Bonny West, watch her great Act

A while ago I wrote about my daughter Nathaly, who lives and works in Las Vegas Nevada. At this moment she is working at the Viva Elvis Show from Cirque du Soleil. She is a Cowgirl and worked as an artist since she is 15 years old. She was practicing with her dad, many hours a day.

As You click the link from the Elvis show You see that it is the last season and so, Bonny West ( that is her Artist name from the very start )has many idea's for new Shows, she is a real born Artist.
She just made a very nice website and You probably like to see some pictures of everything she has done so far. So here is the link and I hope You stay there a while. Bonny West Don't forget to put your speakers on because there is a video of her act as wel.

Nathaly and Tuson Big Mountain

Some Show News

Las Vegas has so much to offer and we are very fortunate to have some good friends and our daughter working there. One day, Nathaly came to us with a surprise. She had special event tickets for the "Mystère Show" from Cirque du Soleil, for our friend Brian Andro who is working at this show, they organised a surprise Party after the Show for his 80th. birthday. So we were standing on this great stage. His son had made a movie of his LIFE. We worked with him many years ago round 1960.

Then an other day Tuson Big Mountain our son-in-law brought us backstage of the new "Aria" the newest Luxury Hotel in the City Center from Las Vegas  He has a large working space and is a carpenter.

Backstage is enormous large and 6 stories high. Wow, I wonder how many people are necessary to operate all these large props and stages, up and down. The show is called "Viva Elvis"  Tuson told us there are 40 people during showtime working. The biggest surprse was a phonecall from our daughter Nathaly who got us tickets for this great show, the last day, before we had to leave, where she performs as  "Westerngirl."
We are so glad to be able to see her on this stage. She was wonderful.

I know, I am proud of her,  our daughter Nathaly (Bonny West)

Some news from Las Vegas

It has been awhile to write for my blog, but ofcourse I am on  holiday and I want to be as much as possible with my love ones.

First we went to our very loved place "The District", a place which looks like a small village in France, with nice shops and very good food. Like the Fish restaurant "Kings Fish House" where ( as a tradition) we go together to have some oysters.

After that we  spent a few days in the  Hotel Casino "Aliante" not far from my daughters home. With swimming pools and different Theaters and Restaurants. We got a good rest after this long trip from Europe to the USA

                                          

                                                                                                     

view from our room

 Coming home again to my daughters place, I love to sit in her garden, but only very early in the morning, or in the evening. It is extreme hot this May, Some days over 100 F what is 35C !

The  Sound of Las Vegas for me, is the wind singing through the high palm trees. Lilac flowers and a hummingbird the sound of spoons and beads hanging on a cord.The kitchen near, water boiling for my tea. Lovely to be here.

Away

Today is mother's day and it just started, so I will not write about this day yet. Many things has happened since the last time I wrote. On the 10th of this month May we went to the USA to visit our daughter , son inlaw and grandson. We have not been together for 14 month and so I am very exited. The flight we took was the first direct flight from Düsseldorf to Las Vegas, this year. Unfortunately this direct flights only go untill october. To get to the airport we asked for a taxi who came 30 min.late, because they mixed up the date of our travel. rrrrrr. Anyway we are here and that is great. Our grandson looked an other half a meter taller than last time we saw him. And Dieter almost past him. Luckely he reconized us still!!! We stay in their lovely home in Las Vegas.

 Nathaly and Tuson have a large talent to decorate the house. It is full of original paintings and many artifacts from around the world and special: Native American, beadwork, drums, flutes, masks and so much more. Everytime when you sit in the room Your eye gets something new.

Tuson's brother Buffalo and his lovely wife Athena were also there for only a few days. The three of them went for a Harley Davidson ride through the Red Rocks Valley. They drove for 200 miles that day, where all tired when they came come, but had the Day of their Life driving together. The family has many famaly members, but live all around the USA. Buffalo and Athena went back home yesterday to Wisconcin

Athena, Tuson and Buffalo Big Mountain

The Best for Last

That is true the best for last, I mean only for this blogchallenge, because this is the last post for the month of april 2012. I want to write something about my daughter, she is at this moment the last of our family Lange who is in Showbusiness, together with her cousin Rosi Hochegger. Artist Family Lange started in 1872 and I have made a DVD with a lot of pictures of all the generations and Video Films. It tooks me 6 month to finish it.

