Steve Fey's Live From Las Vegas!

As I write, Tami is in the locker room of a strip club interviewing exotic dancers. Rather than paying to get in, which even the dancers have to do, she is getting paid to be there. Now I ask you, is that fair?

I thought not!

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This is really for all my readers in the Midwest and East.

It's been raining a lot in Vegas. A whole lot. Makes driving a bit messy. Yep, lots of nasty old rain. Oh, it's awful, I tell you, just awful. Terrible about all that rain.

-- Snort Snort!

Steve

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A couple of weeks ago we went to Cedar City to watch a few plays. I didn't review them because the season was almost over, but I will say that the bill was mixed. They did The Woman in Black, which came off as a very thin play, then we saw Tuesdays With Morrie, which showed that the two actors, and they were the same two actors, were much better than the material in the first play. Then we saw the new version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged. If you've seen this play in the past, you might like to know that over half of it is all new, although they did keep the audience participation bit with Ophelia just as it was. Huh? If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry about it.

A play we did not see is A Christmas Story, which would be based upon the movie which was written by Jean Sheppard. It's an annual classic event, in which young Ralphie simply begs for a Daisy(tm) Red Ryder BB gun. Does he get it? Well, in spite of a cynical department store Santa and other misadventures, he does. Now, we live in a Vintage Vegas house, mind you, and we like to have various vintage items on display. We have a couple of authentic lamps, for instance, and a room dedicated to 50s and 60s kitsch, plus a bar and pool table of course. So, it was with extreme glee that we found, at a garage sale in Cedar City Utah, the item Tami is shown holding in this picture.

Click on the image and you can see a somewhat larger version. Read the stock of the gun. Yes, folks, it is indeed an air rifle just such as is coveted by Ralphie in the movie A Christmas Story.

Now I ask you, is that cool or what? Cedar City, I forgive you for The Woman in Black.

S.

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Last night I took both daughters and one boyfriend down to Fremont Street for one more look at the Summer of '69. The elder daughter had never seen the place, that she could remember (she had, really) and she was tremendously impressed with the show. I said the last time how the shows this summer were the best they've ever presented. One reason is the new, higher definition screen, of course. Also, I actually paid attention to the show about Don McClean's American Pie this time, and I'm impressed with the amount of research and work that went into the production. That particular show will still be playing for a couple of weeks yet, I believe. You can check the schedule on the experience site, under the title of this post.

The picture above is of my daughter Kate watching the show. Here below is a sample taken from the middle of the production. The images are of actual menu pages from Las Vegas restaurants of the 1960s. The resolution is better than my cell phone picture would indicate. You can actually read the selections. The original Las Vegas is coming back, and if we keep getting productions like this summer's "Summer of '69 Returns," it will come back even better and faster. Kudos to the Experience for a great production!

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