October 2, 2007
“I really does try to write good. I’s a good speler, (Thanks Mrs. Willson, 3rd Grade). I reed and re-reed and edit everything I’s writen.” And “IT’S” still possible to miss something. Since I’m so […]
October 2, 2007
Well over 100 Paradise Palms residents and many others such as myself, who are concerned for keeping the Las Vegas National Golf Course as a golf course attended a meeting last night with the new […]
October 2, 2007
Pioneer Club Postcard circa 1955 – (Courtesy of the Brian Paco Alvarez Postcard Collection) By the end of World War II Las Vegas embarked on a nationwide public relations campaign that launched Las […]
October 2, 2007
From the “sideways” folder, I bring you these 2 that are from the SAME home. Don’t the sellers see how their home is being marketed? Don’t the agents take pride in their work? Don’t they […]
October 1, 2007
Wall Street began the fourth quarter with a huge rally Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a record close. Stocks were buoyed by a growing belief that the worst of the credit crisis […]
October 1, 2007
From July 31 of the Archive from the old blog The Very idea of using the word VERY in our title is really a joke of sorts. Since Las Vegas is the “newest” city […]
October 1, 2007
Thursday, Oct. 4th Another Edition of Untold Stories at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve: In 1931, work began on the engineering marvel of its day, Boulder Dam. Engineers had never built a dam of this […]
October 1, 2007
I had this in the “Turn on the Flash” folder, but decided to play around with it a little in the with the Irfanview picture editor that we use. It’s a great little program, and […]
September 30, 2007
There’s over 600 posts that we’ve done sitting on our “old” blog which you can access here, or in the link in the Archive Section in the left column. From our Archives, May 9, 2007 […]
September 30, 2007
If you drive along Fremont Street, East of Las Vegas Boulevard you will observe a collection of vintage motels and businesses that time forgot. These endangered properties are some of the last vestiges of mid-century […]