Amy VanDyken wants to dance with the stars.
The Colorado native and six-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming is working in radio in Phoenix. And a kind of groundswell is starting there and here to get her on “Dancing with the Stars.”
She talked of her quest to fellow morning jocks April Zesbaugh and Steffan Tubbs on the 850 KOA Morning Show — and VanDyken and I gabbed about it too.
“Everyone is always asking me why I’m not on the show,” she said. “My producer talked to them and, well, why not? They’re casting in December.”
She is tall for the show at 6 feet, but dancer Maks Chmerkovskiy would fit just fine. VanDyken admits that she doesn’t really know how to dance and she admitted to Tubbs that she’s capable of busting out an Elaine dance groove from “Seinfeld.” But she’s ready and fits the mold perfectly as a former Olympian.
And the show might be a nice break from her morning radio gig — 5:30-10 a.m. on 98.7 The Peak in Phoenix. She’s living in Phoenix with her husband, former Broncos kicker Tom Rouen. No kids. “I’m allergic,” says VanDyken.
Log onto Facebook’s site “We Want Amy VanDyken on DWTS” and “like” it.
You’re so good-looking.
Travel & Leisure magazine gives Denver a shout-out for having the ninth most attractive people. We’re so cute. “Even though the Mile High City ranks second for its microbrews, there’s no need to pack your beer goggles when coming for a visit.” Unless you’re going to the DMV.
Charleston, S.C., gets the nod for the No. 1 most attractive people. The least attractive is Memphis. Maybe, but I love those Rendezvous ribs.
Drink up.
George W. Bush’s book “Decision Point” starts with the biggest decision he ever made: To stop drinking. And it’s well-documented that it all happened at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs — though the hotel has “no comment on past or present guests.”
Bush’s birthday is July 6, but his “official birthday dinner” was a Saturday night later in the month. He gathered some pals to the Broadmoor to whoop it up. “We had a big meal, accompanied by numerous sixty-dollar bottles of Silver Oak,” Bush writes. “We got louder and louder, telling the same stories over and over. At one point Don (Evans) and I decided we were so cute we should take our routine from table to table. We shut the place down, paid our colossal tab, and went to bed.”
The next day, Bush writes, he woke up with a “mean hangover” and went for his morning jog. “When I got back to the hotel room, I told Laura I would never have a drink again. She looked at me like I was still running on alcohol fumes. Then she said, “That’s good, George.”
And he never drank again.
City spirit.
Barolo’s Truffle Festival has been extended for another week — more of the pungent fungus arriving Tuesday . . . Former Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine in town Monday signing his book “Street Player. . . My Chicago Story” at 7 p.m. at Guitar Center . . . Sez who: “Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” Ernest Hemingway
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