Las Vegas Podcast - Living in Las Vegas

With 5000 people moving here each month, somebody had to spill the beans.

A Las Vegas Happy New Year, Everybody!

\"IMG_0677\" Melissa and I want to wish all of our Living in Las Vegas Podcast listeners a very Happy New Year!  For us, the New Year celebration will be an intimate one—we’re having a few friends over to the Whitney Villa to join us and our daughter Savannah and her boyfriend Dak for some adult beverages, games and joyous noise.  (You might be surprised how many drinking games can be created by combining Wii Fit with Mr. Boston Platinum Edition Drink Mixing Guide.)

We know that 2009 has been a rough one for many folks.  We were fortunate to have steady employment and pretty good health throughout the year.  For those in more difficult times, we’re putting out warm thoughts on your behalf.  I sense that 2010 will be an exciting and recuperative year for many folks in need of such relief.  If you fit into that category, be prepared for a great year!

Finally, thanks for playing along with the two of us over the course of the last few years.  January 12, 2010 will mark the four-year anniversary of the show, and during those four years, we’ve made great friends and have had some wonderful times!  We are grateful for both.

Happy New Year, Everybody!  Have FUN and be SAFE!

A Groovy Christmas Gathering with Our Friends

Christmas Gathering

Last weekend Melissa and I had a GREAT time joining a bunch of friends we’ve made via the LiLV Podcast for dinner and drinks at Buca Di Beppo, on Lake Mead Blvd.  Besides enjoying the company of Jacob, Sally, Alicia, David, Cheryl, Brad, Sally, Kerry and Perry, we were joined by the Pope himself.

Hard to beat that!

Afterwards, Melissa, David, Alicia and I headed down to Frankie’s Tiki Room. 

I’ve included a link to some photos I’ve uploaded on Picasa.  (Some of those Frankie’s photos did not make it online.  Yikes!)

Merry Christmas to all!

Our Latest LiLV Friend: Proof that a Goatee is Cool

While it is true that yours truly sports a goatee, I assure you that Tony C. from New York, our latest Friend of the Living in Las Vegas Podcast proves the look is golden.  Tony’s “Friends” photo does two things: it features him posed goldenly at Hoover Dam and supports Melissa’s argument that I should keep my goatee.

Welcome to the website, Tony!

By the way, are YOU on our Friends page? It’s easy! Just attach a photo of yourself to an email and send it to friends@livinginlv.com. Include your name and location and you too will be golden, just like Tony!

A Revised Living in Las Vegas Podcast Logo Has Been Born

\"Living Just a quicky here—wanted to publicly thank LiLV listener David Ivy for his work on our new and improved Living in Las Vegas Podcast Logo.  I asked him to take what we had and make it “more substantial and shiny”.

I think he did a great job!

By the way, David also wrote the kick-ass music for the Listener’s Email section of the show!  (A talented guy, that David.)

If you’d like David to whip up some graphical magic for you, check out his website.

You Gotta Have (LiLV) Friends!

Having answered their question about being ripped off in Las Vegas during their upcoming New Years 2010 visit (in episode #73 Hip Checks and Short Skirts - Roller Derby in Las Vegas), I think Kevin and Karen saw Melissa and myself as, well, their new favorite Las Vegas friends.

To that I say, “We are, K&K.  We are!”

And what do Living in Las Vegas Podcast friends do to reciprocate their friendship?

Well. . .preferably they’d send cash.

But more times then not, they follow Kevin and Karen’s lead and submit a smiling photo to our Friends of the LiLV Podcast page!

Welcome to the Friends page, K&K!  We’re glad to have you aboard!

By the way, are YOU on our Friends page?  If you’re not, you should be!  Just attach a photo of yourself to an email and send it to friends@livinginlv.com.  Life as you know it will improve in a dozen different ways when you do so!