PARKER: Bash gets new 'zine off to ice-hot start

By Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published February 2, 2008 at 12:30 a.m.

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Mayor John Hickenlooper shows off his Christmas pj's at the third annual Pajama Party to benefit the city's effort to end homelessness. The event was at the Residence Inn Denver City Center.

You know you're at a hot party when Rockies superstar Matt Holliday offers to swap places with a hunky models standing on a pedestal. "I want to get on those steps and do the model thing," he said, smiling. "I'm just kidding, but this is pretty cool."

How cool? More than 750 A-listers crammed into the The Cable Center at DU for the launch of Denver Magazine, a new lifestyle city- zine that debuted Friday.

The slick mag is owned by Michael Ledwitz and run by editor in chief Dahlia Weinstein, former Rocky society scribe and one of my gal pals. And in the interest of full disclosure, Denver Mag's copy editor is Mr. On the Town, also known as Greg Henry.

The Cable Center was transformed into a winter wonderland for the chic "Breaking the Ice" party, complete with stilt walkers in painted-on outfits, snow-jito cocktails and catering by Epicurean.

"This is quite a party," said Walt Imhoff, a seasoned Denver party veteran. "Who's here?" another partier asked. "Everybody," was the obvious answer.

TAKE TWO: The first time Mayor John Hickenlooper recorded the Friday morning wake-up call for guests at the Residence Inn by Marriott Denver City Center, he sounded like a Marilyn Monroe drag queen.

He taped the greeting as part of the third annual Pajama Party benefiting Denver's Road Home, the city's effort to end homelessness, in his "snowmans" pajamas and mom-made red nightshirt. Hick's little looper, Teddy, insisted that the family - including mom, Helen Thorpe - get matching "snowmans" pj's for Christmas. Take two of the taped greeting was better. "Good morning to you, good morning to you," the mayor crooned into the phone then continued his "don't forget the homeless" message.

The flannel-tastic event attracted a couple of hundred pajama-clad folks who slurped cocktails and sucked down snacks by Three Tomatoes while bidding on signed sleepwear from actress Keri Russell, activist Gloria Steinem, Broncos QB Jay Cutler, Gov. Bill Ritter, the World Series Rockies team and various Nuggets. The event netted roughly $200,000.

Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday through Saturday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail parkerp@RockyMountainNews.com.

• February 2, 2008

  10:14 a.m.

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  celi320 writes:

  I agree that was one amazing party, never been to anything like that in Denver!

• February 4, 2008

  12:44 p.m.

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  mike writes:

  eavesdropping on two elementary students in line picking up lunch. "Did you read the Penny Parker column"? "Yu think", " I'm in 3rd grade", I don't read useless bunkum".

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