urban memo on December 13, 2007, at 07:40PM – #1

I will likely be there.

Desert Bruin on December 14, 2007, at 01:16AM – #2

I likely won't. Too far to drive, just to slip and fall on my fanny. By the way, up there in room 835 of the hotel overlooking the square, it was not J. Edgar Hoover who had the Kennedy brothers over the barrel following JFK's 1960 nomination at the Sports Arena, as reported by NPR's 'Frontline' fifteen years ago. (The question being: had JFK been blackmailed into accepting LBJ as his running mate). JFK's secretary had overheard the conversation between the brothers; however, she did not know that the brothers' father was operating behind the scenes, i.e. - pulling strings, had seen that JFK could not be elected without a southerner on the ticket. The father and J. Edgar went way back, had mutual friends in The Family..... Oh, what they (Giancana/Sinatra) would do to Monroe up at Cal Neva Lodge at Tahoe... THAT is another story. But at the start of the convention, Times columnist Jack Smith was looking out of a window above the Olive Street entrance to the hotel when JFK's caravan pulled up. A mob of screaming fans engulfed the candidate before he could get to the front door. Smith felt a chill run down his spine.

Terry on December 14, 2007, at 03:14PM – #3

^ I believe the hotel in question is the Biltmore.

meekorouse on December 17, 2007, at 02:57AM – #4

hmm still thinking about it. I don't skate but won't mind coming by to say hey and cheer you on, and maybe take a few pix if it's not too cold out.

meeko =)

Urban Bruin on December 17, 2007, at 09:10AM – #5

We'll likely pass on the ice but will stop for a visit with the dogs.