I am Lars Vargas » Las Vegas

Fry’s price matching works!

LarsVargas — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:23:27 +0000

I’m genuinely surprised in a happy way.

Fry’s has a price matching policy. It’s not plastered all over the store, but I found it on the good ol’ Interweb after a short search:

A las Vegas blogger who blogs

LarsVargas — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:01:25 +0000

A friend sent me this link: http://www.meganedwards.com/features.htm

I like it. A fellow Las Vegan writing about an interesting town. And it looks like she actually writes on her blog.

Why Can’t Rain Happen Before I wash the Car?

LarsVargas — Tue, 16 May 2006 14:12:11 +0000

I live in a desert. We have VERY little rain. I understand this. That’s why it’s a desert, after all. Because of the lack of rain, we also have lots of dust. I have a black car which apparently has a special dust-attracting paint job (factory applied).

This is NOT the Party to Whom You’re Speaking!

LarsVargas — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:43:13 +0000

OK, Las Vegas … what gives? Since we moved here, we have received more wrong number calls in three months than we did in a decade anywhere else.

Apparently we got the phone number that people named Vince and Gayle [Last Name] used to have. How do we know this? They get more phone calls than we do, and the callers ask for them by name. I guess they left town, and apparently when they left town, they did it in the middle of the night. The people calling for Vince and Gayle do not sound like happy folks wanting to talk to contest winners, nor do they sound like concerned relatives. They sound like professional collection agents, taking stern tones with anyone who answers.

A Fun Way to Get IP Addresses

LarsVargas — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:52:25 +0000

If you’re looking for an interesting way to find out your IP address, IP Vegas has it. Visit that site and your IP address will show up on a Las Vegas style slot machine. It looks like a free ad-supported site.

A Hot New Casino Opening. Sort of.

LarsVargas — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:07:14 +0000

There are two types of casinos in Las Vegas. The first ones are the ones that most people think of: the famous ones on The Strip. Names like Luxor, Bellagio, Paris, Monte Carlo, and Caesar’s Palace come to mind. The others are the “local” casinos. These are smaller and less flashy. They are also located in areas where people live and dot the landscape around the Las Vegas valley. Two of the larger local casino companies are Station Casinos and Coast Casinos. Coast Casinos recently opened a new casino called the South Coast.

Many garage sales and not a single garage for sale…

LarsVargas — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:48:53 +0000

Mrs. Vargas and I went to a terrific garage sale yesterday. Several, actually. What was terrific about them was that they were actually a community garage sale that spanned several neighborhoods in Green Valley, home of the Green Valley Ranch Station Casino (shown on American Casino). It’s a nice area, with some expensive homes, and only a few miles from Casa Vargas.

Risky business begets free eats: one of the cool things about living in Vegas

LarsVargas — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:46:56 +0000

One of the cool things about Las Vegas is the abundance of places to eat. And most of them are really good places to eat. I used to live in Orlando, and a good place to eat there is a national chain where the weird stuff nailed to the walls is usually more compelling than the food. There is no real decent local cuisine in Orlando, although barbecue is close. Vegas cuisine seems to run the entire gamut, from stuff that’s best described as “food” to world class dining.