Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that's waiting here for another delivery of something tasty. See, last week the folks at Uncle John's Farm Stand in Frisco came by with some delicious Rainier cherries, and we thought that others might heed their example and lavish us with tasty gifts. Hello? Is there anyone out there?

(sound of crickets)

Howzabout some a-dem nice peaches they make out on the Western Slope?

(a dog barks somewhere)

Or maybe some kind of tasty sandwich from some new restaurant looking to get the word out?

(a car backfires on the other side of town)

Or even something modest, like a bag of Skittles? We'll even take some slightly expired chips from the vending company in the back of the Summit Up Central Corporate Suites.

(a siren tears the night in half)

Oh well, never mind. This is an ownership society anyway, right? We shouldn't be taking handouts.

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Speaking of food, we notice there's a new snausages kinda restaurant getting ready to open in Frisco. It's some kind of German themed bratwurst den, poised to open its doors near the Junktique place. So we're looking forward to that (except the vegetarians around here, who want to know if they'll have Not Dogs?) Somehow, we're thinking the German snausage-making folks aren't down with the whole veggie sausage thing. But ya never know.

Also now open is the new restaurant where MiZuppa's was next to Safeway in Frisco. We should have a story in today's paper about it, and we're guessing it's gonna be on page 5, unless something weird happened and it showed up on, say, page 4.

Stranger things have happened.

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So we couldn't help notice that it hasn't exactly been broiling hot in the High Country this summer. Seems like every time we're outside trying to do something, we're either putting on a fleece or cursing ourselves for having forgotten to bring one. All's we can say is this: 7a) We'll take this over hunnert-degree horror like in Phoenix or some such place and cii) It's a good thing Fox News doesn't have a bureau in Summit County, cuz they'd be going off every day about how global warming is a hoax perpetrated on us all by Al Gore so he can get more money or some such thing.

Anyway, deal with it — and keep that fleece handy (as well as your Gloucester fisherman's hat, slicker and galoshes — it's been a might moist out there!).

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So it's Tuesday, which is a good day. It's not Monday, with all that freight that day carries. Nor does it have an unfortunate monniker like “Hump Day,” borne by Wednesday. It's not so vague as Thursday, nor fraught with possibility (which can soon be dashed) as Friday. Tuesday — it's the day for us! At least for today. We out.