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Tuesday night we were taken out to dinnerat the Kung Fu restaurant by Chris Creeand John Chew, and although we were firstdropped at the Kung Fu School, I think itbecame quickly apparent to our taxi driverthat we weren't really dressed for martialarts, and he had the common sense toreorganise our journey! Nuala and I sat withThe Great Bearded One, aka NigelRichards, and as always, he was good andfun company.Wednesday we did a bit more moochingand then hit Caesar's Palace for a night ofRod Stewart.... Ageing he may be, wrinklyhe may be, but my goodness,he's growninto that voice! Fantastic night and a sell outat the theatre. Deservedly so.42L E T T E R F R O M A M E R I C AOn our last full day we visited the Luxor, the Mandalay,The V Variety show at The Miracle Mile in PlanetHollywood and NYNY. NYNY and The Venetian woulddefinitely be two other hotels I would consider staying at --both had character and charm. The V Variety show wasAMAZING! We bought tickets off Vegas.com which did50% off VIP seating when we went -- you couldn't sit muchcloser if you were part of the act! A small intimate theatreand seven fantastic true "variety" acts.... I'd recommend itto anyone visiting Vegas!The Riviera Hotel itself is great -- not too busy, but cosy....Staff get to know you and everyone is very helpful...wehave had the feeling that at some of the other hotels wewould be lost in the crowd, but this has a homely feel to it,and a sense of history. The upgraded room that waspromised if we tweeted or FBed our reservation wasindeed forthcoming, and I ended up in a room that wouldcomfortably have put up half of the Collins division....However, as my little leprechaun friend Nuala hascommented, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, what Igained in size,I lost in view.... I however, LIKE overlookinga car lot!For what we paid, I think this was an excellent venue. Ihave just measured the mattress on my bed (sad but true)and it is 18" deep!!! No wonder "certain" people have toclimb up onto it! Clean hotel too, and the nonsmokingMonaco Tower was a definite bonus.
L E T T E R F R O M A M E R I C ACan't actually conclude this without some mention of theDeuce buses that run every 15 minutes up and down theStrip -- aside from being a welcome respite from theunremitting heat, they are an entertainment system all ontheir own! It seems that just about everybody talks toeverybody on there -- every journey was a mini capsule ofamusement. Two bus drivers joined in the fun -- one byshouting, "Let my people be free" every time anyone wantedto get off the bus, and then saying thank you in about 8different languages every time he asked people to move upthe bus. Everyone was in stitches. The other driver worthy ofmention was a lady with attiTUDE! At one point someonewas panicking that she hadn't stopped the bus at her stop....Over the microphone came, "Stop your damn hollering...I'vebeen driving this bus for 28 years and I sure as hell knowwhere the stops are by now...if you don't shut up, I'll justcarry on driving...." So funny the way she said it -- some ofthose drivers should be on the stage!!Can't do this report without mentioning the Irish one... ( she'dbe apoplectic if I called her " British" right now, as she's flyingthe flag for Iron -- Ireland to those who don't know!) We havehad a great week together, and I consider that as her unpaidtranslator I have done a sterling job! Although I’m the onewith the language problem apparently.... How was Isupposed to know that Mocha is pronounced "Moka" and not"Mock-ah" and that what I consider to be a "seeded bagel" isin fact called an "everything bagel"! I mean,c'mon!!!! Thanksto our new friends Shelley and Jason Ubeika for clearing thatone up! Great craic on Wednesday night with those two, andMark Kenas...what an entertaining man he is!! We havelaughed so much this week; I'm glad we shared theexperience, Nuala.... It's been a giggle.... Finally, on to theSCRABBLE...58 bonuses played over the tourney, asfollows:OVEREATS CONIFERS WAILERS DIARISE SNORTINGSMARTEN CONTESTS SANGUINE DILUTION TOERAGSFAINTER VERBATIM RESINING ASTRIDE OUTGAZEVARIATED SNAILIER CARTONED WAIVERS DOCTRINESALIENT SARDINE FREQUENT UNSNARL DECIDERSGRANNIES SINGLED ASTRIDE CAROUSEL PORTABLEBARONIES SALTIRES SPACIER ENTICES ARGUERSTINGLES FRONTMAN ANTIRED ROSIEST SOCIATESNAÏVETÉ PLEATED SERIALS RATIONS ABJECTSTIDINGS POSTERS OUTRANGE ATRESIA LOOTINGCISSIES ADMIRES RETAPING ARIETTES ADONISED and OSSETRAS... 43
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