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Everybody Has One...
Every trip to the town is memorable for some reason but one stands out in my memory. I sometimes refer to that one as...
An Evening With Sammy
This one actually took place in Reno but it could have taken place in Vegas and, anyway, Reno is just like Las Vegas, except smaller
and more bow-legged. Sammy was a fixture of Vegas for years and there's a section in there about when they dim the lights in Vegas in someone's
memory and a story about how when he played Vegas the first time, they wouldn't let him in the front door and...oh, just read the piece on...
Bringing Down the House
One year, a bunch of us stood witness to the demise of the Hacienda Hotel. It was to make way for a new one then called "Project
Paradise." (It's now called Mandalay Bay) You may find it an interesting period piece to read...
"This Is The Big One!"
  
This article about Redd Foxx isn't exactly a tribute. Though I found Mr. Foxx fascinating, I never particularly found him
funny...on stage, at least. But there are a number of great anecdotes about him, especially relating to taxis in Vegas. The older cabbies
there still talk about times they picked up...
Selling Out
It must be wonderful to be one of those headline acts in the big showrooms, right? Well, maybe not all the time. Read the
story of...
He Doesn't Write the Songs...
...but I'll say this for the man: He puts on a helluva live show. This column brought a lot of folks out of the cultural
closet. They wrote how liberating it was to admit that they liked something their friends didn't. And, in truth, after I wrote this, a
lot of my friends told me that they, too, liked...
On the House
Vegas visitors love to win money...but almost as good is when they feed you for free. Here's the inside scoop on...
What Happens in Fantasyland Stays in Fantasyland
That's a picture of the Excalibur Hotel in Vegas...I think. I'm a bit confused, and I'd be even more confused if I tried to go
from Vegas to Disneyland and back in one day...
By Myself
This one occurred years ago but it's still fresh in my memory. It's the story of one trip when I suddenly found myself...
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