Basecamp Silverton

Come support the Silverton Jamboree! James and the Devil play their reliable Rocky Mountain Redneck Rock on the patio at the newly-opened Stellar Bakery & Pizzeria (1260 Blair Street, next to the old jail). $5 will get you in the door, drinking Steamworks beer on the patio for the entire afternoon while you're waiting for the fireworks. Families are welcome, and kids 12 and under are free. See you there!

Lacey Black, singer-songwriter-pianist, plays originals and covers at the San Juan Grill in Silverton. Come enjoy the great food, music, and atmosphere! http://www.LaceyBlack.net for more info.

What is the latest word on the whereabouts of Winston Churchill? I can't believe his dramatic exit into the wilderness is the end of the story...a soul forever lost, nothing more and nothing less. Such drama seems out of character for someone who was so guarded and complex.

From the Desert...Otto

Found on MSN's homepage on Sunday, March 29th: Highways to Hell. Turns out our little highway is number two on the list!

Greg Custer, of San Juan Grill fame, has re-opened the Cow Palace at 1124 Greene St (at 11th)! Stopped in this morning for some inaugural eats, and had the Ebelheiser Special with hash browns, cheddar, basted eggs, bacon, and topped with pork green chile. The perfect Sunday morning meal at a very affordable price.

Greg says he'll be open just for breakfast at this point, starting at 6:30am, and is shooting for seven days per week. Soon, lunch will be served as well. Dinners are still happening up the street at the San Juan Grill.

They have no phone line, so there's no credit card machine, which means cash-only.

Nice work, Greg. Off to a great start!

By now, most everyone has seen last winter's Silverton Mountain segment in Warren Miller's 'Children of Winter'. Whether or not this was the impetus for a whole new crop of film crews to show up may not really matter... as they're out in force this winter.

In my regular news feeds and Google Alerts, I see most of what is being put up on the web from Silverton. Here's what I saw over the winter:

Teton Gravity Research was here in January with Dylan Hood and Dash Longe filming in the backcountry, and have posted some video to their 'Almost Live' series, titled 'Throwing down in Silverton, CO', and the newly-added Episode 3.

Poor Boyz Productions have been in Silverton for a few days now with John Symms, Simon Dumont, Peter Olenick, and Jake Largess, riding and shooting in the backcountry. They have written about it on ESPN.com. [UPDATE: the guys wrapped up their trip with another photo/blog entry on ESPN.com on March 11th, and a post on Peter Olenick's blog.]

And, of course, Shaun White has been filming here for Red Bull and Burton. He just won another comp in Park City, UT, and talks about his time in Silverton in an interview on ESPN.com.

You can bet that next fall's crop of ski and snowboard films will feature a lot of this year's great footage. Stay tuned...

As of 6am this morning (Feb 25th), Durango's KSUT, home of NPR, has moved to a MUCH stronger transmitter at 91.5 FM. if you couldn't get it before in some parts of town, chances are you get it now!

Read the press release from KSUT here.