VEGAS SEEN THROUGH A STORY TELLER’S EYE

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  • Pizza Hell

    I despise California Pizza. I grew up 20 miles south east of downtown Chicago. When I moved to Vegas I searched for a good gyro, a good Italian Beef, and a good pizza. I tried a lot of pizza. They were not anywhere near what I was looking for. I could not find a gyro…

  • Places Cabbie ate at

    Cab drivers have to eat on the run at fast food if it is busy. It gets old fast and you get fat. Fast food I liked though was Del Taco. It made the best fast food burritos in my opinion. I also liked Arbys for variety. Beyond that I had no preference and if…

  • Go Coyote!

    One day 5 lizards began sunning themselves on our brick patio wall. Papa lizard, Momma lizard, and 3 small child lizard came out in sequence every day for a month. One day an Evil roadrunner visited the yard and ate Papa lizard. The lizard family were not smart. The came out the next day. The…

  • Vegas Valley

    Vegas is surrounded by tall mountains. Some are. There are a few with things to do. One is Mount Charleston. There is an awesome canyon up there that once you enter all the Vegas lights are gone. Take a telescope and look at the stars. Some like me see colors, others see white. But it…

  • Handicap rides

    I drove a wheelchair accessible cab 1 day a week for a year. We all called the Handicab. Every time I would have to pick up people going to medical centers. They had special coupons that paid for the ride. I never was tipped doing this but I understood why. The one that frightened me…

  • Video Poker

    Locals loved video poker. There are many type of video poker. Stud where you are dealt the hand you have to play mins 1 card then bet. the last draw is both side Aces – 4 aces paid 400 to 5 quarters bet. Aces and duce – Duce wild. 4 aces and a wild paid…

  • How I setup this blog

    I get this question a lot, so here it is. First thing use a topic you are familiar with. If you don’t have a theme don’t bother. Next chose a host. I use hostinger. It setups WordPress automatically. It also updates it automatically and does updates on all the tools you have. It costs me…

  • Chipmunks and Tokes

    Casino Cheques are commonly referred to as chips. So that is how I will refer to them. Back then dealers got cash tips everyday they worked. They came in small yellow manilla envelopes. If you were on a day shift you could get them immediately. Swing and Grave shifts got them at the beginning of…

  • Where the Stuff goes

    Casinos close, casinos remodel, and casino retheme. Inside casinos are tons of large decorations that they get rid time to time. The neon signs go to the Neon Graveyard where they are lit, and you can see them at any time. The inside decorations go to a Former Lt Govenor Lonnie Hamagrin. He has a…

  • Comps

    IN the 90’s if you played for an hour at $10 a hand or 1/2 hour playing $25 or better a hand you could get a comp. Comps were good for buffets, steak houses, movie theater tickets, show tickets, basically anything they had in the casino they would let you have for free if you…

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