Barry Manilow will jump-start the dormant theater at Paris Las Vegas, a prominent symbol of the recession for the city’s entertainment.
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As often happens, last week’s information about sources for homemade pizzelles brought more tips from Taste of the Town readers.
When is it time to say goodbye?
Death Valley Ranch, the remote Moorish-styled mansion in Death Valley National Park better known as Scotty’s Castle, continues to fascinate visitors as it has for more than 85 years. Located in Grapevine Canyon, the ranch served as a vacation retreat for wealthy Chicago businessman Albert Johnson and his wife, Bessie. Introduced to the desert in the early 1900s by Walter Scott, a colorful character known as Death Valley Scotty, the Johnsons developed a campsite, then decided to build a grand house. Construction began in 1924, but was never completed. The Johnsons provided the funds and Scotty the notoriety.
It would be like realizing in the operating room that your surgeon is Patrick Dempsey. Or that the attorney standing between you and death row is Andy Griffith.
Hal Prince didn’t spot them, or else he might have thought he was at a “Star Trek” convention — or even a “Star Trek” parallel universe.
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