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Posted by on Aug 30, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Restaurant Reviews | 0 comments

Restaurant Review (El Segundo Sol) — Las Vegas Fashion Show Mall

 

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Executive Chef Terry Lynch at El Segundo Sol, flanked by two loyal fans

 

No detail is too small for the master of food and beverage, Terry Lunch.  When the famed partner-chef of the much-celebrated Mon Ami Gabi Restaurant (inside Paris Casino) opened El Segundo Sol, which offers highly-customized Mexican fare, he chose his recipes and ingredients carefully.

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Posted by on Aug 29, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Sports Betting | 1 comment

How PokerStars Almost Offered to Buy the NFL’s New Orleans Saints

 

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Here’s a fun story from my days working for PokerStars.com, where I served as Director of Communications between 2004-2006.  After Hurricane Katrina, we seriously considered making a bid for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. 

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Posted by on Aug 27, 2014 in Blog, Politics | 58 comments

Taking Aim at Gun Magazine Pornography

 

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I browsed the magazine rack and was astonished to see a stunning number of gun, rifle, shotgun, and ammunition-related publications.  No, this display isn’t at a gun show in Alabama.  This was a bookstore in Summerlin, an upscale community in west Las Vegas.

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Posted by on Aug 26, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal | 8 comments

Is Las Vegas Still a Good Place to Live?

 

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Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one 
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

— Peter Seeger (“Little Boxes” — 1962)

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