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Danni Reeves is our guest this week on Winning with Winans · Winning With Winans!

• speaker-0: Well I guess is another time for an episode of Winning with Winens. Let's go. And welcome back to Winning with Winus, Las Vegas' newest and coolest financial show. I'm your host, Ken Winens, and yes, I actually do wear cowboy hats, ride horses, NRA member hunting, I do all that stuff. But let's talk about my guest, who is a very well known businesswoman in Las Vegas, Miss Danny Reese. How are you today, Danny? speaker-1: And thank you so much for having me, what a pleasure. speaker-0: Well, and you're from the Midwest, so the cowboy hat doesn't shock you, right? speaker-1: Or the cowboy boys for the Rainbow jeans, absolutely. W my dad, you know, wears his pin in his pocket in his shirt. He always has to have a button down shirt with a with a pocket so he can put his pen in his chewing tobacco, you know. speaker-0: No, that that all good. speaker-1: ⁓ I was born there. I was born there. and yeah, it is very much country where I'm from in Iowa. But ⁓ I don't I don't see myself as a country girl. I started traveling when I was really when I was really young and started in the fashion industry when I was really young. So I kind of always see myself as like this big city girl. And I think that's why it was so easy for me to transition out of speaker-0: You're a country girl. So I you were born there, yeah. Well, l that's funny. You talked about traveling when you're young. How old were you on your first international trip? speaker-1: I was young. I was signed with an agency when I was still in school and I went to I went over to Europe when I was about fourteen. Wow. So speaker-0: Mid you know, midwest, small town lady. speaker-1: Started in pageantry. And that's how it all started actually. I competed for Miss Iowa Teen USA and the choreographer at the pageant was actually a modeling scout and she discovered Ashton Kutcher, Carly Kloss, all the big names from the Midwest. She was responsible for them. And she was like, You need to come with me for a weekend and I'm going to Take this pageant look and make it more model. And we went on a bunch of ghosties in New York City and I was signed with Ford Model Management. And from there, it's all history. I've lived and worked in some of the greatest fashion capitals all over the world and fashion and pageantry really shaped who I was. And living in the Midwest, honestly. I really am so proud that that's where I got my values and my morals are rooted there. And No matter who I meet, the minute I say I'm from Iowa, it is always a compliment. Always. Somebody, ⁓ I I laugh because I've they say, you know, the what is it? The seven separations from Kevin Bacon? That's aging me. Cause I said that the other day and someone's like, Who's Kevin Bacon? And I was like, What? But you know that saying, Seven separations of Kevin Bacon. So I always think that with Iowa, because no matter who I meet, they're always like, ⁓ The one that got away was from Iowa or ⁓ my grandmother's from Iowa. So there's always some really beautiful experience that people or they've never heard of the state. So speaker-0: Or military. Or they also did military. But I you I think of Iowa, I think about Kevin Coster, Field of Dreams. Yeah. speaker-1: Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa. speaker-0: Yeah, corn. I mean and it's it is beautiful because I live in the Midwest too and I it's a different type of beauty. But now here you are now. I am. Move forward. You've lived in Europe, you've lived in the all you know, been around the US, and here you are in Las Vegas. How did you end up here? speaker-1: Yes. And I actually before that, so to back it up a little bit, I did win Miss Iowa USA. And I got to compete at Miss USA. And from there it was that changed my entire life being a Miss USA contestant. It opened every single door that I could possibly ask for. And I learned so much through pageantry, ⁓ stage presence, how to speak in rooms. My confidence really came from being around the women there and kind of putting myself in really uncomfortable positions constantly. And after that, I continue to model, but I was asked by Miss Earth USA, which is an incredible pageant system. And they really focus on doing things in the community and being a greener planet and kind of this. Like that was their platform is a community service. And I almost didn't want to because I was like, Miss USA is the pinnacle of the pageants. Why would I compete for any other pageant? But because it was for such a good cause, I was like, okay, why not? Well, it was here in Las Vegas. ⁓ And so when I was here competing, I was here for a few weeks and I met so many people that lived here. speaker-0: Great. Okay. speaker-1: And by then I was already modeling and I kind of, you know, I was already traveling. They're like, Danny, Las Vegas is a place to be. We are building an international airport. You can just hop on a plane. Real estate is so affordable. I don't know. I was getting so many great ideas about Las Vegas. And the very next year, I was like, you know what? Changing cities is not something that I am shy about. I feel really comfortable. relocating and like I said, putting myself in really uncomfortable positions and I came out here pretty much by myself and ⁓ it's been almost twenty speaker-0: Twenty years. Good grief. So you're now officially a vegan. I think after you've been there ten years speaker-1: We own a home I own a home. ⁓ yeah, no, where's it's settled. I'm raising my daughter in this city and I love this city so much. I wanna tell you I'm r I'm talking a lot. speaker-0: No, no, go for it. That well, and no, real quick, you know, the thing is, because we have talked about this off camera about how really unique and it that Vegas is, and that Vegas is really coming into into its own as a center. You know, and I was telling, you know, talking to the the cast before the the this show that, you know, where everywhere in the world, you go anywhere, including Antarctica or northern tip of Alaska, everybody knows what Vegas is. They might not like it. But they know where it is. And you know what? I that's what I love about it. It it it has that interesting blend. And then the other thing, you're right, with all the guests I've had on this show so far, everybody has come from somewhere else. So it is, you know, when you think of the definition of a cosmopolitan place, that is people all coming from somewhere else. speaker-1: You're absolutely right. And I think that's why I really enjoy Vegas, is because there are s such an eclectic group of people here. And it's not no knock to the Midwest because I love it there too. But you are seeing a lot of people from all over the world, different cultures. And it's just ⁓ I feel like you benefit from having so many different people. But I will say When I was modeling and I lived in Vegas, ⁓ it was interesting because the agencies never wanted me to say that I was from Vegas, because Vegas is not really a fashion city. They didn't know either. They just automatically assume in the United States it's New York. That's it. And New York is the only one, right? speaker-0: Or Paris. speaker-1: Well, I mean in the United States. In the U.S. Yeah, New York is it. Just New York. That's what they think. ⁓ but when I would go into the castings and I say that I would say that I was from the US, and I said I would sometimes say, I'm from Las Vegas. They loved it. They absolutely loved it. It would light up their and I booked jobs. I was like, no one's telling me that I can't say that I'm from Las Vegas because the casting director