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80: Enjoying Life as a Las Vegas Local
August 1, 2010
If you live in Las Vegas, you really owe it to yourself to get out and enjoy that which is Sin City. The weather. The food. The entertainment. And since our last episode, we’ve been busy doing just that!
Join us for this edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast where we regale you in stories of Las Vegas local fun and joy! Show notes:
- Weather (triple digits are awesome) / LiLV Pool (86 is the new 84?)
- LiLV Stuff
- Listener Line: 206.312.0105
- Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
- NippleGate (thank you Wendy O)
- Commercial Property (PodWorx is expanding!)
- Recent Blog Posts
- il Vino at Aliante Station
- Listener Audio [from a looooong-time listener]
- Listener Email: Viva Elvis, Job Hunt, Theatre Launch
- Hot and Horrible: Union at Aria Vodka-pairing dinner
- Enjoying Life as a Las Vegas Local by. . .
- Staying at Wynn for Melissa’s Birthday
- Checking out the NBA Summer League (and the most amazing discovery ever)
- Singing along with Sgt Pepper Live featuring Cheap Trick
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Streaming MP3: DownloadApril 4, 2010
Well that was a first.
At 3:40PM today, a 6.9 7.2 earthquake struck Baja California, about 110 miles east-southeast of Tijuana. The reason I’m blogging about this is because for the first time, I FELT AN EARTHQUAKE IN LAS VEGAS.
I was working in my office when, out of the blue, I started feeling a little dizzy. A moment later, the dizziness went away. I kept on working and then started feeling dizzy again.
At this point, I figured I was working too damn hard. As I left my office and walked into the living room, I happened to be looking out into the backyard and notice the pool water was sloshing back and forth.
“That’s odd”, I thought.
Then, I turned to look at the two chandeliers in our home; one in the dining room and the other in the bar/lounge area. Both were swinging about 2-3 inches either way.
“I’m not having a stroke! We had an earthquake!!”
Having grown up in Southern California AND having gone through the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, I’m usually not surprised by them. BUT NOT IN LAS VEGAS!! It was crazy! I had no idea it was an earthquake.
A check on Twitter showed a steady stream of Tweets about the earthquake. And CNN.com has been covering the earthquake for the last 45 minutes or so.
p.s. The Loma Prieta was a 6.9 (moment magnitude) earthquake as well. Its “surface-wave magnitude” was 7.1. Those are some big quakes!
70: One is Good, One is Bad: Las Vegas Hiking, Las Vegas Real Estate Agents
August 29, 2009
[Let’s set the mood. . .it’s a Saturday night. . .the studio lights have been dimmed. . .the red wine is ready and willing. . .what better time to record a Living in Las Vegas Podcast?]
Professionalism? Las Vegas Real Estate “Professionals” calling. We’re a little lost, here. Can you send somebody over?
Okay, this wasn’t meant to be the main topic. . .and it’s not. . .but, for the love of all things reasonable, get it together Las Vegas real estate folks! You’re making those of us who live here look bad!
On a positive note, after ranting about the nasty issues of real estate, this edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast talks about three places to hike, two of which I deemed “hiked” even though my definition of hiked and Melissa’s were not completely in line. Show notes:
- PHOTOS! (of the studio, post-show)
- Weather (heat advisory) / LiLV Pool (3 degrees from perfection)
- LiLV Stuff
- Listener Line: 206.312.0105
- Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
- Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Business Education Series
- Thoughts on Las Vegas Podcasts
- Mojito Recipe?
- Summerlin Hospital RANT
- Summerlin vs. Aliante
- Real Estate Idiots
- Listener Email: Real Estate Idiots +2, Holiday Festivities
- Listener Audio: Where’s my strings, Mike?!?!
- Hiking in Las Vegas
- Red Rock
- Valley of Fire
- Mt. Charleston
July 25, 2009
Melissa and I were hanging out at Aliante Station last night and while having a drink at the MRKT sea & land bar, we learned that they offer 1/2 off their menu (not including lobster and surf and turf) from Sunday through Thursday for those folks with a “Boarding Pass”.
Seems like a pretty good deal to me!
We’re definitely going to take advantage of that some time this week. And although our last experience at MRKT was mixed (we gave it a half and half on Hot and Horrible), the food, when it arrived, was pretty good.
65: Living the Loft Lifestyle in Las Vegas
February 15, 2009
What a fun show to record! Thanks everybody who joined the live video streaming session!!
