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tes the story when it is caught up in a magician s storm the tempest and runs ashore the middle level was where the band was quite a diverse group with two women singers performing music written for the show by tom waits and kathleen brennan most impressive was the monster caliban since it s a speaking part it was usually played by a large actor painted with spot and stripes to make him look like a monster but here played by two actors as a two headed monster they performed some pretty impressive configurations during their performance it was a big tent with air conditioning we went on a very windy day but even though we could see the roof moving in the wind there was no noise from it inside were about 400 seats set on risers we were down front on the floor level the stage was taller than it was wide the actors coming and going up and down the stairs and entering through the audience as well these guys were very athletic images taken from our newspaper the sun playing the monster caliban they spoke in sync so the voice ended up sounding as strange as the vision posted by joeinvegas at 10 35 pm 17 comments labels around town smith center monday april 07 2014 springtime trip to tucson getting to be more like springtime around here weather report shows highs in the mid 80 s all week that s around 31 32c for you metrically inclined we were on our way out to home depot for some fertilizer and sprinkler parts when we stopped at our local sonic for burgers the carhops still use skates this one was on rollerblades but still got around pretty fast the burgers aren t great but we get what we expect and it s fast and easy just to drive up and push the button to order last weekend we drove down to tucson to visit relatives it s about a seven hour drive 700k 415 miles through the mountains and desert i ve driven to phoenix quite often but this was my first time from phoenix to tucson it s about 90 minutes and the desert along this stretch is not very impressive just miles and miles of flat nothing with mountains off in the distance probably 40 or so miles off the part from kingman to phoenix is nice through the mountains and joshua trees and into the big saguaro cactus areas our first time to see these relatives in almost a dozen years now that i know the ride isn t bad we ll probably be seeing them more often posted by joeinvegas at 11 15 am 15 comments labels arizona dining friday march 21 2014 warm winter i was driving up the street to my house the other day and looked up at the hills and realized how nice they look las vegas is a big city aligned along the bottom of a big valley there are mountains all around us our streets are wide and there aren t many big imposing trees to block the views california and nevada have some of the best wide vistas anywhere with open blue sky and mountains in the distance we live about ten miles from red rock canyon national conservation area you can see the striped red hills from anywhere in the vegas valley with the colors appearing to be quite bright at certain angles of the sun the other morning the red strip down the road between the trees was just brilliant but faded out for the photograph we ve had a very warm winter i think there was only one day when nighttime temps dropped below freezing living in the high desert we usually have twenty to thirty degree swings fahrenheit between nightly lows and afternoon highs even in the winter so a freezing night still leads to a sixty degree afternoon well most of this winter it s been around 45 at night and 65 in the daytime 5 19c with some days over 80 most of february and march this has led to a lot of our flowering trees and bushes to get confused and bloom early the big yellow ones around town are now all bright and full off bees the ones in our yard give off a marvelous fragrance it just makes me wonder how hot a summer we will be having to compensate for this posted by joeinvegas at 12 04 pm 8 comments labels red rock sky weather tuesday november 12 2013 progress on the linq a few weeks ago we went down to paris to have lunch out on the patio overlooking the bellagio fountains after having a very pleasant lunch out in the warm sunshine we joined the tourists on the strip and walked up to have a look at what new progress is being made on the linq project this is a new remake of the imperial palace into the quad and a meandering street next to it leading to the world s tallest observation wheel the quad makeover is completed and next door is the old bill s gamblin hall which is also being upgraded walking north from paris we come upon bill s at the corner of las vegas boulevard and flamingo the whole wall is down along flamingo and a new parking garage is going up on the north side next to this the alley which will soon house a lot of new restaurants and bars leads east to the observation wheel which is taller than the one in london the quad has been revised with new colors and machines but one long wall is still boarded up which will soon face the linq or whatever they name that street walking back to paris we can see the work at the rear of bill s and the wheel all of the construction struts are replaced with the final cables and last week they started hanging the observation pods onto the outside you can get a nice view of the progress on a live webcame over at the linq web site rather than walk past the front again where the sidewalk was full of street performers we wandered into bally s where the casino connects to the paris casino via a long shopping walkway bally s still has its old retro entryway with moving belts well not moving belts and circles it was a pleasant afternoon and always nice to pretend we are tourists without having to fly anywhere posted by joeinvegas at 4 19 pm 22 comments labels around town ballys construction linq friday november 08 2013 e friday school vs home there is a difference between going to school and staying home going to school involves intense concentration on selection of the correct outfit for the day while staying home involves lounging around in your pajamas playing with the cat and reading fun books posted by joeinvegas at 1 23 pm 11 comments labels e e friday friday november 01 2013 high winds last night was a rather uneventful halloween here in vegas it was a typical fall evening dark but calm with clear skies and a temperature of around 65f we live in a neighborhood without sidewalks or streetlights and the houses are rather far apart compared to newer areas consequently we usually don t get many trick or treaters coming by yesterday the doorbell rang about four times to groups of five or six and as usual i bought several bags of candy knowing full well that we would end up eating most of it so we would drop a handful of snack size candies into each bag or plastic pumpkin so today we do have a big bowl of candy left over along with a few unopened bags last monday was another typical day a storm front was moving through and we dropped from a sunday high of around 93f 34c to a monday high of 65f 19c it was windy steady winds of 40 50 mph with gusts of 80 so as usual our patio furniture and trash cans were blowing around the yard and the bells were ringing over the years we have made several trips down to phoenix where i met b and we ve purchased eight or nine soleri bells these are cast bronze artistic bells that vary from about an inch to over eight inches high with big triangular copper pieces attached to the