Vegas - Morning After

A sad, sad place to see in the morning. This is off of Las Vegas Blvd. The night of people handing out flyers, cards, etc, are now accumulated all over the side walks and streets....


I still don't understand why parents bring their little kids to the strip.....

There were plenty of poeple, as usual, but the shops inside the casinos were really pretty slow. Restaurants are doing well, I guess. We dined at Mesa Grill, tasty stuff, but is it really worth that much?? Not for me, but my wife liked it, I guess that's good enough, :).
I guess there's no recession when it comes to gambling, though. People are still playing the game like there's no tomorrow, I am just too cheap for that kind of stuff, we set our limit, and luckily, we didn't lose that amount like we did last year, :), we actually broke even on the bet money. Whew... I'd rather spent that money on a new lense (or two, heh heh).

Tamed Flowers in Belagio

Belagio Casino is in full preparation of welcoming the Spring, I guess I missed the Chinese New Year display, but really enjoyed their Spring collection.

It really smelled nice in there, :). I for one am glad Spring is here.

News Article

Take a look at this article, following this link:
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003729465

Is this going to be a common practice? I hope not.
***end.

Painted Hillside

On our way to Vegas, saw this West facing hill just past Kingman, AZ.



We didn't stop to see if we can get closer to the hill side, but it looked really cool.
People have reported really nice wild flower activity this year due to Winter moisture, but mostly in Phoenix and Tucson area. We planned to visit Mojave National Preserve, eager to see what awaits us - after Vegas though, :)

DA 40mm pancake

Cool, it's here! My pancake lens. Well, it is a small lens. I am comparing it with the Canon G2. The G2 is not really a pocket digicam, but pretty nice to carry around. The DL with the 40mm is little bulkier than the G2. The prism/flash and the hand grip makes it much thicker.

Top view. Nope, it will have a hard time fitting in your pocket.

Here you can see the size. One thing I am going to be more cautious is the lens cap/hood. It is a screw on type, so if you are in a hurry, it can be frustrating to unscrew the cap - it is slow. I am using an after market lens cap. The lens will take 49mm filter and cap. I'll keep th original cap in a lens pouch, I feel I can easily lose the cap/hood. Heading out to Vegas this weekend, it will be a perfect walk around setup. Can't wait!