{"id":55,"date":"2009-08-21T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/8\/21\/Abraca--OMFG"},"modified":"2021-01-25T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:31:32","slug":"abraca-omfg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/abraca-omfg\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraca – OMFG!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scarlett, Princess of Magic<\/strong> has settled into her new revue, Scarlett and her Seductive Ladies of Magic<\/a><\/em>, which finally gives me a reason to encourage people to visit the Riviera<\/strong>. The video below is taken from Scartlett’s family-friendly V Theater<\/strong> show (long since closed) but many of the same tricks are reprised, on a bigger scale — and with far less clothing. Her instance, the one-piece has devolved into a ‘barely there’ red bikini. Make sure your pacemaker is in working order.<\/p>\n

There’s some incredibly perfunctory toplessness from two assistants\/dancers but it’s Scarlett who brings the sexy — and how! If this doesn’t work out, she’d make a formidable contestant on Dancing with the Stars<\/em>, too. I’m no great judge of magic but Scarlett is definitely the most hot-cha Strip headliner not named Marie Osmond<\/strong>. In a classy gesture, Scarlett’s former presenter, David Saxe<\/strong>, was at the Riv last night amidst the well-wishers.<\/p>\n

As for the Riv itself<\/strong>, corner-cutting is omnipresent, sometimes amusingly so. The post-Scarlett cocktail party featured but a lone plate of bruschetta and some cheese cubes<\/strong>. When they were (quickly) gone, they were gone. The Riv is just hanging on by its fingernails, even if it’s not fallen off the cliff yet.<\/p>\n

Amazed<\/em><\/strong>. It looks like an open-ended run is assured for this afternoon comedy show, highlighted by guitar-playing impressionist Mark Rayburn<\/strong>. (After you’ve seen him, you’ll never take Gordie Brown<\/strong> seriously again.) Tickets are just a wee bit steep for a 2:30 p.m. show, but this is a winner, much better than certain comedy shows which I’ve seen and\/or reviewed<\/a> recently<\/a>. I can’t recommend it too highly. My more extended impressions of Amazed<\/em><\/a> and Scartlett<\/em> are due for publication in the near future.<\/p>\n

Buffet bulletin<\/strong>. No word yet on whether MGM Grand<\/strong>, Luxor<\/strong>, Excalibur<\/strong> or Stratosphere<\/strong> are reining in their all-day buffet specials. Ben Bernanke<\/strong>‘s confidence notwithstanding<\/a>, optimism in Vegas should be tempered with caution<\/a> … and price increases probably should not even be contemplated until those downward-trending visitation numbers start heading up<\/em> for a change. One needn’t be an economist to see that Nevada’s recovery, when it happens, will be slow in coming.<\/p>\n

The juice behind the juice<\/strong>. Could the speedy restoration of Priv\u00e9<\/strong>‘s liquor license, following some cosmetic changes in management, have had another motive? Like maybe a precipitate dropoff in Planet Hollywood<\/strong> foot traffic? Xania Woodman<\/strong> reports, you decide.<\/p>\n

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Goliath gets a clean bill of health<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Goliath adopted?<\/strong> There’s a glimmer of hope that little Goliath<\/strong> may soon find a new home. Why then am I so melancholy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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