August 13, 2024: Tourney Time
A couple trips ago I couldn’t believe what I saw: the Flamingo had closed its poker room. You know how many hours I played poker in that room?!?! I had to walk by where it used to be a couple … Continued
August 12, 2024: First Night
You know I’m getting old when I’m knocking out early on the first night in Vegas. Sure, we were up early to get to the airport, and we didn’t get back to the room on Sunday night until about 1030pm … Continued
August 11, 2024: Coming To Vegas
Everybody always talks about Leaving Las Vegas… what about Coming to Vegas?!?! Well, that’s exactly what happened on Sunday morning. Back to the oasis in the desert… viva! I was talking to my 12 year old about how many times … Continued
August 10, 2024: First Impressions
Although the Bears had already taken the field this year in the preseason, in the Hall of Fame game, we hadn’t seen the starters play yet. Although we’ve seen clips online, although we all watched the first episode of Hard … Continued
August 9, 2024: Meaningful Football
Depending on how long you’ve been reading here, you may know how I feel about preseason football. For the most part, it’s meaningless. Well, enter BETTING on preseason football; all of a sudden, it has become meaningful football. Amazing how … Continued
August 8, 2024: Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
Yeah, you got Matt Eberflus…. yeah, you got Caleb too… y’all got Olympic eyes… yeah, you got a big surprise… Welcome to Hard Knocks with the Bears. I was at the Cubs game, so didn’t catch it live, but as … Continued
August 3, 2024: Hall of Fame Day
Saturday was a special day for the Chicago Bears; we added to our franchise leading total of Hall of Famers. Devin Hester & Steve McMichael were inducted on Hall of Fame Day 2024; even Julius Peppers who spent a few … Continued
August 2, 2024: Leaving LA
Malibu and Zuma Beach, Santa Monica, and Hollywood… those stops were all included before we had to head back to the airport; there just wasn’t enough time to do it all. We passed by our old apartment, and ended up … Continued
August 1, 2024: LA Sports
One thing was sure. Regardless if I finally started to like Los Angeles, my sports allegiance would never change; I would never like the LA sports teams. In fact, most of the time, I hate them. The same can’t be … Continued
July 31, 2024: People Watching
It’s one of the reasons I like Las Vegas so much; the people watching is great. The people are from everywhere, not only throughout this country, but from countries all over the world. Not only do I like seeing everyone, … Continued