Finalizing my Medicare Advantage Plan I will turn 65 this January, so I was able to sign up for Medicare as of October 1via https://www.ssa.gov/. Like most people my age, I will not consider going on Social Security for at least another year, so I went straight to the Medicare Enrollment section. The initial signup […]
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Living Local — Is the “Best of Las Vegas” Any G...
Last Sunday, the annual “Best of Las Vegas” appeared as a “Special Advertising Feature” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. At least they’re calling a spade a spade. The R-J has been compiling the “BOLV” for 38 years. In the beginning, it was very fair. The newspaper put a ballot in a Sunday newspaper with all […]
Living Local — Las Vegas TV-Cord-Cutting Update
In past writings, I’ve discussed the increased availability of “cord cutting” for TVs — in short, the many (and increasing number of) alternatives to traditional cable television. It’s time for an update! Before we investigate what will work for you, we have to ask two questions. How much is cable television in Las Vegas? Due […]
Living Local — Meeting People in Las Vegas
Two letters in “Dear Abby” caught my eye last week, both from women. One was a single woman who claims she lives a full life, but has nothing to do on Saturday night, while the other was moving to across the country to a new retirement community and was afraid that she wouldn’t make new […]
Living Local — Final Post on Vegas Dining
A few more observations and comments on dining in Las Vegas before I move on to other topics: Expanding on last week’s excellent post by Cory Roberts on Groupon/Living Social, a couple of readers asked about OpenTable, Yelp, and Restaurant.com. I’ve used OpenTable to make reservations at two of my favorite restaurants, Sparrow and Wolf […]
Living Local—Getting the Most out of Groupon
[Note from Jeffrey Compton: I’m out of town all week, so Cory Roberts, CDC Gaming Reports’ associate publisher, offered to pick up the slack and write a column on a topic he knows best: Groupon. Cory is a Clevelander, but we can all learn from this.] Groupon/Living Social can be a great way to get […]
Living Local — Getting a $5 Beer for a $20 Buy-...
My last few posts discussed dining discounts and I offered various approaches, including frequency cards, gifts cards, membership concessions, etc., which can be used in restaurants anywhere in America, not just Las Vegas. This post, however, addresses a common dining (or more accurately drinking) discount that you probably find only in this state — drink […]
Living Local — Third-Party Dining Discounts
When I was a lad, there was no Internet and very few dining discounts outside of the American Automobile Association (AAA). Occasionally, one could get a discount for mentioning a particular guidebook (Frommer’s $5 A Day series comes to mind), but the practice wasn’t anything like today, except that AAA discounts are less widespread. When […]
Living Local — Cutting Dining Costs through Fre...
Yaniv Calif is the non-vegetarian male half of the couple that owns the building where my new office is located. Before I moved in (and on short notice), he painted the office, fixed all the lights and ceiling, moved out extra furniture I didn’t need (I brought my own from my home office), helped me […]
Living Local — Beginning the Search for Las Veg...
There are probably more restaurant discount opportunities in Las Vegas than any other American city. While the casinos don’t offer the tremendous discounts they did 20 years ago, they still generate enough low-cost competition to keep overall dining prices from reaching New York or San Francisco levels (especially away from the Strip). Dozens of new […]
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