Question for them that know Vegas - what hotels are super close to ceasar's palace? Like, next door and not as expensive.
TI is pretty close. I think Bally's is close. Right next door is The Mirage.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Jan 13, 2010 11:36:46 am PST #1311 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
meara - Jan 13, 2010 11:38:48 am PST #1312 of 30001
Totally depends on where you're going and how fancy it is, msbelle.
Re Haiti, I am glad to hear my best friends family is ok. Or at least, alive. I also hear they were somewhat stocked up for hurricane season which wasn't bad as expected, so there's some supply of food and water, which is a blessing. I admit, some of my thoughts were wondering how the dominican republic fared--my dad served in the peace corps there (waaay back in the early 60s when the program started) and still has friends there. I stayed with them one summer. And they are well off, for there, but sure don't live in a resort, nohow.
Tom Scola - Jan 13, 2010 11:41:26 am PST #1313 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This map seems to indicate that the Dominican Republic was mostly spared.
Lee - Jan 13, 2010 11:42:34 am PST #1314 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
There's a vegas strip hotel map here: [link]
eta: Nicole, are you going to be in Vegas? Should we start plotting?
Nicole - Jan 13, 2010 11:55:31 am PST #1315 of 30001
I'm getting the pig!
I have to go to Vegas for work but I *must* have dinner at Mesa Grill (inside Ceasar's) again. Yum! It might be a same day trip but if there's even a chance to fly in the night before the meeting, I want to be able to hit Mesa. The company will pay Rio room prices and the like, but definitely not ceasar.
msbelle - Jan 13, 2010 12:02:08 pm PST #1316 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Mesa is one of the places I got restaurant week reservations.
The spa I was looking at is the Lake Austin. For now, I am in, but that's a year from now, I don't make plans a year out.
Nicole - Jan 13, 2010 12:05:40 pm PST #1317 of 30001
I'm getting the pig!
Mesa is one of the places I got restaurant week reservations.
JEALOUS! I've had dreams about the grilled lamb porterhouse chop that I ate there last year. Oh, god. So yum.
Hey Perkins - that isn't to say that I wouldn't be maybe interested in visiting Vegas with you sometime...
Kathy A - Jan 13, 2010 12:09:38 pm PST #1318 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've been blowing off going to the grocery store since the holidays (lots of drive-thru fast food), and I know I have to start eating better. Solution? Delivery! Even though I spent a lot, I've got food to last until mid-February at least, especially if I just run into the grocery store for occasional items when I need to. Food will arrive tomorrow morning between 6-8, so I have to be up early.
First time I've done this in over a decade, and the selection is so much better than it was back then, and it's cheaper, too. Now I just have to start clipping coupons, which means I have to pick up the Sunday paper.
Jesse - Jan 13, 2010 12:16:46 pm PST #1319 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Mmm...Mesa...
Strega - Jan 13, 2010 12:20:40 pm PST #1320 of 30001
Nicole -- Bear in mind that the scale of the hotels means that the place next door is a block away. I mean, there's a tram that runs between TI & the Mirage, and they're neighbors. But the Rio is close-ish, and definitely cheaper. And there's a shuttle that runs from it to Caesars.