Las Vegas

Meetup Accomplished!

Posted by on September 12, 2011 at 6:59 am

You may recall from my last blog post before I left for Las Vegas that I had hoped to pull together the “first annual” Vegas Solo meetup during my trip. Well, mission accomplished! On Tuesday, September 6, I met up with Janice and Nate at the Cosmopolitan’s Chandelier Bar. As promised, it was a very [...]

The First Annual Vegas Solo Meet Up

Posted by on August 28, 2011 at 10:47 am

Oooh, “first annual” makes it sound not only official, but like a really big deal, right? Yeah, not really. Don’t get your expectations up too high, okay? I just thought it might be nice to host a casual little meet-and-greet while I’m in Las Vegas for any of my readers/Twitter followers/friends who happen to be [...]

Who Visits Las Vegas?

Posted by on August 21, 2011 at 2:35 pm

Note: If you’re in Las Vegas between Sept. 4th-9th and would be interested in meeting up with me and possibly other Vegas fans, solo travelers, etc., let me know. If there’s any interest, I’ll set something up. . .probably during a happy hour somewhere. I am at T-minus 12 days from my trip to San [...]

The Cocktail Bars of Fremont East

Posted by on July 31, 2011 at 3:28 pm

During my last trip to Las Vegas, I stayed Downtown two nights at the Golden Nugget. On my first day there, I wandered down to Fremont East to check it out. My mistake was doing so during the day, when it was a virtual ghost town. (What was I thinking?) I am now kicking myself [...]

10 Things I Don’t Like About Las Vegas

Posted by on July 17, 2011 at 9:29 am

I can hear you now: “WHAT?! There’s something not to like about Las Vegas? Blasphemy!” Yeah, yeah, I know. I love Las Vegas, too. But no matter how much a city inspires our love, no city–like no person–is perfect.  And if we’re honest with ourselves and everyone else, we can admit that. So at the [...]