Saturday, October 29, 2011

Bathroom Remodel

I decided to remodel my bathrooms.  They were sooooooo ugly and I noticed they were beginning to fall apart.  It took about 5 weeks total to do 2 bathrooms as it was mostly done on the weekends.  Rafael my saint, did the work along with a few helpers along the way. 


Here is the original bathroom.  Ugly, Circa 1981.


Here are the finished results!!!!









Sunday, October 2, 2011

History

I found some photos of me when I was in the casino business.  I opened up the first casino in Shreveport, Lousiana called the Shreveport Rose.  Probably named after Michael Rose, but perhaps also because Lousiana is also known for their lovely roses.  It was a time of pure Hell and wonderful friendships and fun.  Sometimes when you experience both simultaneously you want to forget it for a long time, but some good memories surface.  Regardless, I have an old picture of me.  Brings back good memories this day.  I brought the camera as I always do.  We flew in on a small plane where the boat was being built, which for some reason I want to say was Natchez, or someplace like that.  Anyway, it was funfilled day and I am glad that some memory was captured.  I spent 20 years in the gaming industry, only 5 of which were in Louisiana, The Shreveport Rose and the Shreve Star.