From: Annie (annie@geekbabe.com)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 11:55:22 CST
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Triangle District parking
An idea
Buffets and such
Air tours
Rio and such
Summary schedule of activities
Administrivia
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Triangle District parking:
Leah writes:
>Just one quick note about Triangle District parking.....if Sasha's is
>open they have valet parking there now.
Good point, Leah. Thanks.
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An idea:
I've been doing a lot of thinking ... yes, dangerous, I know ... much
about Tina's proposal of a dinner at Freezone, with possible overflow
across the street to Milano's and to other places in the area.
One big advantage of Tina's plan is that it requires very little formal
coordination. Just a phone call to Freezone to expect a larger crowd for
HH and dinner that evening.
Something like this could even be done at the last minute.
{lightbulb} It would indeed be possible, if Sasha's looks somewhat
stable at this time, to keep our existing plans for Sasha's, and
substitute Tina's Freezone-with-overflow plan very quickly should
Sasha's close at short notice.
It's my hunch that Sasha's got into a cash crunch around the 10th of
this month, when some major item became due. I would therefore assume
that if Sasha's does close, it will be around the 10th of April, giving
us more than enough time to fall back to Tina's plan.
In a worst-case situation, say Sasha's closes Wednesday the 23rd at
4:59pm, all we would really need to do is to station somebody over
by Sasha's to direct people to the Freezone across the street. Even
a sign on the door "DLV 2000 Happy Hour and Dinner across the street
at Freezone" might work. (Hmmm ... shades of FanFair 1975. :)
I would say that if Sasha's is still alive and well on April 16, the
day the LFM with the final schedule is sent out, it's almost certain
to be open on the 23rd.
If Sasha's should close between now and April 16, it's very easy to
drop in the replacement on the schedule and in the driving directions
and such.
Comments?
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Buffets and such:
Densie writes:
>>The two buffets where I've taken DLV people, the Sahara and Palace
>>Station, both have their waiting lines up one floor from the main
>>casino and attractions areas. Not really secluded, but not in the
>I had never looked at it from that point of view before, but you are
>absolutely right. At Sahara, once you get past the Nascar crap, the
>timeshare salesmen and the arcade, you're home safe. There's nothing
>else up there but the line, and who there is thinking of anything but
>food?
>>>next week.... no promises as I have been busier than a bra salesman at
>>>a TG convention lately but I will try.
>Now there's an interesting expression...next time someone asks me to
>do something at work, I'm gonna tell 'em just how busy I am...
Yes, but will they understand? :) :)
>>>I agree with Annie here with respect to a casino buffet. I'll be
>>>brutally honest with ya'll, I remember at DLV'01 and the dinner buffet
>>>at the Sahara, I was nervous as a cat being chased up a tree by 3 cat
>>>eating doggies. I, even as experienced as I am, or thought I was at
[bobbitt]
>But you made it through, didn't you?
>I lost my lunch one time before I went on stage to do comedy, and the
>first time I did karaoke, I was so nervous that I nearly passed out.
>What is important is not what you feel but what you do, and if you
>pass up the opportunity to do something that you really want to do
>because of fear, you will always regret it...unless it's something
>really stupid...
>>I wonder if some of the complaints about the food were actually
>>driven by a lack of comfort and a lack of general enjoyment.
>Can't speak for anyone else, but for me it was the food. ;)
>I'll eat it when I get hungry enough, or drunk enough, but I wouldn't
>plan it as an event...that would be sort of like planning to stay home
>and masturbate on a Saturday night.
LOL
>>>Apologies for this being so long.
>Umm....umm...for two points...umm...what did Chef say to Kathie Lee??
>>To err is human, to moo, bovine. :)
>Oh, stop it, you're turning me on.
You must have a great time with your cow-orkers then. :)
>>That was 2000. I remember it was the year I could not drink.
>I remember it as the only year you didn't drink Galliano, but of
>course you made up for it the next year.
No, you and Tony and the other Annie, and various people egging all
of you on, made it up the next year. :)
Actually, I don't think I had any Galiano{sic} last year either.
>>> - rent a room at the Del-Mar and play Twister while watching David
>>>Letterman
>>Uh ... Just watch Densie make a comment about this one, involving
>>her friend, Lester.
>No, no, I wouldn't do that, but my guess is that you already have the
>room rented.
