What Happens in Vegas…’09
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
After driving all morning toward our destination on Sunday, July 12, 2009, the first thing that Bob and I did was obvious when we arrived in Las Vegas around noon: find an all-you-can eat sushi bar. We chose The Sushi Factory, the same spot we had previously enjoyed during our 2007 visit to Las Vegas. It was just as good as I remembered as we scarfed down the various delicacies. I mostly stuck to the expensive specialty rolls – which made up for the reasonable $21.95 lunch fee. Amidst the volcano, caterpillar, 310, the dynamite, and the myriad of deep fried, eel sauce doused raw fish, I was one happy camper. Still I didn’t quite stuff myself the way had during my previous visit. Read the rest of this entry »
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Michael Chapin came from a family of show business siblings. His brother and sister were both rather well known – Lauren for her role as Kathy in the popular family sitcom Father Knows Best, and his brother Billy for his starring role in The Night of the Hunter with Shelly Winters and Robert Mitchum – as well as numerous TV roles. Michael’s career had the least fanfare of the three, but he did star in his own series of low budget Republic westerns starring the Rough Ridin’ Kids. Among his other roles – albeit uncredited – were small parts in The Night of the Hunter with his brother and It’s a Wonderful Life.