Vegas Magazine Articles

Diva Las Vegas Aug 2008 Bright Lights Img

When we last took leave of our errant adventurer (me), I was spinning a fanciful little yarn about Cher. So, here 'tis: Cher's 62nd birthday brought all sorts of fans out of the woodwork. Some I never would have expected-little old ladies with blue hair from the U.K. and the like- alongside die-hard fans of the here-and-queer variety that you just knew were going to be there. Now, months before Cher queried about turning back time, my friend Jimmy James already had bought tickets on-line to this concert. Jimmy had also (by way of his longtime best-y, Larry Edwards, a.k.a. Hot Chocolate) booked a gig at Piranha, arguably the chicest gay bar to hit our shores in some time, very hip, very swanky and overseen by a kid with a good head on his shoulders named Johnny Bacon.

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Diva Las Vegas April 2007 Img

I love the absurd-observing it, living it, partaking of it. Absurdity prevents life from becoming mundane. Case in point: Recently I was fondling the two ropes of 100 multicolored Tahitian pearls from Robert Wan that I'd tied in knots around my neck as an ascot at the recent Power of Love gala benefiting Keep Memory Alive, and upon commenting to a friend that the strands were long enough to use as a dog leash, I decided to try it.

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Diva Las Vegas April 2006 Img

I'd like to give special thanks to our corporate sponsor, AOL...blah, blah, blah...and thanks to all of you, without whom...blah, blah, blah...raised more than eighteen million dollars!"

"What!?!?"

"Did she just say eighteen million dollars?"

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Diva Las Vegas April 2005 Img

Keep Memory Alive, the fund-raising arm of the Lou Ruvo Alzheimer's Center, is one of those rare events that receive the full support of everybody in its community. Not because people feel that they'll be put in good stead politically with those who run the organization — although that's part of it (let's be honest, why do you think folks like Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo buy tables at some of these shindigs?

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