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Las Vegas wrap up and stray observations
With the pandemic slowly on the wane I decided to make a trip to see Omega Mart. It’s fair to say I planned the Las Vegas parts around it. While there’s a lot to like about Las Vegas, to be honest there’s a lot more to dislike. All things considered I think I made the…
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Spoilers: What is Omega Mart, really?
In my previous post about Omega Mart I talked about it in general without any spoilers. Well now it’s time to dig in and discuss everything down to the last detail about Omega Mart with spoilers. So if you want to avoid spoilers, STOP READING NOW. Yes, the above photo is of an actual sign…
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Downtown Las Vegas street art: Fremont Street and the Arts District
Street art may not come to mind when you think of Las Vegas. That’s fair, I thought the same thing. Are there even opportunities for street art in Las Vegas? The brief answer is yes: Las Vegas has top notch street art. Better yet it’s all within walking distance if you’re staying downtown. Downtown Las…
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Review: Omega Mart (no spoilers)
By now you’ve probably seen ads for something called “Omega Mart,” beckoning you to a specific address in Las Vegas. If you’ve read this far, I bet you’ve already visited the Omega Mart website and learned it’s part of something called Dramcorp. After visiting Omega Mart three times last week I thought I’d provide…
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The Neon Museum, aka the Boneyard
For a city with as much history as Las Vegas, you hardly ever see it. Almost nothing on the strip is older than about 30 years. Even downtown the older buildings have had their facades replaced so many times you often can’t tell the difference between a 10 year old building and a 90 year…
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The Mob Museum
Located in an old courthouse building in Downtown Las Vegas, The Mob Museum tells the story of the mafia in America. It’s a story that most Americans are at least somewhat familiar with, but how often do you learn about it in a museum setting rather than from a secondhand story in a movie? After…
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Signs of the COVID-19 times part 5
The summer is long over since my last post in this series, and tomorrow marks a whole new year. A lot changed since that last post we’ve had a presidential election and the first vaccines are (slowly) rolling out to hopefully put an end to this pandemic before next summer. Though in the more immediate…
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The forgotten monument that was once on top of San Francisco’s Mount Olympus
While poking around Atlas Obscura the other day I came across a truly odd monument that I immediately knew I had to check out. Eccentric businessman and former mayor Adolph Sutro had a statue named “Triumph of Light” built to mark the center of San Francisco. The problem is if you consider the landmass on…
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Signs of the COVID-19 times part 4
It’s been a couple months since my last entry in how this global pandemic has transformed daily life in San Francisco. There’s still no vaccine on the horizon despite Russia’s premature announcement, and likewise the United States has utterly failed to combat the pandemic under Trump’s leadership. In other words, the important things haven’t changed…
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Signs of the COVID-19 times part 3
Since last month’s entry in this ongoing series, a number of local, national, and world events have occurred. It’s been a strange, though hopeful time for the most part. Here’ some more changes I’ve seen around San Francisco. In the most literal sense of the title of this post, the city’s Department of Public Health…
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