arriving 4/6 sunday, for another great vegas trip. not much new but you make your own fun in vegas.on sunday we will head out to the rampart for sun brunch,loose deuces and a stop at vons for drinks and snacks.check-in at the orleans (30 bucks a nite) catch a snooze,chase the deuces and dinner and the eve. at the point.monday we will deuce at the suncoast,redrock and do a little shopping at ross,t.j, max and dinner at makinos for bait and japanese and will spend the eve at the orleans.tues will do a sams-gvr-silverton-look for lee at the bass shops<G> and the wife wants to dinner at the bellagio buffet.i know ,i don't no why either! probably do the ph that nite.wed i might go look at some condo/town homes in the area to see what current prices are with dinner at c.j.ribs which jmt says are the best in town.looking forward to that now that hooters is off the casino crawl list.thurs. is get away day and i like to do a silverton/point day because it is easy to gas the car and return it. will probably eat at primearily prime that nite and i can also get my boarding passes printed at the point.not an overly active schedule but there will be some nap time and knob creek time in there.jmt- hope we can catch a meal together or anyone else in town that finds any of the planned meals attractive, we would enjoy having dinner with you

dag, can you stop by PA and pick up Lee and Sharon on your way here? They might could use a surprise vacation with a little shopping spree at Bass Pro Shops for those last minute boating accessories.

CJs and Prime both sound good. I know I can be off work on Thur nite, not sure about Wed yet.

FYI. the new Town Square shopping center is an interesting place to walk around and enjoy the great weather and do a little shopping/window shopping. I don't know if you are into walking yet or not. Their new high tech movie theater has the movie "21" in digital projection. I spent the afternoon walking around Town Square this afternoon. Lena Prima was in the courtyard selling her art work and her new line of jewelry.

JMT - what is the new Town Square shopping center and where is it? Not sure I know about this one.

Town Square? A large shopping center with maybe 20+ different buildings. The closest thing to compare it to is The District at Green Valley Ranch. The location in on the strip at Sunset, south of Mandalay bay, north of 215, north of Frys, just across that corner of the airport. It's hard to believe it is also the site of the old Vacation Village which always "seemed" further south.

For dining, there is a Claim Jumper, California Pizza Kitchen, Tommy Bahama's Tropical Cafe, Yard House, and a few others. Louis Osteen has a couple of places for his lowcountry southern seafood. One is a bar setting, one is a restauarant.

There is a pretty cool Boarders book store. It's wide and open with most books set up so so you can see the front cover of the book instead just the binded edge. It also has a high tech center in the middle where you can download songs and burn a CD on the spot, print photos from your camera, make a photo album, make cards, publish a pamphlet, a guide, a novel, or anything inbetween.

There are lots of stores like Eddie Bauer, Tommy Bahama, Guess, Gap, Old Navy, H&M, and more.

There is an Apple Store, Godiva Chocolates, Fossil, Guitar Center, Sunglasses Hut, Victorias Secret, and specialty stores.

There is a nice little courtyard/park type area with a kids area and still room for an art show, small concert, or small event. Of course there are many kiosks to sell you just about anything.

It is interesting that you can pretty much drive all through it, parallel park within the groups of buildings, park in a parking garage, or park in the parking lots outside of the group of buildings like a mall. There is even a complimentary valet parking service.

As I mentioned to dag, there is a big state of the art movie complex. The media sure bragged about it when it opened. I think it may be totally digital and I think there are about 20 something movies playing. They talked about how they can download the film and have it playing as soon as it is released.

There is no gaming. It does make for an interesting couple of hours on a nice day to walk through. There ae still a lot of shops that have not opened yet. The main paths are almost completely opened. The secondary paths between buildings are maybe 60% occupied. I think long term plans might even allow it to expand out with more buildings. The grand opening of the place was in November when about 50% of the main path shops were open, so it is growing rapidly and there are lots of interesting shops to come.

That Louis's Las Vegas sounds like a really interesting restaurant. The next time I see a movie, I'll probably go there.

wow sounds like it could be a fun afternoon.a little shop,a little booze,a little snooze,must be heaven! might catch the 21 movie then back to home base for the booze and snooze part.

Thanks, JMT - I didn't realize it was there. I know exactly where the location is because I used to stop at Vacation Village when I got into town when they had that "win your airfare back" wheel. I'll have to check it out on my next trip, especially the movie theater!

I drove by a couple time on my last trip but didn't venture in.

There's a center in Columbus very similar to this called Easton. One of the developers is Les Wexner, Victoria's Secret, etc. founder. It's nationally recognized for it's success.

Caesar's Forums shops are the highest grossing per square foot retail development in the country. Easton is very close behind it.

went to the mall web site-gonna take more than an afternoon!

jmt-5:00pm for prime on thurs. i will be bailing out of the point about 7:00pm to head to the airport.hope to see you on wed. for the ribs!

5pm for priime sounds great. See ya upstairs. That's a long way off though. Send me a reminder.

I don't think that I can make the meet at C.J.'s Texas BBQ at this point. I did try them on Sat. and stand by my statement that they are the best I have found. I had a half chicken and a quarter pound of ribs (4 bones). The ribs have a good rub, they are smoked to tender, they don't put sauce on them, they pull off the bone easily and are not fatty or soggy. They sell it by the pound for about $13. I'm confident that I could eat 2 pounds given the opportunity. One pound with a side dish usually fills me up. A pound and a half is a realistic all you can eat. One more tip, don't get there late. I went in about 7:25 one night and the guy in front of me bought all the pork ribs they had. When they sell out, it's game over. I also have to give a strong plug for their half chicken. Tender and moist. I like Salt Lick half chickens better, but not by much.

I'm jealous DAG!
Don't look too hard for us at the Bass Pro shop either, I'm afraid I'll be another no show this trip! Dang, I can't beleive your going again already!
Have fun and win lots of money! I'll be looking for your trip report upon your return.

dag, I hope you like variety in weather. It looks like you are going to get it all. Nice 80s down to bone chillin 60s, clear, sunny, cloudy, windy, rain, and some tree pollen to boot. See ya soon.

ok i just unpacked my shorts and short sleeved shirts what the hell happend to 80"s all week!!! reminder-wed for cj's ribs 5:00 if you can make it and primearily on thurs,5:00 also.c u there!! just waiting for my jousting tweeds to clear the dryer and i am ready to go. lee so you don't have to go all the way to the silverton,there is a tommy bahamas at that center mall and a tommy restaurant also as pricey as the shirts!

"Bone chillin 60's"????? I'm thinking about getting the bike out tomorrow, temps are supposed to be up in the 60's!

60s with a wind factor of 50+ mph is not my idea of fun. I hope that you enjoy it.