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Ghosts of the Savoy

Posted on October 31, 2022 by ronbase — Leave a comment

Seated on a banquette in a corner of the Savoy Hotel’s iconic American Bar, sipping one of Priscilla’s Buck Fizzes, the celebrated ghosts of the hotel’s legendary past swirl around. The 2022 Savoy is a sleek modern, beautifully run hotel…

I Tripped Lauren Bacall

Posted on August 13, 2014 by ronbase — 5 Comments

This is how I came to trip a Hollywood legend. First of all, let’s set the scene: It is opening night at Detroit’s grand old Fisher Theatre. A new musical based on the classic 1950 Bette Davis movie, All About…

Misfits and Inglorious Bastards

Posted on June 4, 2014 by ronbase — Leave a comment

I went back to my past a few weeks ago–and discovered they were tearing It down. The past had been safely housed for over forty years inside the old gray stone monolith that was the Windsor Star on the corner of…