they would love the fact that I came from Vegas. speaker-0: Some. No, I well, now this is an interesting thing. Now, here you are now, and and what you and your company are trying to do is bring fashion to Vegas, which you've done a good job with your magazine and all the things you're working on. But this is something I don't think a lot of people have thought about. We know about Hollywood leaving Hollywood. I mean, they're moving yeah, Atlanta, they're going all over the place. Is fashing is the fashion industry for the same reasons leaving LA? And leaving San Francisco. I think they are. I think it's the cost. It's just the cost of doing business. speaker-1: Yeah, I mean, I think you're onto something definitely. I don't know if they're necessarily coming to Vegas. I would love to see that. I think ⁓ you know, just my experience in modeling in this city, and it it just it would make sense because we are right behind New York City with the number one shopping experiences in the United States. We have seven. Louis Vuitton's ⁓ in a mile radius. ⁓ my gosh. So to not have fashion be such a pinnacle thing in the in in Las Vegas, it just doesn't make sense why we're not. But I think that stemmed from so many years of this nightlife culture and these tiny little dresses. And there's nothing wrong with any of that. With the girls want to go have fun, but they're not looking to be, it's not like a red carpet experience. speaker-0: Not yet. speaker-1: Not not yet. Give it give it away. But I but for so many years I think people just immediately thought bando dresses in Las Vegas and girls walking the strip with no shoes on. And so immediately with that image, we got this, we don't have any kind of fashion sense here. When people are not thinking that we have more shopping in Las Vegas and I can't say New York, but it's pretty darn close. We're number two. speaker-0: Well, we're gonna take a very quick break and we're gonna come back and talk about the changes here. Everybody, this is Ken Wynins winning with Winens with our guest, Danny Rees. We'll be right back. And welcome back to Winning with Wine is Las Vegas' newest and coolest financial and business show. And I am honored to have as my guest Danny Reeves, who is a world-known model. She is a f fashion businesswoman. And we're just talking about how wonderful Vegas is. So, Danny, let's talk here a moment. So here you you left Iowa, lived around the world, and literally have lived around the world. By happenstance, you land in Vegas. And here you are now with a place growing the way it's been, you've got to be somewhat shocked to think about Vegas at three and a half million people. Industries are coming in here from all over the place. I mean, would you have ever guessed that? speaker-1: ⁓ my gosh, I love it. No, I mean we have grown at a rapid pace. And and I've watched it all happen. Like on the southwest side, I used to live and and it was ranches and now it's grocery stores and shopping centers. It's wild. And and I think, but yeah, do I ⁓ did I see that happening? Las Vegas is the greatest city in the world and I don't Ditto. It is it is, it truly is. So I do see, I have seen that. And I've been such an advocate for this city for years, ever since I've I've moved here. So I do think that when we what we were talking about earlier is that Vegas has is a genius at reinventing itself, regardless of the hate that we hear from the other cities. And I know you mentioned jealousy, and I think that couldn't be truer. ⁓ because there has we've never really failed, and we are seeing another transition. And the city and the growth of the city. And like I said earlier, I think that it's gonna be the sports epicenter of the world. I think that we're slowly transitioning into that. And what did I say earlier? I wanna make it a little bit nicer because we were talking off camera but speaker-0: I agree. Well, we're gonna talk unnice because this is a podcast. Well, no, I I mean, because as you know, since I moved here, I've gotten involved in my industry as well as I've started to to talk to the various politicians and just because Nevada itself, you know, we look at Vegas being a special place. The whole state is special. And all these pieces are all coming together. I mean, the mining, the rare earth mining, we're the only place in the US that has all this stuff that we need. the fact that Reno and Vegas are now no longer fighting there now is say, hey, look, we both have a place and it's accepted. Our power grid, I was shocked to find out. I mean, we are putting a new state of the art that that can actually accept alternative energies. We're doing all this here. But what really ticks me off is that I'll go somewhere and you'll find that, and I'm gonna say Nevada ⁓ has to fight Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida. Okay. You're all on notice. Well you no no they because they're they're people, their hired guns are are basically saying all this crap about us. It's not true. So according to these guys, ⁓ the mob still runs the town. ⁓ believe it or not, Danny, did you know we're not gonna have any water? I mean, yeah, our spigot's almost dry. And by the way, Arizona, you morons drain two trillion dollars out of your aquifer to grow alfalfa. They wouldn't do that in Iowa. I mean, they would be smart on what they grow, right? Absolutely. speaker-1: Yeah. speaker-0: So listen, reading and weep as they say in poker. So California's just trying to hang on to whatever they have left. And then Texas. Now Texas, I have to say, God bless the Texans. They they're another hearty, tough group of people. They really are. Look what they've done with Dallas. They've turned into this magical financial center. They've d did you ever think you'd get firms out of New York, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, the you know, the NASDAQ all moving to Dallas? speaker-1: ⁓ I never saw that coming. Although I did see it coming. Because I've traveled that I have traveled there often. But you know, Dallas reminds me of Iowa. So why would why it it does seem a little odd? Like it's like a very farm town. Like it seems small town, even though it's not. So yeah, it seems odd. That's like moving, you know, the financial district to Des Moines. So speaker-0: Can you imagine though some of these you know let's let's face it hoity toity types that went to the Ivy League schools and they're told you're gonna go to Texas. I'd love to see and see these guys get on a horse. That would be cloud. Yeah, I'd love to. I mean, these guys could and maybe some of them lay polo. They're the few that, but no, this would be too comical. But no, we are unfortunately, there is a a a A disinformation campaign. I I brought it up to the governor. I brought I bring it up to everybody. We are not punching back hard enough. And I'm hoping, and I think that our success will be our guide. But Danny, did you know? Here's a just a c another classic example. According to what I read, and and and these are in federal statistics, there are more women-owned businesses per capita in Las Vegas, blue and white collar than anywhere else in the United States. speaker-1: Gosh, I love hearing that. I believe it because we work ⁓ with some of the most amazing women in our community. And I feel I I do believe that. But wow, what a great statistic. Let's go. speaker-0: It's true. And we have more churches per capita than anybody else too, which is which is blows people's mind. They what, Vegas? But again, it's not the strip. It is not ⁓ the clubs. It is not all that. But at the same time, what I like about here is that, you know, we went through a very weird COVID and even post-COVID. You know, people were still