72: Hanging Out on the Las Vegas Strip (and Why Las Vegas Locals Hate Doing So)

It’s a surprise to many Las Vegas tourists that a large number of Las Vegas locals hate hanging out on The Strip.  We, of course, do not belong to that category of Las Vegans.  We like visiting the coolest street in the USA. . .but understand why many locals don’t share our enthusiasm.

In this edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we talk about our last couple of visits to The Strip and introduce a new “cast member” to the Living in Las Vegas Podcast!  Show notes:

• PHOTOS!
  (Halloween at Lavo)
• Weather (huh, not too bad) / LiLV Pool (Hey pool, you are dead to me)
• LiLV Stuff
  • Listener Line: 206.312.0105
  • Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, introducing. . .T.R.
• Playing nice with other Las Vegas podcasts
• Palms, revisited
• Listener Email: Real Estate, CityCenter, a Motivational Shout-Out
• Hanging on the Las Vegas Strip
  • Hawaiian Tropic Zone
  • Tattoos
  • Value/Cost
  • CityCenter
  • Trash
  • Hard Rock Cafe
  • Halloween

As I was playing around with my iPod Touch, I stumbled upon Time Magazine’s iPod-based website.  The first article I found was a cover-piece about Las Vegas.  It was a very interesting article.  Here’s the link:

Article: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1915962,00.html

Along with the article, there was an associated video that followed a local real estate agent to two foreclosed properties, one of which was in Newport Lofts [recent blog post].  You’ve got to see this video.  Half of the units are empty, according to the real estate agent.  It’s startling what somebody was able to do at one of the lofts (change the locks?!?!).  They sneak into house later in the video to see the shape it’s in.  Here’s the video link:

Video: http://www.time.com/time/video/?bcpid=1485842900&bctid=33598672001

Have a great weekend everybody!

53: A Tour of the Palazzo Hotel, Casino and Shoppes

The Palazzo ’soft’ opening was on December 30, 2007 with the official grand opening on January 17, 2008. We wanted to wait a bit before taking a tour of the latest luxury resort on the Las Vegas Strip. For today’s Living In Las Vegas Podcast, we give you a soundseer tour of The Palazzo, its casino and still-in-production “Shoppes”. Show notes:

• Sponsor Podcasts Intersections by Interwoven, Interwoven’s GearUp Podcast, Acutrack Podcast, Polycom On Demand
• Weather/Pool Report
• We get people hired in Las Vegas!
• We have two new LiLV Friend (Ann and Bill)
• Listener Voicemail (Troy)
• Listener Questions/Emails (Michele M)
• The Palazzo Hotel, Casino and Shoppes (soundseer audio)