Month: July 2013

Only-in-Vegas Moment: A Bronze Cowpoke Gets Lucky

Only-in-Vegas Moment: A Bronze Cowpoke Gets Lucky

There are some thing you'll simply never see anywhere other than in Las Vegas. We think this bronze cowboy trying...
Time to Play: Dig This Attraction Bulldozes the Competition

Time to Play: Dig This Attraction Bulldozes the Competition

We may just have a new activity to top our "Best Things to Do in Las Vegas" list! Dig This...
Today’s Glimpse of Las Vegas: Lobby at The Venetian

Today’s Glimpse of Las Vegas: Lobby at The Venetian

Las Vegas seems to do everything on a grand scale, and the lobby at The Venetian is no different. The...
Franklin’s Guide to Living Rent-Free in Las Vegas

Franklin’s Guide to Living Rent-Free in Las Vegas

One of our favorite Las Vegas discoveries in recent months involves a hotel bar and a bird. The bird's name...
That Moment When Casino Marketing Gets Awkward

That Moment When Casino Marketing Gets Awkward

There's a lot to love about Las Vegas and casinos, but sometimes it gets awkward. You know, like having daycare...
The Verbena Cocktail at Cosmopolitan Las Vegas May Implode Your Face

The Verbena Cocktail at Cosmopolitan Las Vegas May Implode Your Face

It's a Las Vegas cocktail like no other. It's the Verbena at The Cosmopolitan. The drink itself, served at the...
High Roller Ferris Wheel Gets Its Outer Rim at The Linq

High Roller Ferris Wheel Gets Its Outer Rim at The Linq

The massive High Roller observation wheel behind Flamingo Las Vegas, part of The Linq project, is going from puberty to...
Fremont Hotel Gets a Fancy New Flatscreen TV

Fremont Hotel Gets a Fancy New Flatscreen TV

The Fremont Hotel & Casino downtown must've gotten a gift certificate to Best Buy, because it recently installed a massive...
Beware: Today’s Las Vegas Rip-Off

Beware: Today’s Las Vegas Rip-Off

Some days, we get callouses from all the face-palming. Today, the source of our consternation is "Ron's Light Show Parking,"...
Terrible’s Gets a Better Name, Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino

Terrible’s Gets a Better Name, Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino

Just east of The Strip is a smallish (at least by Vegas standards) casino, formerly called Terrible's. How did a...
Useless Facts for Roulette Nerds

Useless Facts for Roulette Nerds

Roulette is a blast. You put a few chips onto the felt, the roulette wheel spins, and sometimes magic happens....
Best Ice Cream in Las Vegas, Thy Name is Lappert’s

Best Ice Cream in Las Vegas, Thy Name is Lappert’s

Las Vegas is known for its seemingly endless bounty of sinful indulgences. The liquor. The gambling. The sex. Those things...
Our Very First Vital Sign

Our Very First Vital Sign

What's not to love about signs? Big, small, real or made up, they are a constant source of amusement, and...

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