kind of like, I don't know how I'm supposed to act. I don't know, can I can I give a beautiful woman a compliment without, you know, getting in trouble? Can I say anything? And but in Vegas it's never been a problem. I mean, no one takes offense. No one gets I mean, and and I've noticed that it's kind of funny. We prioritize socially, we prioritize things right. You know, I saw, you know, I I love hockey. And hey, go golden nights. Go nights go. All right, yeah, go nights go. You know, you you see somebody ⁓ has drank a little too much. Okay, let's let's help them get back to their home, okay. speaker-1: Let's go. speaker-0: ⁓ you know, cigars, you know, if you're you maybe you're not supposed to be smoking a certain place, no one cares. But I have seen, especially at sporting events, if if they tell you very upfront, if you see a drunk guy say anything inappropriate to a woman, or obviously touch them, they're out of there. No questions asked. It is not accepted. So there's a balance, I I think to say, and I think that's again what makes it a fun town. Would you agree? speaker-1: As a female perspective, I I remember first coming to Vegas and I thought it was quite interesting how people behaved. ⁓ just because this city does allow people to come in and pretend that they are no longer teachers or leaders in their ⁓ community that they came from. And, you know, we we branded our city as what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. And I think people really took that maybe to the extreme. So as a female in Vegas, I do see that there is still like some inappropriateness. But what you what are you gonna do when people are drinking? That's bound to happen when people are having a good time. But throughout the years, I think that our culture has become a little bit more sensitive. So I think people are watching themselves a little bit more. And I don't see that quite as heavily. I'm not getting cat. Maybe I could be do something with like my age now and people are like. speaker-0: ⁓ stop. speaker-1: Like they think I'm gonna beat ⁓ up or something if they do come after me. Yeah, exactly. I am a threat. Nobody's kidnapping me. ⁓ but I th I do feel like it's not as wild as it might have been from a female perspective. speaker-0: More tall, so I would say too, as a as you have as well. You go to, you know, the Chamber of Commerce events or you go to other business association events and and women are there and ⁓ you know, they're they're dressed like any other businesswoman in any part of the country. I mean it's we're here to do business. Even though this is pretty funny. I went to the legislative session last year. I think there's three women in the assembly. They're all either own brothels or they're former prostitutes. So so we do still have speaker-1: Absolutely. speaker-0: This they got a l they got they won in the election. You probably know who voted them in, but that's a different story. So Danny, I don't know if you saw the Met gala. Now, which is something, I mean, I've been to New York, my family, my dad was a New Yorker. It always been, I want to go to the Met. I want to be in my tuxedo. I want to see those beautiful dresses. And ⁓ my lord, what I saw, it I hate to say it, it looked like a clown act. I mean, I don't know what it was. It looked like Mardi Gras. But but here's my thing about fashion is that it's like there are some people that have just, it's like it's a fight for attention. I mean, I'm looking at it from the other perspective. But what I see happening here in Vegas is a balance. My girlfriend and I just went to a veterans gala. The women were in beautiful gowns. I mean, they were dressed. Beautifully, everything was fine. Yet we all know you can go to the strip and you can see something else. How is it that Vegas has been able to maintain that balance between the two worlds? What would you say? speaker-1: I will say that the Met Gala is designed to be a little bit more playful. Although we have seen a lot of different things go through each year. I I it's art to me. I'm always I always enjoy watching the drama behind the Met Gala and how people feel about either the topic or like the whatever Anna Winter says, the what's it called? I'm drawing a blank. But whatever there's however they're supposed to be dressed. Yeah, their theme, their theme. Whatever the theme is for that year. So I do feel like, you know, fashion is ⁓ an art form. I always believe that it's theatrical. That's why I always gravitate towards it. And it's your own perception of that art. So speaker-0: A protocol. speaker-1: Even though there are things on the carpet that I wouldn't ever wear or I would question, I just I definitely enjoy seeing what people bring to the carpet. And it has changed over, you know, the years. So but for Vegas to bring that balance, I think it goes back to again what is going on on the strip is not how the locals are real. Do we go to this strip? Absolutely. I love going to the strip. I absolutely love it. But I do dress a little differently when I go to the strip than when I'm in Summerlin. You know, I put on all the jazz on the strip, and you can get away with being a little bit crazy or or expressive in your fashion on the strip because anything goes there, right? Even no shoes. Stop doing that though. We don't agree with this. speaker-0: Are you walking you're walking to where bear foot? speaker-1: No, me never. I would rather my feet bleed all the way down Las Vegas Boulevard. speaker-0: I I think people should see what's been dumped on those sidewalks. speaker-1: They don't care. They don't care. But I do think that I do think the locals live differently than what this strip is is giving our reputation as. You know, what we're doing off this strip is w there are so many entrepreneurs and business owners, doctors, lawyers, teachers. We have everything here. So to judge the locals and and how we live based on what's happening on the strip is just it doesn't it doesn't match. speaker-0: You know, you it's funny, you use the word judge. I actually find that if there's judgments, it's coming from the outside looking in. I actually think Las Vegas is one of the most non-judgmental places I've ever been on planet Earth. Yeah. People here, it's kind of live and let live. ⁓ there's not they just don't they they just don't immediately jump to conclusions on I I just found speaker-1: Totally agree. That's why I felt when I moved to Vegas, I was like, I to I felt like home because I I could like I said, I could express myself however I wanted to. I could dress b coming from Iowa, if you wore a dress to go out on a Friday night. Your friends would immediately send you back into the room and be like, you cannot wear that. You can't. You cannot wear put makeup on. You cannot now I don't know what it's like now, but I'm pretty sure it's the same it's the same. Yeah. You're not gonna wear what and when I came to Vegas, I could put on thigh-high boots and slick my hair back and do the crazy, like dark, smoky eye and wear whatever I wanted to, leather pants, the whole thing. Back in Iowa, you can't do that. I think Vegas allows you to be yourself. I can't speak for everyone, but that is the that's why I love the city so much. speaker-0: Well now you're trying to raise a child here. Is that difficult to do, being that we're in a place that can be the crosswinds of spectrums run the full gamut? How how I mean, ⁓ there's prostitution outside in in Nye County. There's you know, the ⁓ the there the the city was built up by the mob. I mean, there are these things of our history that are just there. Does it come up at all? Does it as with your child? speaker-1: I would be lying if I told you that I'm