Las Vegas

By JoeinVegas(joeinvegas@joetheprogrammer.com) The Silverton is not located on the Strip or downtown but far south on I-15. It was the first casino you drove past coming in from LA but now the new M resort has taken over the extreme southern position, not counting the casinos at Jean or Stateline which aren’t really Vegas. They recently had a...

By JoeinVegas(joeinvegas@joetheprogrammer.com) We’ve driven up to Portland from Last Vegas to visit our daughter and granddaughter twice now,driving due north from Las Vegas, up into Idaho, then heading west to Portland. The total drive is about 1,000 miles, and we spend one night at a hotel in Twin Falls, Idaho where we have dinner and re...

By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) Last Saturday evening we went to see one of the final performances of Folies Bergere at the Tropicana. It’s the oldest show in Vegas, in its 49th year, which they say is also the longest running show in the world. The web site says: “The timeless musical extravaganza embodies the very essence...

By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) Well, the first restriction was that you had to go to the casino where the show was in order to purchase the tickets. Normally I just go across the street during lunch and buy tickets over at the TI for any Cirque show (there are seven around town). Now, it might not seem like such a big deal to actu...

By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) On Saturday the temp was up around 68f (near 20c) and bright and sunny, so B wanted to go out and find some new sneakers. She had been looking at the mall stores and did not find what she wanted (plain white low sneakers with Velcro closings) so she thought the bigger shoe stores at the outlet mal...

By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) I live about three miles west of the Strip. The place where I work is right on Las Vegas Boulevard, with our building just on the east side a little bit. I drive straight down a street called Desert Inn, named after the casino that used to be on the corner, now occupied by the Wynn. Their golf course...

By JoeinVegas The other small show is for owners of places that rent storage lockers. I don’t know how popular these places are in other countries or in other parts of the US, but here in Vegas and other south western cities storage locker rental is big business. At least I hope it is big business in colder are...

By JoeinVegas Oh - all those parties - they go on like that all year round. They just don't charge as much to get in, and don't close the street for fireworks. So if you want to come to Vegas to party, yes, bring money. Most of the clubs don't open until 10:30pm, and the real party doesn't start until after midnigh...