Ashley Day, 23, and Susanna Roy, 29, on Thursday help kick off the grand opening weekend of Hooters Hotel, on Tropicana Avenue, formerly the San Remo. Photo by K.M. Cannon.
Ashley Day left her nanny job at a Las Vegas day care center to live the dream.
Susanna Roy, who was one of the first women in the U.S. Marine Corps to navigate a C-130 refueling plane, is making Snickertinis at Dan Marino's 13 Martini Club.
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"This is the person I was meant to be," said Day, 23, on Thursday, one of 200-some Hooters Girls on hand for the grand opening weekend of Hooters Casino Hotel.
At Green Valley High, "I hated the cheerleaders; now I'm one of them," Day said.
"I used to make 400 dollars a month. Now I make 400 a night," she said.
It was shaping up as a great 29th birthday for Roy, who was doing media interviews and mingling with celebrities such as Carrot Top on Hooters' orange carpet.
"Three days ago I didn't know how to make a martini," the mother of two said.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Britney Spears and Josh Duhamel join John Elway, Roger Clemens and Marino in the Legends Celebrity Invitational Charity Poker Tournament at the Palms this weekend. The invite-only poker event includes a Playboy fashion show and many celebrities. ...
The street-renaming trend continues today when Fashion Show Drive becomes Mel Torme Drive. Dedication ceremonies start at 10:30 a.m. at the southwest corner of the Dillard's parking structure. Torme, a jazz icon and a frequent Las Vegas headliner, joins the company of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, who recently had their names put on streets near Interstate 15. Torme, who died at age 73 in 1999, wrote "The Christmas Song," with its famous opening, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire."
MAY I RECOMMEND ...
The grand opening of Hooters Casino Hotel runs through Sunday, with a celebrity lineup that includes Marino, an NFL Hall of Fame quarterback, Gene Simmons of KISS, Cindy Margolis, Brooke Burke and 200-plus Hooters Girls. Saturday: Pool party and pig roast at noon, a Super Bowl pre-party at 3 p.m., Hooters Calendar Girls introductions at 7 p.m. Sunday: Super Bowl and Calendar Girls festivities, 1 p.m. For more information call 584-6687
SIGHTINGS
Music mogul Clive Davis, having lunch Thursday at Carnegie Deli in The Mirage with Larry Pfeifer, a local Internet concert provider. During his long reign at Arista Records, Davis discovered such stars as Barry Manilow, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin and Whitney Houston. Las Vegas is so hot everyone is looking into the music scene, Pfeifer said. ... Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks, who celebrated his 75th birthday this week, getting a standing ovation Wednesday at N9NE in the Palms by a packed house that serenaded him with "Happy Birthday." The standing O came as chef Barry Dakake, accompanied by former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas, marched out of the kitchen to deliver a hot upside-down pineapple cake -- Banks' favorite -- and a chocolate raspberry cake. ... Trey Parker, co-creator of Comedy Central's "South Park," at Tabu in MGM Grand with his wife, Emma Sugiyama, on Wednesday night, celebrating their marriage. They got hitched in Hawaii about a week ago and honeymooned in New Zealand. ... Sig Rogich and former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, having breakfast Thursday at Envy Steakhouse in the Renaissance. ... Carey Hart, who recently married singer Pink, at Sushi Roku in Forum Shops at Caesars Palace on Wednesday night with friends.
THE PUNCH LINE
"Let me sum up the State of the Union for you: We're in good shape. Not as good as Exxon, but still pretty good." -- Jay Leno
