It is no longer a small town, but one of America's great economic success stories. Las Vegas has changed so dramatically and so rapidly, in fact, that it is not easy for newcomers to appreciate the funky small town that existed here not so long ago. Sunday night at the Stardust, a thousand kindred spirits met to turn back the clock at the fifth annual Old Time Reunion. The longtime Las Vegas resident. As the fastest-growing place in the country, Las Vegas has become a metropolis.
Natives are as rare as Carson City silver dollars.
Residents who moved here a year ago have stories about the good old days. Of course, some of them are so old they're having trouble remembering much of anything, but nostalgia flowed like wine through the place. I couldn't keep the smile off my face as I made my way through the crowd of characters. It was like being in a dream where you recognize the faces in the crowd. Damon Runyon would have had a field day getting the good word from Bobby the Midget, the world's shortest wiseguy, and Sam Angel, who operates a jewelry store out of his briefcase.