Far be it for me to steal Vernons thunder regarding his beautifully done series of STTE: My Experience…. All I will say is, its close.

I cannot express enough how well this series is created. Vernon is a real artist in my opinion. Those who are fans of STTE will be thrilled with what he has in store in up coming segments. I told him last Saturday that what he has done is to put those of us who were mere patrons of Quarks, into the STTE as as insider almost. It makes one feel as if they were an employee. I, for one, am greatful for that and his series is well worth seeing (waiting for) when he releases them. He is very passionate about this work of his and he deserves a huge round of applause.

Without giving anything away that has not already been brought to mind. He has enough video, photos, info, interviews, etc to make his 12 segments and perhaps more.

It really was sad to sit at Space Quest bar (drinking), turn around and see the Wall of Shame, but I do have a lot of photos from downstairs and great memories along some fantastic friendships because of STTE. That place had no pretensious people there like those Ultra lounges that every strip hotel has. Quarks truely was an equal opportunity atmosphere.

Of course, the characters were the icing on the cake, that made you feel as if you were actually in Star Trek….I still have faith it will rise again.

Jim,

We were out in Vegas this last weekend and met up with April, Vernon and others from STTE. It was very nice to see them all and we had a blast.

About the future STTE, we all talked about it and and the group all agreed that they should bring it back and soon, that much is a given. But one thing that did come up is that the onwer of Neonopolis will or is going to renovate the entire Neonopolis, not just the STTE part. This calls for big plans with developers, architechs, city planners, etc. With that in mind, it is no simple feat to get the thing up an running. I am not defending the long wait by any means, it has been way too long and it needs to be back with out a doubt. Spending time with the former actors was both a pleasure and sorrow at the same time because we all miss STTE so much. It was our escape in an eascape to Vegas as one friend put it.

The one bit of joy in a sad way is that we stayed at the Hilton ( free rooms, why not?) and the Wall of Shame is still there and nothing has moved in to the old location of STTE. Biggest mistake those corporate bigshots ever made at Resorts International, Hilton does not actually own the place, they “lent” them the Hilton name. Which ever exec that was he/she is most likely out of a job for not being a litlle more compromising on the demands of a new contract to stay open longer. If Gerry reads this, he knows what I am thinking about those execs (R.B.s).

STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE news:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/05/kling-those-hopes-trekkies/

It used to be that every kid wanted to be an astronaut. Now every kid wants to make it in the big leagues while wearing bling.

God save us all.

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