It’s a bird, it’s a plane … you know the rest.
A Superman-type stunt will take wing between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Tuesday when the Red Bull Air Force base jumpers will take a dive from the 45th level rooftop of the Four Seasons Hotel Denver to the third-level outdoor pool at 1111 14th St. In other words, they will attempt the world’s biggest belly flop.
RBAF team members Jeff Provenzano from Arizona, and Miles Daisher from Idaho will be jumping. The RBAF is a team assembled from the most accomplished and experienced skydivers, base jumpers, wing-suit fliers and paraglider pilots on the planet.
With gold medals in virtually every discipline and numerous world records on their resumes, the team members combine for more than 100,000 skydives and 6,000 base jumps.
Throughout the year, they perform more than 50 demos including air shows, major sporting events, motorsport events as well as skydiving, base jumping and paragliding competitions in the U.S. and abroad. This is the first RBAF jump in Denver.
Guests attending the monthly poolside summer soiree from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday will have the opportunity to experience the base jumpers up close and personal. The poolside event is raising funds for the Colorado Scholarship Coalition. A $25 suggested cash donation is accepted upon entry into the event.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/223956597757305/?ref=22.
Miles Daisher, top, and Jeff Provenzano, below, will jump from the 45th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Denver onto the hotel’s third-floor pool, bottom. (Photos courtesy of RedBull.com and Four Seasons Hotel Denver)
They say it’s your birthday
Diamond dude Michael Pollak, owner of Hyde Park Jewelers, is celebrating the big 6-0 (he’s much older than I am since I don’t hit that number until December) Wednesday at Izakaya Den’s rooftop.
It’s a guys-only gathering orchestrated by Michael’s wife, Shereen. The festive evening includes drinks and dinner followed by dessert and cigars. In lieu of gifts, Pollak is asking his guests to make a donation to Denver Health Foundation. Izakaya Den is located at 1487-A S. Pearl St. in Denver.
Happy B-day, Michael, and let me know what 60 feels like.
Screen scene
LaLa’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, 410 E. Seventh Ave., brings back its annual Movie Under The Moon event on Wednesday across the street at Governors Park.
This year’s movie is “Labyrinth” starring David Bowie. The movie starts at 8:30 p.m., but those attending the free event should show up early for prime seating, as well as pizzas, meat and cheese boxes and popcorn for sale.
Peroni and Svedka vodka are sponsors, and will set up bars in a beer garden in the park, with a featured Svedka cocktail available in the restaurant.
All food sales will benefit the Rocky Mountain Hyperbaric Association for brain injuries.
“The purpose of this event is to bring the community together for a night of fun, and to support a good cause,” said Eric To, Lala’s general manager.
Portable chairs will be allowed in the back of the park. The movie company will rope off the middle of the park where chairs will not be permitted. More information: www.lalaswinebar.com.
Culinary creativity
Who has the culinary chops to become “The Next Culinary Voice?” Find out when Pat “Gabby Gourmet” Miller and chef Michael Long host the competition, presented by JP Morgan Chase, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mile High Station, a benefit for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Seattle Fish Company presents the VIP reception where guests will mingle with celebrity judges and competing chefs. Judges include Mark DeNittis, president and founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute of Meat; Jenna Johansen, competitor on Bravo’s “Around the World in 80 Plates” and recently named Innovation Chef at Epicurean Catering; Matt Selby, executive chef and owner of Corner House, and Elise Wiggins, executive chef at Panzano.
Each chef competitor will create a signature dish to be served to the judges and roughly 200 attendees who will cast their votes for their favorites.
Competing chefs include: Aaron Bernstein, sous chef at Panzano; Ian Chisholm, executive chef and owner of Amerigo; Jeff Kenser, executive chef at Vista at Applewood; Doug Mace, executive chef at BaReD; Sean McGaughey, executive chef Opus/ Aria and Thach Tran, sous chef ChoLon Bistro.
Attendees will receive a cookbook from the event with two personal recipes from each of the competing chefs and judges, as well as chocolate from Veree Chocolates.
Tickets are $125 for VIP, which includes a meet-and-greet session with judges and competing chefs; $75 for general admission. More information: 303-296-6610 or colorado@cff.org.
Patxi’s Pizza’s slice of the pie
“Inc. Magazine” has ranked Patxi’s Pizza No. 24 on its annual list of fastest growing food and beverage companies in 2013’s Inc. 5,000 – up from the No. 32 ranking in 2012.
The annual ranking system lists the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States. Patxi’s Pizza, with Colorado locations in Cherry Hills Village and Cherry Creek, ranked 1,217th overall, making it in the top 25 percent of growth businesses this year, and the company has experienced 342 percent growing in the last three years.
Patxi’s owns and operates nine locations in the Bay Area and two in Denver with plans for expansion in both markets this year.
“Patxi’s Pizza is once again excited to be a part of such a legendary list,” said Patxi’s CEO William Freeman. “We have been working hard to grow our business and have been extremely well received in our newest markets in Denver and San Jose. Our fresh authentic pizza seems to speak for itself and we are looking forward to bringing it to even more new customers. We have expansion plans for Seattle and Southern California.”
More information atwww.patxispizza.com.
Eavesdropping on a woman at a 40th high school reunion: “I’ve been seeing some of the football team and it looks like they traded in their six-pack abs for kegs.”
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