L.E.Fant of Las Vegas: Las Vegas Style FREE Recipe!! Las Vegas Limited Edition Collector images of Old School Motels.

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MAN KILLED BY SHARK OFF SAN DIEGO, CA!! FIRST SUCH DEATH IN MANY YEARS

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Two bedroom suites available at the Lamplighter.

Old school charm here.

The Gatewood offers smog checks as well

as accommodations in a cubist environment?

POLL:

Most agree that El Pollo Loco and Chipotle Mexican Grill have the healthiest ingredients of the major chain take out restaurants.

Wendy’s Burger (chain) consumed by Nelson Peltz.

The billionaire has added Wendy’s to his portfolio which includes Arby’s. Apparently Wendy’s has been losing ground (beef?) to her arch (intentional pun) rival McDonald's. L.E. guesses this answers the question “where’s the beef?”

What to do?
Interest rates (maybe 3.05%) on our savings accounts are at a level which L.E. believes do not keep up with inflation (check out gasoline and food prices).

Stock prices, even of many stocks which report improved earnings, seem to be down around 25% from last year and there is still fear among many analysts (and stock holders) that recent recovery is just a classic bear market rally. If true many of us will be devastated, especially those of us who face having only a few years in which to recover financially.

Many of us now live in (to classify as “own” appears pretentious in this climate) homes which are now valued (by comparable sales) at perhaps half of the amount one paid for it.

Should we buy gold? Should we live and be merry, spending our savings? Cash in our stocks? Or buy more in the hope that the market (stock and housing) has “bottomed?”

HERE IS ANOTHER ABSOLUTELY FREE AND FABULOUS LAS VEGAS STYLE RECIPE FOR YOUR DINING PLEASURE COURTESY OF LAS VEGAS CELEBRITY AND PERENNIAL RACONTEUR L.E. FANT

LAS VEGAS STYLE RAUNCHY RUBEN

Today, while attending to business at the magnificent Las Vegas City Hall, L.E. had the pleasure to converse with a Chicago native who missed her beloved Ruben sandwiches (made the Chicago way).
L.E. pondered and recalled a recipe he used some while ago for his Las Vegas Style Raunchy Ruben:

Ingredients (for two sandwiches).
4 slices of Rye bread of your choice.
8 oz of shaved best quality corned beef or pastrami if your desire).
½ cup or so of thousand island dressing with 2 tsp red enchilada sauce mixed in-(or use Russian for traditional taste).
3 oz of well drained sauerkraut.
2 big slices of good Swiss cheese.
Pat of butter.

Method:
(While admittedly tedious L.E. believes the steaming makes a moister, more succulent and, therefore, delicious sandwich than does mere grilling-if you can’t be bothered with steaming use a skillet and grill instead)
Set up a steamer (Chinese style or saucepan with water and grid).
Pile 1/2 of the meat on greaseproof paper or plate in the steamer, top with the cheese. Steam until piping hot and cheese nicely melted. Warm the sauerkraut in the steamer or in a pan.

Meanwhile butter one side of the bread slices, grill until golden.

Apply the dressing generously to both insides of the bread, fill by piling in the meat and cheese, add the warm sauerkraut on top, cut in half and consume while hot and melty!