I thought Arizona was a desert, but I hear it’s flooding right now.
When I think of Arizona, I don’t think of lush, verdant fields and crops, much less apple trees. But that’s only because they never showed that on episodes of Alice, set in Phoenix in the 1970s.
This, however, is just as I imagine New Mexico would be, assuming both the feather-spangled Indian/Native American and conquistador are ethereal ghosts of the pasts.
Speaking of deserts in 1950s travel brochures, this, of course, was Vegas and poolside ping pong. But if you prefer to stay dry…
Are you up for a ghost town visit? It looks dusty and hot. And what about the Chinese Joss House? Have you ever heard of such a thing?
But this Ramona Room I could do. Happy hour drink specials? Air-conditioning? Tropical dancing and serenading? That I could definitely do.
I Don't Get It 
Interesting take on Arizona. I’ve only been through a few times and my strongest memories are of the beauty in the Painted Desert.
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I’ve never been, so I have no perspective. I hear the Painted Desert is lovely. But wouldn’t people start missing big green trees?
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“Trees” and “Arizona” don’t go well together in a sentence – from what I’ve seen. Unless you consider the tall things with prickles all over them trees.
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I thought joss just meant luck. Those are some mighty colorful posters you have there young lady. I think the only way I would enjoy a ghost town was if I were the first person to go there in 80 years. I think New Mexico has the same problem as Colorado. Too many Californians moving in. As for the Ramona Room, I’m with you. I’d go there in a New York minute. Grass skirts, floor shows and cocktails. My kind of joint.
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I read it means a Chinese religious statue or idol, but I guess those would bring good luck. Maybe you stop by for a little joss and then off to gamble!
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I will meet you at the Ramona Room. What time shall we say? You have missed your calling as tour guide, Kerbey. Could totally sell folks on fun locales 🙂
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Well, I would say I have to eat dinner first, but then what’s the point of cocktails? Let’s go early at 4pm, so we can get in as many happy hour deals as possible. And then if we stay late, doing the salsa and the meringue (wait, this looks like lemon meringue…), so be it!
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New Mexico State motto: “Not new, not Mexico.”
That was bitter sweet, wasn’t it?
A definite maybe.
Oh well, same difference.
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I lived in Phoenix for 18 months. People think the desert is barren and dead but it’s not. It’s quite lovely, especially in the spring. Too damn hot, though. That’s why I left.
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If only it could be one very long spring…
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It’s anything but. There are two seasons on Phoenix: hot and insufferably hot.
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Ramona Room.
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I want to strike it rich, Kerbey! The Ramona Room it is. Oh, then they have to go and stick In Fun into the ad. Nevertheless, it look like the kind of place for our whole gang to gather, does it not? When’s the last time we all took in a floor show like that? I have never been to Arizona, New Mexico nor a Chinese Joss House, thanks for asking.
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It’s been awhile since the whole gang got together for drinks and dancing. I’ll see if the Ramona Room is taking reservations. I want a drink inside of a pineapple with a red hibiscus flower near my straw.
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I, too, want a drink inside a pineapple, and I will place the red flower behind my dear wife Karen’s ear. Kerbey, that is a plan that we all need, pronto.
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