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The Rush Tower at the Golden Nugget had its grand opening last night. Our Mayor Oscar Goodman was in attendance with his trusty martini, as was Miss Nevada USA and other celebrities who I have no clue as to who they were. I heard a rumor that one guy was Quentin Tarantino’s dad, but who knows? It was a big bash and lots and lots of people turned out to see the new digs and spill stuff on the new carpet. There is a new valet parking in front of the Rush Tower so you can have an easy check-in. You walk into the gorgeous lobby and look up to a huge, 75,000 gallon aquarium filled with over 1,000 tropical fish. Part of the Chart House restaurant is right there behind the registration area and behind that is the aquarium. It was really funny when we were ... Read the full blog post...

Today was the day! This morning the announcement was made to see who won the contest for the new Vinny Spokesperson for the New York New York Casino in Las Vegas. The announcement was supposed to be made last week, but there were so many votes to count that they put off the big day until today. Vinny Blue and Vinny Red made their grand entrance with big smiles just after a long parade of fans came in wearing red t-shirts and blue t-shirts. They were ready. They both looked like they thought they had won, but there was only going to be one winner. Both Vinnys were in a great mood and joking around with each other. A long speech was made to thank each Vinny for all the effort and fun they put into the contest. Each Vinny brought something special and unique to ... Read the full blog post...

I was driving around on the Vegas Strip several days ago and took some pictures. It wasn’t easy, well, I was driving at night and that isn’t ever easy. I was also taking photos while I drove. I wonder if that’s illegal? Not really, I took them while stopped at red lights. When I went to Hooters Casino I got caught in a big old traffic jam on Tropicana. That pretty much sucked. I was so happy to be zooming along because the construction was done! Woohoo, and then I hit the slow down. Somebody got in an accident and was clogging up my good time. So I pulled out the camera and took photos while I was in a standstill. Once I was done with what I had going on at Hooters I thought I would drive down the Strip to see ... Read the full blog post...

Because it is my job to ask what nobody in their right mind would ask, I passed over some of my questions for Sammy Hagar and asked the ones you guys who read this blog wanted asked. Mr. Hagar, fun guy that he is, was totally up for that. The first question was from @adogam on twitter who asked: Ask to take shots of cabo wabo with him. If you don’t want to ask if I can. Oh, such a giggle came out of Sammy Hagar on that one. Once he recovered, he said, “I am not doing shots now, its too early! I don’t want to walk into this place drunk and pass out before its over. It’s possible… but I’d rather not.” And then he started laughing some more. Next, Judy asked: Ask him how he liked playing with Eddie? I used to love ... Read the full blog post...

My first clue as to how my interview with Sammy Hagar was going to go was when I was doing some research to come up with some questions that didn’t have anything to do with Van Halen. Surely, there is more to this guy than when he played with Van Halen. I was listening to some sound files from his website with my trusty parrot at my side. My bird started singing along and bobbing his head. When Hagar was talking, my African Grey was laughing at his joking around. My bird, it seems, loves this guy already. As it turns out, there is a whole lot more to Sammy Hagar than playing music. And, well, my African Grey parrot was right, he’s a fun guy.  Sammy Hagar is handsome, charming and as I quickly discovered, he is one intelligent businessman. There are zero celebrity ... Read the full blog post...

The race is still on between Vinny Blue and Vinny Red to win the job of being the new spokesperson for the New York New York Casino. That race was a literal race this afternoon in the middle of the casino floor, but it was a race on tricycles. Yep, tricycles. The rule was they had to keep their butt on the thing, which appeared to be no easy task. There were three competitions left to wind up the spokesperson competition and they all took place this afternoon at the casino. First it was the trike race, then the knowledge about New York New York Casino and it wrapped up with seeing which Vinny could get the most people to ride the roller coaster. I hung around a while to watch the tricycle race. They started by doing some stretches and general mugging for the onlookers. A crowd started to ... Read the full blog post...

In my wanderings downtown, Las Vegas, last week, I did take a bunch of photos that I thought you’d want to see if you’re into ‘old’ Las Vegas. I do find ways to amuse myself when waiting on a friend. I got new photos of the standard casinos and some of the other businesses down there. I even stopped to take a photo of a young couple who were vacationing from Hungary. They had asked me to take their photo with their camera. Because I have a spanking new, super duper camera, I offered to take another photo with mine and email it them. They were a bit suspicious of that at first, but eventually realized I wasn’t going to make them pay me for it. I do think the casinos and shows taking your photo for tips or pay is getting a bit overdone now, don’t ... Read the full blog post...

The New York New York Casino in Las Vegas has unleashed two Vinnys in Las Vegas. The two New York natives are competing in a showdown to become the next spokesperson for the New York New York Casino. I watched as "Vinny Red" and "Vinny Blue" competed in the first of a series of contests to prove which of these two guys are the most deserving of the title of the Official New York New York spokesperson. Patrons of the casino are encouraged to vote for their favorite Vinny. There are voting boxes on the casino floor. This isn’t Chicago, but I am sure your favorite Vinny will block everyone’s view if you’d like to stuff his ballot box for him.  Make sure you stuff the right one! They are color coded, red and blue. “Vinny is real, a little irreverent and quite fun. He is a ... Read the full blog post...

Looking for something fun and different for me to do last weekend, I came across the 1st Annual Gold Coast Charity Poker Run, a fund raiser benefiting the United Way. Believe it or not, I have never been to the Gold Coast before because it is a little bit off the Vegas Strip on Flamingo in Las Vegas. The event started bright and early on Saturday morning. These poker runs are mainly for motorcyclists, but cars were allowed also at this event. I tried to find a bike to attach myself to, but didn’t have any luck, so I just drove it. A poker run involved going to different stations, pulling a card, having it written on your scorecard and after you hit all the stations, you return to find out if you had the winning poker hand. The stations where you draw the cards are all over ... Read the full blog post...