Unlike last year’s rainout, Janet Elway’s Janet’s Camp party had great weather Saturday night – just as she promised me in April. “That’s the No. 1 difference this year,” she said. “I talked to God. No rain.”
Good spirits came with the good weather. During the live auction for the YMCA, Gary Corbett asked what people would pay to see Broncos coach Mike Shanahan do the robot. Heck, Shanahan went one better, offering to do a 1 1/2 flip off the diving board into the pool, in his clothes, if 10 people would pony up $500 each. Done – and he did.
Janet then offered to swim laps for $10,000 – ponied up by Quiznos’ Rick & Cheryl Schaden.
Janet went inside to change, came back in a red one-piece, looking hotsy-totsy, and swam the laps.
Check out more on the night and see the pictures from Post society editor Joanne Davidson on page 2 of LifeStyle today and at
Sweet
Vail’s Sweet Basil turns 30 this month – a rare accomplishment in a town where restaurants come and go like tourists.
I finally got to see the renovated spot – with a bigger bar, smaller patio and bigger back dining room. Vail may be a war zone this month with all the construction going on, but Sweet Basil is looking good and feeling good.
“Pure flavors and the best ingredients,” says Matt Morgan, who owns/runs the joint with Kevin Clair. “We’re never satisfied with it, always trying to find ways to make it better.”
So on June 29 they’ll make a rare Vail toast. To 30 years in business – and 30 more.
Sightems
Former Denver restaurant guy Lou Bucci back in town visiting with Rodney Utz at Rodney’s Saturday night – along with KHOW yakker Peter Boyles and former Aurora Mayor Dennis Champine … Post editor Greg Moore with wife Nina Henderson Moore at Amuse on Saturday night with Bob and Gabrielle Rafelson of Aspen. They’re all pals, and Bob’s a big cheese in Hollywood – behind everything from “Five Easy Pieces” to the Monkees … Tommy Chong in Aspen for the NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) gathering Saturday and Sunday … Sting staying at Hotel Teatro for the Police concerts Saturday and Sunday, hanging at the bar in Prima and chatting it up with newlywed party of Jennifer Smith and Josh Haggard.
City spirit
All the good stuff from the Beaver Creek home of President Gerald and Betty Ford go on the auction block July 7 at the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort – to benefit three Vail Valley charities. From signed books to paintings, check out the loot at … AARP The Magazine features Kevin Costner on the cover this month, telling us that “The Tender Bar” by local writer J.R. Moehringer is on his bookshelf … Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly is at Tattered Cover LoDo tonight at 7:30, signing his latest: “Hate Mail from Cheerleaders” … Sez who: “Concerts are where they ruin all the songs you enjoyed on the radio.” Jason Love
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