Dinner with the Mayor

We went to a new restaurant last night in our never-ending quest for yummy food...This is a Thai place we'd read rave reviews about and it definitely earns all the lovely things you want to say. Like many Vegas establishments, it has a wall full of autographed photos of the hosts standing next to celebrities. But, last night, we had our own chance to hob-nob with the famous: We ate dinner with the mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman and Mrs. Goodman.

Actually it was more like: we were eating dinner, they were eating dinner--different tables, same small room.

We were waiting in the tiny crowded foyer for our (luckily) reserved table when a couple entered and squeezed past us begging to be excused. I immediately recognized his voice from radio and t.v. His Honor stepped right up to the hostess, smiled his greetings, and then turned to go to "their" table over in the corner. A little frission of murmuring followed them across the restaurant because he is a very recognizable figure here in Tinsel Town (go to the link and look at the photos: he's not your ordinary mayor.)

They ate a quiet dinner, picked up their bag of left-overs, and exited, but this time he waved and acknowledged different folks, responding with a "thanks" to called-out congratulations on his re-election this week. Then he and Mrs. Goodman went out to their car and drove away.

So, that was our celebrity sighting for the week. Not that we have one commonly. We'd have to go to the shiny part of town for that. Usually I'm just sighting things I wish the city government could fix: trash, homeless people, graffiti. Maybe I should go to Bellagio next weekend and try for another Vegas-moment.