One busy week sandwiched in between two busy weekends had caused me to fall behind in my blogging duties. Not to make it sound like it's a job or anything, but it is a lot of work in my spare time. So let's do a recap of what happened this week.
Beer & Blog last Thursday on another side of town, nice dynamic, nice turn out and super great service and co operation from Gordon Biersch (@Gordon_Biersch). We had a good time and some great discussion that evening.
Friday night featured the new tapas style addition to Town Square, Cana. I enjoyed a couple cocktails and some tastes of serveral dishes, over all it was very good, but a tad pricey. They are rolling out a happy hour menu very soon, so we are looking forward to a return visit.
Also rolled downtown on Friday night and enjoyed the new Hardway IPA at the Chicago Brewing Company, nestled atop the Four Queens Casino.
Going into the weekend we had dinner trip planned to head out to the Nellis area of town and visit the Big Dogs Bar & Grill. Manya (@Manya) needed to add the location (along with a few from the Friday evening excursions) into her GoWalla Las Vegas brewery trip. So we headed down there for a nice dinner at the older establishment. Bit of a different vibe from the Draft House where we spend a lot of time, but same good beer and food.
Also did a ton of shopping over the weekend for our planned Super Bowl party this weekend. Got me a lot of stamps and visits in FourSquare (@FourSquare) and GoWalla (@GoWalla). Not as many as I would have liked in GoWalla as suddenly the ability to add new venues on mobile web for the Android platform was missing.
Moving into the week I ended up going out Monday & Tuesday, knowing I had plans on Wednesday for the previously mentioned GoWalla Swapmeet A large number of met up at Diablo's Cantina to exchange items, and get some swag that the kind folks that develop GoWalla sent along.
There may have been an excessive number of check ins that evening, but hey, when you are in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip... it's hard not to sneak a few drive by check ins.
Beer & Blog last night was back at the Frog, which had an excellent set of taps last night. All currently updated on Taplister.com (@Taplister), check it out to find out what craft beers are on tap around town. Another good turnout for Beer & Blog, the new year is starting out strong.
Finally heading into the 5pm on a Friday, anxious to get home and get prepping for the party on Sunday. Another huge week next week, pretty full with upcoming events.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Gordon Biersch HellesBock Tapping Party
Give it up to Gordon Biersch, they know how to throw a good party. Last night was no exception as we were treated to a taste of their new brew and some good food.
I used to frequent GB in the SF bay area at their many locations. So it is not surprising that it has recently become my go to spot of choice. It also doesn't hurt that they have one of the best happy hours in town.
Last night was another tapping party, I had been to the Winterbock tapping party a few months back and had a great time. Last night was for their German style HellesBock, a nice hoppy number with ample bitterness, a nice amber in color, clocking in at 28 BPUs and 8% alcohol.
The brewmaster explained they made the beer to pair with the existing menu, as they had just revamped the regular menu and did not roll out a special menu for this particular beer. We enjoyed their tapas appetizer (pita bread with olive tapanad, roasted garlic, sundried tomatoes & hummus), garlic fries and pepperoni pizza at last nights tasting.
Neal (@NealMason) joined me for last nights event and we hung around after it was over, meeting some of the other folks in attendance. Although last night was not as jam packed as the Winterbock tasting, a good time was had by all!
I used to frequent GB in the SF bay area at their many locations. So it is not surprising that it has recently become my go to spot of choice. It also doesn't hurt that they have one of the best happy hours in town.
Last night was another tapping party, I had been to the Winterbock tapping party a few months back and had a great time. Last night was for their German style HellesBock, a nice hoppy number with ample bitterness, a nice amber in color, clocking in at 28 BPUs and 8% alcohol.
The brewmaster explained they made the beer to pair with the existing menu, as they had just revamped the regular menu and did not roll out a special menu for this particular beer. We enjoyed their tapas appetizer (pita bread with olive tapanad, roasted garlic, sundried tomatoes & hummus), garlic fries and pepperoni pizza at last nights tasting.