I didn't have to, when I phoned the Delmar they said you had already
made the reservation. :)
>>> - GAY SKATE NIGHT (4/21 is the 3rd Monday, but be careful not to
>>>break something)
>...like a condom?
>>> - 1st Annual DLV 8-Ball tournament (can someone please show me how
>>>to play pool like a girl?)
>Sure. First you pick out your stick. Some girls like a short stubby
>stick, while others prefer a long thin one.
>Then you put some chalk on your hand and rub the stick, up and down,
>until it gets excited. This is called "beating off" the stick. (Two
>more points if you can name the episode).
>Then you bend over the table, making sure that your opponent is not
>directly behind you; after all, safety should be your number one
>concern. You take the big long stick in your hand and you stroke the
>balls into the pockets, slowly and gently, until your opponent is
>satisfied that you have won the game.
>Then it's his turn on the rack.
Cute! Let's forward this to the general list!
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Air tours:
>>Unfortunately, Gina is one of them. If anybody is in touch with Gina,
>>please be sure she's OK and tell her we will miss her.
>I tried her old email address, but I think it might no longer be valid.
>If she doesn't make it, we'll miss her.
>We'll still have two pilots but only one airplane, so I guess we need
>to make arrangements to rent one while we're there. The show must go
>on.
If you want me to put up the "full" flag on either or both of the air
tours, let me know. As of this minute and second we have 10 signed up
for the Thursday tour and 7 signed up for the Friday one.
>>Since the war started on Wednesday, such things as registrations and
>>mailing list requests have totally stopped. They were trickling in
>>up until Wednesday, then zippo. Web hits are WAY down.
>Yet another opportunity to babble "The show must go on".
>Last year I said that I would be there even if I had to ride a rusty
>bicycle with an AK47 over my shoulder. The same applies this year...
>I'm gonna be there even if I'm the only one. I think that most of the
>regulars here feel the same way and will make it no matter what.
>We might miss out on the opportunity to meet some new friends, but
>it's going to happen anyway.
Yes. As long as Southwest (the least likely to go bankrupt) is still
flying, or the highways are open in the worst case, I will be there
too.
>>>And YES, Milano's is the best kept secret in Vegas!
>Whose turn is it to bring the rubber chicken this year?
I oughta throw that in one of the boxes of junk I'm shipping out there.
It's been a great conversation piece around the office and I'm sure it
will be out there too. :)
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Rio and such:
Anya writes:
>>>IIRC, there are two of them {buffets at rio}.
>One is the Carnival World, about $18 for dinner, and the other is
>Village Seafood, about $30 for dinner
>>>I looked at their web sites and there seem to be a number of
>>>restaurants in the building. Whichever can handle our crowd and/or is
>>>reasonably priced is fine.
>The Rio is a very large establishment. The Carnival buffet seats about
>1000. Most of their resturants seat several hundred at a time.
>>>That's fine, but if we're going to have this as one item to vote on,
>>>...we're going to have to >have very specific information ...
>Such is true.
>>>The Rio buffets are a long wait in line, unless you are staying there.
>It depends when you go. I usually have eaten in the Carnival buffet in
>the early evening, or after 8 pm, and no wait at all. I don't forsee a
>major problem during the week. However there tend to be long lines in
>the Village seafood buffet at any time.
>>IMAO, no buffet is worth an hour wait! I'm not really the impatient
>>type, but my time is more valuable than that.
>Agreed. I always try to get there at off peak times.
>>>They at one time were the best buffet around... they have slipped a lot
>>>in the last year+. At one time the locals flocked to the place. Since
>I feel the same way.
>>I don't think the idea
>>of an hour plus wait in public for a $28 buffet is what our people
>>would like. I can see them clearly voting with their feet. This might
>Agreed also.
>>I've never eaten at the Rio buffets. There's always talk about them on
>>the newsfroups. I've stayed away primarily due to the reports that the
>>lines are murder.
>It depends when you go. I figure the 5:30 to 7:30 timeframe is the most
>difficult.
>>Next door at the Gold Coast, the buffet was made over about a year ago
>>and I've been very impressed with it since.
>Gold Coast is very good, and the Orleans in my opinion is better.
One of our people reported a significant management attitude problem
toward T* people at the Orleans a while back. I've avoided the place
ever since.
