Hunka-hunka Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker and his equally stunning fiancé and country pop singer Jessie James tied the proverbial knot Saturday in Castle Rock.
The bride posted a handful of photos from the celebration on her Instagram account thejessiejames. The ceremony took place at St. Francis in Castle Rock followed by the reception at the impressive Castle Cliff Estates, according to Internet reports.
The cute couple (I’ve met them and they are cover girl and guy gorgeous) met through a mutual friend and struck up a phone relationship.
The newlyweds have jumped on the reality show bandwagon by letting the E! cameras roll and capture their lives and loves on the new show “Love and Other Contact Sports” debuting on E! late summer.
The series will “chronicle the sexy young couple’s road to the altar as they juggle careers, relationships, family and more,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Decker reportedly received permission from Broncos executive vice president of football operations John Elway before selling his soul to basic cable.
“He came in and talked to me about it,” Elway told reporters via www.MaxDenver.com. “I gave it my blessing.”
Photographic memories
Local award-winning photographers Jody and Zach Zorn at Zorn Photography (the folks who just shot James and Decker’s wedding), are launching a donation program to help those affected by the Colorado wildfires rebuild their pictorial histories.
Twenty families will be selected at random after submitting an application — including name, e-mail address, phone number, former address in fire region, number of immediate family members and number of pets — and sending it to wildfire@zornphoto.com.
Applications will be accepted through Aug. 1 with winners notified by Aug. 15. Photo shoots will be scheduled for two dates in late August or early September.
Zorn Photography is seeking gift card donations from beauty, apparel (adults and children), home goods and grocery retailers to present to the families on photo-shoot day. Interested business should e-mail bfdonations@zornphoto.com.
Mensa not densa
Some would say that Steve Weil, third-generation owner of Rockmount Ranch Wear in LoDo, is one smart cookie when it comes to the Western wear biz.
But his business brainiac status was put to the test Wednesday when Mensa, the international high IQ society, ordered dozens of hats for its July convention in Fort Worth, Texas.
This is not the first time they ordered Rockmount hats according to Weil, president and grandson of Papa Jack (who was definitely a brainiac but used the term “egghead” liberally).
Visit Denver spokesmodel Rich Grant also picked up one of the simple straw chapeaus on Wednesday.
“I can’t swear that it’s made me smarter, but it’s the smartest looking hat I’ve ever owned,” Grant said. “I wore it while giving a 3-mile walking tour to the visiting Japanese travel writers, and was met everywhere downtown with smiles, and compliments on what a ‘smart’ looking hat it was. I won’t leave home without it!”
Does Visit Denver spokesman Rich Grant look any smarter in this hat from Rockmount Ranch Wear? We’ll let you be the judge. Rockmount owner Steve Weill sent versions of this hat (below) to Mensa, the international high IQ society. Mensa ordered dozens of hats for its July convention in Fort Worth, Texas. (Rockmount Ranch Wear photos)
Restaurant RIP
When former “Rocky Mountain News” and “Nation’s Restaurant News” reporter Dina Berta walked away from her career covering the restaurant industry, she jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
After a 17-year journalism career, Dina opted to join her husband, Frank, in a new culinary venture – Frank’s Kitchen – at 2600 High St. in Denver’s Whittier neighborhood. Doors opened on May 2011, and closed on Monday.
This is what the couple posted on Frank’s Kitchen Diary:
Goodbye and thank you.
The end happened as quickly as the beginning. Just three years ago Frank was sliding a check across a table to our future landlords and we were in the restaurant business.
On Sunday, sitting on the patio of Frank’s Kitchen, the buyer’s accountant was sliding a check over to Frank. It was a down payment to our asking price. And just like that, we closed our restaurant.
For all our stunned customers, friends and supporters let me tell you how we got here. I was not lying when you came in and asked how is the business and I said doing well. After about a year and half it was paying for itself. It probably would have turned the corner in the third year, especially if we obtained a liquor license.
It was in the pursuit of a beer and wine license that we came to a realization about who we are and the kind of life we wanted to live.
The alcohol licensing was going to take six months. We probably weren’t going to be able to serve beer and wine until November. Our lease is up in December. We needed the warm spring and summer months to recoup the investment in the license and product. That meant we would have to sign a new lease, most likely for five years.
The thought of another long-term lease made us both sigh, heavily. A little too heavily. That’s when we knew. We have worked extremely hard and for long hours day in and day out since we opened. Frankly, we’re tired and did not want to keep going. Some people have the restaurant business in their blood. We had to admit we did not. This was no longer what we wanted to do with our lives.
We listed the restaurant for sale on Craigslist.com.
Joe Van Dyke, aka “Jammin’ Joe,” a blues guitarist and restaurateur from Virginia was our first serious response to the ad. Jammin’ Joe has owned and or operated several restaurants in his life. He carved out a pretty good reputation for barbecue back east and wants to do the same in Denver. He liked our restaurant and accepted our price. He plans to open in early July.
Thank you everyone who supported us in our endeavor. We appreciated it more than you know. And thanks to our awesome employees. A few are staying on with Joe. May God bless all of you.
Shalom, Dina (and Frank)
Read the rest of the story at http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2013/06/franks_kitchen.php.
Frank and Dina Berta opened Frank’s Kitchen in 2011 and recently sold the Whittier neighborhood eatery. (Photo courtesy of Frank’s Kitchen)
Denver Film Society reaches $150K goal for new digital projectors
The Dude abides.
Or the dudes and the dudettes who contributed to the Denver Film Society’s Kickstarter campaign do.
The Denver Film Society needed $150,000 in donations today to reach its Kickstarter campaign goal. The money is needed to purchase four new digital projectors to continue showing films at Film On The Rocks, Starz Denver Film Festival and the Sie FilmCenter.
DFS reached its goal a day early on Thursday with nearly 2,000 contributors and more than $162,000 in donations.
Each $25 contributor will view an exclusive screening of “The Big Lebowski” on July 31 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Learn more at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1728212872/secure-the-future-of-the-denver-film-society?ref=home_location.
Eavesdropping on a woman trapped in the massive crowd on the patio outside of Elway’s during the Railbenders’ concert: “Every time I turn around, I see someone I don’t want to talk to.”
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