What Is The Best Hotel In Las Vegas?

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Repost By Zeke Quezada, About.com Guide
Sunday March 27, 2011

“So what is the best hotel in Las Vegas? There is no right answer, because the bachelor party is looking for one experience, the family is looking for another and those six people from Kelowna really just need a few penny slots to keep them occupied between shifts at the buffet. However, I have made a list of some of the best and the top three on that list are simply hard to beat for my money.”

* [sic] “Enocore at Wynn Las Vegas – Maybe it’s the idea of a daybed at Encore Beach Club or a long night at XS or the Mac ‘n Cheese bites at Society Cafe, it could be those, but truthfully, all I really need is an afternoon at Wazuzu and then a late afternoon spa treatment at Encore Spa. Drunken noodles and the Encore Escape Treatment and I am sold on Encore as one of my top three hotels in Las Vegas.”

* Palazzo Resort and Casino – The rooms are hard to beat but you’ll leave because you’ll want to catch a game at Lagasse’s Stadium, you want to learn something about tequila at Dos Caminos and the Blue Man Group, Jersey Boys and Phantom are three of the best shows on the Las Vegas strip. The pool area is spacious and spend any time at Canyon ranch Spa and you’ll be booking a return visit.

* Hotel32 at the Monte Carlo – This always comes as a huge surprise to everyone that asks me the “Best Hotel in Las Vegas” question. I am in love with this place, get me a loft room at Hotel 32 and I’ll see you in a week, I don’t even have to leave, but, I will leave and I’ll walk over to the small lobby and have a conversation with a Suite Assistant and they will make sure that everything is done just right. Room quality, customer service and a very personal touch,that is why you would pick Hotel 32 at Monte Carlo.

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Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson

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Originally posted March 20, 2011

James Jamerson
James Jamerson

When I was playing in the recording industry in LA in the 60s, Fender bass-man Ron Brown would speak animatedly about fellow bass player James Jamerson who was recording albums for “Little” Stevie Wonder, among others, at the time. Ron showed me a couple of licks and I was pretty much hooked.

Over the years I could almost always pick out Jamerson’s erratic, yet perfect bass lines. Soon he became the “star” regardless of who was up front on a record. More and more I realized how important this cat was to the music. All those Motown hits like: “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” by the Four Tops; “Dancing in the Street,” by Martha and the Vandellas; “I Was Made to Love Her,” by Stevie Wonder; and “You Can’t Hurry Love,” by the Supremes, and countless others were standout hits greatly due to the excellence of Jamerson’s bass lines, which were in the background – but were they? He played the bass like it was a lead instrument, and he had the stuff to do it. My contention is that Jamerson’s bass lines were the preconscious, so to speak, “hooks” that helped these records soar to great heights. In other words, while the listener was focused on a voice or lead instrument or whatever, these soul-nudging “background” notes were registering on a different level, nevertheless, they were registering. This is not to take anything at all away from the other artists’ abilities, bet they would agree with me.

I’ve often tried to describe his playing like this: He would go up when you expected a note to go down, and would do just the opposite of what a hundred other guys would do.

When you were sitting in a Deuce Coup at the drive-in or cruising down Colorado Boulevard and that song came on that switched on your night in that indescribable way, chances are very good that James Jamerson was driving the music that night in a way that only he could. Thanks Mr. J.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says it best:
“One of the unsung heroes of the Motown sound, James Jamerson was described by Motown founder Berry Gordy as “a genius on the bass…and incredible improviser in the studio and somebody I always wanted on my sessions.” He was the anchor of the in-house group at Motown dubbed the Funk Brothers. Though few among the record-buying public ever never knew Jamerson by name, they were well-acquainted with his work, which included the bass lines on such Motown classics as “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” by the Four Tops; “Dancing in the Street,” by Martha and the Vandellas; “I Was Made …” read more from The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame…

“Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson” is the title of a book to which there is a link at the R&RHOF website.

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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, 27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011

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Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011), also known as Liz Taylor, was an English-American actress. A former child star, she grew to be known for her acting talent and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor was considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s golden age. The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list more from WIKI

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EXTREME SUPERMOON will be 100% full Mar 19 at 11:10 A.M.

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Extreme SuperMoon
Extreme SuperMoon

First posted March 9, 2011
Will March 19 ‘supermoon’ trigger disasters?
At least one astrologer thinks quakes, eruptions and huge storms possible

By Natalie Wolchover – Space.Com

On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet.

Richard Nolle, a noted astrologer who runs the website astropro.com, has famously termed the upcoming full moon at lunar perigee (the closest approach during its orbit) an “extreme supermoon.” read more…

The EXTREME SUPERMOON will be 100% full Mar 19, 11:10 A.M. Las Vegas time.

“American Indians gave names to each of the full moons to keep track of the passing year. The names are associated with the entire month until the next full moon occurs. Since a lunar month averages 29 days, the dates of the moons change from year to year. Here are titles most closely associated with calendar months” – more from Western Washington University…

Native American woman in buckskin
Native American woman in buckskin

Back East
Algonquin (Northeast to Great Lakes) word for March’s full Moon, according to WWU is: “namossack kesos” or “catching fish.”

