We will be in Vegas for the first time for the "First Friday" events downtown in October. Could you please explain what this event consists of?

I'm coming to Vegas 10/25-28/2011 with a friend who collects rocks (not jewelry). We have not been able to find any rock stores on the Internet that are in the Vegas area. Can you be of any help to us?

What can you tell me about Christmas Tree Pass that is on the way to Laughlin?

One thing which out of town visitors always question me on is the large number of attorneys who advertise on Las Vegas television. Is there really that much of a need for the number of attorneys?

What ever happened to Bill Fayne?

I've been looking at the data on sportsinsights.com (the free section) to see how the public is betting NFL games. My question is, why doesn't the imbalance of betting action correlate better to line movements? For example, a Packers-Niners game late last season opened at GB -9.5 and 80% of the money came in on the Packers during the week. But the line went down to -9. I understand that lines move in response to smart money, but with this level of imbalance I would think that the line would go up, not down. There are plenty of examples like this every week. I'm very curious to get your insights.

The other night I noticed a new sign on Main Street in front of the somewhat remodeled Plaza. The sign stated "Swingers Club" and "Dueling Pianos". Does the term "swingers" on that sign make reference to a '40s and '50s genre of music or is it advertising the sexual networking genre?

I remember there was a stand-alone restaurant/nightclub on the Strip called 'Seven'. It usually looked empty and there was a tacky gift shop attached which detracted from the ultra-cool vibe they seemed to be going after. Where was it and what was built in its place?

I remember that several years ago, Paris had a roulette table with a single zero and no double zero. Are any of these roulette tables still available for action and if so, where?

What can you tell me about Mt. Charleston? We drove up there once but didn’t see much civilization, but then it looked like there was a town there on satellite view.