Neal (@NealMason) joined me for last nights event and we hung around after it was over, meeting some of the other folks in attendance. Although last night was not as jam packed as the Winterbock tasting, a good time was had by all!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Cirque Mystère Bloggers Night
Las Vegas is a burgeoning social media hub, as casinos and businesses up and down the strip and through out the Las Vegas Valley continue to promote their wares. One of those businesses is Cirque du Soleil (@Cirque), spear headed by social media director Jess Berlin (@JessBerlin). They have been hosting bloggers at their shows for some time now and I finally had the opportunity to attend a show last night.
On a side note, I have been in Vegas for close to 7 years now and I will be living here for the for seeable future. So it may come as a surprise that I have never seen a Cirque show, or any show for that matter, in Vegas. Once you become a local, the strip casinos and it's offerings tend to be a place you go only when you have visitors from out of town.
That being said, I got out of work early, headed home to change and down to Treasure Island early to get some dinner prior to the show and to make an evening out of it. We started at Pho for a nice dinner, before heading over to the box office to meet up with Jess and a large group of other local bloggers.
Once we met up, we found out we would have the opportunity to meet some of the cast members and take photographs prior to the show. That was great, but I was poorly prepared with my phone battery in the red and not having brought even my camera. Luckily a lot of other people had their cameras and I will snag some pictures from someone else later.
After a round of pictures and questions, we headed to the snack bar to load up on some popcorn and soda before heading to our seats. For the next 90 minutes we were treated to an amazing display of arobatics, wonderful music, spattered with bits of slapstick humor and some dance routines.
I am not going to try and get too deep into the show, so much goes on at the same time, it's difficult to take it all in at a single viewing. There is constant movement in multiple parts of the stage, up high, down low, distractions to transition set pieces, yet the transitions in themselves are highly choreographed. I will say though, if like me, you have never seen a Cirque show, you should definetly make it a point to do so.
In speaking with others, most of whom have seen many, if not all of the other Cirque shows in town (Criss Angel Believe, Kà, Love, O, Viva Elvis & Zumanity), we discussed the flow and themes of the show. The general consensus was that this is the most acrobatic of the shows in town and for a number of other bloggers, their favorite.
It was definetly a memorable night and an amazing show and I want to thank Jess again for putting it together and being an awesome host. We definetly look forward to doing it again in the near future.
We wrapped up with some drinks at the Breeze Bar, with about half a dozen of the attendees. As usual we got into the Foursquare (@FourSquare) vs Gowalla (@GoWalla) debate among other topics. But those are for future blogs!
(Title: Green lizard Picture credit: Al Seib)
On a side note, I have been in Vegas for close to 7 years now and I will be living here for the for seeable future. So it may come as a surprise that I have never seen a Cirque show, or any show for that matter, in Vegas. Once you become a local, the strip casinos and it's offerings tend to be a place you go only when you have visitors from out of town.
That being said, I got out of work early, headed home to change and down to Treasure Island early to get some dinner prior to the show and to make an evening out of it. We started at Pho for a nice dinner, before heading over to the box office to meet up with Jess and a large group of other local bloggers.
Once we met up, we found out we would have the opportunity to meet some of the cast members and take photographs prior to the show. That was great, but I was poorly prepared with my phone battery in the red and not having brought even my camera. Luckily a lot of other people had their cameras and I will snag some pictures from someone else later.
After a round of pictures and questions, we headed to the snack bar to load up on some popcorn and soda before heading to our seats. For the next 90 minutes we were treated to an amazing display of arobatics, wonderful music, spattered with bits of slapstick humor and some dance routines.
I am not going to try and get too deep into the show, so much goes on at the same time, it's difficult to take it all in at a single viewing. There is constant movement in multiple parts of the stage, up high, down low, distractions to transition set pieces, yet the transitions in themselves are highly choreographed. I will say though, if like me, you have never seen a Cirque show, you should definetly make it a point to do so.
