Trip Report — I Hate Philadelphia (Part 3)
Read MoreNote:Â This is the third of five installments of a trip report I wrote (unpublished) from February and March of 2012.
An Intellectual Lion: Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
Read MoreLike his more recent now deceased contemporaries Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and William F. Buckley and in the mold of great thinkers of yesteryear such as H.L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair, and even Mark Twain, he was a fixture on the intellectual circuit. He basked in the spotlight in a time when writers were afforded the same celebrity as rock stars. One colleague pined, “he was the man who knew everyone.”
Trip Report — In Search of Black Tail (Part 2)
In South Florida — “Michelle Bernstein’s,” located in Palm Beach.
Read MorePart 2 of a 5-part series on visiting Florida, Philadelphia, and later Atlantic City.
Bucharest 1989
Read MoreThis photo was taken in December 1989, just after the Romanian Revolution. I’m standing In front of the unfinished Casa Republicii (House of the Republic) in Central Bucharest a short time after the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu. Casa Republicii, then under construction, was to be the new government center for the Romanian Communist Party. Ceausescu oversaw its construction personally, which essentially bankrupted the nation. It still stands as the world’s largest office building. But he never saw it completed. He was shot by a firing squad on Christmas Day in 1989.
Trip Report — Confessions of a Twisted Mind (Part 1)
Read MoreThis is the first of a five-part trip report to Florida, Philadelphia, then Atlantic City.
A Statement by Nolan Dalla on the Settlement Agreement on Pokerstars’ Acquisition of Full Tilt Poker
“Full Tilt Poker’s actions during both the pre- and post-Black Friday period, represented an unprecedented level of irresponsibility and a grotesque violation of trust. The damage these industry outcasts have done to players, public confidence, and the game overall lingers and will not be forgotten nor forgiven until the principals have provided explanation, apology, and restitution.”
Read MoreWhen Masterbation Becomes an Olympic Sport
Read MorePassing through a crowded casino this weekend, I couldn’t help but notice hundreds of people – primarily men – crowded around several television screens at one of the bars. You saw the photo, you read the headline — so you can easily see where this is headed.
Hitting Life’s Reset Button
Read MoreIf you could go back and live your life all over again, would you? Most of us would probably answer – it depends.
Hell on Earth: The MGM Grand (Las Vegas)
Read MoreIn the late 1960s, Howard Hughes’ ushered in a new era — the corporate-ownership of casinos. The Mafia gradually moved out and the bean counters moved in. What a terrible trade-off it turned out to be.
Restaurant Review: The Flame Steakhouse (El Cortez Las Vegas)
Read MoreUpdate: Â The Flame Steakhouse closed its doors for the final time in 2014. Â The replacement restaurant at the El Cortez is not recommended.
Facing the Firing Squad
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