all posts in the 'Las Vegas' category


Random Pictures

When I say “random,” I mean that I’m too lazy/tired to write anything else about them. It’s been a while since a Flickr update, so here goes. If you click on over to the EITW Flickr site, you’ll (mainly) see, among other things, uncaptioned photos of:
Penang Restaurant Chinese Malaysian restaurant in West Covina [...]

Vegas Booms Again

It looks like the sagging housing market in Las Vegas has done little to dent new casino and hotel construction in Sin City. I mean, it’s not like Las Vegas has a shortage of these mega-resorts. The most visible new one, I think, is the CityCenter project that’s going up between the Monte [...]

A Motoring Mindset

As a car enthusiast, I’ve come to discover that motoring is not just about the performance parameters of your car. It’s not always all about 0-60 times. It’s not always about skid pad numbers and 500 horsepower under the hood. The pleasures of motoring are as much about mindset and perception as [...]

Like Tim Hardaway, But Worse

Okay, by now everyone has heard that Tim Hardaway went on national TV and declared himself to be homophobic (”I hate gays,” he said). He added that he would never play with a gay team mate. This was in response to a new book by former NBA center John Amaechi in which he [...]

Las Vegas Goes All Out

Well, I’m back from my little jaunt over to Las Vegas. My mother’s feeling well and has returned to Sacramento, though I can’t yet go myself.
My trip to Vegas coincided with the President’s Day long weekend, Chinese New Year, and the NBA All-Star game. Needless to say, I expected a Mad Max adventure [...]

Vegas Again (Updated)

Well, so I made it out to Las Vegas again this past weekend. The story’s not so different. The ‘rents were out there and that meant a visit was in order. I had one of my father’s friends along. He’s younger than I am and is a fellow at Cedars Sinai [...]

Tough Lux

A recent article in the New York Times highlights a noticeable trend taking place in Sin City Las Vegas–the makeover of the metropolis from a town of seedy, smoke-filled casinos to one of gilded, high-end luxury resorts. The newest of these grand palaces is Steve Wynn’s eponymous Wynn luxury resort (Click to go to [...]