What to do in Vegas?

baimun said:
I like to celebrate the best of the local brews in each place that I travel.... You go to Kzoo and we're drinking and listening to music at Bells...

... Grand Rapids? Founders or Brewery Vivant. When we go to the Keys I'm drinking Islamorada Brewing company. :baimun:
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Is it just me, or does "Islamorada" (yeah - I know it's Spanish) sound like a theme park in Saudi Arabia?
 
baimun said:
I like to celebrate the best of the local brews in each place that I travel.... You go to Kzoo and we're drinking and listening to music at Bells...

... Grand Rapids? Founders or Brewery Vivant. When we go to the Keys I'm drinking Islamorada Brewing company. :baimun:
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If you want to try interesting beer in Chicago next time you’re in town, check out Off Color Brewing’s Mouse Trap on the near north side along the Clybourn corridor. It’s along the river and sort of an unassuming spot (parking in the area blows, just FYI). Their beer is pretty interesting— lots of sours and wild beers and historical styles.
 
Well, to hijack my own thread back, we ended up driving out to the old "ghost town" at Nelson which was really cool. And the old guys that run the place are a hoot. Fortuitous fuck up: google maps sent us the wrong way out of the ghost town and we ended up at an overlook on the Colorado river with a magnificent view.

We went to what's thought to be the oldest continuously operating bar in the country in Goodsprings. Kind of nice sitting at the bar thinking about the history of the area.

From there we went to Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mead. Nothing much to see there, but the drive had great scenery (lots of large Joshua trees along the road). And the road down to the cove has a spot with a spectacular view of the mountains and Lake Mead.

Now it's time to lay out by the pool, drink beer, and steel myself for the 3 hour time change going back home.
 
Peen Simmons said:
If you want to try interesting beer in Chicago next time you’re in town, check out Off Color Brewing’s Mouse Trap on the near north side along the Clybourn corridor. It’s along the river and sort of an unassuming spot (parking in the area blows, just FYI). Their beer is pretty interesting— lots of sours and wild beers and historical styles.
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Sours are among my favorites. :baimun:
 
Peen Simmons said:
Une Annee in Niles should be on your list then
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Been there and Watermark in Stevensville.

Mikerphone in Elk Grove is one of my wife's favorites.

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So yeah. I kinda forgot that this place is like a junior high lock in at the worlds largest mall where everything goes totally lord of the flies immediately.

I’m also amazed that the same sad business trip Starbucks breakfast I buy everywhere is $9 dollars more expensive just because I got it across from the sad arcade and next to some Gordon Ramsey Merry Ol Fishmas fast casual Frying Dutchman bullshit.

What a silly place. I bought a Gatorade for $8 yesterday.
 
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I spent 4 days in Vegas years ago and it was a couple days too many for me, even being a fan of some of the debauchery that Vegs offers, at that time. Never really had the desire to return.
 
My father-in-law lived in Las Vegas the last 20 years of his life. For most of the time we visited him, we had small kids in tow, so we didn't do much of the "adult" things like gamble all night or hit the bars. Vegas surprisingly has a decent children's museum. We walked around Fremont when it was more of a "family friendly" place (for Vegas)...last time we were there, in 2016, it was decidedly not fit for young kid's consumption. You hit our favorites: Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, Hoover Dam. We would also walk through the casinos and shops to check out the decor. After it was built, we always looked at the flower display at the Bellagio.
 
After seeing all the big tourist spots, swing by the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame. Plan on spending a few hours. They have pinball machines from the 1950's to the most recent and all your favorites are there. They have a change machine for quarters, because all the machines work. My wife likes it as much as I do.

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