Blast from the past

Today I’m busy on “Question of the Day,” Desert Companion and CityLife fronts simultaneously. As irrational compensation, here’s the one scene from Ocean’s Eleven that, more than any other, must be preserved for posterity. It’s also a nice look at the Sahara back in its glory days, before the succession of Paul Lowden, Bill Bennett and Sam Nazarian turned it into the biggest grind joint on the Strip. But let’s forget that for now and bask in the greatness that was Dean Martin.