http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com Real Stories of the Most Unreal City on Earth… A Real Las Vegas Blog. Tue, 06 May 2008 05:24:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spent Saturday afternoon out in Pahrump, Nevada, at the Sin City Chamber of Commerce's annual picnic, chili cook-off, and hoe-down (it's at the Chicken Ranch, so, har-har!) and I was very, very tired when I made it home to Vegas Saturday night. I took a shower to wash ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/05/05/sunday-mornings-or-late-saturday-nights-in-las-vegas/ Outside of my taxi there's a man screaming obscenities at his friends... or at least the ease with which he insults them implies a long and deep friendship with the group of assholes that just won't get into the cab fast enough. When they finally get to the taxi it ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/04/29/nick-the-cabbie-las-vegas-street-fight/ Well it's high season for the conventions and bachelor parties, that is for sure! I do admit, though, I am more of a fan of the convention-goers than the bachelor parties. Parties are pretty predictable to the point that I could break it down into three types of guys that ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/04/28/las-vegas-typical-bachelor-party-characters/ There is probably a slicker, less eyebrow-raising name for what is going on between Nevada and a few other states, including, but probably not limited to, Utah. I was raised in an era and in a country that seems to be a different place in many respects, nowadays. ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/03/27/nevadas-interstate-police-partnerships/ What the hell is a Doodlebop? Is it some new form of mind-altering drug ruining our youth? Does it make you dress in painfully-colored clothing and frolic like it's Pride Parade Day in San Francisco? Why do I keep hearing about how "huge Doodlebops are" when I've never ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/02/27/does-this-outfit-make-me-look-gay/ Last night I was at Bucks #1 and the adjoining Kinkos, drinking my ritual coffee and taking care of some printing stuff I had to do. I saw a sign on the door of the Starbucks saying they would be closed tomorrow (today) from 5:30-9:30pm. I was a ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/02/26/i-thought-it-was-just-on-paradise-road-in-las-vegas/ Lately Las Vegas has turned into what seems like the damn pull-over capital of the West. I actually did hear that there was a police academy class that graduated recently. I got pulled over - Liz did, actually, I was in the passenger seat - and this cop that was ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/02/25/did-las-vegas-police-academy-let-out-recently/ The Monte Carlo is now open again this weekend for the first time since the fire that burned a major portion of the roof and top floor facade. The outside no longer looks fire-damaged. It looks more like it's just getting a face-lift - some cosmetic rejuvenation. ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/02/16/monte-carlo-hotel-and-casino-reopens/ I knew it was dry but this is crazy! Brothas' gotta drink out here, yo! When I first moved to Las Vegas a number of years ago we were already at like year three or four of what is now like an eight or nine year-long "drought." ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/02/12/i-aint-loving-these-odds-baby/ I Las Vegas, with so many, uh, different sorts of occupations, there exists a market to reach out to these "service industry" people and provide solid, legitimate, financial planning, legal, and tax preparation services. We don't discriminate in our fair city. We embrace! You see a hooker - we ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/02/10/las-vegas-tax-services-for-everyone/ Only in Las Vegas, Nevada, would you see a man's privates in public before dinnertime, and if you did happen to see said man’s now public privates, there’s a good chance it would be on Tropicana Boulevard. A few weeks ago I was driving down Tropicana from the office of a ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/01/31/guest-column-summer-the-stripper-writes-only-in-vegas/ Las Vegas, Nevada, is famously dry in the middle of the desert. Most people think of the desert as a place where things are dry as a bone - barely supporting life as we know it. The truth is, everything needs water. It rains here. It ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/01/28/las-vegas-rainy-season-las-vegas-ski-resort/ I like to think I know a little bit about this town we call home - Las Vegas. The truth is, Las Vegas is big enough and has spread out enough that it's really hard to keep up with all the new spots. There are hot spots ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/01/24/sweet-little-tucked-away-las-vegas-cafe-marche-bacchus/ Oh yes... Just like that. Mmmmm The sweet taste of political relevance! No more voting in Texas where the rural, overwhelmingly conservative vote and Washington influence usually makes the primary election winners a foregone conclusion. Since different states have different primary election or caucus rules, it turns out ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/01/17/suck-my-big-nevada-caucus/ The holidays really have had me missing in action 'round here. I spent three weeks in Texas during Christmas. I was back for one week and then I was gone again for another eight or nine days on my big ski trip. Now I am back and ... http://www.whilelasvegassleeps.com/2008/01/17/new-year-new-information-architecture/