not nervous ⁓ to raise a child in a big city con considering that I was so blessed from where I came from. ⁓ but what gives me so much confidence about raising my daughter is that every single one of my best friends were born and raised here. My one of my favorite persons in the world is my publisher with Deluxe Version magazine, Timothy Hancock, and he was born and raised here. The people that I have met that were born and raised in Vegas are some of the most deeply rooted, valued people. And they have so such great morals. They go to church. They are, it makes me want to like cry. They are like such a great, it's such a great community. I'm gonna cry because I just looked at Tim. But so that gives me confidence to raise my daughter here and speaker-0: ⁓ hi Jim. speaker-1: I chose a home in Las Vegas where my neighborhood is the best. I have the most incredible neighbors. There my daughter just had a lemonade stand in our neighborhood and she made almost $200. And all my neighbors came out and support it's just so good. So I chose a really great neighborhood. She goes to a beautiful school. I love her teachers. I get to bring her. She almost came with me today, but I get to bring her. To almost all of our work events. And she's around these accomplished people. So she doesn't see anything except for success or like great role models in her life. And that's what makes me, you know, just really happy about raising her here. And I'm it but it does scare me, yes, because she's gonna have she's gonna be making her own decisions. I cannot Make every decision. I can't protect her at all times. I just can't. It's not physically possible. I just have to know that I am setting a great example for her and I choose to make the right decisions. We don't have alcohol in our house ever. Not that I just don't. Who am I gonna drink with? I don't get me wrong. I love to have a good glass of champagne and but we I was raised that way. We never had alcohol in the home and speaker-0: Really? speaker-1: I just try to do like little things that she would look up. She always sees me hustling, she sees me working, she sees me around incredible people doing amazing things. And I'm really hoping that she sees that. And ⁓ she wants to make the right decisions for herself. speaker-0: I'm gonna add, you know, by the way, I l such a good answer to that question because I think some people say, Well, you know, what's wrong with your it's not that. You know, I'm much more the type, I just wanna lay it out there. Lay it out there. Don't hide behind pretenses. I mean, saw that in California. I've seen it in New York. You see it in other places. Hey, those same things exist there. I don't think there's I don't think there's anything. You can't so why why what look let's get past that. I would also say too, Danny, that ⁓ I I mean, we talk about, you know, I know you're I'm a Christian, you're a Christian, I'm proud to say that. And you know, I I know I'm I go to Faith Lutheran and they have a fantastic, you know, the the academies. And it's pretty funny. I found it it's kind of a comical joke, but we have a lot of Jewish people who send their kids to a Lutheran school. You gotta love the irony there. They can do it in Las Vegas. You couldn't do that in New York. That would go, What what are you doing? But let's talk about your magazine. Okay, okay. First off Congratulations. It is by any measure. You take that, take it to New York, take it to Paris, take it anywhere. That thing would hold up pound for pound as good as any other magazine. Any and look, it just would. And I think my crew my kudos to you and your team for being able to put that kind of very classy thing together. Yet it's very Vegas. There's a balance. It wasn't a copy. You weren't trying to copy anybody else. And I loved it. So my compliments to you. speaker-1: You ⁓ okay, and thank you so much. I can't take full, I am not Timothy, our publisher. I give him full credit for everything. He does the same thing. He calls me boss, but he really is a genius behind everything that we've built ⁓ with the magazine. He started it, and and I actually I want to tell a story because I always I think it's so special of how I met Timothy, and I think that shapes like why. The magazine is so great, is cause he's such a great leader. But I had a TV show on Amazon Prime, and Tim had started the magazine about a year and a half, maybe two years before. And he was back then, everybody was doing these awards on the strip, best bartender, best casino, everything was on the strip. And Timothy saw this gap. in the award space and was trying to bring in people off the strip, best entrepreneur, doctors, lawyers, newest leaders type of thing. And I had a TV show on Amazon Prime at the time. And he asked me to come receive an award at one of the events. And when I showed up, there was a red carpet. We had Stacey Galandi, which is an Emmy Award-winning journalist doing these interviews at the production level. And that's what the background that I came in, right? So when I showed up to this event and it looked like these high-end production studios and events that I'm used to being on, I don't know, it just felt so good. So after that evening, and I got to meet everybody else who was being honored that night, I immediately went up to Timothy and I said, I don't know what you're doing here, but I want to be a part of whatever you're doing. And the very next day we met in his Range Rover and we took meetings in the Range Rover and And from there it was history and he can never get rid of me ever. speaker-0: ⁓ so you mean you you stalk him, huh? It is an open carry state, I mean yeah. speaker-1: I will stack him. No way. I could never ⁓ my gosh. no, I just I really love what we are building here in the community and it's I I don't know, it's just really special. And I think just like how Las Vegas ca constantly reinvents itself, I think Timothy and I are doing that as well with, you know, the production, the media, our podcasts, and and just really trying to find other ways to some support. these business owners. and yeah, I just I really enjoy what we do here. speaker-0: So here's the good news. We have a commitment statewide to diversify out. So industries like yours and mine are what the state wants here. They wanna try to do things. That's okay. I didn't say anything. No. speaker-1: Ha ha ha. speaker-0: We can edit that out. But no, but we are, we're diversifying out things. And this comes from the top down. Everybody agrees. Democrat, Republican, everybody agrees. We although gaming will always be part of our industry base, the idea is, as you said, sports are coming here. That transformed everything. ⁓ having more financial service rooms like mine, having fashion companies like yours here, it's gonna make everything real interesting as we move forward. And mark my words, the next 10 years, if they think we're successful now, just wait. speaker-1: Amen. Yeah. I completely agree. We are such a well-rounded city. And that comes from having so many diversified humans like in in the city. So I just You can't tell me we're not the best city in the world. We just are. I just I just feel like we maybe shouldn't have marketed ourselves back in the day as like Sin City. Cause you're right. I think every city has like some something bad in it. You know, coming from a small town in Iowa, we there was there's a lot of like trucks and there's not a lot to do there. And so people kind of get in that loop, right? So I could be worried about living in that small town and and and the same things. You know? ⁓ no, I'm not we're not going back. Sorry mom and dad. We are not going back. speaker-0: You're you're past that. Well, you