http://www.sincityliving.com Life in Las Vegas, Nevada Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:39:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It pays to be a casino pit boss. "Gaming Manager" is mentioned in this article about jobs paying six-figure salaries. http://www.sincityliving.com/pit-bosses-make-six-figures/125/ As promised, La Burger Brasserie was the next burger joint I visited after being unimpressed by Burger Bar. The burgers (beef, chicken or lamb) are good and there were many types of cheeses, sauces and other toppings to pile on. Beers come by the bottle as they have no draft ... http://www.sincityliving.com/la-burger-brasserie/123/ We had dinner last weekend at FIX in Bellagio. It was Saturday night and the place was mobbed. Apparently, our brilliant plan of eating at FIX and then partying next door at The Bank was shared by many others. The restaurant itself is amazing and looked more like an ultra-lounge ... http://www.sincityliving.com/get-your-fix-at-bellagio/122/ We had our first 100 degree day yesterday. Many forecasters predicted we wouldn't push the mercury this high until the first week of June. It will be another hot day today with a high of 106 but then things cool off a bit going into the latter part of the ... http://www.sincityliving.com/the-century-mark/121/ I dined with some friends at Burger Bar in Mandalay Bay this weekend and was pretty disappointed. Their Kobe beef is American, the buffalo burger tasted just like beef and their choice of toppings and sides were not that interesting. Even the jalepeno bacon that my buddy talked up beforehand ... http://www.sincityliving.com/burger-bar/120/ If Chris Binkley's book is about the old guard and how they shaped Las Vegas, this article from the NY Times is about how a new generation of moguls is building out their vision of Las Vegas. http://www.sincityliving.com/new-titans-of-las-vegas/119/ MGM's CityCenter project was discussed on NPR's All Things Considered today. It was amazing to hear that half of the $8B budget is already paid for through residence pre-sales and foreign investments. http://www.sincityliving.com/citycenter-on-npr/118/ Here's a photo I snapped of Steve Wynn's latest project Encore. That's right, it's another hotel right next to the Wynn and it's reportedly costing over $2B. You can't really tell from the photo but Encore is arched the other way (convex vs. Wynn's concave shape). http://www.sincityliving.com/steve-wynns-encore/117/ Christina Binkley was on State of Nevada today talking about her latest work, Winner Takes All. Her book is about big personalities in the casino industry shaped the development of Las Vegas as we know it today. http://www.sincityliving.com/winner-takes-all/116/ Believe it or not, there's more to Las Vegas than hotels and casinos. Just a few minutes west of the madness is Red Rock Canyon. I took my uncle there this weekend. We spent about an hour and a half driving slowly through the park on the 13 mile scenic ... http://www.sincityliving.com/red-rock-canyon/115/