Family tree with the blue site of Oswin Lange who is the grandfather of Nathaly our daughter

Nathaly was sure at the age of 12, that she loves to be in Showbusiness like her parents were and so her dad and she started to practice after she found out what her act would be. She decided to become a Cowgirl, she loved dancing and that was a good opportunity to use that in her Act. She started to spin lasso's. Fortunately she met Vince Bruce in Amsterdam, so to say the best Roper in the world, he became a good friend of her and they practice together.

After lasso spinning she started to juggle with pistols and Whipcracking, so at the age of 15 her Act was complete and she started to work in Europe, mostly together with her parents. Her name
"Bonny West" For more pictures please click the link
She went to USA in Florida where her friend Vince was working in a Show named "Fort Liberty"

Not long after that, she started herself at that show and met her husband Tuson Big Mountain. He is a native American and worked with his family at the same show. A few years later they became husband and wife a very beautiful couple, but we lost her to that country so far away from us, and I lost a few tears about that. But she is happy and that matters most.

Together they moved to California and worked at the Wild Bill's for 12 years and We became grandma and grandpa, from a lovely boy, Jacodie.

That is not a baby anymore but a handsome teener

Now Nathaly and Tuson live and work in Las Vegas, what a town so many things to see and to do. Nathaly worked in different Casino's like the Wynn, and the Mandalay Bay, she was behind stage working wardrobe for the singer, but now she is again working as cowgirl in the
"Viva Elvis Show," from Cirque du Soleil.
We are so proud of her, and so glad that we have such a lovely daughter. Next month so that is very soon we will visit her again.

Home again

We are lucky that Nathaly has friends in Las Vegas who could give us tickets for a Variete Show, It was  great, with Show Girls, Tapdancers, very good, Magic show and Singers. We had a great time and bought the photo they had made from us, when we arrived. Here it is

On the road to Boulder City

Boulder City near the Hoover Damm

In the meantime we are back in the Netherlands, but the last few days in Las Vegas were very nice. One day we went to a little town called Boulder City. It has a lot to offer. Many curiosity shops. Handcrafts like knitting, Art also for bags . I talked to the lady and she is very interested in my own hautbags. I will see what to do with that.

My Art bag with picture of Dieters Grandma

hier some pictures from the different shops we visited.

A lot of Art even on the street

We had a snack in Boulder City but after that we went to our favorite restaurant and had Fish again

 Our last day we went to Makino a japanese buffet restaurant with sushi, tempura and chinese cuisine
Look at their website. Mouthwatering!

Bye Bye Las Vegas

Party time in Las Vegas

Party time in Las Vegas

What a nice day we had on the 20th of february. First of all it was the 20th.wedding  anniversary from Nathaly and Tuson and also Dieters birthday. So partytime!!!

In the night before we prosted with a good glas of Champagne and Nathaly brought in the birthday cake for Dieter.

Then on the morning of the 20th. we went first to the flea market in North Las Vegas. 

So manny people mostly Mexican families and therefore a lot of Mexican Music and food. Which I like a lot , it gives You the feeling  of being in Mexico.

 We walked a few hours and bought some little souvenirs.

We had  lunch in a nice place called Sedona lounge! Very good apetizers and a nice place to relax.

 After a rest at home. We went in to town and had Dinner at Mon ami Gabi

We finished just in time to go to the next place in V the ultimate  VARIETY show in the Miriacle Mile Mall part of Planet Hollywood.

Greenland

Manchmal muss man auch ganz normal einkaufen gehen.

Aber unsere Tochter liebt es mal was anders aus zu probieren so wir fahren erst mal nach?

