#118: Hercules Punch and Cabanas at Caesars Palace

We covered quite a bit a ground on this episode of Living in Las Vegas. First, a gauntlet was thrown. (Pity poor Wayne.) Then, rumor has it we’ve got another LiLV Meetup in the works. Finally, we start getting healthier and to celebrate we drink from a punch bowl made of ice (and filled with vodka) in a cabana at Caesars Palace then wonder how a chipmunk called our toll-free listener line. Show notes:

• Visit LASIK of Nevada (50% Off Premium LASIK + $200 more if you mention VVN)
  
  
• LiLV Stuff
  • NEW TOLL-FREE Listener Line: 866.966.4599
  • Sign up for Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
  • Get your questions answered: OnAirQ@LivingInLV.com
• Weather (110) / LiLV Pool (84)
• VVN: The Smith Center Calls Us, 1st Annual VVN Mini-Golf Invitational, Scott adds 100lbs to Pub Crawl
• LiLV Meetup: Sept 9th
• Cabana and Hercules Punch at Caesars Palace (Thanks, Al!)
• Getting Fit at Studio 222
• Listener Audio: Wayne

#115: How to Safely Attend a Ted Nugent Concert

For this edition of Living in Las Vegas, as we recover from a 4th of July weekend that included full-contact Mexican Dominoes and viewer questions about the terror that is the Stratosphere “rides”, Melissa and Scott debate the “message” Uncle Ted Nugent delivered during his concert. Show notes:

• Visit LASIK of Nevada (50% Off Premium LASIK + $200 more if you mention VVN)
  
  
• LiLV Stuff
  • NEW TOLL-FREE Listener Line: 866.966.4599
  • Sign up for Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
  • Get your questions answered: OnAirQ@LivingInLV.com
• Weather (101day/83night) / LiLV Pool (84)
• Vegas Video Network prepares to hire our first full-timer
• 4th of July festivities
• Whitney Villa
• Listener Email: Stratosphere Rides, Plaza’s Firefly replacement, Fremont zipline
• The Reverend Ted Nugent

#110: 1AM on a Saturday? Let’s Get a Tattoo

For this Memorial Day weekend, some of our good friends from California decided to visit Vegas for some much-needed “adult-time”. So for this episode of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we check out some nearly nude “street performers”, drink “Devil’s Margaritas” by the pool, and spend early Saturday morning getting a couple tattoos. Show notes:

• Visit LASIK of Nevada (50% Off Premium LASIK + $200 more if you mention VVN)
  
  
• LiLV Stuff
  • Listener Line: 206.312.0105
  • Sign up for Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
  • Get your questions answered: OnAirQ@LivingInLV.com
• Weather (90) / LiLV Pool ($84$)
• VEGAS VIDEO NETWORK News: Radio syndication in the works for ALL VVN shows!
• Scott’s surgery from just hours before the show (trooper!!)
• Listener Email: More on Cirque, Vegas “Haters”
• Chart House tip
• Street Performers (enough, already)
• Don’t Tell Mama
• Insert Coins (high score!)
• Presidential Limo
• Mastro’s Ocean Club restaurant
• Mario Barth King Ink tattoo adventure

68: A Las Vegas Staycation with Scott and Melissa

I think it’s safe to say that for those of us who live in Las Vegas, there is no better place to enjoy a “Staycation” (a vacation in your own town) than right here. . .in the town that REALLY never sleeps.  For this edition of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we take you on an overnight trip to the Strip, from a local’s perspective.  Show notes:

• PHOTOS!
• Weather (getting better) / LiLV Pool (8 degrees from nirvana)
• LiLV Stuff
  • Listener Line: 206.312.0105
  • Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
• Trader Vics – Dead
• Cosibella Homes – Gone
• Get GREAT Sales Coaching at QBS Live Mondays
• PodWorx is producing a LIVE LASIK Procedure this Tuesday at 5pm
• Listener Email: Recap of a meetup with a LiLV listener, nice feedback and guitar strings, a question about LiLV video
• Staycation
  • Thanks Jacquie!
  • Caesar’s Palace Petite Suite
  • The Pool (these people are very shiny)
  • Window Shopping at Belagio
  • The Atrium at Belagio
  • Serendipity 3 and Osmond Teeth
  • Caesar’s Forum Shops (the best mall in the world. . .for men)
  • Seahorse Lounge
  • Rhumbar at The Mirage
  • Late Dinner
• Hot and Horrible: Michael Mina

64: Dining at Wynn Encore, New Year’s Eve with 20-Somethings and Live Video

Because we enjoy having guests at the Whitney Villa, one of the great things about Living in Las Vegas is hosting/entertaining visitors when they come to town.  For today’s Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we first take our kids (who are visiting from California) to Wynn Encore for $ome fancy dining. Then, we review our New Year’s Eve party which brought in nine additional 20-somethings to the house and taught me a bit about bouncing back after puking, that some kids can drink faster than I ever could, and that if you play your cards right, you can get a secret XBOX 360 code for unlimited songs in Rock Star.  Show notes: (Now where did I put my NutriTorture snack bar. . .oh, and there is some swearing in this episode)

• PHOTOS!
• Weather (getting better) / LiLV Pool (frozen death pond)
• LiLV Stuff
• Listener Line: 206.312.0105
• Sign up for Email Alerts (form all over the website)
• Adding new Friends is fun!
• Let’s Talk Twitter (the sign of the devil is upon us)
• CES 2009
• Session
• Show floor
• Famous Guy
• Adult Video Expo
• Blogger Meetup
• Another Famous Guy
• Ego bloggers
• The Scoble Affect
• WordCamp Las Vegas
• Good and bad
• Contributors!
• Check out Brandie, Doug, Cheryl and Mary Ann’s bios
• The culinary torture that is Nutrisystem
• Listener Email: Las Vegas Friendliness
• Dining at Wynn Encore: Botero Steak
• New Year’s Eve with eleven 20-somethings, streaming video, and chatroom influencers

63: Swap Meets of Las Vegas — Where a Guard Tower Doesn’t Seem Out of Place

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)

57: All About Water (Hot and Frozen): Water Heaters & Wranglers

Is there a shortage of water in Las Vegas? Not from where we sit! In today’s Living In Las Vegas Podcast we dive into Las Vegas water quality and water heaters then root for our favorite frozen water Vegans, the Las Vegas Wranglers. Show notes:

• Sponsor Podcasts Intersections by Interwoven, Interwoven’s GearUp Podcast, Acutrack Podcast, Polycom On Demand
• Weather/Pool Report: Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!
• New Website update
• New Friend: David and Alicia
• Listener Voicemail: Partying, Las Vegas Real Estate
• Listener Emails: Furniture, Free/discount tickets, Gas, Casino Employment
• Water Heater Drama
• Las Vegas Wranglers Hockey

12: Building a Pool in Las Vegas–Oh My GOD!!!

Six months in the making, we are finally ready, after a great deal of therapy, to talk about building our pool. Show notes:

• Our First Listener Voice Mail (and a free CD goes to…)
• Living in Las Vegas Podcast feature on the Yahoo Podcast page
• It’s a dry heat, so let’s build a pool
• Melissa’s Job Hunt: Training is complete, and now…
• This week’s Hot or Horrible
• (Thanks to Savannah for the numeric intro!)