With the real estate environment in Las Vegas struggling, we wondered what was available in the loft market. I’ve always thought there was something inherently groovy about lofts. . .seems like they’d be the place where Las Vegas hipsters might hang out. So for this episode of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we visit three brand-new(ish) Las Vegas lofts available for your living enjoyment. Show notes:
This episode was recorded as both an audio file (found here) AND a video. The original video was over 18GB in size so we’re working on creating a more management size file to add to our RSS file. It will be added as a separate post.)
- PHOTOS!
- Weather (sun people, where’s the sun?) / LiLV Pool (40s does not help me!)
- LiLV Stuff
- Listener Line: 206.312.0105
- Sign up for Email Alerts (form found on our website)
- CBS-8 Station Tour with Dave Courvoisier
- It’s all about adding Friends
- Melissa is quite the artist
- Also beautiful, Melissa’s colon (wait until you see the video)
- Wallstreet Wealth Management recommendation on Local’s Choice Radio
- Listener Email: Caesar Salad and plantlife
- Living the Loft Lifestyle in Las Vegas
- Newport Lofts
- Metreon
- C2 Lofts
- Hot or Horrible: MRKT Sea & Land
63: Swap Meets of Las Vegas — Where a Guard Tower Doesn’t Seem Out of Place
December 14, 2008
While Las Vegas is unfairly known for swapping meat of another kind (what? it’s true? dontcha watch CSI?), today’s Living in Las Vegas Podcast features our visits to two of the largest swap meets in the Las Vegas Valley. Show notes:
- PHOTOS!
- Weather (cold) /Pool (crazy cold and leafy)
- LiLV Stuff
- Listener Line: 206.312.0105
- Sign up for Email Alerts!!
- More Friends added
- LiLVPodcast Twitter Update
- Wordcamp:Las Vegas info
- Hunting Cowboys
- Expansion tease
- Listener Audio: Jobs, LinkedIn
- Listener Email: [great intro, thanks David], Encore commercial, Eating Dirt, Media Coverage of Station Casinos and Aliante
- Las Vegas Swap Meets
- Fantastik (Indoor)
- Broadacre (Outdoor)
62: A Tour of the Aliante Station Casino and Hotel
November 12, 2008
Twenty-three months ago, the folks at Stations Casino did a Show & Tell about their upcoming Aliante Station Casino. Last night, two years of planning, construction, traffic delays and speculation came to an end with the grand opening of the Aliante Station Casino and Hotel. This episode of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast gives you a “soundseering” tour of the $600+ million “locals” casino. Show notes:
- PHOTOS!
- Weather/Pool
- LiLV Stuff
- Listener Line: 206.312.0105
- Sign up for Email Alerts!!
- The Aliante Station Casino and Hotel
- Fireworks
- Early entry and free beer
- The Tour
November 12, 2008
. . .and was surprised by what we saw. Stay tuned. . .we’re planning to record the podcast reviewing the Aliante Station Casino grand opening tomorrow night.
November 11, 2008
There has been a nice buzz around these parts about tonight’s Aliante Station Casino opening. We’ve seen a handful of news channel features about the new property over the last month or so along with several articles in the local newspapers. I’ve always been VERY impressed with much of what Station Casinos does so I was surprised when I heard on Channel 3’s 11PM news that for the third quarter of 2008 (which ends on September 30) the company lost $23 million. To compare, for Q3 2007, the company made $3.7 million.
In the words of Keanu Reeves — “Whooaah”.
Both Melissa and I were surprise by that. I always had the impression that all ten Station Casinos properties were doing very well. Every time we visited Red Rock or Santa Fe, they looked pretty busy.
Here’s hoping their eleventh casino at Aliante will be the beginning of a big turn around. The company is obviously spending a lot of money on getting the word out. . .billboards, TV commercials, newspaper ads. Just yesterday, they paid for the insertion of a 16 page “Promotional Feature” section in the Review-Journal. That had to be expensive!
We will be checking the place out at their 11/11/08 at 11:11PM opening and putting out a new LiLV Podcast episode soon thereafter.
Our fingers are crossed!!
August 27, 2008
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Since moving to Las Vegas in 2005, I have been on a three-year journey trying to find a hair salon that I could go to and expect consistent results. Until just recently, the journey was a difficult one! Thankfully, Scott found PORT Salon, and I have found a home for all my hair, skin and nail needs!
