Reasons to Love Las Vegas

It's 65 degrees out and sunny, and we're entering our second week in November. What a good reason to love Las Vegas.

We have almost everything we need within the city limits, and everything we could possibly want that we can't find here is within a couple hours by road to California, Utah or Arizona. What a good reason to love Las Vegas.

We rang in the weekend with the grand opening of the new REI store, which has opened down the road in Summerlin (which is also where I work). We did the hardcore fan thing and arrived early so that we were rewarded with free schwag - t-shirts, water bottles and gift cards. This REI is so much closer than the one in Henderson, and we're really stoked about being within such close proximity to the free classes now. And, of course, we're already looking forward to the first garage sale at this REI. We may have to become truly hardcore fans and camp out the night before like our friends Chris and Dee did in Portland a few weeks back. What a good reason to love Las Vegas.

Yesterday afternoon we went to a choreographer's showcase at TI. The Nevada Ballet teamed up with Cirque du Soleil to put on an intimate, eclectic and wildly entertaining show. Locals came out in their Sunday finest, and I was excited to be part of this hidden corner of the city that tourists don't even know about. What a good reason to love Las Vegas.

It's getting to be off-season in the city. Locals tickets are 2-for-1 at many of the big shows. What will we see this year? It doesn't matter, really. It's just one more good reason to love Las Vegas.

Thinking of casinos, scantily clad girls and all that glitters ~
JoAnna