Together again!

After spending last weekend together in Las Vegas, Cameron Diaz is back in Sin City visiting new hookup, illusionist Criss Angel.

After arriving in town Friday afternoon, Diaz and Angel dined at Social House restaurant in the Treasure Island Hotel, reports People magazine.

The couple arrived for dinner at 6:30 p.m. and took a spot in the restaurant’s lounge chatting over drinks before retreating to a private dining room overlooking The Strip.

The two sat across from one another as the meal began, but ended up sitting next to each other by the end of the meal.

After a really long evening of dinner, drinks and flirting, the couple headed over to Pure around midnight, where they were seen cuddling in the VIP area drinking wine and whispering into each other’s ear, sources tell the mag.

Around 1:15 A.M., the pair headed to Body English at the Hard Rock for more partying and then they probably went back to their hotel room and farted in each others’ faces while videotaping themselves.

How romantic!

Source: Perez Hilton 

Las Vegas

While many Americans will be taking an extended holiday throughout the end of December, construction crews at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be hard at work.

Workers are in the midst of LVMS’ most ambitious construction project in years as they continue building the Neon Garage and new media center. Work began on the project immediately following the March 12 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 and will be completed in time for the March 9-11, 2007 NASCAR Weekend.

Casino Craps minimum Roulette minimum
Arizona Charlie’s Boulder $3 $2
Arizona Charlie’s Decatur $5 $4
Barbary Coast $3 $5
Barcelona n/a $1
Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel $3 $2
Boulder Station $3 $2
Buffalo Bill’s $3 $4
California $5 $1
Cannery $5 $4
Circus Circus $5 $4
El Cortez $3 $1
Eldorado $1 $1
Ellis Island $5 $4
Excalibur $5 $4
Fiesta Henderson $3 $2
Fiesta Rancho $5 $4
Four Queens $5 $2
Fremont $5 $1
Gold Coast $3 $2
Golden Gate $3 $1
Golden Nugget $5 $5
Green Valley Ranch $5 $5
Hacienda $1 25=A2
Hard Rock $5 $1
Harrah’s $10 $10
Imperial Palace $5 50=A2
Jerry’s Nugget $2 $2
Jokers Wild $1 50=A2
Klondike Sunset n/a 10=A2
Las Vegas Hilton $5 $5
Main Street Station $5 $1
Monte Carlo $5 $5
Nevada Landing $2 $2
Nevada Palace $1 $2
New Frontier $5 $5
Orleans $3 $5
O’Shea’s $5 $5
Palace Station $5 $2
Palms $5 $5
Plaza $5 $5
Primm Valley Resort Casino $2 $4
Railroad Pass $2 $2
Rampart Casino $5 $1
Rio $5 $5
Riviera $5 $5
Sahara $5 $4
Sam’s Town $5 $2
Santa Fe Station $5 $1
Silverton $3 $3
Slots-A-Fun $2 50=A2
South Point $3 $1
Stratosphere $5 $5
Suncoast $2 50=A2
Sunset Station $5 $5
Terrible’s Casino $3 $5
Texas Station $5 $4
TI $5 $5
Tropicana $5 $5
Tuscany $5 $2
Vegas Club $5 $5
Western n/a $1
Westin Casuarina $1* 25=A2*
Whiskey Pete’s $2 $4
Wild West Casino $3 $2

*During Happy Hour only, from 5-10 pm, Monday-Thursday

Has anyone here read  “Running Scared: The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn” by John L. Smith?  From my brief research on the book it appears to be a complete slamfest of Wynn, complete with what some people may call “inaccuracies”.

I’m trying to find a good fix for my Las Vegas book obsession and I am having a tough time deciding which title to read next.

I’ve read Mezrich’s collection and recently read a travel book entitled “Las Vegas Little Black Book: A Guy’s Guide to the Perfect Vegas Getaway”.  I’d save your money on this one as it comes across as a commercial for the TI in my opinion, although it is enteraining at times and a nice short read at just over 200 pages.  The book stresses the importance of optimizing time while in Vegas, having a set plan and sticking to it, taking command of your group - basically being the vacation nazi.  I can’t say that I totally disagree with the advice given but the recommendations come across as a tad superficial and the tone of the authorv is often conceited.

So what will be my next book?  I’ll allow the fine literary critics of AVLV to choose for me.  I’ve also been considering “Super Casino”.

Thanks.

Goldstar Events is offering “free” tickets for singer/impressionist Jeff Trachta at the Rio for December dates.  It’s a 3pm show that runs about an hour.  You pay the service charge of $5.50 per ticket; limit two tix per person.  (Regular price is $21.95 plus tax/fees.)

http://www.goldstarevents.com

Here’s the Rio’s page for Jeff Trachta…

http://tinyurl.com/h6ovh

— Walt (with a shout-out to Donna for hooking me up with GoldStar
Events)