Today we have the Oriental Saloon, one of many that inhabited Tombstone in the 1880s.
At one point Wyatt Earp held a quarter interest in the place and he invited Bat Masterson to come out and help run the faro tables. In this scene, Alanna has just come over from the Grand Hotel where she's staying...
She could feel eyes
on her as she walked past the ornately carved bar, which was lined with crystal
glasses and colored bottles, all sparkling beneath the brilliance of the
suspended chandeliers. The Brussels carpet was soft and plush beneath her
heeled shoes as she made her way toward one of the faro tables. The pungent
smell of cigars and whiskey hung in the air and the room was abuzz with talk
and laughter and the sound of cards being shuffled.
You really had a fun time researching and incorporating it into your story, didn't you?
ReplyDeleteI want to lie down on that plush carpet and have a nap! :P
ReplyDeleteSO very cool!! I love what you are doing =)
ReplyDeleteI just love your theme this year. I feel like I've been to the Oriental Saloon and it wasn't what I was expecting. Thank you for giving me context to something I thought I knew... but didn't really.
ReplyDeleteLove the photo! I visited Wyatt Earp's birthplace years ago and met his cousin (she was very old:).
ReplyDeleteI really love to look and vintage photographs!
ReplyDeleteExcellent excerpt, Marcy!
Okay, now I really want to visit a saloon. What a cool photo. I love how you set the scene in that excerpt and hit all of the senses!
ReplyDeleteNice ambiance...
ReplyDeleteIt must have been a wild time.
ReplyDeleteSounds better than Vegas.
ReplyDeleteYou've certainly brought that picture to life. Love it. :)
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