Las Vegas is Home

When you think of the desert you think of cactus. When you think of a tropical oasis of billion dollar casinos built in the middle of the desert, you think of palm trees. Well okay…you probably think of gambling, but just bear with me here.

This winter season has brought very cold temperatures and even snow a couple days. We’ve hit the freezing point several times, and the palm trees are suffering, especially the locals favorite, the Mexican fan palm. The Mirage, Bellagio, Red Rock Resort, and Green Valley Ranch, are all reporting some type of damage to their trees this winter season.

One of the top nurseries in town, Star Nursery has received calls from thousands of home owners across the valley worried about their palm trees. Expert horticulturist are urging Las Vegas residence to not prune those dead leaves off just yet. We’re still expected to get freezing temperatures and those dead leaves actually will insulate the rest of the plant.

I’ve got 5 Mexican palm trees in my back yard and they are looking really weathered. I’m taking the horticulturist’s advice and leaving them alone until the weather perks up and we’re back to our normal triple digit temperatures.

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Everyday or so I’m going to feature my favorite journalist from the fabulous Las Vegas Review Journal named Norm Clarke. Norm is the “man-about-town” and he writes daily on all the famous people he has seen around town. What they are doing, and who they are doing it with! His article is pretty long so I’m only going to feature the “Sightings” section. For the full article, click here.

At the Miss America Pageant finals: Gov. Jim Gibbons and first lady Dawn Gibbons, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, Marilu Henner, and magician Lance Burton and his girlfriend, Gabriella Versace. … Mario Lopez, at Turnberry Place on Sunday, working out and rehearsing his lines for the Miss America broadcast. … David Hasselhoff and friends, having a late supper at the Bootlegger Bistro on Sunday night. … Simon Cowell, touring the newly opened Panorama Towers on Sunday with Laurence Hallier, one of Panorama’s owners. … In the capacity crowd for Earl Turner’s closing show Sunday at Palace Station: Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Antonio Fargas, who played Huggy Bear in the original “Starsky & Hutch,” George Wallace and KVBC-TV, Channel 3 anchor Sue Manteris. … NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip, at N9NE Steakhouse (Palms) on Sunday. … Kevin Nealon of “Weeds,” at Charlie Palmer Steak (Mandalay Bay) Saturday night. … At the Teammates for Kids poker tournament over the weekend: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, ESPN’s Barry Melrose, Steve Levy and Karl Ravech; pitchers and former pitchers Mike Hampton, Jeff Fassero, Turk Wendell and Steve Karsay; and Jeremy Giambi.

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Well here I am with my new blog and I am excited. I’m going to be working on some behind the scenes configurations and SEO work today. Give me a couple days, I should be in full swing and bringing you the Las Vegas latest and greatest!