In speaking with others, most of whom have seen many, if not all of the other Cirque shows in town (Criss Angel Believe, Kà, Love, O, Viva Elvis & Zumanity), we discussed the flow and themes of the show. The general consensus was that this is the most acrobatic of the shows in town and for a number of other bloggers, their favorite.
It was definetly a memorable night and an amazing show and I want to thank Jess again for putting it together and being an awesome host. We definetly look forward to doing it again in the near future.
We wrapped up with some drinks at the Breeze Bar, with about half a dozen of the attendees. As usual we got into the Foursquare (@FourSquare) vs Gowalla (@GoWalla) debate among other topics. But those are for future blogs!
(Title: Green lizard Picture credit: Al Seib)
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Affiliate Summit West
Still recovering from CES, ASW10 was right on its heals. I was curious to attend but allergies had me none to motivated, so a few hours Sunday afternoon was the extent of my participation.
I skipped out on all the Saturday evening events, opting to stay home and test drive my new Android OS phone.
On Sunday I attended the "Meet Market" event, which overall was very crowded and not all that usefull. There were just too many people in too small of a space. Dropped off a few business cards, said hello to a few people, but really nothing more than that.
Also, unfortunately the exhibit hall was not fully open until Monday. I was unable to get back there for any amount of time on Monday or Tuesday, thereby cutting this show very short.
I hope to be able to attend this show in the future and give it the time it deserves. This week was just a case of too busy at work, and still too tired from CES to really put in the time.
I skipped out on all the Saturday evening events, opting to stay home and test drive my new Android OS phone.
On Sunday I attended the "Meet Market" event, which overall was very crowded and not all that usefull. There were just too many people in too small of a space. Dropped off a few business cards, said hello to a few people, but really nothing more than that.
Also, unfortunately the exhibit hall was not fully open until Monday. I was unable to get back there for any amount of time on Monday or Tuesday, thereby cutting this show very short.
I hope to be able to attend this show in the future and give it the time it deserves. This week was just a case of too busy at work, and still too tired from CES to really put in the time.
Monday, January 18, 2010
CES 2010 - Day 3
Third for me and final day for the most part... gotta take Sunday off for recovery and to watch some football. But this is the day my better half gets to stop in and check out the goods. She normally has to work OT during heavy conventions, she does tech for the Hotels.
Saturday was chill and swag day, but granted there was not much swag to be had. Did get a nice ice cold Bass beer from the *spreck booth, that was fun. Watched some crazy dude go to town on the DDR machine. The *spreck booth was fun, with lots of gimmicks to keep you coming back to their booth, but mostly iJunk products, which for the most part iIgnore.
Sweep of the South Hall and Central Hall, to once again play with the Samsung Moment, which we finally did purchase. Now it's under the real test... go Android. Still...
Overall I felt CES was fairly a let down this year, nothing all that exciting in terms of new technology, fun stuff for sure, but nothing earth shattering.
At this point, I am into Affilate Summit West and hopefully the rebirth of Beer N Blog Vegas, so let's put CES 2010 behind us!
Saturday was chill and swag day, but granted there was not much swag to be had. Did get a nice ice cold Bass beer from the *spreck booth, that was fun. Watched some crazy dude go to town on the DDR machine. The *spreck booth was fun, with lots of gimmicks to keep you coming back to their booth, but mostly iJunk products, which for the most part iIgnore.
Sweep of the South Hall and Central Hall, to once again play with the Samsung Moment, which we finally did purchase. Now it's under the real test... go Android. Still...
Overall I felt CES was fairly a let down this year, nothing all that exciting in terms of new technology, fun stuff for sure, but nothing earth shattering.
At this point, I am into Affilate Summit West and hopefully the rebirth of Beer N Blog Vegas, so let's put CES 2010 behind us!
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