Nuggets point guard Chauncey Billups has got milk.
He’s the latest celeb to pose with a milk mustache for the ad campaign that pushes teens to drink three glasses of low-fat or no-fat milk daily, eat healthy food and stay active to be lean and not so mean.
But one of his ‘stache shots is chocolate milk. Isn’t that carbo-loaded and fattening?
“Chocolate milk contains a mix of carbohydrates and protein to refuel muscles, fluids to rehydrate and electrolytes including calcium, potassium and magnesium to replenish what is lost in sweat,” PR princess Katie Montiel said. “Plus, chocolate milk has the added bonus of bone- building nutrients not found in traditional sports drink to help maintain strong bones.”
Who knew?
Billups’ print and billboard ad will be unveiled at 3:30 this afternoon at the Pepsi Center. Photos of students from Billups’ alma mater, George Washington High School, with milk mustaches will also be on display.
Why did the milk folks pick Billups as their latest poster boy?
“He’s definitely Mr. Colorado guy,” Montiel said. “He has a really good reputation.”
Cut-ups for kids.
I could have bounced off former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle if I had hit him in the chest during the celebrity-waiter fundraiser for Concerts for Kids on Friday at Elway’s Cherry Creek.
Hurdle sported a blow-up breasty frock along with a blond curly wig as part of his effort to raise tips for the charity.
Sage Hospitality honcho Walter Isenberg, husband of Concerts for Kids queen Christie Isenberg, played Little Bo Peep with his flouncy dress, pink wig and staff.
Tavern Hospitality Group owner Frank Schultz didn’t quite know what he was getting himself into as he wandered through the crowd wearing a baby bib and bonnet, carrying a bottle and whining for tips.
The charity raised roughly $32,000 for local children’s causes.
No-way valet.
I tried to self-park Saturday night for the High Hopes Carousel Ball gala for the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, but the garage was closed for remodeling until January.
The Sheraton, formerly the Adams Mark, is well known as the worst valet in the city, but Saturday, it broke its own “worst” record.
After Earth, Wind & Fire finished rocking the house, my gal pal and I headed for the valet, which had a mile-long line.
We opted to have a drink in the bar to wait out the obscene scene, but it didn’t help. When we returned to the line, the evening’s honoree, Arlene Hirschfeld, was still waiting for her car.
Hotel honcho Isenberg and his wife, Christie, said they had been standing there for an hour with no sign of their vehicle.
John Reimes, regional manager of TownePark Valet, defended his company: “Our company parked over 700 cars that night in lots as far as seven blocks away. We had employees from 22 locations and even partnered with the Denver police to reroute traffic on Court Place. We had over 2,200 guests enter or depart the building within a four-hour period.”
The seen.
Lead singer of the Fray Isaac Slade lunching at the Capital Grille on Monday.
Keith Strickland and Kate Pierson of the B-52s dining at Rioja on Sunday. Rioja manager Katie Anderson told them that “Love Shack” was her family anthem.
St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols lunching with his family Saturday at P.F. Chang’s in LoDo.
Eavesdropping.
One woman to another during the Sunday Rockies game:
“I’m just not going to be friends with anyone unattractive today.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-630 AM. Call her at 303-954-5224.
