2 Weeks in Las Vegas

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With the Affiliate Summit conference starting on January 9th In Las Vegas, we decided to arrive there early to celebrate New Year's Eve, see some shows and get in some fine dining. Wow! What an excellent plan that turned out to be! What follows are some of the highlights of our stay in Vegas. Circus Circus KOA - If you're RVing and want to stay on the Strip in Vegas, the KOA is your only … [Read more...]

The Rio Revisited

Last year during Affiliate Summit West, I blogged about my experience at the Rio All Suites Hotel in Las Vegas. If you read that post, you can see by the picture on the right that not much has changed in terms of house-keeping, or retrieval of room service accoutrements. When I arrived on Saturday afternoon, there were 2 glasses outside the door to my room, which is where they stayed until … [Read more...]

The McCarran Massage

I spoke at Affiliate Summit West 2010 in Las Vegas over the weekend and flew home yesterday out of McCarran International Airport. It was the first time I'd seen a full body scanner at security. Well, not only did I have to go through the scanner, but because of the very thin J. Jill top sweater that I was wearing, I also got what I will forever think of as the "McCarran massage". I was … [Read more...]

5 Days at the Rio in Las Vegas

"Hello?" "Hello?" I responded, incredulous. "Isn't this housekeeping?" "No." "I called housekeeping." "You dialed the wrong number" came the reply. "I didn't DIAL at all, I pushed the 'Housekeeping' button." "You DIALED the wrong number, I'm a GUEST of the hotel". UGH. Wake someone up at 1AM because the phone doesn't work. Housekeeping's response (when I finally managed to contact them) to … [Read more...]

Bellagio Conservatory: Christmas 2007

I love Vegas. And I was fortunate to get there for the 3rd... hmmm, maybe the 4th time this year to speak at Anik Singal's PPC Classroom Live event being held at the West Casaurina - just a little east of Bally's on the north side of Flamingo Road. On Sunday morning I took a brisk walk down the Strip for exercise and ended up stopping to watch the fountains at the Bellagio. I then took a walk … [Read more...]