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Members Need Help

NOTE: We now have direct email links following the questions. Just click on the link and it will bring up an addressed email for easy responding.

When the new www.everythinglv.com website is complete, we will have a Members Need Help section where the questions will be asked AND the answers posted for all members to see. This has been the #1 request from out members.

Question for other readers
I am planning a combination 40th and 50th Birthday party in Vegas Sept 18-24. Am looking for some nongaming activities (about half of the group are not big gamblers) and suggestions for a place to have a big birthday dinner bash. Have thought about The Luau at Imperial Palace or Batista’s Hole in the Wall restaurant. Has anyone tried these? Any good? I am very open to suggestions. We will be about 20 people and one infant.Thanks. Respond to triciaandrea@optonline.net

Coupons
Does anyone know if there is a site for the discount, and 2 for 1 used in Las Vegas on the strip that people share?
Respond to: conjmb@wideopenwest.com
Question:
Our daughter is getting married in Vegas jan 06 at the Excalibur - any money saving ideas there? We are hoping to get ourselves a 2 room suite as we do plan to do some entertaining there prior to the wedding night - new in-laws and all….any help with that? Respond to: carol.filipski@verizon.net

Golden Nugget
Could you please give me some feedback on the Golden Nugget. Do they have slot tournaments? Do they have many video slots and video poker machines? Do they have any 9/7 video poker machines? Respond to: khaynie@sbcglobal.net

A few good things
I am looking for places to dance and have fun with the over 30s crowd,without spending an arm and a leg,if you know of any let me know.
Respond to: Clanc914@aol.com

Legends In Concert question:
I saw this show many years ago. At that time people were packed together like sardines. Is it still the same today? Respond to: GoodPookie@aol.com

50’s 60’s
My wife and I are going over Labor day week and looking for some 60’s music to dance to. Any suggestions. spatz357@comcast.net

Going to Las Vegas the end of august, wanted to know if anyone knows of any shuttles going to the Green Valley Ranch or the Palms from the strip? Respond to baseball@richnet.net

Looking to get to Vegas the week of 10/10/2005. But noticing the hotel rates are double that week. What’s going on there that week for hotel rates to be more? Columbus Day? Thanks ahead of time. Respond to: Ozzietron@aol.com

Hi, My wife and I are in the process of buying a neighborhood bar/grille? We want to give it a poker room feel/theme. Do you have any idea where we can purchase items to give it this kind of vegas poker room feel?
Respond to: Mikecarroll1960@aol.com

I am going to Las Vegas September 1 for 2 weeks, and will need a electric wheel chair or scooter. Any recommendations on places to rent these items.
Reply to paulurso@comcast.net
Steve,

I love your articles and they help me a lot on my Vegas Trips. I was wondering if anyone knows how to find a Casino Host/Hostess at Harrah’s. We’ll be going there soon and I would like an explanation of their Total Cards.
Thanks reply to jkerr132@aol.com
Wynn Buffet:

Hello, Steve&all. we are going back on Aug 21, And all I keep hearing is that Wynn has a great buffet? Can someone tell me if it is true that at the Wynn’s they have lobster? I really need to know. I haven’t had it in over a year and when I heard they have it at there buffet i went nuts. so can someone that has been there tell me before I go. Respond to: LaffinEvil@aol.com
Thanks

Steve,

Thank you so much for putting my question in your newsletter. I got so many responses, plus I had about 10 people who asked me to forward the responses to them, which I did.

I will be writing a trip report shortly on our stay at Wynn. They need a lot of improvement. Most of the reports coming out of there are not good.

Marilyn

NOTE: If you want to know the answers to the questions asked, just email the person that asked the question and I am sure they will pass on the info to you.
Steve.
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Brett’s Vegas Views
After a couple weeks of a soft opening, Harrah’s recently opened country superstar Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill featuring a 262-seat, 17,000-square-foot bar, lounge, restaurant, live music venue and retail store located at the interior promenade adjacent to the Harrah’s Las Vegas monorail concourse. Toby’s is open from 11:30 a.m. - 2 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

The red, white and blue patriotic décor includes giant guitar pick-lined walls, a guitar-shaped bar, a stage topped by a giant over-sized belt buckle featuring live music nightly from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m., spurs embedded in the concrete floor, a dance floor, 20 state-of-the-art plasma television screens playing music videos or broadcasting major sporting events, and a private dining room.

The food menu offers southern home-style food and some of Keith’s favorite recipes like a fried bologna sandwich or a pulled-pork sandwich tossed in Toby’s barbeque sauce. For something sweeter, there is sweet potato pecan pie with bourbon ice cream.

Studies conducted by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority show that over five million kids visit Las Vegas each year. Camp Las Vegas offers tours on the Las Vegas Strip specially designed for kids from ages seven to 17. Daily tours, rated “K” for kid-approved, run during the day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and evening from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The adventure tours are $99, call 888-657-4543.

Tour activities combine everything from shark sightings, safaris, mummy tombs, knight jousting, roller coasters, American Idol auditions, 3-D movies to arcade games. All tours include a meal at fun restaurants such as Rainforest Café, Planet Hollywood, NASCAR Café, etc. Plus, kids go home with a free tee shirt and gifts.

The 711-room Hotel San Remo, which is remaining open as it evolves into Hooters, is presenting Ristorante Dei Fiori, an innovative restaurant offering guests three choices. One is the all-you-can-eat buffet for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Two is café style dining featuring a variety of menu options and daily specials 24-hours a day. Three is a fine dining atmosphere after 5 p.m.