know, the the other part of it too, ⁓ and it because as you know, I wrote that article in Forbes called The New Western Wall Street. And I've had competitors come out here, and what's funny, Danny, it's that the you know, usually I look at the tax breaks, great business environment. They bring their wives and they're and and so immediately they think you're gonna live on the strip. And I say, ⁓ no, I don't live on the strip. And so what happens though, that they have and I actually think there's a concern. speaker-1: Yeah. speaker-0: That that this is an amoral place, that their husband's gonna be under attack by all these young, beautiful women trying to get their money. And then you bring them out to Henderson, or you bring them to Summerlin, or you take them to Lake Lesbus, they go, ⁓ this is like Scottsdale. ⁓ this is like Rancho Bernardo. Yes, this is nothing to do with the strip. Yeah. So again, I go back to that disinformation campaign ⁓ that that that we and you're right. I mean. Would have, could have, should have. Maybe we overplayed our hand a little too much there. But at the same time, I do understand we all, you, me, your ⁓ you know, Tim, ⁓ we all have a an obligation to say, look, I'm we're not gonna say that's not part of it, but it's you're you have the same things where you are, and we're trying to make it be more diverse here. speaker-1: Yeah, news flash. There are beautiful women in every single city, small town in the world. It does Yeah. That's why choices are everybody has choices. And I think you gotta trust your man's. speaker-0: Good luck with that one. Yeah. Well, the other thing too, I know we gotta jump to some questions here. The other thing I would say too that a lot of people miss out on there's a lot to do here. I mean, we have a ski resort thirty minutes from downtown Vegas. We have Red Rock Canyon, we have Lake Mead, we have all these things. And so you tell people, you know, look, there's a lot of outdoor stuff to do here. You can ride horses, you can do whatever you want. I actually find more to do here than I well compared to when I lived in the Bay Area. I mean, I actually find there's more speaker-1: Couldn't mind. speaker-0: Areas to go into that are actually more remote. speaker-1: Have you ever thought that sometimes I feel this way? We have so many options here. I'm so overwhelmed when making a decision. Like if my girlfriends ask, ⁓ where do you want to go for lunch? I cannot decide because there's so many incredible options that we have, whether it's activities or shows, that I'm overwhelmed by the amazing opportunities that we get to live here in Vegas. speaker-0: You know the key? When I first moved here, this is this is gonna I'm going to my fourth year, I realized very quickly I can't do it in a year. I actually did a two-year calendar. And I said, okay, I might not go to F1 this year or I might not go to the rodeo, but I'll go the following year. So I I no, I agree with you. You if you or you'll find, wait, what happened to my budget? speaker-1: Ha ha. speaker-0: Well, yeah, and by the way, so here we have the Golden Knights, you know, they're going to the Stanley Cup. And that is one thing I I've had people complain about the cost of living here. Well, I have news for you. If you want to go to the Stanley Cup finals and you want to be in the Rafters at T Mobile Arena, it's $900 a ticket. But that would be the same price you would pay in Los Angeles or New York or Paris or anywhere else. So I don't see that the you know again, the talking, ⁓ it's so expensive here. On a day to day basis. speaker-1: Well, So much. You're right though, Ken, because when I first moved here, one of the things that drew me to Vegas is that it was so affordable. I couldn't believe the prices. I mean, when I was living in Milano, I had a tiny little it had a hole underneath my bed. This is a models apartment, but like it was into the ground. A hole where speaker-0: Exactly. speaker-1: Cucarachas could come out like anything come out. And that apartment was so expensive, right? So in Vegas, the prices were not even competitive. They were just so low. And but I don't want to complain because I feel like honestly, anytime that I'm like, ⁓ maybe it's time for me to get out of Vegas, maybe I'll go somewhere else. Cause I do love to travel and start new and reinvent myself too. There's always that thought, ⁓ this sports team's gonna come. That that's money for me to make, or whatever is new coming. I always see an opportunity to better myself because of whatever is coming into the city. Like the A's coming into the city. Well, that brings so many jobs, so many more activities. We're gonna have so many events at that stadium. It's unlimited opportunities every time we have something new coming in. I don't know, and then my my house appreciates more every year. So I just feel like speaker-0: And it's different than two thousand eight, two thousand nine. The building going on now is different. Okay. Well and then the other thing too, we're gonna continue to spread out. I mean I know one of the big cost issues is the fact that we're we're Vegas is basically landlocked because we're surrounded by federal land. Well, they're releasing more of the land. I think that whole corridor down to Premise is gonna fill up. ⁓ all the way out to ⁓ Lake Las Vegas. speaker-1: Ooh, do you think that's why they're shutting prim down? Yep. ⁓ yeah. speaker-0: That's why it was just bought. Well there you you see where the money's going and and that's pretty funny when they talk about, ⁓ the strip is in trouble. ⁓ and I as I tell people by the way, strip's packed every night, guys. I don't know this I don't know this empty strip you all are talking about in California. speaker-1: It's and these people who are spreading that do not and yeah, I but I do think there is we are repositioning ourselves. I I keep saying that. And I've I kind of get upset when I get on Instagram and I hear this rhetoric. ⁓ and sometimes I do go on a tangent in the comment section because I d maybe the club scene is going to speaker-0: No, they don't live here. speaker-1: position itself differently. And like I said, I I don't think we're gonna cater to a 21 year old crowd anymore. I think that time is over and you you might need a little bit more money to live in Las Vegas. And but when you think about the amenities that you have here and everything that we can do here, it it it just still makes sense. Las Vegas is is not LA, you know speaker-0: We don't want to be all late. speaker-1: ⁓ I'm s and and they pay a fortune, you know, and we're not New York City and I just feel like yeah, we're just it's such a great c speaker-0: Well here's the thing. Yeah, when you and I agree with you. I I would also say too, and you included, you you find very smart business people here. They're very practical. ⁓ you know, you you learn how to deal with a competitive environment. I mean, a restaurant shuts down, new ones open, they repivot things. The club scene, we're gone country western. speaker-1: Mm-hmm. speaker-0: I mean look I mean look at Luke Combs' opening. We've gone western. So we we just constantly find our way to and and as far as the the young people, I think you'll always have Fremont Street. That's yours. It's always gonna be yours. You know, you mm you know you wanna go to Binions and get a a a dollar beer. Good luck. You you you're always gonna do the circus fund. ⁓ speaker-1: I do love ⁓ I do love me some Fremont Street. speaker-0: I loved circa the TVs. Yeah, the circa's always fun. But there's a point in time for things, you know. Now I would also say this, and then we're gonna jump into some questions. I know you have some