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March 2009

March 24, 2009

ACM – Academy Of Country Music Weekend At Fremont Street Experience In Downtown Las Vegas

The Downtown Las Vegas music, art and entertainment scene has become very vast and varied. For some extra variety, April 3rd and 4th is ACM Weekend at the Fremont Street Experience. The Acadamy Of Country Music will […]
March 24, 2009

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – A Two-fer Tuesday Special

This is the shot I REALLY want agents to stop shooting. Corners of empty rooms are at best a waste of bandwidth (unless I use them as a WMLSPOTD).             […]
March 23, 2009

Fun Features Found In Foreclosures – A McNeil Mid Mod

Tongue and Groove, beamed ceilings though the entire house would certainly qualify as fun features. Exposed beam ceilings are one of the most sought after (and fairly rare) features of Mid Mod architecture.  I’m pretty […]
March 23, 2009

Helldorado Parade and Rodeo In Downtown Las Vegas Seeks Volunteers

One of the longest running traditions in Las Vegas is the annual HELLDORADO PARADE. This year it’s on Saturday May  16th. Last year I was honored to be allowed to be the driver for Dr. Lonnie Hammargren’s float, and […]
March 23, 2009

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day

Monday is laundry day. Happy Monday.         The only thing worse than a bad picture is NO PICTURES AT ALL!
March 21, 2009

Tick Segerblom Champions Assembly Bill 304 To Protect Historic Neighborhoods In Las Vegas As Well As All Of Nevada

Yesterday, I attended and spoke at my first ever Legislative Hearing. Today was the Government Affairs Subcommittee of the State Assembly. The hearing was in Carson City, but there was a remote teleconference center set […]
March 21, 2009

Telephone Exchanges – Central Telephone Built Lots Of Mid Mod Buildings In Las Vegas

Regular Reader Tracey Brown gets a hat tip for finding this old website from Central Telephone. It shows some of the phone switching buildings, and makes reference to only some of the old letter exchanges. […]
March 21, 2009

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day

In an absolute Gut-Job of a house….                 Even I’d vote for no pictures.           The only thing worse than a bad picture is […]
March 20, 2009

Fremont Street Experience Hosts 2009 Knight Rider Festival

The Mayor Doing A Ski Jump In One Of the KITTS? This I Gotta See! Stephanie, who does PR for Fremont Street Experience sent this note along with the announcement. Hope all is well. Please […]
March 20, 2009

A Unique and Inexpensive Flooring Fix

What to do with ugly 80’s linoleum when you’re on a VERY tight budget? You’ll have to guess how it was done. I’ll tell you after there’s at least 5 comments from 5 different people […]