Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, 1970 Jimmy Van Heusen ready with a frying pan

ready with a frying pan behind its back

Blossom Dearie

The Ship Café was the place to go in Venice

originally a street dance in Cuba

and every conceivable luxury in the shape of cooked dishes

Crystal Room, Desert Inn, Las Vegas, 1970 Jimmy Van Heusen ready with a frying panThe Desert Inn was one of Las Vegas's most iconic and cherished hotels and its legendary Crystal Room hosted a galaxy of stars over many decades. In its opening years it was the stomping ground of stars such as Noel Coward and members of the Rat Pack. The hotel's most famous guest the billionaire businessman Howard Hughes came to stay in 1966, renting the top two floors, and liked it so much that he bought the property a few months later. It was one