#137: Our Real Estate Market - Great For Some, Terrible for Others

For those in our audience considering a move to Las Vegas, among the most often-asked questions is about the real estate market. In this episode of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, Scott and Melissa compare what they went through when purchasing their home in 2003 to what is happening in the market today. If you’re thinking of buying, this is the show for you. 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
  • Follow us on Twitter: @VegasVideoNtwrk
  • Visit our FACEBOOK Page: Facebook.com/VegasVideoNetwork
    
• Programming note
• Condolences to Wayne
• Weight loss update
• Marche Bacchus French Bistro
• The Las Vegas real estate market - 2003 to 2012. Great for some, crap for others.

#132: What? Doesn’t Every Podcast Have a Sommelier?

After another great pep talk from Melissa, the Whitney’s begin today’s Living in Las Vegas Podcast with our first non-human adoption and an additional touch of class, thanks to Wayne the Sommelier (keep the tip, W). Scott follows with his journey to the Playboy Comedy Club, Ellis Island, and Bootlegger’s Bistro Jazz Open Mic Cabaret without the accompaniment of Melissa. We conclude with the reason Scott dared to travel alone — Melissa’s trip to New Orleans. 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
  • Follow us on Twitter: @VegasVideoNtwrk
  • Visit our FACEBOOK Page: Facebook.com/VegasVideoNetwork
    
    
• Hello, tuna
• Today’s Adoption: Rat
• Talktails ticket contest
• Playboy Comedy Club
• Bootlegger’s Bistro
• Listener Email: How to make your husband happy
• Dinosaurs in Las Vegas!!
• Girls weekend in New Orleans

#131: Muskrat Love: Nothing Happened - It Was Just Horseplay

On this episode of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, Scott and Melissa rub elbows with Vegas’ top chefs and food critics in celebration of the Eating Las Vegas 2012 book launch. Then, we sign up for another show (Bella Fleck) at The Smith Center. We wrap things up with a visit to Fresh 52 Farmers Market. 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
  • Follow us on Twitter: @VegasVideoNtwrk
  • Visit our FACEBOOK Page: Facebook.com/VegasVideoNetwork
    
    
• Today’s Adoption: Bob Scott
• Eating Las Vegas launch party (Muskrat love happens here.)
• Our talented viewers: Yoga for dogs? Beautiful balloons.
• The Smith Center gets it right w/ Bella Fleck
• Listener Email
• Fresh 52 Farmers Market

#122: Sailor Jerry is not to be Trusted

Before we speak of the evil that is Sailor Jerry, we talk about one of the best deals in Las Vegas; Restaurant Week. Then, we get jazzy at The Smith Center and talk comedy at the Hard Rock Cafe. 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
  • Visit our FACEBOOK Page: Facebook.com/VegasVideoNetwork
• Weather (109) / LiLV Pool (84)
  
  
• LiLV Meetup: Sept 9th, 4-7pm, Go to our Facebook Event Page to sign up! SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL — First drink is on us. RSVP is required to get your first drink. Please send an email to meetup@vegasvideonetwork.com for each attendee!!
  
  
• Restaurant Week
• Jazz at The Smith Center
• Want to get in shape? Studio 222 has a deal for VVN viewers!
• VVN: New distribution deal confirmed. Press release to follow!
• VVN: Pub Crawl moving to Wednesdays starting
• Comedy at the Hard Rock Cafe

#101: Hookers, Gangs and $1.75 Beer; A Different Kind of Island

It’s amazing what you see when you stay out until 4AM on a Sunday morning in Las Vegas. Which explains why in this episode of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast, we talk about things that can’t be un-seen. 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 (76) / LiLV Pool (56)
• VEGAS VIDEO NETWORK News: More interested from local celebs
• Happy Birthday Malya and Kendall
• Robb and Stuckey go out of business (Town Square)
• GREAT article about Sahara Closing by Ted Newkirk of Access Vegas
• Ellis Island Casino and Brewery
• How to get a salad, filet, potato, veggies and a beer for $6.99
• Hookers and beer

80: Enjoying Life as a Las Vegas Local

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
  • Friday Figures
  • Locals Deals (Social House, Bejing Noodle #9, Brand Steakhouse, Mandarin Oriental)
  • Red Rock Restaurants
  • New Firefly in Summerlin
  • Comedy/Magic talent search
• 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

A lot of Vegas restaurant guides tend to favor locations on The Strip, but that’s not terribly convenient for those of us that chose to live further away. Count me among those that don’t really go down there all that often, but still want to enjoy great food! That being said, two of my favorite places for dinner just happen to be a few hundred feet from one another at the Red Rock Casino Resort.

