Article: The Style Invitational; Week CXXXVI: Playing Check-In

Elton John: Brian Bigbum

Jimmy Buffett: Al Vacado

Cal Ripken Jr.: Brad Carlton

Kevin Costner: Frank Farmer

John Travolta: J.T. Smith

This week's contest was suggested by Kevin Cuddihy of Fairfax. According to a recent

gossip column in the Boston Herald, the celebs above use the names above as their aliases when checking into hotels. Your challenge is to suggest more appropriate check-in names for any celebrities, past or present, living or dead. (Kevin suggests, for example, that John Wayne Bobbitt might use "Les Johnson." The Herald actually suggests that Bobbitt does use this moniker, but we strongly doubt it.) First- prize winner gets an excellent pair of Elvis

sunglasses with dangling ...

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