Part 2 Recently there have been a number of flicks on the tube starring Frank Sinatra. They reminded me of the many times I interfaced with the singer in Reno, Tahoe and Vegas. The most memorable follows: An interesting side note to the local press was that unbeknownst to any of us, an enterprising young reporter Walt MacKenzie availed himself of a room service waiter’s … [Read more...]
Remembering Frank
Recently there have been a number of flicks on the tube starring Frank Sinatra. They reminded me of the many times I interfaced with the singer in Reno, Tahoe and Vegas. The most memorable follows: The jangle of the telephone around midnight usually is the precursor of bad news. When the phone rang for me at that time it was a cold wintry night with a storm in the mountains. … [Read more...]
A Range of Headlines
Every year I check the list of departed celebrities to see if I had personally interfaced with any of them. For 2017 and 2018 there was a surprisingly large number. Among them were Hugh Hefner, Don Rickles, Glen Campbell, Rose Marie, Keith Jackson and Jerry Van Dyke. Of all of them, I probably spent the most time with Van Dyke. I first met him when he was one of the … [Read more...]
More Riverside Memories
Perusing Jack Harpster’s “The Genesis of Reno” continues to bring back memories of my time at the Riverside. Although I spent only eighteen months handling the hotel account, there were many interesting events that occurred during that time. As mentioned in a previous column, my first interaction with the hotel occurred when Frank Johnson of the Nevada State Journal and I … [Read more...]