Attention, K-Mart shoppers! The latest blue-light special was the sale of former Nuggets star Kenyon Martin‘s Greenwood Village home, which recently sold for the bargain-basement price of $1.99 million.
Martin, who owned the place for seven years, paid $3.5 million in September 2004. The buyers, a couple from Sydney, Australia, bought the 2.3-acre abode with six bedrooms and seven fireplaces.
With the NBA lock-out situation, Martin has signed a one-year deal with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association.
NBA rules state that all players who sign in China won’t be able to leave the team and return to the NBA until the Chinese season ends in March.
Martin will be in familiar company, with J.R. Smith and Wilson Chandler, also former Nuggets who have signed to play in China.
Shake, shake, shake.
Who would have predicted that people would be so crazy about the impending opening of a steakburger and shake place?
But we’re told that fierce fans are practically salivating over the prospect of the first Colorado Steak ‘n Shake opening in Centennial.
They are going to have to wait a bit longer. The Midwest road-food icon at 8271 S. Quebec in the Quebec Village Center is scheduled to open Nov. 17.
“We’ll have a grand opening, but we’re still finalizing plans,” operating partner Mark Clark said.
Clark promised that “ground will be broken soon” on a second Steak ‘n Shake location near South Santa Fe Drive and West Hampden Avenue.
Milking a joke.
“Tonight Show” host Jay Leno sent a shout-out to Longmont Dairy on Monday during his humorous headline segment for the milk-maker’s brochure that says its milk “is unconditionally guaranteed until you drink it!”
Oops. Co-owner Susan Boyd, however, says her company appreciates the publicity.
“We have sent him some samples so he can see how good our product really is,” Boyd said.
The brochure was created by RedFusion Media in Redlands, Calif.
Roots.
On Tuesday, a group of Four Seasons Hotel Denver employees volunteered their time to plant 20 trees in Denver’s Harvard Gulch Park.
Tree planting is a global sustainability initiative of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, which has a goal of planting 10 million trees around the world. Any organization that is interested in signing up Four Seasons’ employees for tree-planting duties should call 303-389-3171.
Beer here.
Jim Koch, co-founder and television personality of the brew crew at Samuel Adams, popped into DB’s Wine & Liquor in North Park Hill last week and surprised store owner Dave Dawson.
Koch, in town for the Great American Beer Festival, said he wanted to see how beer was marketed in the store.
EAVESDROPPING
A landlord at Larimer Place:
“I’m glad it’s fall and relatively cool. In summer, I have heat intolerance. In winter, I have cold intolerance. My doctor feels I’m intolerant.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail pparker@denverpost.com.
