A frosty webcam shot of the snow-covered former “Real World: Denver” house from this morning.

– This isn’t the most exciting news in the world, but I figured I’d let you know what was going on at 1920 Market St. last week with the red carpet, marked-off street and red-coated valets milling about the entrance. We previously told you about how the house sold to a father-son investment team for $3.3 million earlier this month.

– It seems that last Saturday they threw a private party to celebrate the acquisition of the building. An inside source gave us these details: “These two guys are opening up a restaurant called The Abbey in that space. A making for a great party — awesome decor/atmosphere, DJ, free flowing booze and good catering from Jax — but the vibe/attendees were lame… I would say there were about 100 people total — which seemed small in the huge space…”

– “Not a real Denver scene-y crowd,” our source continued, “I didn’t know anyone except the Kentwood City realtors — there was no media but the invitation indicated it was to be a media related/invited event. (Executive producer) Jim (Johnston) was not invited by the new owners (two gay guys who will start up the Abbey) but someone told him to come…” (emphasis added)

– Speaking of Johnston, whom you may remember from this amusing encounter over the summer, I spotted him at the Larimer Lounge last week for a Bright Channel, Hot IQs, Everything Absent or Distorted show. Apparently he was drunk on tequila and looking for me so he could kick my ass, or so I heard from my friend Barry, a Denver Post co-worker that he angrily mistook for me. Ah… how awesome would that have been? A producer of a crappy reality show taking a swing at me for writing a gossip blog about it? Absurdity knows no limits, friends. I heard he felt bad about it the next day, though, according to people at the house party. Hangover, anyone?