[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 […]
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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 […]
Greater Vegas — Rachel
[Editor’s Note: This article was written by Huntington Press editor and former Nevada guidebook writer Deke Castleman a couple of years ago. With all the attention on Rachel these days over the uncertainty of the so-called Alienstock festival, we thought we’d throw out the mothballs, dust it off, and bring it back into the light […]
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 […]
Living Local—Reviewing My 54-Page Apartment Lea...
My two-bedroom apartment in Monaco Park Apartments (just east of Durango on Desert Inn) comes up for renewal in October. The management company (Alliance) sent me a renewal offer with a small 1.9% increase. No problem. They then sent me a copy of the new lease — 54 pages long! For some reason, the e-transmission […]
Living Local — Staying Fit in Las Vegas
I was the fat kid in high school who hated gym class (the favorite venue of school bullies). While I tried various gym and training programs in my adult life, the most success I’ve had is with my current trainer Michael Ogawa, whom I’ve had for two years. We’ve made real progress. Last week, Mike […]
Living Local — Finding Money in Nevada (and New...
What is my best piece of advice for people over 50? Join the American Association of Retired People, better known as AARP. You do not have to be retired — in fact, you don’t have to be over 50 anymore — and dues are as low as $12 per year. Why? Aside from their many […]
Living Local — Furthering the Discussion on Nev...
Last week Anthony Curtis and Tanya Maynard (LVA.com’s IT expert) showed me how to manage the comments section for this blog — and just in time, as my post “New Nevada State Laws Locals Should Be Aware of” received 24 comments. I approved only 10, almost all regarding the recently passed tenant-rights bill extending the […]
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