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Tuesday, September 06, 2005
We Have Tickets To See Debbie Reynolds…And You Don’t!
One of the benefits of living in Las Vegas is the ability to see stars of yesteryear for not a whole lot of money. And in this case, the tickets were free because the Coast Casinos love my mom and give her free show tickets. Oh wait, maybe these were 2 for 1? If so, Dad let me know and we’ll give you some cash. Anyway, we’re seeing Debbie Reynolds at the Suncoast. Debbie Reynolds is one of the old-time stars I love. I remember when she was on one of the Tracey Ullman shows and she was hilarious. Plus, I’m quite fond of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. I’m into the sarcasm, I am. I’m not interested in seeing most of the oldtimers that the Coast Casinos book, but every so often they get a gem. Several years ago we went with Leigh-Ann’s family to see The Smothers Brothers. After all these years, they’re still funny. We also saw Gordon Lightfoot - his music was great, but he’s quite the boring showman. The most exciting part of his concert, other than the music, were his gold tennis shoes.
Next month, we have one more fairly cheap show scheduled - The Bangles at The House of Blues. Neither one of us has ever seen them, so I hope they’re good. And if not, I hope the opening band is good and we discover someone new. If not, there’s a really cool little bookstore (The Reading Room) plus The Chocolate Swan next door. We’re easy to please. If you can’t give us a great concert, we’ll make do with a night out at a bookstore that has fabulous chocolate next door.
We finally had the birthday party last night. A night of Applebee’s riblets, Pepsi and chocolate cake. The highlight of gifties - a Landshut Cannibals hockey jersey, an Underdog t-shirt (the exact one I almost bought for myself last week) and a Starbucks giftcard. Mmm, free Starbucks. Alas, birth month is now over. I think this is the longest my birthday has ever lasted, and I can’t say that I minded it at all.
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i guess my gift of popsicles will be late.
jenB on 09/06 at 08:09 PM -
happy end of the month of birthdays~
what is Chocolate Swan?
jess on 09/07 at 04:34 AM -
Ooooh are you going to see the real Bangles? As in “Walk Like An Egyptian” Bangles? That would be awesome!
Expat on 09/07 at 10:34 AM -
Jess, http://www.thechocolateswan.com is a yummy chocolate store. They also have our beloved Peet’s coffee from San Francisco.
And Expat, yes, the real Bangles.
on 09/07 at 11:30 AM -
Have a great time at the show!
on 09/07 at 01:55 PM -
That is so cool that you get to see the Bangles. I remember rocking out to Manic Monday with my hair brush microphone back in the day. LOL
Expat on 09/08 at 10:18 AM
