Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 13, 2019 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal, Travel |

How to lose friends, piss-off family members, and maintain your sanity:
One Las Vegas curmudgeon’s dark confessional on dealing with out-of-town visitors.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 20, 2018 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Restaurant Reviews, Travel |

Sometimes, little things that go wrong piss me off.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 14, 2018 in Blog, Travel |

Fact: Air travel has never been safer.
Also a fact: Air travel has never been more of a hassle.
Are these two statements correlated? Probably so.
Is there a connection?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 5, 2018 in Blog, Restaurant Reviews, Travel |

Osteria Costa was an accidental discovery and a shockingly great find.
I used the phrase “shockingly great” for good reason. It’s the type of restaurant I normally avoid and even abhor: A Saturday night visit. On The Strip. Pricey Italian. Seemingly pretentious. Snooty. Not my kinda’ place.
Restaurant repellant for the Italian lover’s soul.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jul 16, 2018 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal, Travel |

The sexes aren’t just different biologically. The sexes are divided by a chasm — those who live in safety versus those who do not. Most men can walk the streets at night. Men answer their doorbells without feeling panic. Men step onto an elevator and don’t worry about who’s on board. Men are free to live their lives without fear. Women don’t have this luxury of being careless. Women need to be on the lookout at all times. Women must on the defensive, always, not only wherever they go, but who they talk to and what vibes they give off. Women must be cautious, even inside their own homes. While men are free, women are not.
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