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Hatch green chili will be available at the Albertson's store located at 1650 N. Buffalo Drive in Las Vegas this Saturday, August 13th, from 6 AM until 4 PM.  For a nominal $34.99 you can take home a 30 lb bag of just harvested, flame roasted green chilis considered to be the finest in the world.  These are the peppers that can magically turn any dish into a must-have-more culinary experience.

Yep - that's right you crazy Vegas Fans.  I'll be chatting about all things LasVegas(Vegas), expect topics to include Las Vegas, Blogging, AVN Expo, Poker, the Internet, the future, the past and all in real time.

Deuce bus ad features real machine guns you can shoot during your visit to Las Vegas

Whatever your reason for visiting Las Vegas - gambling, drinking, erupting volcanos, beautiful Sirens battling pirates, erupting volcanos, shooting machine guns or a tooty fruity breakfast at Denny's - you'll probably find it somewhere on the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas Metro Police patrol and control the Las Vegas Strip

Strolling the Las Vegas strip on any night (or day) is more going with the flow than sauntering down the boulevard.  Even though Las Vegas gaming revenues are off the visitor count is up so sidewalks are crowded with mostly fun-loving people from around the world.

Who the heck is Special K? He is a new contributor to LasVegasVegas.com.

I imagine that my nickname will get me in trouble with the Kellogg's folks, but that is just how I roll, brave until confronted and then I run like crazy. One lawyer letter and I'll be Oatmeal McGrits.

Hi, I'm Special K. I'm an amateur poker player. I'm an amateur photographer. I shoot a pretty mean game of pool sometimes. Other times it looks like I rode a short bus to the pool hall (thus the nickname). Mostly, I'm a friend to Flipchip and the Poker Prof and they have been good friends to me.

The Prof's Poker Blog welcome's Gene "Mean Gene" Bromberg to the LasVegasVegas.com family. Gene discusses current issues facing the millions of players pursuing poker's many rewards. Gene is one of the defining class of Internet journalist. He produces well researched, well written, source linked, in-depth analysis of what's affecting the poker industry and why. Today's inaugural post from Mean Gene--Prof

More Damned Lies

photos by flipchip/lasvegasvegas.com

My grandmother passed away on Monday. I'm suffering from a profound sadness that is only relieved by going over her life and my special relationship with this wonderful lady, the mother that raised me. My grandmother was 101 years old.

I love playing poker in Vegas. And what's not to love? Card rooms are set up so that you can enjoy playing your game of choice at the stakes of your desire. But not all card rooms are created equal. I was in London a few weeks ago, and their card-room looked like the basement of a speakeasy. And not in a nostalgic cool way either. More like in a "are we playing in the garage so we can smoke?" sort of way.

Just what makes Las Vegas poker rooms so much better than in other cities? Well, let me count the ways in a list I like to call:

Why Vegas Card rooms are so good