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CONTEST: Win Airfare to Las Vegas on SWA & $150 Spending Money

August 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Many of you followed along on my recent trip to Las Vegas, and my quest to find some G-Rated activities. Here are the top things that I found: Spent a day at the pool at Mandalay Bay.  Renting a cabana, and have a place to get out of the sun occasionally, made a 100+ degree [...]

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Take a Venetian Gondola Ride in Las Vegas

July 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment

No, it’s not Venice.  It’s the Gondola ride at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Okay, it’s a little touristy, and it’s definitely NOT Venice, but it’s still a bit of romantic fun away from the flashing lights and noise of the casinos.  You need to take a break from the fast paced action [...]

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Blue Waters of Lake Mead

June 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I’m spending a few days in Las Vegas, and over the weekend had an opportunity to go out to Lake Mead.  It was my very first visit there, and I was surprised at how beautiful the lake was, and how nice the surrounding area is.  The water and sky were blue, and the rocks all [...]

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Matchbook Monday: Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas

April 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I first visited the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino when it was in a soft opening in 1999.  It’s an all-suite, Venice-themed hotel and casino, and like most things in Vegas, it is over-the-top. A few current features of the Venetian include the art exhibit Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Collection, Madame Tussauds Las Vegas, gondola [...]

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