Bette Midler has claimed that she is to retire after her stint in Vegas at Caesars Palace.  The show, entitled, ‘The Showgirl Must Go On’ lasting for over 2 years, its still a while away yet,if she does indeed stick to that plan.

However, she will be 64 years of age by then  - enough for anyone, especially in Sin City.

She opens her show on February 20th.

Up until the end of February, the El Cortez (in downtown) is offering free breakfasts to those who stay for three days concurrently.

Not sure if you understand just how bad food is in Vegas for us brits, so although it sounds good, it wouldnt sway me to stay anywhere.

A good tip is to eat brekkie at the Venetian each morning as its the closest you will get to an English fry-up!

Being from the midlands, the Moody Blues have always been one of my favourite bands, even though I’m only 31 and most of their hits were made before I was 5!

I have just found that they are playing Planet Hollywood in March (on the 15th) - and I am gutted because I will be in Sweden at the time

I would love to be there.

The worlds largest TV set has been shown at the CES technology show in the Sands expo on the Las Vegas strip in the past few days.  Weighing in at a whopping 150 inches,  Matsushita beat their old record by 20 inches.  The nearest competition is Sharp with a display just short of 110 inches.

The TV will be available next year.

In the UK, we get the occasional hedgehog or mole in our gardens, in Las Vegas they get mountain lions!

In the north west of Vegas this week a mountain lion was found in a backyard after jumping over a fence.  Following a search that lasted over 3 hours, it was captured and tranquilised without suffering too much harm.

The lion is now under observation by the Nevada state wildlife department and will be released back to the wild in the not too distant future.

Decided to try my hand at a cash game while James was playing the Venetian. James said to play a $1 and $2 game, but wasn’t really sure what this meant so when the card room manager said they only had a free seat on a $2 and $4 limit table I thought it cant be that different. Also, when I first started to play poker I did well in limit games. Read the rest of this entry »