[kscherer]

Originally Posted by Kickaha It's Sam Hill. He was a railroad tycoon in the PNW. He built an estate for his wife out in the middle of nowhere on the Columbia Gorge, then went bankrupt. The Maryhill Museum holds her collection of Russian aristocracy memorabilia (she was a cousin of Tsar Nicholas II) including a large number of Faberge eggs, and it also houses a rather intriguing Rodin collection. She was friends with the sculptor, and he gave her his 'in progress' pieces as gifts. So you get to see how Fallen Caryatid morphed through his sketches in bronze. If you ever get a chance, go. It's near the 1/2 scale Stonehenge replica and the Goldendale Observatory.

Thanks for the history lesson (change made). Driven by there a million times, never stopped. Only reason I ever had was for the wine sampling, but Columbia Gorge wineries are mostly swill, so I never bothered to cross the river. Next time, tho …

Originally Posted by Kickaha Whorehouses are so there *aren't* headlines. As my prim and proper economics professors ex-father-in-law was fond of stating, "One does not pay a prostitute for sex. One pays a prostitute to leave discreetly." Beach Bimbo #3 is going to blab her fool mouth off. A prostitute is paid for their silence.

You may well be right about that. Until you're not, and this whole thing is in the news. Sometimes the story is too juicy … or pays more than the customer. Or perhaps in the age of cameras in every pocket (or out pointing at things) it would be smarter not to be seen walking into a place the locals would know only too well for what it is.

But who am I to know? Is there a smart way to do this? And don't you dare tell my wife I even asked!!

Originally Posted by pscates2.0 In theory, sure. But the allure of tabloid/TMZ/14-minutes-of-fame-for-boning-a-celebrity proves too strong for some. If I were famous, I think I'd just be a serial/chronic tug artisan*. I can't rat myself out, or give myself the drip. The risk/hassle factor drops to almost zero, provided you remember to pull your shades. I wonder sometimes if perhaps I share too much about myself here... *Possible cool band name or male porn star pseudonym? "Hey, have you heard Tug Artisan's latest album?", etc.

I'll stop laughing in the morning. Until then, I'm putting on Tug Artisans' latest tribute to Michael Jackson. Yep, I went there! But, you started it!