FOREWORD BY STAN LERNER: Downtownster does not celebrate its first birthday until February, but I still feel compelled to post the TEN BEST downtownster blogs of 2009. And while I think all of our blogs have been great, these are the ones that readers read the most and gave us the highest level of props [...]
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LAS VEGAS HAS AN ART WALK – TOO
As I rolled down the strip I knew it was going to be an interesting night…I offered Howard a puff on my cigar. “I wish I could.” “Sorry Mr. Hughes, I’ve gotten so used to you riding shotgun that sometimes I forget that you’re…well you know…” “Dead,” he said finishing my thought as he often [...]
A BLAST FROM THE PAST IN LAS VEGAS – NOT EXACTLY
“So you’re in Vegas staying at Fat Andy’s house?” asked Norm Rosenstein, my accountant, whom I put in charge of all of my former business interests from way back in my empire building years of insanity. “Yeah, he has an extra bedroom,” I responded…Norm usually gives me the business about my lack of interest in [...]
PRIVE, TAO, NOIR – LAS VEGAS GRAND SLAM
Foreword by Stan Lerner: WARNING! this blog is a sexual escapade. If you are offended by promiscuity do not read any further. And for my readers who demanded some Downtown Oliver Brown salacious behavior you owe me because this really tired me out. Roxy wanted to go to dinner—and I was confident that I could [...]
PALAZZO
Why in the middle of writing a script, “Downtown Oliver Brown”, I would hop into James’ Hummer and road trip to Vegas I don’t know. I miss the “Road To Nowhere”, gypsy, just irresponsible, need change of scenery, all of the above—whatever, I’m in Vegas. So why not a travel blog? This qualifies as work. [...]
THERE’S A NEW DON IN VEGAS
My history in Vegas dates back to the “Good Old Days.” If you know what I mean? And because of this, I’ve met a few Don’s in my time. But perhaps the most interesting of them all has recently come to power in Downtown Sin City, 624 S. Las Vegas Blvd—and that would be the [...]









