Las Vegas | Desert Pines | Danny Gans

Tuesday | 6 February 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada: I had a very quiet morning, dropping the guys off at Desert Pines Golf Club and then doing a little (mall) shopping. The wind has really kicked-up and the golfers had a little trouble with gusts, but they enjoyed the course and scored better than yesterday. We drove down Las Vegas Blvd. to drop Matt at his hotel and, for you Dear Reader, I composed two drive-by photos from the BC2's window:

Paris, Vegas-style


New York, Vegas-style

Added later: Matt had reserved three seats at the Danny Gans Show tonight. We were very excited to see the show, but because of a traffic problem, we nearly didn't make it to The Danny Gans Theater on time! With the high winds, a sign was ready to blow-down on to the strip, so the police CLOSED Las Vegas Boulevard! It was a hassle (for DT) but the three of us managed to get into our seats before the curtain went up - and we spent the next 90 minutes laughing! Danny Gans was very entertaining.  He is called "the man of a thousand voices", and though we only heard about 100 of his voices - all were excellent. I especially enjoyed when he sang a famous person's "theme song" but changed the words. Usually, it was a scream! DT laughed so hard during the Michael Jackson skit, (I'd blow my nose, but I don't have one) I thought I was going to have to give him CPR. After the Michael Jackson skit, Gans does an Elvis skit. He walks on stage, in Elvis hair and a fancy leather jacket, doing a very good aged Elvis. He introduces himself: I used to be Michael Jackson's father-in-law. The audience laughs and he continues with: "Hey, you'd come back too, if he married YOUR daughter." Gans did everyone and anyone. It was a very clean show, his talent is impressive and his show is hilarious. Guess he really may be "Entertainer of the Year".

After the show, we decided to walk across the street and have dinner at Puck's Postrio Cafe in the Venetian Hotel. Just light snacks to give us energy for a night at the tables since our theme for the night was: "You Have to Bet Big to Win Big". This theme could have been "You Have to Bet Big to Lose Big" - but not tonight. We were lucky at the Venetian! It was fun and it happened quickly... but it did happen and I will happily report it is more fun to win at the tables than it is to lose at the tables.

We walked back to the Bellagio (where Matt is staying) to finish out the evening at the tables in their casino. DT was quite lucky at the Bellagio and Matt did well also. We were really having so much fun, but it was getting late and we bid our farewells to Matt. (Matt will be meeting-up with us in March in Philly for the A-10 tournament, though he rudely will be rooting for the UMass Minutemen.)