You get to do a lot of things as a newspaperman. Over the years, I flew with the Blue Angels, blew the whistle to start a circus, drove a race car, cooked at Benihana, sang in an opera, conducted an orchestra. But now I can say I’ve done it all. I moved dirt Monday morning, driving a 45-ton bulldozer.
Dig This, a Steamboat Springs company that puts you in big machines for the heck of it, was in town at Wagner Equipment preparing for its Father’s Day Weekend Dozer Days. You pay $130, and dad (or mom) gets 20 minutes on a D8 track-type bulldozer and a 328 excavator. But who’s going to tell you it’s time to get off? And why do boys love bulldozers?
“Fifty percent of our clients are women. It surprised me too,” said Dig This owner Ed Mumm. “But it’s always the inner child, man or woman. We never grow out of it. We’re all just fascinated by it. We’re mesmerized.”
Driving one of these monsters is like climbing into one of the giant robots in “Avatar.” Get out of the way because I’m coming at you with 45 tons. That’s a lot of inertia. And a lot of fun. And a little scary. Info at 888-344-8447.
Rugby grub.
The French Rugby Team, in town last week for the Churchill Cup International Rugby Tournament, went for a light lunch Thursday at Buckhorn Exchange. There were about 30 guys, so they ordered up seven of the signature Buckhorn Big Steaks at 4 pounds each. But that wasn’t quite enough, so they ordered another five New York strips at a pound apiece. And they had to wash down the steak with salad, soup, baked potatoes, five bottles of wine, ice cream and apple pie. Then they were ready to scrum.
On the list.
Esquire rates the best bars in America, and Colorado has three of them: El Chapultepec, with a score of 79 out of 100; ; The Cruise Room, 78; and Minturn Saloon, 70. Very good considering that what I consider the best bar in the world, Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop in New Orleans, got an 84.
The White House announced Monday the names of this summer’s interns — very prestigious. We are repped by two students, Allison Frick of Denver and Yale Law School and Alexandra Levin of Littleton and George Washington University.
Roseanne and Louie.
Roseanne Barr lived in a trailer in Georgetown in the early ’70s, married motel night clerk Bill Pentland and had three children. Then she broke into Denver’s comedy scene, appeared on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” and went on to become Roseanne.
She returns to her roots Sept. 10, when she teams up with comedian Louie Anderson at the Central City Opera House to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Historic Georgetown Inc. Info at 303-569-2840.
City spirit.
Tix for Sting’s gig at Red Rocks last Thursday night went online at that afternoon for 75 cents EACH. I’m told A&E was shooting the concert for a special and wanted an extra-full house. . . . Travel Channel’s “Man v. Food” season premiere is Wednesday at 6 p.m. — featuring the Wing King Challenge at Boulder’s West End Tavern . . . Sez who: “It takes two wings to fly.” Eric Schaub
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