questions for me. That one of the Clark County supervisors, and it was really funny because I it people ask me about the mob guys, you do still see some guy in their 80s. Like I ran into one guy one time. And somehow he and I were talking and I ⁓ so where have you lived? He goes, Well, I I've lived in New York, Atlantic City, Boston, Chicago, and Vegas ⁓ Gee speaker-1: What are you up to? speaker-0: And he knew his weapons, so we just said, okay, let it go. So we were talking about ⁓ the leadership, the local leadership. And one of the folks there, you know, older gentleman, been in Las Vegas a very long time, spoke with a bit of an East Coast accent. So I never read any too much into it, Danny, but but he said, You know what I love about Vegas? He he dropped a few slang terms in there, but he said, You know what we did during COVID? Yeah, exactly. I'm not I'm not gonna go into it. We built the sphere. We fixed the roads for F1. We finished that Well, he said, we screwed up that fountain blue hotel of those idiots. Yeah, they literally said that. These guys screwed up. We had to go in and fix it. He we built the Raiders Stadium. He you know, he said, then we took all that, we we fixed around the roads all over this place. He said, Find one other darn city in America that did one of those. speaker-1: Okay, open. They don't want to talk about that. They do not want to talk about that. They want to talk about how they think we're failing. speaker-0: Yeah, failing. Well, and then he also said, we don't believe in historical landmarks. We blow them up. ⁓ When when you've outlived your purpose, like the Tropicana, you're gone. Well, yeah, well, and because if you tried to do that in California, there would be a commission. Well, wait a minute, there's historical evidence, or somebody might sprinkle a few arrowheads. ⁓ native land, we can't do anything. They do something to stop it. But I would also say this. speaker-1: That might have some truth to it. speaker-0: That you have a mindset here. And, you know, we're also very open to talk about Mandalay Bay. We're open to talk about that horrible event. But I love what he said. He said the best thing we could do to honor those people is to build that A's stadium and have a vibrant, happy place that on that very, very sad area. It's the mindset that we have here that I think other places just don't have. speaker-1: Yeah, 'cause right now it's pretty sad looking. So I I will say also when when if if we are being criticized for blowing up some of our natural landmarks or reinventing the space, you know, one thing when I lived in New York is they would always reinvent restaurants and clubs. So every other city actually does the same thing. ⁓ speaker-0: It's g it's coming up fast. Yeah, they're gonna be here. speaker-1: And and I think that's maybe part of Las Vegas's culture is that that's what we do that. And instead of criticizing that, we are getting rid of maybe these buildings that needed way more TLC than than and you can't reinvent the Tropicana. You can only reinvent the Tropicana so many times and then we're not going to the Tropicana anymore. Okay. So let's be financially smart here and put something in. That people are gonna come and enjoy and spend money and will be profitable for the city. speaker-0: to ask you before we jump into some other questions, the train. What are your thoughts about this bright line train after the debacle in California with their two hundred billion dollar train mess? What do you think? Would you ride it? Would you take the train to to LA? You would. Okay. I think I would too. Yes. They by the way, they brought the tickets down. Yeah. They used they started at like three hundred bucks. I said speaker-1: Yes, yes. ⁓ yeah, no one's gonna take the train for that. Absolutely. Why not? speaker-0: Not down to one forty four. Okay. Powers, high speed train. So it's really funny. I asked people in California about it. I said, Well, you guys take the train here. And they said, Well, the roads are so bad in California, they have no choice. So I actually think it's again, we talk about Vegas reinventing itself. We've had trains here forever, but somebody was smart enough to say, Hey, let's put this in place and see what happens. speaker-1: Yeah. I do find myself driving to LA often. I don't I don't know why. I think because I have a child and ⁓ at that time I was like, ⁓ we'll just drive, we'll make it a little road trip. And when I was younger, I was like, ⁓ this is easy, little three and a half hour, four hour drive. But no, it never ends up being like that. No. It ends up being a nightmare somehow. I I actually did some research on my last trip back from LA that I ended up speaker-0: You get you hit. speaker-1: Getting caught in traffic in a terrible accident. It's actually one of the most dangerous passes in the United States is that Vegas to LA. And why was I driving the whole time? So I am open to safer, quick ways to get to LA, other than ⁓ the airport. Because sometimes flying can be a hassle too, you know? Travel has not been enjoyable. I think there needs to be a shift in. speaker-0: totally agree. Well you get to the point where you say I'm not gonna travel. But here's the thing. So we talk about our amazing city. So you have you know an airport that takes you places all around the world nonstop. I mean I love it when I sit out here at night and I'll see the big giant seven seven sevens, you know they're going to Beijing. You know they're going to London. You know they're they're going somewhere. Yeah. And then now the train, you know, and actually I think as a business person, because I do have clients in California, it will make it much easier. Okay. Logistically speaker-1: So yeah, I can't wait. We've been wait I've been waiting for this since we've moved out. I know there's been talks of it for decades. So I I've been waiting for this to happen for a long time. speaker-0: Okay, final story, because I I always like to beat up on California a little bit. Okay, you know why the train took so long? They were overly worried about the desert tortoise. So I I'm not kidding. speaker-1: Tell me. Baby, I totally agree. We do not want anything to happen to the desert tortoise. Are they speaker-0: Their end of the track is cost about four times more money. Now, I'm I'm paraphrasing this because I heard it from other people. California put in these little tortoise tunnels underneath the tree. Okay, well the problem is they don't understand what a rattlesnake is. And I tried to explain to them that the rattlesnake would love to eat a tortoise and will ambush them in the tunnels. So as a country boy, we know those are I know it's pretty funny. I mean it's funny sad. But the thing was, I said, guys. speaker-1: You told me this and it's worse. speaker-0: I've driven the fifteen so many times. I've never seen a dead tortoise ever. speaker-1: I've never seen one a tortoise. I've never seen a tortoise. I've never seen a tortoise actually unless somebody owned one here. I've never seen a tortoise ever. speaker-0: Yeah. And they were pretty big too. I guess they got some some some got pretty big. Yeah. speaker-1: ⁓ interesting. I didn't know that. Well, I do support animal safety. I did not know that was why it was taking so long. speaker-0: Yeah, but I mean yeah but I mean this is No, I'm I'm far more concerned that somebody doesn't try to jump on the track when the train's coming or something like this. Yeah. All right. Enough of all that stuff. Okay. Okay. Danny, I've gone through all my questions. Well, let me ask you, is there anything else that you that we haven't covered about your amazing business and all the things you're doing? speaker-1: Questions