Wohin fahren wir Nathaly?

Greenland ein Orientalisches Supermarkt. Es riecht dort schon ganz anders nach frischen Fisch und fremdes Gemüse. Klick der Link dort gibt es viele verschiedene Rezepte aus der Asiatische Küche! Da wir schon oft in der Far East waren kommt uns alles bekannt vor, und wir freuten uns auf die grosse auswahl welche es dort gab. Hier ein par Fotos. Und natürlich gab es frischen Fisch als Abendessen!

Schade das man es nicht riechen kann.

A nice place to go grocery shopping the Asian Supermarket. Click the link to get some idea of good Asian recipies.

District in Henderson

Heute sind wir zur District in Henderson gefahren, ungefär 20 km. Von Las Vegas. Ein herrlicher Platz zum Einkaufen oder auch zum Wohnen grosszügig beplantzt.

Ein Restaurant wo wir immer hingehen weil es soooo herrlicher Fisch gibt ist

King’s Fish House. Auch diesmal konnten wir nicht daran vorbei gehen.

Unterwegs trafen wir Little Vegas ein Lizzard aus  Australien. Er ist schon bekannt auf Facebook und man kan Fotos finden von Ihm under sein Name Little Vegas. Aber wir haben auch ein par schöne Aufnahmen gemacht

Nathaly Big Mountain mit Lizzard Little Vegas

Today we went to the District in Henderson a lovely place for shopping, dining and relaxing. We always have to go to KING'S fish house. The food is so good there. A beautiful lizzard named littlevegas was taking a sunbath on the ground and we were lucky to get such nice pictures with Nathaly our daughter en him.

Golf days at Las Vegas

Sonntag,Montag,und Dienstag waren Golf days wir haben 18 holes mit Buggie gefahren auf Durango Hills Golfbahn. Ein par 4 und par 3 Bahn aber bestimmt nicht einfach, denn es gibt sehr viele Bunker, und ich kann es wissen, denn ich besuchte sie alle!!

Trotzdem war der 1.Tag nicht sooo schlecht für mich denn, wenn man stablefort punkte zählt, hatte ich sogar 1 mehr wie Dieter. Aber das war nur der erste Tag, danach habe ich besser gar nicht mehr gezählt.

You know my husband is a golfer, that means he golfs mostly 4 times a week. I don’t .I only play when I am in USA so I did not play for one year. On the other hand, this time was not so bad . We played at the Durango Hills Golfcourse . The weather good nobody in front of us and no body rushing us,so I felt good.

First Friday Las Vegas

Seit October 2002 gibt es den “First Friday”in Las Vegas, Ein Platz zwischen Main street und Charleston street. Freitagabend besuchten wir First Friday es war sehr voll, tausenden meist junge Leute die sich allen besonders zurecht machen mit extreme Kleiding und Geschminkte Gesichter.

Auch die Jungs machen sich zurecht manche mit enorme Haar Fantasien

Die lokale Galerien haben alle auf und es ist sehr viel zu sehen in kleine in ein ander verschlungenen Räume. Wenn mann zufällig der erste Freitag vom Monat in Las Vegas ist, sollte man dies nicht versäumen zu besuchen 

Please click the link First Friday a nice place to visit while You are on a First Friday in Las Vegas

Las Vegas 3.febr.

LAS VEGAS

3.februar

Unsere Tochter keep us bussy! So heute sind wir in der Stadt gefahren und zwar nach das City Center Riesig gross mit viele schöne Geschäfte von Dior Lanvin Miu Miu und viele mehr. Auch gibt es verschiedene grosse Galerien . Eine der schönste ist von der Künstler Richard Mac Donald. Muss man unbedingt näher anschauen Er arbeitet in sein Atelier mit Künstler vom Cirque du soleil so wie Acrobaten, Tänzer, die im Ideen liefern und womit er dann zusammen arbeitet, und aus Wax seine Figuren macht.

