I knew that once I walked into one of these places, I had better have a hotel room nearby because chances are, when my time inside the lounge ended, I would need to sleep until way past noon. Life as an alcoholic had its advantages--one usually got plenty of sleep, but in retrospect, what a waste of time it was now that I have common sense I didn't have back then.
NICK LEONARD might have one of the best collections of old Las Vegas anywhere in the world. While browsing, I just happened to come across this red and very distinctive cocktail glass with a cherry, a sign that once beckoned me to enter and let the fun begin. But I ramble on, the best way to judge this marvelous collection by Nick Leonard is to take a look at his photostream, especially the VINTAGE LAS VEGAS group.
I have added this glowing masterpiece to several groups where I believe it will get its just due in praise and awards. I love it, and I rarely use the word "love" to describe anything but my first love of my life, which was either alcohol or a woman I left behind. Time will tell, but its too late now for regret. I shall just go on in to the cocktail lounge and continue writing the great American novel about love, war, fast cars and the 60s.
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- My dad's dad, my grandfather, was nine years old when President Lincoln died from an assassin's bullet. Most people think I am speaking of my GREAT GRANDFATHER. NO, I am referring to my dad's father, my paternal Grandfather, Robert Levi Huffstutter, born in 1856. What does this information have to do with my profile? It might help the reader understand that I have a sense of being much older than I am in that only one generation seperates me from President Lincoln. This causes me to respond differently to society and many current events. In many respects, this is to my benefit, in other respects it dates my mindset. Perhaps this is the reason I value the moral standards and idealogies of older Americans, the men who were the soldiers and sailors I saw when I was a small boy,the men and women who fought a war for freedom without any doubts posted by a media with a questionable lack of national unity and purpose.
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