Just read about the Peppermill temporary closing, hope the "temporary" is true and the remodel is more functional than aesthetic, yes??

The recent residency QODs have me wondering about Debbie Reynolds' history in Vegas. I know for awhile she owned a small off-Strip casino where she performed but how did all of that come about? We saw Kenny Kerr at her showroom but the casino seemed too small (with few machines and possibly no table games) to have ever generated any revenue.

Have MGM properties eliminated shoeshine stands from all of their properties? Recent trips found both MGM and Mandalay Bay shoeshine stands missing. I used to have at least one shine per trip and miss this service.

There was a place near Boulder Hwy. and Sahara Ave. called Spring Fever. It was a place for "lovers" to rent a room with a hot-tub jacuzzi and a bed. Now, the rumor was the proprietors were recording people through a one-way mirror and then the tapes ended up in European adult theaters. It also burned down, some say suspiciously. Can you shed more light on this place and the rumors?

Over the past several Sundays, we’ve highlighted our books on poker (The Moneymaker Effect), blackjack (Blackjack Blueprint, The Blackjack Life), history (Cult Vegas), fiction (The Vegas Kid), prostitution (Madam), and gambling classics (Comp City). This week we focus on one of our many books on the mob, Cullotta – The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster, and Government Witness.

I saw a steel girder superstructure on the former Holy Cow site, opposite SLS and the Bonanza gift store. Are they building something there?

Lately you’ve expertly answered questions about a number of Nevada casinos in a state of flux. As a former Las Vegas resident, now living in northern Nevada, I would love to know the story on the Ormsby House in Carson City. Neighbors tell me the place has been in a state of remodel/repair/"flux" for as long as they can remember.

Now that any final lingering trace of "Hilton" has been erased, with LVH having been sold and re-branded as the Westgate Las Vegas, can you give us the background on the building and its history? I seem to recall it being a fixture from when I first started visiting Vegas, back in the ’70s.

Your recent QOD (7/14/14), about longest-running contemporary Strip headliner, mentioned Lance Burton and the fact that his show ended in 2010. It made me think about ALL the former long-running headliners, like Elvis, Siegfried & Roy, Liberace, Wayne Newton, etc. Is there a list of long-running residencies? If there isn’t already a standard definition, I would consider long-running as 10 years or more, and a residency as doing at least 5 shows per week for at least 40 weeks per year. (Hmmm... Would the above examples qualify under my definition?)

I'm a Vegas limo driver and recently drove a wedding couple and their friends to Bellagio after their wedding because they wanted to take pictures in the Conservatory and by the Fountains. While by the fountain show, a Bellagio security guard came up and informed them that wedding pictures were not permitted anywhere on the property. I'm not sure why this is a rule or why you can take pictures anywhere on the property unless you're in a wedding gown, but this is what they were told. Do you have any clue why this rule exists?