for you. I I mean, I would love to invite anybody who has heard of Deluxe Version magazine to any of our events. We are hosting of incredible events this summer. speaker-0: And the venues you guys pick are par excellence. ⁓ speaker-1: We've got some really incredible event spaces this summer that I'm so excited. I don't know when this is gonna be released, but Omnia Sky Bar just opened. It's one of Caesar Palace's newest restaurants, part of the pool, actually, the new day club pool. And that's gonna be one of our new event spaces. And it's located right on the strip. So we're going to be networking. And honoring these incredible people in our community while the background of Las Vegas is gleaming behind us so glamorously. speaker-0: Yeah, ⁓ the foundation room's reopening at Mandalay. ⁓ well, ⁓ yeah. ⁓ speaker-1: We've never had ⁓ an event there, so maybe that's something we're speaker-0: Let me know. Well you know that's the famous frame. Hey, I know a guy. I know a gal. So that's where they speaker-1: You could put some strings. speaker-0: But now that's the way things get done in Vegas. Yeah, you're right. Danny Reeves, you get what can I tell you? You guys just run an outstanding company and we're gonna keep hearing more and more and more. So guys, you've got to go to their events. Trust me on this. You'll love it. But Danny, you said you had some questions for me. All right, go. speaker-1: Let's go. Do you I don't know. Can we Any of these questions? speaker-0: Well let's see here. All right. I'm not supposed I'm not supposed to look at ⁓ All right, here we go. speaker-1: ⁓ you're not All right. Am I able to read off of this? Does this look professional? speaker-0: All right. Because this is a financial podcast and it is business and it's about making money. And we're in a wildly crazy bull market right now. So what do we want to talk about? speaker-1: Let's see. Okay. All right, Ken. I've got my trusty notes here because what we have found is that sometimes in the financial world, it's kind of like a doctor speaking to us in in a different language. So I have a few terms that I would like for you to give us an English term. So when people say asset allocation, what does that mean? speaker-0: It means the mix of your portfolio. So all right. All investing. Let's let's cut right down, forgetting all the terms. You either own or you loan. That's it. You're either lending money to a company, a person, a state, or you're owning a stock, a piece of real estate, a collectible. Hopefully not the new Ferrari. If you've seen that horrible looking thing, it looks terrible. Ferrari EV. It looks like a glorified Prius. It looks terrible. speaker-1: Does he change the body by not? speaker-0: Yeah, it looks terrible. Yeah, don't get me started. Well, wait, and by the way, they they chose baby blue instead of red Ferrari. Yeah. speaker-1: I've always thought the McLaren's looked Well, powder blue is my favorite color so I can't be mad at that. But really? How did I not speaker-0: And Ferrari stock lost five ⁓ lost five billion dollars in one day. ⁓ yeah, yeah. Well they did. All right, we're getting off track. All right. So yeah, just think of mix. So it's ⁓ how much do you own and how much have you lent? Owning and loaning. speaker-1: Sorry. Okay, I like that. That's easy. Okay. ⁓ let's see. When people say the market is vital well if I can say the word. speaker-0: Volatile. Sorry, it sounds like an Iowa term. Volatile. speaker-1: Sounds like some kind of prescription. Okay, what's actually happening then? What is actually happening when they say that the market is is the in such shambles? speaker-0: Market, okay, so what people forget is that a stock, there's a buyer and there's a seller. The difference between what a buyer is willing to to buy it for and a seller's willing to sell it for causes the price to move up and down. So if you think about I mean I I could take it a lot of places. Think about real estate. There's a what we call a seller's price and a buyer's price there. But the thing is it moves slower. It goes over many, many weeks of negotiation and all that. Stocks is nanosecond. And now you take the AI world and all this twenty four seven trading all the time. The volatility comes in because these transactions are happening in that split time that causes prices to look like they're they're they're shaking around too much. That's volatility. speaker-1: But you're never really supposed to pay attention to that, right? Like But no, we are not supposed otherwise we're taking everything out and we're freaking out and we're calling you and we're the the world is over. speaker-0: I should. You should. Yeah, the my client. I tell people all the time I'm a hired gun. I'm a hired gun to manage that portfolio. Or you or let's put it in a you're from the Midwest. Obviously I'm a country boy too. You you had you had ⁓ a ranch manager handling your cows, right? The people who own the ranch weren't out there dealing with their cows. They had a ranch a ran and ranch hands. Right. It's the same game. Got it. Stuff. speaker-1: since you understand commodities, what is a commodity cycle and why should regular investors care? speaker-0: Okay, I love that I have a person who grew up in farmland asking me this question. Good. Okay, now you clearly know from your many years of living in Iowa that it's not real smart to try to plant crops in the middle of winter time. The land it might be a little frozen, a little hard. Okay, you know that, right? Correct. And it's probably pretty smart than when the corn is real tall and it's summertime, it's time to harvest. Mm-hmm. We call that the seasonal cycle. speaker-1: Okay. speaker-0: Okay. It happens that way every year. Now, what you don't know, and we talk about cycles, is that there have been years when you have a good crop, a lot, you know, a bumper crop, more corn than you thought you were going to grow, and some years where maybe the corn stocks are not quite that great. Right now we're having a big worry about wheat. We're having a massive fertilizer shortage because of the Iran War. And so a lot of farmers are going. speaker-1: ⁓ Yep. speaker-0: I'm not gonna be able to grow as much as I did. So back on the cycles, ⁓ what we're gonna be looking at right now, we're in a cycle of there being commodity shortages. And but when you have shortages, prices go up. So that's just the nature of it. When you have too much crop, prices drop. So it's it's counterintuitive. Shortages mean prices go up, abundance mean prices go down. speaker-1: But just like farmers, you're prepared for an off season. Well you you want you want to be. speaker-0: Yeah, and and it's tough, you know, like even right now, I mean, many people don't w I mean you probably wonder. You go to the strip, you order a steak, and you look at the price. ⁓ all right. Well then you don't know. All right. Well that makes sense. You you know Okay, but you probably heard some complaints. The price of steak now has passed the price of a bottle of wine. speaker-1: I'm vegetarian. You order a baked potato. ⁓ you know what? My mom my mom was so I'm from like the Omaha area at on like Iowa, but we're right on the border in Nebraska. And my brother's birthday was just last week and she wanted to send him, he is not vegetarian. She wanted to send him Omaha steaks. Omaha steaks is like we know that is what it is, right? And that's ⁓ the only thing that people in the Midwest really eat is if it's not an Omaha steak, we're not eating it, type of thing. speaker-0: ⁓ sure. speaker-1: She was like, You can't believe how much it costs now to send a box of Omaha steaks. So you're right. I actually have heard that, even though I'm