(Yes, I'm behind on my e-mail). I was totally struck by how completely you described a restaurant I went to oh ....20 years ago?....in Denver. I think it was called "Casa Blanca". Had a huge reputation. Total total kitsch. Sort of Las Vegas meets Branson atmosphere. Complete with plastic snakes, monkeys, etc., various floors/levels almost mezzanines with plastic and real tropical foliage, ropes swinging through the middle, dancers and singers in the dark some doing tricks of sorts on the ropes, waterfalls, waiters and waitresses in complete costume and accent.... it was the most indescribable place. I sometimes wonder if it still exists. I sometimes wonder if it ever did. I hadn't thought of it for a long time. Your post recalled the bizarre experience. Julie Krueger ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html