las vegas
November 4, 2009
- Bronze 2010 Chevy Camero getting ready for the show. Image Credit: Donald Buffamanti - AutoSpy 001 (2009) From MPG Track Day 2009 To SEMA 2009 Las Vegas The ebb and flow in the winds of the events that surround Southwest automobile culture can be pretty much an effort in sensory overload. At Track Day ... one is treated to being able to drive a multitude of automobile platform concepts, ...
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September 1, 2009
- LAS VEGAS: LOVE AND HATELas Vegas used to be easy to hate. When I passed through a few times in college, I sensed what the place was exactly: cheap eats at bland buffets, Midwesterners blowing too much money in smoky casinos, and drunks everywhere. Elegant meant funky Egyptianesque costumes on cocktail waitresses at Caesars Palace where the fountains were large.Now Las Vegas is something ...
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May 27, 2009
- So Barack Obama was in Vegas this week. I will not take credit for the following, but thought it was so funny I had to repeat it...of course, I cannot remember to who the credit is owed, but that's besides the point. Apparently, Obama's advance team was thrilled he stayed at Caesar's because they've gotten really tired of having to erect pillars for him.Get it?? See..cause at the Democratic ...
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May 13, 2009
- My next book will be a history of Elvis Presley's Las Vegas years. Elvis made his musical comeback in 1968, and his string of live performances in Las Vegas starting in ’69 played a huge role in this active and ultimately tragic period of his life. The book will look not only at Elvis and his career but his impact on Las Vegas and Las Vegans during this period.The hard work of researching this ...
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May 6, 2009
- My name is Geoff Schumacher, and I am a journalist and author in Las Vegas, Nevada. I have written two books published by Stephens Press, and I am working on a book about Elvis Presley's Las Vegas years. I also am working on a "revised and updated" paperback version of my first book, a history of modern Las Vegas. I write a weekly column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and I also have ...
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April 14, 2009
- Chapter Three Part “3”The “Transonic” became our favorite eating establishment. We had our first drinks there and now became regular lunch and dinner patrons. Over prime ...
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March 17, 2009
- I'm starting a "Photo of the Week" section of my blog, to display an image, describe how I shot it, and what my thought process start to finish - here's my first: USA: Nevada: Clark County: Las Vegas: Visitors watch the amazing Bellagio water show at night along Las Vegas Boulevard This image was part of a week-long assignment to capture Las Vegas for a photo essay for Endless ...
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March 9, 2009
- Hey, I have a new story on the Narrative Magazine website called Night Dreams. Check it out at: www.Narrative Magazine.com
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January 12, 2009
July 24, 2008
- I always have a hard time finding beach/poolside reads. Narrow indeed is the range of reading fare that mixes well with both the sound of techno music from a deejay somewhere off to your right and the smell of tequila from the fat guy to your left.Such interferences compound another problem I have: copy editor’s disease – defined just now by me as the irksome tendency to focus not on words’ ...
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