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Liberace started his artistic career early in life. He appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at 14, and earned a living under his stage name. Over the years he developed an act of popular piano classics performed with a lavish sense of showmanship. 

The Liberace Museum in Las Vegas contains many of his stage costumes, cars, jewelry and lavishly-decorated pianos along with numerous citations for philanthropic acts.

Liberace Museum:
Address: 1775 East Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas,         
Directions: I-15 exit 37, then east on Tropicana Ave.; or I-515 exit 68, then west on Tropicana Ave. On the southwest corner of Tropicana Ave and Spencer St.
Hours: Daily, Tu-Sa 10-5, Su 12-4. Closed Mondays. (Call to verify)
Phone: 702-798-5595

Admission: Admission prices are $12.50 for adults and $8.50 for seniors 65+ as well as students with a valid school ID. Museum Members and children age 10 or under are admitted with no charge. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Museum Store and Café: The Liberace Museum Store and Café operate during normal business hours.

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I could not resist to an invitation for a fancy dinner at Joel Robuchon. Not only have I never before eaten at a better restaurant, I likely never will have a better meal in my life.  But is supremely expensive (Likely I did not pay the bill...) Not a place to hang out this days, for a starving real estate fellow. 

Known for being the best restaurant in the world in Paris, Joel Robuchon has brought some of his staff to Las Vegas. I will not rehash the menu here. Suffice it to say, the unparalleled, meticulous attention to every last detail is what makes Joel Robuchon an unforgettable experience. Add the unique counter service where your dinner is prepared right before your eyes, and you have a combination that is unlike any other.

The unflaggingly regimented service (one waiter brings your course out to a transfer table off to the side, then two other waiters do a final quality check and then deliver your dishes to you).  

The trolleys!  Joel Robuchon has separate trolleys for bread (about a dozen different kinds), ice cream, and mignardises (about twenty different kinds--take as many of any or all of them as you want).  

This is not a meal, it is an experience.  You will never have another meal like this.  At the end, they send you off with a small loaf of terrifically moist and sweet lemon bread to munch on the next morning.  

Joel Robuchon brings Paris to the MGM Grand with all that art refinement and sophistication, were meal is not a meal is a life celebration.

If you come in town, have the pocket and curiosity of an exquisite french experience, here is the address: 

I don't know about you, all out there, but I hardly remember the days when we did not have the cell phones. For me, in my daily work, is a MUST.  I constantly carry with me, 2 cell phones... sorry 3. I keep one in the car available and handy for the business purpose. I can't help it! I find it absolutely necessary. Keeps me in touch with all I need to function.

A phone is just another thing that checks email, holds information and schedules events, and which has to be carefully kept in sync with all the other crud in your life that checks email, holds information and schedule events.

With the new "Cell Phone Driving Laws" and all the hipe around it feel unhappy to abandon the one think I found so helpful for my job... Ok, not to talk on the cell while we drive. But I don't see much difference from what I constantly see, around me, on the road: People eating, girls putting makeup, ladies brushig their hair (even polishing nails), laud music... 

Really not everybody keeps their both hands on the wheel.

It's true that:

• It makes your life more complicated.
• It's expensive It enslaves you to a one-sided contract.
  Having countless customers under astonishingly abusive contract terms.
• It makes you perpetually available.
  If it's on, they can get you. If it's off, they wonder why they can't get you. It's a lose-lose situation for your Zen.
• It is boring. Are we in the future yet?
• It must constantly be recharged. That's a big one.

Not everybody is addicted to the cell phone... but I am. To be completely honest I must to accept that there are god reasons against this little addictive gadget... but not for me.

There is too much advertising and hipe in promoting Las Vegas... It looks like nothing else is there than the faimous Strip with all the glitz and glamour of Casinos, Shows, Restaurants and Adult Entertainment. But is not!

There is an other side of this town that can amazes you with the beauty and tranquility. Here are 2 of my favorites: 

• Lake Mead Desert Princess Champagne Brunch
  The Desert Princess is the pride of the Lake Mead Cruises fleet. Your ride aboard this paddle wheeler will be an adventure to remember.

The Desert Princess is an authentic, three-level, Mississippi-style paddle wheeler. The Desert Princess is U.S. Coast Guard certified for 300 passengers and 10 crew members. 

On the champagne brunch cruise, the spectacular colors change minute by minute as the morning sun washes over mountains. Take Lake Mead Cruises for a traditional American-style champagne brunch breakfast.

• A Valley of Fire Tour
  Witness the awe-inspiring beauty of Valley of Fire in this riveting journey through some of the Southwest's most amazing scenery.

Nevada's oldest state park, Valley of Fire. Be amazed by the illuminating colors of these ancient rock formations. The eroded sandstone and sand dunes found here are more than 150 million years old.

You'll have plenty of photo opportunities. Than continue with a peaceful ride along Lake Mead, the largest man made lake in the United States.

Enjoy!

RainWater?

I remember in old days back in Europe where my grandmother would collect the rainwater (and over there rains a lot) and use to wash my hair and gave me a bath, every-time she could... It sounds crazy in terms of modern times. But it is true. I know now that she knew what she was doing! 

According to PG Research Foundation , Ilinois: "Since ancient times, the only sources of natural water that are recognized as safe to drink are rain water and water from deep wells.  The trick is that the rain water must be carefully handled so that it does not become contaminated.  If it runs along the ground, it's anybody's guess what sort of microbes and toxic elements it will pick up.  But if you put a clean bowl out in the rain to collect the rain water, there's no reason you can't drink the water from it." Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.

There is no essential reason why you can't drink rain water. I think the concern about drinking rain water has to do with the fact that in our non-pristine environment the raindrops may have picked up some contaminant on the way down from the clouds.

Today is a general qnowledge and awarnewss, about the value of the rainwater. Rainwater can be used for drinking, toilet flushing, laundry water and of course for irrigating your garden. Don't let your rainwater go to waste. Rainwater is a valuable natural resource that can be collected for household use. Using rainwater can reduce your water bills, provide a chlorine-free supply of fresh drinking water, and reduce community infrastructure costs.

Drinking Rainwater  

HAPPY RAINY DAYS!