From 6 - 11 a.m., the breakfast buffet is $8.95 and on weekends a bubbly breakfast Champagne is offered for only $2.50 per glass. The lunch buffet from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. is $10.95 and dinner from 5 - 10 p.m. is $15.95. On weekends, Champagne is available to accompany the meal for an additional charge

Earlier this year, JW Marriott Las Vegas opened Shizen, an authentic Japanese restaurant located on the Palms Promenade that offers everything from masterpiece bento box dinners to entertaining Teppanyaki selections prepared at the tableside grill.

Shizen offers a vast selection of sushi with over 100 choices on the menu. Entrée prices begin at $14.50 and include a green salad, Miso soup and rice.

The restaurant recently opened the patio area adjacent to the restaurant, which provides a beautifully landscaped courtyard, lush gardens and tranquil water features.

Shizen is open for dinner from 5 - 10 p.m. nightly, call 702-869-7900.

Since the investment company Tamares Group took over the Plaza resort downtown from Barrick Gaming, actor Larry Manetti, the former co-star of the “Magnum P.I.” television series, closed his Italian restaurant at the hotel and stopped his involvement with the hotel’s Sunday morning Celebrity Brunch. Meanwhile, Manetti is preparing to shoot a pilot in September for a TV series based on the 1997 film “Donnie Brasco.”

A recent “Los Angeles Times” article profiled the nightclub industry and examined the growing ties between the Las Vegas and Los Angeles club industry. A couple recent examples that opened with Los Angeles ties are the second Rainbow Bar & Grill owned by Jerry and Bob Greenberg and the Beauty Bar downtown. The article also mentioned Avalon, a nightclub with plans to open a Las Vegas branch on the Strip towards the end of the year.
http://www.visitlasvegas.com/vegas/stay/transportation/index.jsp
It has everything you need to know.

About Casino Gambling: Blackjack - Double Down for Profit
By Bill Burton

When you are playing blackjack one of the most favorable situations arises when you have the opportunity to double down. When you double down you are allowed to double your bet after receiving your fist two cards. You then receive one card only on your hand. Most casinos will allow you to double down on any two cards (DOA). Some casinos limit your doubling to hands that total ten or eleven. DOA is a favorable rule to the player. Another favorable rule is when the casino will let you double after splitting (DAS). Take a look at how these affect the house edge.

If you are playing a shoe game with eight decks and can double on anything, the basic house edge is -0.55% a little more than half of one percent. Other rules relating to doubling and either reduce or increase this basic house edge.

More Here:
http://casinogambling.about.com/od/blackjack/a/bjdouble.htm
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Top 4 Ways to Plan a Las Vegas Wedding
By Zeke Quezada

So you got your girlfriend pregnant and you need to get hitched? Just joking, I hope. Your Las Vegas Wedding should be a special day and I am trying to give you the tools to find all the information you need to plan a great event. But, if you did get her pregnant, Las Vegas is the best place to make it official. A Las Vegas Wedding can be as elaborate or as intimate as you like. It’s up to you, but one thing you can be sure of is that your Las Vegas wedding will be something to remember.

http://govegas.about.com/cs/gettingmarried/tp/wedpick.htm
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Neil Sedaka

Reviewed June 15, 2005
Nancy Hruska
Source:www.accessvegas.com

“I’m the king of Tra La La’s and Doo Wop’s,” Sedaka humbly confessed.

It looks as though even after 4 decades of recording, Neil Sedaka is still able to make a rose-tossing full house at The Orleans cry and sing along to “Breaking up is Hard to do.” The truth is, no matter which age or demographic one belongs to; the heavy weight Pop pioneer will belt out some velvet anthem of which everyone knows the words.

His name sounds familiar to at least everyone with a record player, but who is Neil Sedaka? Oh just another face in the music industry; one of which had his songs recorded by the lesser known Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Not to mention a managing hand launching the careers of Neil Diamond, Carole King, and Paul Simon. But no one should assume his seasoned career would give him any less energy on stage now than 40 years ago. The man can soft shoe and sing smooth hits as though it’s his first day in showbiz.

His opening song had such classic visual and audio beauty with only Neil’s glowing grand piano, a vibrant celestial background, and a quiet ballad of his own naked notes. But business really began once the stage lights lit up his full band of strings, horns, drums, keyboard, and back-up singer to deliver the song on everyone’s agenda: “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen.” To resist singing along to that one is futile.

It would be impossible to stuff the work of countless platinum gold records and hit singles into one show, but Neil sure tried. One favorite hit “Calendar Girl” frenzied the crowd not only with the tune itself, but with the gigantic music video playing in the background. In 1961, “Calendar Girl” became the very first music video ever, complete with lovely ladies prancing around a strapping gent with a flawless voice (wonder who that may be?).

Another more sentimental song demonstrated Neil’s family values as he sang along with a video of his vocally gifted daughter in “Should have never let you go.” And although this was Neil’s show, he wasted no time for a song that celebrated the talent of one of his own favorite musicians, the late Dina Washington, as he sang along with visual and audio clips from her collection. But these examples are only a sliver of the life and energy the show has to offer.

Yes, Neil sold 30 million albums in two years. Yes, he has recorded in 5 different languages. But if one asked Neil Sedaka how he became so successful, how he has touched to hearts of multiple generations with music, he may bring things back down to earth with a quote he shared during his show, “Songs are like my children, they live and breathe every time I sing them.”

Posted on August 17th, 2005 by MrVegas98
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