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| Angela Shilling (KTVN), Bill Henderson (CVI), Arianna Bennet (KTVN), Sarah Sanchez (CV Food Closet) |
Food
Drive Another Success: Thank you to the thousand plus individuals and
businesses who came out last Friday to donate and volunteer. The weather wasn’t
perfect but that didn’t seem to dissuade the generosity of our community. After
a long, cold and sometimes damp day, over 176,000 pounds of food and over
$50,000 in cash (including $20,000 from the CVI) was collected for the Carson Valley Community Food Closet – both
totals are an increase over the 2014 event. Also, 58 units of blood were
donated with life-saving potential for over 150 lives. For a pictorial
review of the day, click here to view the images put up by Megan Evertt, owner of Blank Slate Imagery. And for a summary of
the full picture in northern Nevada including Reno, Carson City and Carson
Valley, take a look at this KTVN wrap-up report.
No Cookies & Milk for These Santas!
Not to worry, there will be plenty of other ways to lift Santa's
"spirits" at the Gardnerville Santa Crawl this Saturday from 6 PM to
8 PM in downtown Gardnerville and you can bet that Sharkey's Casino and our Silver
Dollar Bar will be right in the middle of the fun! The Gardnerville Santa
Crawl was started a few years ago by Troy Phillips (a certified Sommelier) at Battle Born Wine
and Ryan Lamb (protector of the infamous Picon Punch recipe) at J. T. Basque Bar & Dining Room. Their
mission was simple: raise some money for local charities and stir up some
business right before Christmas. Over the years, they have succeeded in both! To
participate, simply go to one of the startup points (Battle Born Wine and The
Overland this year) and donate $10.00. You'll receive a card with logos
of all the participating businesses which are the Overland, JT, Battle Born,
French Bar, Buckaroo's Saloon, Sharkey's Casino and Nevada Ugly. All that money will go equally to Austin's House
and the Carson Valley Community Food Closet, two local organizations
which receive annual support from the Carson Valley Inn.
World’s Fair Comes to Katie’s: The Exposition
Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris,
France from April 15 to November 12, 1900 to celebrate the achievements of the
past century and to accelerate development into the next. We’ve tried to capture just a bit of the
spirit – with a seasonal Christmas twist – in our Paris Turn of the Century World’s Fair Christmas Tree located in the middle of the main
Katie’s dining area. Among the many ornaments are hats, Paris scenes, bird
cages, feathers, Victorian ornaments, a Ferris wheel and even a silver Hidden Mickey.
The tree was decorated at floor level and it took four strong
men to lift it into place. Just
who does all
this Christmas decorating at the Carson Valley Inn? How long does it take? We’ll tell you more about the people and the process in next
week’s blog on Wednesday, December 23.
Christmas Dinner Specials in Katie’s and CV Steak: Garlic-Studded
Slow-Roasted Prime Rib of Beef or Fillet of Sole Stuffed with Crab,
Shrimp and Scallops in CV Steak . . . and a Traditional Roasted Turkey Dinner or Applewood Smoked Molasses and Five Peppercorn Crusted Pork Loin in
Katie’s. For times, prices, accompaniments
and all of the other details, click here. Oh, and of course we’ll
also serve all of our regular menu items on Christmas Day in both restaurants .
. . just the usual Friday Night Specials will not be available. If you’d rather
have Christmas Day dinner at home with the family, we have a solution for that
approach also: our Christmas Turkey Dinner To Go for Up to 10 People.
Reminder to Get Your New Blue Bordered INN
Club Card: We have finished switching
our slot management software and all of the player card readers. INN Club cards
with the red border no longer work and everyone who has not
already done so needs to stop by so we can print you a new blue bordered Inn Club . . . .
you’ll also need to reset or change your PIN number. Your point balance remains
the same, all the benefits remain the same, you just need a new card!
Race
and Sports Book:
- This week you can watch and bet NFL and College Football, Horseracing, NBA and College Basketball, and NHL Hockey.