Dann waren wir noch in der Galerie von Chiuly wunderschöne Glas Sculptures macht er u.a. Auch alle Glass Sculptures in der Bellagio Casino   www.chiuluy.com/bellagio

Im City Center sind noch grosse Casino’s u.a. Aria http://www.arialasvegas.com/

Muss man auch anklicken ist toll. Unser Schwiegersohn Tuson Big Mountain 

arbeitet dort in der Show von “Viva Elvis” wir hatten glück denn Er konnte uns reinlassen um zu zeigen wie gross das Theater ist, es umfasst 2000 sitzplätze. Vielleicht bekommen wir Freikarten bevor wir wieder nach Hause fahren.

Wir dürften uns noch etwas ausruhen zu Hause bei Nathaly aber schon ging es weiter abends im Casino Santa Fe www.santafestationlasvegas.com/ Das Casino ist nah bei Ihr Haus und es gibt viele Kinos in eine wurde der Film Black Swan gedreht den haben wir uns angeschaut. Wunderschön. Tolle Classische Musik Gute Schauspieler u.a.Natalie Portman geboren in Israel in der Hauptrolle, Mila Kunis from Ukraine,Vincent Cassel geboren in Frankreich. Watch the official vidio:

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3985807385

In english , again click all the links and You will find out where I am talking about . All nice Art Galerys and the big City Center in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas

2. Februar.


Sind mit Nathaly nach Ceasarspallast gefahren, dort die schöne Geschäftstrassen angeschaut "Das Forum" Wunderschön. Vor allem waren wir in einer Galerie.

T-10 Forum Shops (Third Floor)3500 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, NV 89109      

See map: 

wo Peter Lik ein Fotograf ursprünglich aus Melbourne seinen Fotos riesengross ausstelt. Diese Bilder werden auf spezielles Fotopapier mit Silber Belag von Kodak gedruckt und daher sieht es so aus ob Licht von hinten kommt. Etwas kitschig aber doch sehr wirkungsvoll schau mal nach seine Webseite 

Mann hat uns erzählt das er arm nach Las Vegas kam und Jahre in ein Trailer park in Las Vegas gelebt hat, bis er sehr berühmt wurde und jetzt in ein par Millionen Dollar Haus lebt.

Wir waren nicht so lange dort denn wir sind noch in ein Jet Lag und das dauert bestimmt noch ein par Tage. 


If You do not understand German than please just click the links from the German version it is about a Photographer from Melbourne Peter Lik who has an Art Gallery in many city,s but also two in Las Vegas.

Our trip to the USA

Ich werde weiter mal in Deutsch schreiben fűr unsere Freunde. Denn ab Morgen sind wir unterwegs nach Las Vegas denn unsere Tochter wohnt dort mit Ihr Mann Tuson und unser Enkel Jacodie. Die beiden haben wir schon 1 Jahr nicht mehr gesehen. Ich habe immer etwas Bauchweh denn richtig gerne fliege ich nicht! Aber was soll es. Zugleich ist dieser Blog dann auch wichtig fűr mich denn so kann ich wenigstens weiter űben mit Fotos usw.

Unsere Flugreise 1 Februar 2011

Wir haben es geschafft und sitzen im Flugzeug. Ich dachte schon es wurde etwas schief gehen denn beim Platz reservieren bekam ich auf dem Computer Bericht das ich mich melden sollte am Schalter. Was war geschehen?? ich brauchte einen neuen Pass , und darum war mein Visa welche eigentlich 2 Jahr gültig ist nun nicht mehr gültig. Wir mussten alles auf ein spezieller Touch Screen Computer neu ausfüllen und auch bezahlen. Es dauerte eine ganze Zeit bis mir alles gelungen war, aber dann kam die Nachricht "innerhalb 72 Stunden bekommen Sie bescheid!" 72 Stunden???? Ich will jetzt fliegen.

Nun wie ihr schon verstanden habt,  es hat geklappt, denn sonst sässe ich nicht hier. Wir brauchten allerdingst erst ein kleines beruhigungs Bierchen und das am frühen Morgen!!

