Know When to Fold ‘Em

No shows, no stars, still all fun In Red Or White I won an Eiffel tower I’m walking on downtown Vegas’s Fremont Street and the ‘Experience’ is stopping me in my tracks. On the underside of a giant awning spanning four city blocks is a light show like no other…

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Even Fools Get Lucky in Vegas

What? I won? Yeah, I won! Follow me, fools! Spinning is winning Yeah, you would laugh 10:28am Pacific Time They congregate at the edge, milling about and uttering odd noises. They wait for a sign, not a leader to cross, as me they will not follow. No, it must be…

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Give Me Six the Hard Way

Dawn to dusk, I be making bank in Vegas! The Sphinx never sweats Take my wealth Gimme da bling, bling! I can handle it! 6:18am Pacific Time It’s early here, just past sun-up, and I’m headed out for a run because even though I’m in Vegas, I’m still in triathlon…

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Vegas, Baby, Vegas!

I double down or hold with two aces? Before: Poor, Wears Shirt After: Broke, Cooks Naked Its another beautiful afternoon in DC and I just received yet another beautiful rejection letter. With just the right mix of apology, future hope, yet firm ‘No’ I can almost feel good about it….

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Rob’s Madrid Living – Part I

How many bathroom fixture stores can a city support? In Rob’s Dreams An Open Sign Civil Law A Clean Bathroom Editor’s Note: My friend Rob is in Madrid this summer studying law at a Spanish University and is sharing his interesting interpretation of Spanish life with me. Life in Madridby…

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