My son has asked to celebrate his 21st birthday in Las Vegas, and, as a frequent visitor, I thought it might make for an entertaining father-son trip. Looking at the calendar while planning the trip, I was struck by an interesting question: Will he legally be 21 at midnight in our time zone back on the east coast (9 p.m. local time), or will we have to wait until midnight local Las Vegas time, 3 hours later?

I just returned from a trip to the "new" LVH (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton). Has the LVH published their notice to change their casino chips to reflect the name change yet?

I was playing late at the Riviera and the only eatery open was the Queen Victoria Pub. The top item on the dessert menu was "Albert’s Spotted Dick!!!" (exclamation points included on the menu). I don’t know if you’ve written about this in the QOD, but to many Americans this sounds like an uncomfortable medical problem rather than something to eat.

I read that the Golden Gate has closed their deli to accommodate their expansion. While they are still serving the shrimp cocktail in their Du-par's restaurant 24/7, the price has been quietly raised to $2.99. My wife and I loved going downtown for this Top Ten deal. What have you heard?

One morning last week during a stay at the Wynn, my wife went jogging while I went for a walk. She ran around the outside of the Wynn property including the golf course three times. I walked from the Wynn down to Mandalay Bay and back. She, of course, went faster but who went farther?

I understand that there was a piece in a 1993 issue of LVA about Jean Scott’s famous 50-day stay in Vegas (with 49 nights comped). The archives only go back to 1999, though. Any way that you could re-post that article? Thanks!

Who is (or was) the Jerry in Jerry's Nugget?

I was sent an e-mail from one of the leading hotels, re availability of Year of the Dragon, lucky $8 poker chips. Are these available from all Las Vegas hotels? And are they available in other denominations?

A couple of years ago your office had a story about your view of the Strip being blocked by the building of some hotel, a Westin, I believe? At any rate, was that hotel/building every completed? I don’t remember all of the details, just that your view would be blocked once the building gained height as it was constructed.

Back in September, you told us that MGM Grand wasn’t going to close its Lion Habitat. But now I see it’s going to be shut down at the end of January. What happened?