I've been to Gold Coast, Barbary Coast (played, never ate), and Suncoast
(excellent buffet) with no problems however.
>>The two buffets where I've taken DLV people, the Sahara and Palace
>>Station, both have their waiting lines up one floor from the main
>>casino and attractions areas. Not really secluded, but not in the
>Most buffets I have seen have a line that is visible to the casino.
>Bellagio and Mandalay Bay are exceptions to that rule.
>Might want to consider dinner at Mandalay Bay or Luxor. Luxor's buffet
>is in the basement.
My opinion of the Luxor buffet is that it's tres ordinaire. IMAO, ok,
but not worth going out of the way for.
>>I think Hard Rock could definitely handle the crowd with advance
>>planning, and in a worst case not everybody could be seated all at
>>once, which is not TEOTW, IMAO.
>>Freezone probably could not handle 50 at once, if I remember the
>>dining area there.
>Never been in there, but it looks pretty small.
It is. :)
>>... We cannot expect a good turnout at a place in
>>which people will not be comfortable.
>Such is true.
>>>I suspect, no, I feel that the HRC-Vegas will also not
>>>have a problem, esp. after Ginger called Peter (mgr of the HRC-Vegas)
>Can't imagine any problems at HRC in Las Vegas, especially with their
>hosting occasional drag contests.
>>On my personal "do it list" for this trip is visiting the new Cannery
>>casino. This is untested water, however, and it's technically part of
>>North Las Vegas and not that far from the air base.
>Cannery is nice. Not a bad neighborhood. I't mostly a local crowd,
>older folks as far as I could tell when I was there. The building is
>set back front the street in a large parking lot. It's a 20 minute
>drive from the Sahara provided there are no problems on the I-15. Get
>off at Craig Road exit 48 and turn left over the bridge. It's a mile
>down on the left.
>Here I go again. Sincerely, ANYA, always in Las Vegas.
Thanks, Anya. :)
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Summary schedule of activities:
This schedule is still under development and is subject to change
without notice.
Monday, April 21:
10:00am Side trip, A-le-Inn and Area 51 (Area 51)
1:00pm Brunch with Tina (Sahara buffet)
Tuesday, April 22:
1:00pm Brunch with Tina (Sahara buffet)
5:00pm Happy Hour (Hamburger Mary's)
6:00pm Pre-DLV dinner (Hamburger Mary's)
8:00pm Welcome celebration (Flex)
11:00pm Dancing (SRO)
Wednesday, April 23:
11:00am Primm Valley Mall shopping (Primm Valley)
1:00pm Brunch with Tina (Sahara buffet)
1-4pm Hidden Woman Open House (HW)
1:30pm Comportment workshop (Hidden Woman)
2:30pm Wig styling workshop (Hidden Woman)
Ev Red Shoe Night (All)
5:30pm Happy Hour (TBD)
6:30pm Dinner, possible show (TBD)
10:30pm Karaoke (Goodtimes)
Thursday, April 24:
9:00am Air tours (Henderson Airport)
12:00n Buffet lunch (Bellagio)
1:00pm Brunch without Tina (Sahara buffet)
1-4pm Glamour Boutique Open House (Glamour Boutique)
2:00pm Passing Seminar (Glamour Boutique)
6:00pm Happy Hour (Hamburger Mary's)
7:00pm Dinner (Hamburger Mary's)
7:30pm Jubilee (Bally's)
9:00pm Club Girl Talk (Hamburger Mary's)
9:30pm Limo Tour (Bally's)
Friday, April 25:
9:00am Golf (Golf course)
9:00am Air tours (Henderson Airport)
1:00pm Brunch with or without Tina (Sahara buffet)
4:00pm SO's Get-together (Somewhere on E Trop)
5:00pm Happy Hour (Carluccio's)
6:00pm Dinner (Carluccio's)
7:30pm Annual Mixer (Goodtimes)
11:00pm Dance Night (Gipsy)
Saturday, April 26:
11-3 SBS Garden Party (Mindy's)
7:00pm Happy Hour (San Remo)
8:00pm Buffet dinner (San Remo)
10:30pm Showgirls Of Magic (San Remo)
Sunday, April 27:
2:00pm Side trip (Mt Charleston)
2:30pm High Tea (Bellagio ?)
5:30pm Buffet Dinner (Palace Station)
8:00pm Farewell celebration (Flex)
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