clapper to make them rather noisy we ve got them hanging from the back cover and out by the pool but have learned not to put them near the guest bedrooms because people staying over read our daughter complain about the noise down in san diego they were more decorative rather than sound producing but here in vegas we hear them all the time and with the winds we had on monday those bells were very evident we moved right from hot summer into cool fall with not much of a transition between we have air conditioners that we use in summer to cool the house and several swamp coolers that we use when it s only in the 90 s there are two big coolers on the roof and we haven t turned them on since sometime in june last weekend i drained them and put canvas covers over them for the winter a good indication that our heat is gone it hasn t gotten cold at night which means that our trees aren t turning colors yet though some leaves on the peach tree are yellow and falling off the tree itself still looks green as does the big ash in front of it the ash sometimes turns a bright bronze colour it seems to have a little of that in the photo the only yellow leaves are under the peach the grape vines on the wall are just starting to turn colors around the side of the house we have some hummingbird feeders one is right outside our big new kitchen window so we can watch those little guys fighting all the time one usually hangs out nearby and guards it chasing off any others that come by but every once in a while they actually go over and drink some of the sugar water posted by joeinvegas at 10 26 am 9 comments labels weather yard wednesday october 23 2013 around town this week this weekend the life is beautiful festival is taking over downtown vegas already hosts several other major events including the electric daisy carnival but that takes place up at the racetrack this event takes over fremont street and several surrounding blocks tickets have been sold out for a while now but we have been seeing articles in the local paper about road closures and the best ways to get downtown because several streets are being closed there are several outdoor stages and multiple food court areas with music being part of what your ticket covers groups appearing include imagine dragons empire of the sun beck the killers and a few dozen more it sounds like an interesting event there is a nice little video that announces it looks like they took over fremont street at around 3am circus vargas is setting up a big top tent over at the rio for people that like a real circus as opposed to all of the cirque du soleil shows around we already have several inches of snow up on mt charleston an hour north of town i don t know their schedule but the ski and snowboarding resort up there should start up the snow machines soon and open their season usually around late november though not nearly as big as the resorts in more northern climes they have eleven trails three chair lifts and a freestyle park and provide an alternative to our gambling resorts the mountain is over 14 000 feet high and the snow provides a contrast to the 85f fall temperatures we are having down here for now people can drive up and play in the short stuff unless it s melted with the recent temperature increases on the strip caesars entertainment is still building the big wheel at the linq where the circle is complete and they are installing the central cables and hanging cars but their rebuild of bill s gamblin hall into the gansevoort hotel has hit a snag evidently the massachusetts gaming board has found that one of the gansevoort officials has ties to the russian mob and asked caesars to withdraw their proposal for a casino in that state because of it so they cancelled contracts with gansevoort and we are waiting to see what the new hotel name will be caesars is putting 185 000 000 into the remodel to convert the small property into a 188 room luxury hotel with a multi story drai s nightclub on the roof and gaida s restaurant on the overpass level at the south end thehotel at mandalay bay will change over to be controlled by the morgans hotel group and be renamed to delano las vegas all 1100 suites in the 43 story tower along with the common areas and all other areas of the hotel are being redesigned and renovated it will be interesting to see how they change those big letters up on the top floor to the new name the morgan group also owns the light group which runs multiple restaurants and nightclubs around town including several in mandalay that are also being remodeled i hope this one comes out well as we stayed at thehotel last year and really liked the facility breakfast down at the coffee shop was equally nice i enjoy hitting different hotel coffee shops and hope the remodel just makes it better i was really disappointed with the palms coffee shop redesigned we used to go there quite often for breakfast but stopped a few years ago when things seemed to go downhill posted by joeinvegas at 4 02 pm 7 comments labels around town wednesday october 16 2013 aria it s fall here in las vegas as it is many other places as usual we still have a lot of things going on last week the d downtown had its one year anniversary celebration for which they gave three free concerts down on fremont street out under the canopy in front of the hotel for groups they had uncle kracker stone temple pilots and kid rock pretty good for free i remember uncle k from his follow me song a few years ago still like it upcoming events include the ultimate bacon experience down on fremont street next month with bacon cocktails and dozens of creations made with bacon yum who doesn t like bacon a few weeks ago we went down to city center we had lunch in the aria coffee shop which is a pleasant place to eat food is ok typical prices and good variety and nice atmosphere you don t look towards the strip but westward at one of the city center traffic circles the aria check in lobby is filled with butterflies these make for a pleasant view while standing in line to check in to the hotel meanwhile here at work we just received our notices of furlough to start tomorrow i work for a company that is a contractor to the department of energy and we had enough carry over funds to keep going for a few weeks but that s now up hopefully congress will get their act together and fund the government otherwise here are another few thousand people taking undefined unpaid vacations posted by joeinvegas at 3 52 pm 9 comments labels around town city center monday october 14 2013 cooking with joe jam cookies last month when e was out i wanted to prepare some things that she could help with because she likes to help out in the kitchen i came across this recipe for jam filled mini butter tarts and it seemed simple enough just flour cream cheese and some simple things for the crust and jam it s a good recipe for kids to help as you can just get them to do the jam filling these things were tasty and easy to make just remember to make the dough in advance it keeps in the refrigerator for several days but that in itself is a positive you can do all of the hard work ahead of time and when the kids show up just form fill and bake and have tasty treats pretty quickly i used to make the standard betty crocker jam thumbprints from that cookbook on my shelf with the red and white checked cover these are softer and bigger and really easy for kids to fill i have these silicone mini cupcake baking trays that are just the right size for th...