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The Night The Lights Went Out in Vegas
March 29, 2009
Well, it finally came to fruition. “Earth Hour” did, indeed, happen in Las Vegas. I am truly dismayed, disappointed, and embarrassed that my city took part in this escapade. The whole concept is beyond absurd. The event planners tried to get a billion people worldwide to turn off their “non-essential appliances” for one hour. This was supposed to help keep the polar ice caps from melting or some nonsense. Did they hit the billion number? Nobody knows. They never will. Were the polar ice caps saved? It's doubtful. Frankly, I'm not 100% sure that they are in danger. Here in the USA, this whole "green" movement is by and large a white suburban endeavor. Over the course of my life, I have come to realize a universal truth. That truth is: People need a cause. That's the secret behind global warming. People really just don't have anything else to do. Nobody wants to be the odd man out. It's uncomfortable. It is ... Read the full blog post...
New Years Eve: Live From Las Vegas
December 31, 2008
I am headed down to Fremont Street to ring in the New Year. I will be uploading real-time photos and observations in the event that you want to come along on the journey. I'll do my best to post everything in a timely manner and hopefully the cell phone photos will be clear enough for you to get a good idea of what's going on. At least if you join me from the comfort of your own home, you won't have to endure the smell of urine and potential stab wounds. The party this year is called "Tributepalooza". Silly name ... but who knows, it might be cool. Sometime tomorrow, I will write up a review with videos of the festivities, and I will also post higher quality photos of the Downtown New Year celebration. Feel free to check back over tonight, and throughout New Year's Day for updates. Wherever you are, have a safe and happy ... Read the full blog post...
Encore Grand Opening
December 23, 2008
After well over a year of watching the building rise in my own backyard … today … I finally entered the Encore Hotel and Casino. Actually, I reviewed Encore a couple of weeks ago, so this trip was simply a formality. What did I find inside? Pretty much what I expected. I don't want to pass judgement on my own review, but the truth is … as the very first person on planet Earth to review the property, I was quite accurate. If I had to sum up the Encore, I would say, “It's a smaller version of the Wynn casino with red/pink Asian lantern lights hanging from the ceiling everywhere.” It's about a 3 minute walk through a corridor from the Wynn casino floor, to the Encore casino floor … not wholly unlike the Venetian and Palazzo. To say that I was underwhelmed would be an accurate statement, but I'm a bit jaded after all ... Read the full blog post...
The Las Vegas Blizzard of 2008
December 16, 2008
This is the closest thing to a blizzard I have ever seen in Vegas, so that's what I am calling it. I woke up to moderate rain this morning, and I flipped on the television to see how long it would last. Imagine my surprise when I saw one of the local newsbimbos standing in a full blown snowstorm. WTF? She was reporting from Charleston and Fort Apache, which was about 8 miles from my house, and it looked like freaking Vermont. (Click thumbnails to view larger images.) I haven't seen natural snow on the ground since I moved to the Southwest. Before I moved to Las Vegas, I lived in Downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood. It didn't snow in any of those neighborhoods either. I try not to travel back east during the winter because I don't like getting snowed in at the airport. I have missed the last couple of blizzards back east. All-told this ... Read the full blog post...
Thanksgiving on The Strip
November 27, 2008
It's Thanksgiving. Or so they tell me. Once again, it's that time of year when we celebrate the inferior firepower of the Native American, who's complete incompetence allowed a bunch of effeminate Englishmen build an entire nation on their property. We sat down, ate a meal with our hosts, then shot them in the face with a musket. If that's not something to celebrate, then I don't know what is. Of course, we made it up to them. We killed their ancestors and took their land, but we gave them casinos in return. In the end, I'd say it was a win-win for everyone. Needless to say, I don't celebrate Thanksgiving. If you have to be told by the Federal Government to sit down and be thankful for your family on a prescribed day ... then you're an asshole. I wish I could be more tactful, but I just don't know how else to put it. Every day, I ... Read the full blog post...
Live From Las Vegas: The Halloween Edition
November 1, 2008
I don't really celebrate Halloween. At least not the part where I dress up. Truth be told, I never did. That doesn't, however, prevent me from looking on with curiosity at the people who do celebrate the "holiday". I will probably go over to The Strip tonight to see what's happening tonight. I never have any idea what to expect on Halloween in Las Vegas. Sometimes I see a lot of goofy people, sometimes it just looks like any other night. I guess we'll soon see. If any of you female readers out there plan on dressing as a french maid, cheerleader, nurse, or some other kind of whore-like outfit ... by all means, email me some photos. I'll have my own little one-handed celebration in front of my monitor, and maybe this whole debacle of an event will mean something after all. Anyway, I will post some running pictures from my cellphone so you can get ... Read the full blog post...
Saturday Live
October 25, 2008
One of the things people kind of like on my other site is the "Real-Time Las Vegas Webcam" thing I do from time to time. Every now and then when I am walking around Las Vegas, I will take either my laptop or my BlackBerry along with me and just manually upload shots at random of the scenes around me. I suppose that in some way, it makes people sort of feel like they are here ... without actually dropping the cash for airfare. And since it's real-time, you basically see what I see pretty much when I see it. You can see how crowded or empty the city is and kind of get a small feel for the vibe. Since this blog is a new format, and I don't have the real-time photo upload enabled, I will actually have to stop and post the shots manually, which means they may be a few minutes ... Read the full blog post...
