Today we picked up Connie’s brother from his week long training seminar at The Orleans Casino and headed to the South Point Casino to see the movie, J. Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover, who became one of America’s most powerful men as head of the FBI for nearly 50 years. Serving through eight presidents and three wars, Hoover utilized methods both ruthless and heroic to keep ‘his’ country safe. Always projecting a guarded persona in public and in private, he let few into his inner circle. Among those closest to him were his protégé and constant companion, Clyde Tolson, played by Armie Hammer, and his loyal secretary, Helen Gandy, played by Naomi Watts. He lived most of his live with his mother, played by Judi Dench. Though the movie is well acted, it is somewhat shallow in that it never really provide and great detail about anything; either his life or the secrets that he collected on individuals that he used as blackmail to keep his job through eight presidents. I think if there were more emphasis on the FBI itself and G-men with Tommy guns, and less on his relationship with Tolson, I would have liked it more. It was good, but not great. We give it 3-Stars. 
After the movie, we took Rick to Texas de Brazil for dinner. He was impressed! After sampling the lobster bisque and their extravagant 60-item gourmet salad area featuring imported cheeses, specialty salads, gourmet vegetables and traditional side items, he had nearly every sizzling meat offering that the carvers provided, including filet mignon, and several cuts of beef, pork, lamb, sausage, and chicken; all flame-grilled to perfection. Needless to say, we were all stuffed by the time we left. After dinner we stopped the Ethel M's Cactus Garden on the way home to view its eight acres of cactus, which at this time of year are covered in tens of thousands of Christmas lights.
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