Las Vegas

[Martin]

Turns out I'm going to Las Vegas in about two weeks. It's work-related, and I'll only be there for a few days, but I'll probably have some time to explore the surroundings. I've never been there before. If anyone has any suggestions - restaurants, bars, stuff to do apart from the obvious - let me know.

[Martin]

No gamblers, huh?

[Emily]

i think this was already covered:

http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,944.0.html

have fun!

[Martin]

Thanks!

[Phantom Hugger]

Liberace Museum.

http://www.liberace.org/liberace_museum/

[DannyBoy]

The big casinos are great (Venitian, MGM, Wynn, etc.) but definitely hit up the smaller ones too. My favorite Vegas memory is playing $2 minimum roulette for like three hours one night (I seriously think it was called "Slots-s-fun"...it was next to Circus Circus). I definitely drank more in free Heineken than I lost betting.

Also check out the older casinos like the Golden Nugget and such. I forget what the road is called, but it's a cab ride away from the strip.

[Fido]

I made a side trip to Death Valley, and it was the perfect antedote to Vegas for me.  It's quite a distance, but then the miles float by out there pretty quickly if you are a reasonably patient person, and it's kind of interesting to me (being from the Northeast) to see dramatically, starkly different desert terrain.  I've visited Hoover Dam, which I found far less remarkable than I expected, but still very glad I did it.  There are some beautiful mountain areas to the immediate west of Vegas and not far from town that might be worth exploring.

Disclaimer:  I'm not a big fan of Vegas itself.  If it turns out that you are, maybe you should disregard the previous statements.