rocks stars as Widespread Panic, Ray Charles, Sting, U2, the Beatles, Santana and the Grateful Dead. She gave Hick a big shout out of love.
City spirit
Ruth’s Chris Steak House set to be the first big meat chain to hit the hills, opening in Aspen Dec. 22 in the former Manrico Cashmere space, which once was Guido’s Swiss Inn, 5,900 square feet … L’Asie Fusion Bistro is going into the former Emma’s space … Sez who: “I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-954-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