vegetarian, that the steak is speaker-0: It it but you know what? Here's the thing about commodities that it it what concerns me, and I've raised this question. If you went back and looked at the way your grandparents had an investment portfolio, if they had one, I guarantee they had commodities in their portfolio. I mean, because they came from farms, they came from ranches. Yeah. I mean, my dad grew up on an apple farm in upstate New York. They knew the cycles of weather and all that stuff. Somehow, when and it's one of those mysteries about my industry. Why we thought it was a good idea to tell everybody, ⁓ no, we're not gonna do any more commodities, we're just gonna do all stocks. Stocks, as we talked about volatility. It's very volatile. I think we made a mistake. Stop that we when we when we told the common retail investor, nope, you don't want to do commodities anymore, just do stocks. And guess what? You miss some huge opportunities. speaker-1: What's the best one that you would say to invest in right now? speaker-0: Well, you're gonna laugh. I'll tell you a quick story because you and I can talk forever. So I'm back at Charles Schwab's headquarters in Dallas, and I was part of a group of money managers, you know, the I like you. I'm I've been given my trophies and all this stuff. But they were talking about cryptocurrency. ⁓ crypto, Bitcoin, Ether, and all that. And I'm trained in that stuff. I've I've actually taken the time to learn about it. But I laughed because I said, hey guys, if you look out your window, I'll show you something that's actually outperformed crypto in the last three years. Cows. Yep. So just look out your window. Really? And none of them, and here, this is again Charles Schwab. None of them trade commodities. And they live in Dallas. Something's wrong with that math. That you would be willing to go after something new that's really still questionable in my mind, but something that's been around for hundreds of years. Your grand for your grandparents traded it, but nope, it's too risky for investors to go into. Makes no sense to me. But that's my opinion. speaker-1: Interesting, I love that. speaker-0: And by the I love Charles Schwab. ⁓ hey, go, just but just funny. Invest for the cows. speaker-1: ⁓ the yield curve sounds very technical. What is it? And why do financial people watch it so closely? speaker-0: Okay, yield curve. ⁓ best way I can describe it, it's the difference in interest rates between like ⁓ something like a a thirty day treasury bill and a thirty year treasury bond. You're measuring the difference in how much you would make by buying that bond versus keeping your money in cash. Okay. Very simple. speaker-1: Easy enough. ⁓ did I get ⁓ all? ⁓ I hear terms like inflation hedge. And connected to gold and commodities and real estate. What does that mean? speaker-0: So inflation, you know, one of the problems that a lot of people have is that, and and by the way, it's it's not just because of the Iran war. There's always been some inflation in our system. And it just simply means that what the dollar you ⁓ what a dollar used to buy ⁓ 10 years ago doesn't buy the same amount today. I mean, the fact that we've dumped the penny, which is pretty funny when you think about it. Or and by the way, the nickel's going too. So so we're gonna be down to a dime pretty soon. So but the point is. So people ask the question it's not that I can save a certain amount of money, it's what will that money buy you by the point in time you want to use it for retirement or something else. So when you talk about an inflation hedge, you you want to make sure that whatever you're in actually grows enough to not only keep your money even with inflation, but actually net grows. So you talk about inflation hedges, I would argue stocks are at inflation edge, real estate's at inflation edge. You mentioned gold. Gold is a tendency to there used to be a rule that the cost of a good man's business suit per ounce of gold. So right now, if you think about it, well, if you know, they're if you're gonna go buy a big, nice, you know, Italian mage suit, it's probably gonna cost you about three thousand dollars. You know, so it's kind of the same rule. You know, it's just of course jeans don't cost that. So it's speaker-1: I don't know. Not the Wranglers probably. I mean the Wranglers keep their I don't I feel like they're not. But the designer ones, let me tell ya. ⁓ I think that's all my questions. speaker-0: You I would just say I I'd add a couple other quick questions. Yeah. There is a litany of people calling themselves advisors and all that. You really need to dial into what their in that their background is. Just like when you think about your background in fashion, you need to know who you're dealing with. And I tell people all the time, just because they have a bunch of letters after their name doesn't mean they're necessarily any good at what they do. You've got to be careful. ⁓ I because I've seen a lot of people get y misused. I ⁓ one of my big pet peeves is I'm very concerned about annuities, insurance annuities. These are most of the time and look, every every type of investment vehicle has a place, but annuities are very expensive. The fees on ⁓ are huge. And I dare say that I think that they've been misused by a lot of people. So be careful out there. speaker-1: Yeah, you gotta go to a professional. This is this has been your livelihood and and I love that you put yourself in rooms that also might be a little uncomfortable and you speak the truth and you're kinda not afraid of what anybody's gonna say. But you do it in a way that is not offensive, you know, like you c you're like a g a good old boy, Tev. speaker-0: I have my own ways. You know, here's the thing. I appreciate that. No, I I really am because I mean you you you can be good at what you do and still be very respectful of other people. And hey, look. speaker-1: And not always have the same mindset or opinions or you know thought processes of speaker-0: And you have been through ups and downs and I've been through ups and downs. And I would just say that look out the way I look at it, I was given God given talents and I've made the most out of them. So you just have to do that. But here's the thing. There's gonna be more and more firms of my caliber moving to Las Vegas. I still think we look out ten years from now. Vegas is gonna I I think we're gonna blow Phoenix away. Phoenix will no longer be speaker-1: I didn't even know was that a competitive city f of ours? I speaker-0: No. Well, no, a lot of firms, we made a mistake. A lot of firms did move operations to Phoenix, but I think that ⁓ more and more firms are gonna leave California. I mean, it's just a fact. They are. Yeah. ⁓ the when you I've I actually know several firms of with that where the presidents you know, they can't rebuild their houses. I know. They're in the Palisades. And they said, That's it, we're done. We're out of here. This is ridiculous. So they're gonna pick up their companies and move. And I've just tried been trying to tell them. speaker-1: Yeah, I had speaker-0: You don't have to go to Texas. You don't have to go to Florida. And by the way, we don't have disasters here. All right. speaker-1: That is our cute. speaker-0: Yep, we lost. Well, let's just keep going. Okay. ⁓ Danny, we lost our life. So I think that's our cue. It's the hook. It's the hook. Danny Reeves, I thank you so much for coming on the show, dear. All right, everybody. Listen, we'll be right back to wrap up the last segment of Winning With Winens. Stay tuned, listen to our ⁓ ads, and then we'll be right back. Okay. speaker-1: ⁓ yeah, they was that a sign? Get him off the air. So good. How'd we do