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To the right, the las Vegas Cosmopolitan Condos and the
Bellagio Hotel and Casino, to the left the MGM CityCenter project.
Phot0 taken September 5th, 2008.

Many proposed high rise condo projects around the country have had the plug pulled in the past two years due to cost overruns and tightening credit. Since Deutsche Bank announced they were beginning foreclosure proceedings on the las Vegas Cosmopolitan condo hotel project at the beginning of 2008 on their $760 million dollar l... Read More

Ahhh, so let’s see, where were we?
We took the fork in the road, oh yes. We had been hearing such conflicting reports about downtown lately. Every once in a while someone I have some respect for, you know, I think they are actually sane AND rational, will say something like, “I really like downtown!” WHAT? How could that be? So off we went to see for ourselves and then will go back to our blogs and report that IS a shithole, it is STILL a shithole and it is always goi... Read More

This is Petula Clark at seventy-five years old singing her 1960s hit “Downtown” and it seems so appropriate for this blog post. I’ve been after my favorite blogger, VegasRex, to go hit downtown at night. We both have raved about the place often, and I’m not talking in a good way. I think I speak for Rex too, that we thought it was skanky, overridden with crime, just plan scummy all around. The city invested a fortune into ‘upgrades’ that seemed to be nothing more than throwing a... Read More

Maybe it is just me, but I have always wanted to write a headline like that when it wasn’t exactly true. Hey, yellow journalism does has its fun side. Shut up! It is her image on the Flamingo which is being dismembered as I write. las Vegas’s Sweetheart, Toni Braxton, ended her show suddenly, a little while back, due to ill health. It was a real shame. She is a very popular entertainer and a lot of people were heartbroken she had to bring her headlining show to an early close. Today was the... Read More

Reinvent your Internet Experience - Gene Balmain
Not a lot of people ask me this.. but I sure wish they would. “What Internet Browser should I use?” Or maybe the question should be “What is the single one thing I can do to improve my Internet Experience?” The answer is Firefox 3.0.
These days it is unheard of buying a computer that doesn't already have an Internet browser (of some sort) installed. Microsoft and Apple insist that the Internet can only be viewed using their s... Read More

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