Elvis’s double bicycles through the streets of Acapulco, Elvis himself visits the fabled resort by means of backscreen projection. All, in short, is as it should be, and the song is delightful.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
A DEAN CORNWELL FOR TODAY
Illustration for The Red Shawl by F. Britten Austin, from the February 1922 issue of Hearst’s International Magazine
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NOIR BARS #3
Snow shoes . . .
MARDA
Marda Burton in her lovely French Quarter home. She is a writer, co-author of the definitive history of Galatoire’s restaurant, which you can find here.
ON THE TOWN IN LAS VEGAS
My friend John, in town from New York for a few days, after a satisfying meal at Mon Ami Gabi, before a less than satisfying night at the gaming tables.
I came to grief over a seemingly invincible full house, head to head against a guy who made a better full house on the river, not before I had gone all-in, in full confidence that I was about to take down a monster pot. He had called my all-in with his two pair, had me covered and left me felted.
Heartbreaking stuff, folks.