| Posted: 25 July 2016 at 9:46am | IP Logged | 5
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Had a weird sort of Thru-the-Looking-Glass moment, this morning. When I was 10, my family visited Las Vegas, and we stayed at the hotel Sal Sagev, which my father pointed out to me was "Las Vegas" sort of backwards. In 1960 I thought that was just the coolest thing ever. Since I will be in Vegas in a couple of weeks, I thought I might check to see if the place is still there. Then I remembered I live in the 21st Century, so I googled it. (Here comes the looking glass moment.) I found there was a hotel with that name -- until 1955. Then it had become the Golden Gate. . WTF?? Now, mind you, I was breaking one of my own rules, here, and looking at the first Google response that came up, which was Wikipedia. But other sites also confirmed the name change and date. My childhood was crumbling around me. To distract myself from my obvious insanity, I clicked over to "Images," and found a bunch of antique postcards. I was surprised to find I actually recognized the shape of the building. And those cards dispelled the miasma of madness. Yes, there had been a name change in 1955 -- to the attached casino. The hotel had remained as I remembered, at least for a few more years. So, once gain Wikipedia proves itself a reliable source!
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