December 23, 2009
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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!
December 4, 2009
Location: Sunset Park, 2601 E Sunset Road, Las Vegas, NV 89120
Date: Now through January 3
Hours: Sun-Thur 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm
Cost: $15/vehicle Fri-Sun and Holidays, $13/vehicle Mon-Thur
With some 8 million holiday lights that line a two-mile tour that features 400 displays, you’ll see dinosaurs, a 100-foot-long dragon, an animated reindeer band and Santa on his cell phone. Get $2 off with any bag of gently used items donated to Goodwill of Southern Nevada on-site or at any Goodwill location in Las Vegas or Henderson.
December 4, 2009
Location: 6300 W Oakey Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89146
Date: Now through January 2
Hours: Sun – Thur: 5:30-9pm, Fri-Sat: 5:30-10pm
Cost: $9.50 adults, $7.50 children 3-11
The Magical Forest at Opportunity Village features light displays, carousel rides, train rides, lots of entertainment and other festive activities. Bring in gently used items for the thrift store and get $2 off admission on Thursday nights.
December 3, 2009
Location: 30 Strada Di Villaggio, Monte Lago Village at Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, NV 89011
Date: Now through February 15
Hours: M-F 3-9pm, Sat/Sun/Holidays noon-9pm
Cost: General Admission-$15 adults, $12 for children 12 and under. Call 702.564.1600 for $5 off coupon
If you haven’t been to Lake Las Vegas, you should make it a point to visit. The floating ice rink at the The Village (which has some great restaurants and shopping) is very cool. . .and they offer ice skating lessons as well!
December 2, 2009
Location: 2 Cactus Garden Drive, Henderson, NV 89014
Date: Now through January 1
Hours: Sundown – 10pm
I’ve heard this is really something to behold. The Holiday Cactus Garden at Ethel’s Chocolate Factory has 500,000 lights (can you imagine? I have a hard time adding a couple string of lights to the house!) and also features Santa Claus, and live entertainment.