A three-day Vegas vacation is about all a human can handle, emotionally and physically. Even if you’re not partaking of the delightful fruits of Sin City (boozing, dancing and buffet gorging), sightseeing and shopping can also take a toll on human endurance. For those folks that don’t even have three days, I recommend the one-day…
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Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman reached out to the San Diego Chargers this week to make another pitch for the team to make the move here from Southern California. Tireless in his attempt to bring a major professional sports team to Las Vegas, he’s certainly one of the hardest working mayors in the country. Although the…
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Instead of writing an op/ed piece about monuments and progress, I decided to offer tribute with these haikus inspired by photos I snapped during the Stardust’s last weekend of business. The first one wrote itself, well at least 41% of itself: in these latter days new stardust book on sale lost irony found shadows trace…
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While most every other celebrity on the planet loves Vegas, apparently Batman doesn’t care too much for Sin City. I’m not talking about Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney or even Adam West for that matter. This is the actual Batman. It’s not like this is malignant gossip planted by a nefarious villain, either. This is straight from…
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I like musicals and I’m not ashamed to admit it. When I got an invite to the Grand Opening of Mel Brooks’ ‘The Producers’ show in Vegas starring David Hasselhoff, I have to admit, I got a rare, five-second burst of excitement. According to the accompanying After Party ticket, Mel Brooks even invited me as…
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