Terra Rossa has a superb menu of well prepared Italian dishes. It’s not the cheap bowls of pasta you may have come to expect at many restaurants by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, all the pasta is homemade.

An antipasto plate will arrive at your table before you can even consider your menu options, and a bread basket will follow soon thereafter. The thin crust, wood-fire cooked pizzas make a nice appetizer, or a meal by themselves. Classic items ranging from deep fried calamari to chicken parmigiana are of course available and well prepared. A few of our favorite menu items are the prosciutto appetizer, gnocchi, and spaghetti al carbon.

There is a full bar with expert mixologists and an extensive wine list. The service is always just right, and a member of the team is sure to be nearby when you need something. [The outside dining is pretty cool as well. -Ed]

Hachi is a “Modern Japanese” restaurant with an ample selection of sushi. Why do the waiters have belt buckles shaped like the number 8? Because hachi is the Japanese word for eight!

To be honest, we tend to treat sushi restaurants as “small plate dining”, a sort of Japanese tapas. As a result, we’ve tried a lot of menu items over the three years they’ve been open, but we’ve never actually had any of their main courses. The menu sort of encourages this grazing by offering a section of 38 small dishes for $8 or less. If you like spicy food, don’t pass up the Crispy Spicy Shrimp, Kholester Roll, or the french bean tempura. For those with more traditional tastes, the crispy baby whitefish, sea bass cakes, and kumamoto oysters are excellent. A traditional assortment of sushi bar staples can be had as well, such as nigiri, miso soup, and edamame. And it’s worth saving room for dessert. (Don’t be surprised if the sake sommelier shows up at your table to talk about the sake menu, but there’s a full bar too.)

Reservations are recommended, but both restaurants can usually work you in fairly quickly if you show up without them.

Good news for our readers in Summerlin. There will be a new Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar location coming to the area. The restaurant will be located at 9560 W. Sahara Ave, which is between Grand Canyon and Fort Apache. (It is currently the home of Z’Tejas Southwestern Grill.) Firefly offers Spanish style tapas for lunch, dinner and late night dining all at a affordable price. A large portion of the menu’s over 40 items are under $10.

The new Firefly location will be approximately 6,000 square feet and will seat around 200 people. Firefly has two other locations in the valley: 3900 Paradise Road (by the Hard Rock Casino) and inside the Plaza Hotel (Fremont Street and Main Street). There is no time-line to open the new restaurant, however it should be open by the start of August.

Social House, which is a unique sushi restaurant owned by Pure Management Group, has opened inside Crystals at CityCenter. Executive Chief Joe Elevado has trained under “Iron Chef” Masaharu Morimoto to deliver what should be an interesting and diverse blend of Pan-Asian style. Locals just need to show a valid Nevada ID and receive 20% off Sunday through Thursday.

I did not have the opportunity to eat at the old Social House which was located inside Treasure Island. So I would be interested to hear from some of our listeners who ate at the old Social House and compare it to the new Social House.

[Melissa and I have taken many LV visitors to the TI-based Social House. It was one of our “go to” places. We’re not sushi people, but those who are raved. For we cooked-food lovers, their food was excellent as well. — Scott]

Beijing Noodle No. 9, which is an Chinese-themed restaurant inside Caesars Palace, is offering a discount for locals. Just show your Nevada ID and receive 20% off your bill. According to the Caesars website, Beijing Noodle No. 9 is their newest restaurant.

A quick glance reveals the menu to be quite varied, from Cantonese Roast Duck to something called a Stuffed Seafood Pancake! Sounds like it could be an adventure for those of you with a more varied palate.

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