Earl of Sandwich – Planet Hollywood Casino, Las Vegas

If you are ever in need of a decent hot sandwich along the Vegas Strip, look no farther than the Earl of Sandwich in Planet Hollywood Casino.  It’s fast food, so it will definitely be a step down from the celebrity chef restaurants on the Strip, but hey sometimes you need a break from all …

Captial Grille – Las Vegas (Fashion Show Mall)

First dinner in Vegas, and rather than venture into a buffet immediately, we decided to walk around and just pick a restaurant. The Capital Grille in the Fashion Show Mall seemed to be a good choice.  Did not realize it was a chain restaurant, but eh.. worth a try. Service is what you would expect …

Lesson Learned: Always Back Up Before Upgrading

So stupidly, I hit the “upgrade” to WordPress 3.5 in the admin panel without first backing up my blog and it broke the uploading capability in the theme that I was using.  So I spent all evening reinstalling WordPress. While I had the CSS customizations saved off, I had to redo a couple of lengthy blog posts …

Gold and Silver Pawn Shop from Pawn Stars

Visited the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop made famous by the History Channel show Pawn Stars.  As a fan of the show, was pretty neat to see a lot of the items that were bought by the show’s stars actually in the store. Rick, Cory, the Old Man, and Chumlee were not there though. Shop …

Mesa Grill, Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas

Rough Cut Tuna “Nachos”, Tiger Shrimp Roasted Garlic Tamales, Peach Margarita, Mojito,  I forget what, Smoked Shrimp Tacos Well executed and very flavorful.  Drinks were made cleanly and complemented the meal well, with prices commensurate with the food pricing.  Service was adequate, but we thought the server could have check in on us more often, …

Poker Trip Report – Vegas Oct 2012

  Played 2 tournaments, Venetian 12pm and Aria 1pm. Also 4 cash game session. Venetian, Aria, and MGM Grand. Venetian 12pm $150 ($135+$15), 12,000 starting chips Early rounds – Ran 12K starting stack up to ~40K,. Dealt A/A,  blinds 100/200/0. Raised 3BB, got 3 callers, flop A/K/K, top boat. Slow played bluff happy cowboy in seat …

Sendai Sushi in Milpitas.

Wanted to try a new place, Theresa yelped places nearby for sushi and found Sendai. We were seated quickly, and it looks like we had just beat the rush at 6:00 or so. Service was fast and efficient as we got our food all of our food within 10 minutes. of placing the order. They …