Aspen never lets you down.
Word comes that a new house on the top of Mill Street in Aspen is renting for $25,000 a NIGHT this holiday season. A condo atop the Paragon Building is asking $20,000 a night. And Tracy Sutton, president of Aspen Signature Properties, is offering a nice rental at $35,000 a night.
“That one is very hush-hush,” Sutton says. “We have to screen people before they can even look at it. And there’s a $250,000 security deposit. It’s a tough house to rent, it’s very fragile.”
Those three properties are still available, you’ll be relieved to discover. The highest price anyone is paying Sutton so far is $20,000 a night. I wonder if that includes breakfast?
She says the houses are taken by big biz names and celebs – usually for one to two weeks. No one is naming names, but Aspen Magazine says high-end renters include Robert De Niro, Jerry Seinfeld and Toby Maguire.
Datekeeper
Adman/beer drinker Lew Cady has again produced the City of Lone Tree calendar. This annual gift from the city to its residents is notable for its fine photographs and the eclectic birthdays that Cady celebrates on each date: Some locals, some celebs, some alive, a lot dead.
“I just do it to make it fun,” he says. “I like it that Voltaire is there, along with Britney Spears. And I like it that Vin Diesel and Rudolf Diesel are both there.”
Yeah, it’s a strange brew. Other birthdays for 2007 include Charles Addams, 95; Katie Couric, 50; Elvis Presley, 72; Jack London, 131; Orlando Bloom, 30; “Wrong Way” Corrigan, 100; Jay Cutler, 24; Fred Astaire, 108; Bono, 48; Trey Parker, 35; John Elway, 47; Donald Duck, 73; Jessica Simpson, 27; Clint Hurdle, 50; Todd Helton, 34; Patty Calhoun, 53; Bill Husted, 59; Dick Kreck, 66; Gary Hart, 69; Emily Dickinson, 177; Tatum Bell, 26; Daniel Libeskind, 61; Carmelo Anthony, 23; Ed Sardella, 67 and Kenyon Martin, 30.
Partytime
Lawrence and Cathy Covell celebrate 40 years (!) in the biz with a party Dec. 14 … Fox Sports’s Bob Thompson hosts his Bad Santa party Dec. 16 … Ron and Barbara Thring mix it up at their house Dec. 22 … 5280’s annual bash comes down at Lola Tuesday night … Annie and Rutt Bridges host a party for the Red Cross Dec. 16 at their Denver Dry Tea Room loft, $50 … Edie and Mort Mark’s annual blowout is Saturday night … Herman Miller and other Denver design firms host 300 kids from the Boys & Girls Club tonight for a big Santa party … And of course the Denver Post Employee Holiday Party Dec. 15 at the Press Club.
City spirit
A few tix left for Friday night’s Andrea Bocelli dinner at Venice, $1,500 to his charity in Pisa, Italy, and Children’s Hospital. Deets at venice
ristorante.com … Sightem: Blink 182’s Travis Barker mixing it up at La Boheme Tuesday night … Sez who: “You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you’re not ‘professional’ any more.” Jeff Foxworthy
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. Take a peek at Husted’s next column at denverpostbloghouse.com/husted
