{"id":60,"date":"2009-08-14T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/8\/14\/Kitty-rescue-at-Caesars-Stingy-Station"},"modified":"2009-08-14T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T20:43:00","slug":"kitty-rescue-at-caesars-stingy-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/kitty-rescue-at-caesars-stingy-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitty rescue at Caesars; Stingy Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we were driving to LVA<\/em> HQ this morning, we spotted a disoriented-looking little cat running through the Flamingo Rd.\/I-15 interchange<\/strong>, across from Caesars Palace<\/strong>. We were in a quandary about what to do until it turned and started ambling down the I-15 "on" ramp, heading straight for certain death. I ran down the ramp after it (the kitty's a fast little bugger), scooped it up in one hand and …<\/p>\n

Well, what to do? I am now the custodian of a small, tuxedo-patterned kitten who may be carrying God knows what infections. It's too docile to be a feral cat but it's definitely going to need a new residence. So if anybody reading this can lend a helping hand to a homeless kitty, contact me at dmckee@huntingtonpress.com<\/em>. I could<\/em> just plop the wee bairn out in the LVA<\/em> parking lot, along with our resident strays, but they're all massive and it would be a very Darwinian situation, I fear.<\/p>\n

Cheesparing at Station<\/strong>: The formidable Jean Scott<\/strong> has news of some recent and untoward developments<\/a> at Station Casinos<\/strong>, as the bankrupt company resorts to new "economy" measures. While the Fertitta clan<\/strong> sinks approximately $90 million into Orange County<\/strong> mansions, they're recouping the cost of their poor business decisions out of their customers' hides.<\/p>\n

Random observations<\/strong>: Last night, we celebrated my Better Half's birthday, partly at Cadillac Ranch<\/a><\/strong>, which seems to have an identity crisis. Its menu is slightly countrified (in a C&W sense), its walls are covered with photos of Baby Boomer rock stars (think Steven Tyler<\/strong>) and the video feed is heavy on hip-hop. Go figure. The root beer float is very good, though. At 10:30, as though by prearranged signal, an incoming tide of douchebags<\/strong> flooded the joint and we split …<\/p>\n

… the classy southern façade of Mandarin Oriental<\/strong> has now been marred by a building wrap, high up on one corner. It's small by building-wrap standards, managing to both spoil the view and look like a timid half-measure …<\/p>\n

… speaking of building wraps, Criss F. Angel<\/strong> has long since been evicted from the eastern façade of Luxor<\/strong>. A new wrap was placed on the northeast corner of Luxor's ancillary hotel, but it's also smallish and — due to way the hotel's buttresses jut forward — hard to see if you're driving into Vegas from the south. Then again, if I were MGM Mirage<\/strong>, I'd probably want to downplay with association with the widely ridiculed Mr. Angel, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we were driving to LVA HQ this morning, we spotted a disoriented-looking little cat running through the Flamingo Rd.\/I-15 interchange, across from Caesars Palace. We were in a quandary about what to do until it turned and started ambling … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[98,65,80,56,28,18,4,7,53,11,99,57,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}