- The PRO PK’EM jackpot is $4,556 on this week’s progressive parlay card.
- Quick, what do the following words all have in common: Cure, Pinstripe, Potato and Military? They are the names of four of the 40 NCAA Bowl Games to be played over a 15 day period starting this Saturday. We'll be showing them all in our casino bar area . . . and taking action on the bowl games in our Sports Book.
Cabaret Lounge Entertainment – No Cover, No Minimum – Free! Jonathon
“JB” Barton performs tonight, everydaYSaints
entertain Thursday, Stew Stewart and his band take
the stage Friday and Saturday nights, NFL
Football is on Sunday and Monday Nights and George Pickard returns next Tuesday and Wednesday. everydaYSaints (yep, that's
how they spell it) recreate just the hits from your favorite modern
country and pop artists. The group’s founders, singer/songwriters David Lee and
Dale Nishizaki, are rounded out by Bea Valenzuela on vocals and Perry Capalbo
on bass/vocals. Stew Stewart is our resident quick-witted, handsome (his
opinion) and stingingly spontaneous resident Entertainment Manager. Always
a crowd favorite with his ability to genuinely connect to the audience, a Stew Stewart show has something
for everyone . . . country music, blues, oldies, comedy, classic rock, Motown
and just plain ol' on-the-spot fun! A Nevada entertainer for five decades
(or is it six now?), Stew has settled into the Carson Valley after appearing at
over 100 state and county fairs, many as the opening act for artists such as
Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Marie
Osmond, Herman's Hermits, The Drifters, The Coasters, Willie Nelson, Kenny
Rogers, Dolly Parton, The Oak Ridge Boys and more! Stew's band is a show
in itself and they will be joined by Stew for his performances at 8 and 10 p.m.
or whenever he moseys in!
As Always, Interesting, Helpful and Even Useful Tidbits and
News
- Tonight is Ladies’ Nights and the first 150 ladies to sign up receive a Free Christmas ornament and ladies-only drink specials. Hot Seat drawings tonight are World Market Gift Baskets.
- Chef's Choice Game Special Friday, Prime Rib Saturday, King Crab Sunday in CV Steak: Our Friday Game Special this week wasn't available yet when this blog was posted - but the chef always has one! Saturday night its Garlic Studded Prime Rib for $26 and Sunday's special is one pound of King Crab Legs for $32. All these specials are served with fresh vegetable, choice of rice or potato (au gratin, baked, or a one-pound, twice-baked), tableside tossed salad and warm demi-loaf of bread.
- Because We Feel Like Mentioning It:
- Today is Chocolate Covered Anything Day. Not sure what's been going on lately, but it seems just about every week there's a reason for us to bring up items we make in our bakery and sell at the CVI. Some of the chocolate covered items we offer: Chocolate covered fudge cake and brownies in Katie's, chocolate covered donuts in Job's Perk and chocolate covered lava cake and Grand Marnier cheesecake in CV Steak. We're guessin' that the folks in CV Steak will probably drizzle chocolate on just about anything on Chocolate Covered Anything Day!
- Friday is Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. If it's so ugly that you can't wear it to the office, save it for the Santa Crawl in Gardnerville on Saturday night!
- Friday is also Bake Cookies Day. If you spent the whole day looking for your ugly Christmas sweater, don't worry: you can just stop by Katie's bakery counter or Job's perk – we've got plenty of Baked-at-the-Inn cookies for sale.
- Sunday is Games Day which was created 40 years ago in December, 1975. How remiss would we be if we did not mention that between the Carson Valley Inn, Bodines Casino and Sharkey's Casino we offer over 1000 games for you to play!
- Monday is National Flashlight Day. To celebrate, we have a free Carson Valley Inn flashlight for the first 12 people (as in the 12 Days of Christmas) who come to our Guest Services counter on Monday, December 21 (not before) and mention they read something about a free flashlight in our blog.
- Monday is also Short Story Day. The end.
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