Noch immer der 1. Februar

Unsere Flugreise ist noch nicht zu ende gewesen . Alles verlief eigentlich sehr ruhig. Ein par Filmen anschauen etwas essen und schon sind 9 und ein halb Stunden vorbei. Wir landeten in Washington und hatten Glück das der Flugplatz frei von Schnee war denn 

es hatte zuvor noch viel geschneit und der Platz war sogar geschlossen. Also alles prima, wir fanden unsere Koffer schnell und gingen durch die Passkontrole. Auch das ging ohnen Probleme, aber der gute Beamte dort zeichnete ein grosser gelbe Buchstabe B auf unser

Einreise Papier und ich sagte schon zu Dieter:” Dass bedeutet bestimmt nichts gutes”. Und ja , statt der Bagage weiter zu leiten nach unsere nächste Flug nach Las Vegas mussten wir in ein Buro, unsere Bagage mussten wir hinterlassen und unser Passporten abgeben. 

Es waren noch ein par Leute dort alle mit Schwarze Hautfarbe, wir waren die einzigste Weisse. Eine nach dem anderen mussten sie vor kommen und es wurde mit Tinte Fingerandrücke gemacht und Fotos. Dieter fand das gar nicht lustig und hätte am liebsten protestiert, aber ich habe im kalmiert. Lasst doch wir haben noch 1,5 Stunden zeit. Nachdem wir dort 30 Minuten gesessen hatten, rief ein Beamter uns, gab uns die Pässe zurück und sagte:” You are done.” Das war es, unsere Koffer hatten Sie nicht mal rein geschaut und was das alles sollte ist mir unklar, aber bei der USA Douane sollte man nicht viel nachfragen.

Wir kamen noch rechtzeitig im Flugzeug nach Las Vegas und der Pilot hatte Eile weg zukommen, die Passagieren hatten gerade platz genommen da rollte es schon auf zur Rollbahn, denn es wurde ein riesen BLIZARD(Schneesturm) kommen. So kamen wir 20 min. früher an in Las Vegas , aber unsere Tochter Nathaly und Jacodie unser Enkel warteten schon auf uns. Alles okay.

Our flight 1 februar 211

We did it we are at the plane, I thought something would go wrong, because yesterday I was not able to book my reservacion online and got the message I have to come to the counter from United Airlines. So there we are, the Lady said did You get You Visa from the ESTA

My brain started to react what was that again  and I rememberd that we had done that about 2 years ago. But because I had a new pasport that visa did not count anymore.

So luckely I could ask for a permit on a computer right there .It was not easy as I did not know it was a touch screen and pusht all the buttons I could find. Untill a steward showed me how it worked. After paying with my credit card I got the message,”Within 72 hours You will get Your permit” 72 houres??? what You mean??? I want to fly to day. Well es You understand everything worked out fine as I am sitting in the Plane to Washington Dulles at this moment. We had a small beer to calm down again from the stess.!

Still 1. Februar

Our trip was not finished yet. Everyting went smoothly. We watched a few movies , hat something to eat and so passed the 9,5 hours flight. We landed in Washington Dulles, 

lucky that the airport was open. We got our lugage and went throug the Douane everything without any problems, but than this officer put a big yellow B on our papers and I told Dieter:",that is not very good it means something with our luggage," and so it was. We had to go to an other office and leave our luggage in front, we had to give our Passports and there we were the only white people. One after one had to come to the front there fingerprints were token and pictures made. Dieter wanted to make a protest, but I told him that brings nothing stay calm we still have1,5 hours before our plane to Las Vegas leaves.

After 30 minutes an officer called us , gave us back our pasports and said “You are done”

Nobody looked in our luggage so I do not know why all that happend, but it is better in the USA not to ask.

We came ontime for our flight and the pilot wanted to leave Washington very quickly as there was an  a Blizard coming there soon. So we arived a little early in Las Vegas, but our daughter Nathaly and Jacodie our Grandson were waiting for us. Everyting okay.