Hopi potter
Hopi potter

Out West
Hopi (Southwest Arizona) term for March’s full Moon, according to WWU is: “osomuyaw” or “moon of the whispering wind.” I personally love this phrase. BC

From The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Historically, the Native Americans who lived in the area that is now the northern and eastern United States kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to the recurring full Moons.

Each full Moon name was applied to the entire month in which it occurred. These names, and some variations, were used by the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior.

According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the name for March’s full Moon is: Full Worm Moon. At the time of this spring Moon, the ground begins to soften and earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of robins. This is also known as the Sap Moon, as it marks the time when maple sap begins to flow and the annual tapping of maple trees begins – no Native word is given.

Find more Full Moon Info/sign-up to receive full Moon notifications each month at FullMoon.Info
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BEEF AND GUINNESS PIE

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Happy St. Paddys Day
Happy St. Paddys Day

Beef and Guinness Pie

Beef and Guinness Pie

This recipe originates from County Tipperary, Ireland (according to SAVEUR’S, Food for the Holidays issue – Winter, 2004.) A hearty Snow/Rainy-day-comfort-food-treat, this savory beef-pie will beckon you back to the fridge at 1:00 AM, and again at breakfast time. Purchase, at least, two 6-packs of Guinness Stout for 6-8 guests.

Start early – allow 5-6 hours, from start to serving. Thaw pastry 1/2 hour before meat-mixture is done.
Serves 6-8 continue the recipe on the LasVegasBuffetClub’s Recipe page

Happy St. Pats day Patty…

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Time Out: Joe Morello, July 17, 1928 – March 12, 2011

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Joe Morello
Joe Morello

Legendary drummer Joe Morello passed away March 12, 2011. Known best for his stop-n-go 5/4 time drumming for the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s mega-monster hit “TAKE FIVE,” (1959) “left the stage” at 82.

From the New York Time’s obituary:
“Joseph A. Morello was born in Springfield, Mass., on July 17, 1928. Sight-impaired from an early age, he took up the violin at 6 and performed Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra three years later. According to a biography on his Web site, Mr. Morello gave up the violin for drums at 15, after meeting his idol, the violinist Jascha Heifetz.”

Apparently Morello felt that he would never be able to achieve “that sound.” “Time Out” refers to the title of the 1959 record album containing arguably the tastiest instrumental jazz/pop tune of the century, “Take Five.” – LVBC

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Official Joe Morello Website
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Is Denver’s Kirk Montgomery headed for the Big Time

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Kirk Montgomery
Kirk Montgomery

This very affable entertainment news dude on Denver’s TV 9 evening News, in my opinion, will be the next entertainment “star” from Denver. He’s already touched the big-time with some TV & Movie stuff. I wanted to go on record saying that this cat is a sure bet. I’ve been meaning to write this for some time now…

I’ve never seen him act in a movie – so what? Just watching him on the tube unveils his extreme character. Don’t take this in the wrong way but this guy could be another Disney character unto himself. My opinion is that that is where he should be. Listening Disney? I know you are! He’s that good. He has the ability to change from a handsome Entertainment TV Guy into a character that is as cute as a bathtub, rubber-duck.

Here are his IMDb pages…

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Canada Goose shot with arrow in Denver park still eludes rescuers

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Denver goose with arrow
Denver goose with arrow

The Canada Goose that was shot with an arrow in Denver park still eludes rescuers two weeks after first being spotted.

Here’s the original story from The Denver Post
Rescuers still trying to save wounded goose
By Kevin Simpson
POSTED: 02/12/2011 07:12:19 PM MST
UPDATED: 02/14/2011 01:36:24 PM MST

Bird-lover Linda Neely was making her rounds at Washington Park on Saturday, checking to see if any geese had gotten ensnared in fishing line, when she saw it.

A Canada Goose on the east side of the partially frozen Smith Lake had been pierced by an arrow that entered the right rear of its body and exited just below the bird’s black neck.

Despite the wound, the goose was alive and appeared “very saveable,” said Neely, liaison for the rehabilitation group Wild B.I.R.D.

She called more volunteers, who tried a two-pronged approach to capture the goose. While some fed other geese in the flock to keep them from instinctively picking on the wounded bird, Neely used food to try to lure it to her.

But the plan didn’t work, and the goose skittered out of reach. After waiting a couple hours, the volunteers tried again from the partially frozen west side of the lake — again without luck.

The Denver Fire Department also responded and tried to help capture the bird.

“But geese are smart,” said Neely. “As soon as they see something in your hand that’s unusual, they’re gone. The best thing is to gain their trust — if you can get them close enough to get food out of your hand, you can get them. It takes patience.”

The group tried all weekend, but this morning the injured bird was still free.

“It looks like, because of the angle of the arrow, that somebody probably shot it when it was up in the air,” Neely said. “So we’ll have to determine if the arrow missed major organs, or if the arrow itself is keeping it from bleeding out.”

If the goose can be caught, volunteers would take it to a vet for X-rays to determine the extent of the injury. If the arrow missed vital organs, she said, the bird would probably need antibiotics for several days and then be released.

Neely said she hopes the goose finds its way back to open water on the lake’s east side, where it would be relatively safe from predators. End of story.

Somebody in Denver has to know somebody who carries around a bow & arrow in the Washington Park area! – LVBC

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