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72 Hours in Vegas for Under $72 A Day
Posted on July 31st, 2008 No commentsFiled under: Casinos, Dining, Travel Tips
Vegas Pop Blog: Seventy-two fabulous hours in Las Vegas for less than $72 per day? Sure. Why not? Check out Sin City on a budget and make some priceless memories.With gas prices rising and constant hints of recession, you'll want a vacation now more than ever. But ... Read more
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72 Hours in Vegas for Under $72 A Day
Posted on July 31st, 2008 No commentsFiled under: Casinos, Dining, Travel Tips
Vegas Pop Blog: Seventy-two fabulous hours in Las Vegas for less than $72 per day? Sure. Why not? Check out Sin City on a budget and make some priceless memories.With gas prices rising and constant hints of recession, you'll want a vacation now more than ever. But ... Read more
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Donny & Marie Back on the Strip
Posted on July 28th, 2008 No commentsFiled under: Casinos, Shows, Celebrity, Event Finder
Vegas Pop Blog: It's about time is really all I have to say.Donny and Marie Osmond are starting an extended Vegas residency at The Flamingo starting Sept. 9. The two have been all over the TV lately in one form or another and frankly, people would rather see the duo ... Read more
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Donny & Marie Back on the Strip
Posted on July 28th, 2008 No commentsFiled under: Casinos, Shows, Celebrity, Event Finder
Vegas Pop Blog: It's about time is really all I have to say.Donny and Marie Osmond are starting an extended Vegas residency at The Flamingo starting Sept. 9. The two have been all over the TV lately in one form or another and frankly, people would rather see the duo ... Read more
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City’s Best Vegas Winners
Posted on July 24th, 2008 No commentsFiled under: Casinos, Shows, Nightlife, Dining
Vegas Pop Blog: The neo-classic and over-used phrase "America voted" applies as Las Vegas City's Best winners have been announced. Voters voted for the votably best restaurants, bars and clubs and Vegas categories like City's Best Casinos, City's Best Buffets and ... Read more
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City’s Best Vegas Winners
Posted on July 24th, 2008 No commentsFiled under: Casinos, Shows, Nightlife, Dining
Vegas Pop Blog: The neo-classic and over-used phrase "America voted" applies as Las Vegas City's Best winners have been announced. Voters voted for the votably best restaurants, bars and clubs and Vegas categories like City's Best Casinos, City's Best Buffets and ... Read more
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Where I’ve been – paralyzed
Posted on July 14th, 2008 No commentsLast month I came down with a nasty head cold that had been going around the valley. After about a week, I started feeling a lot better and thought I was over it. I woke up one morning feeling like a slept wrong or pinched a nerve in my back. My legs felt like I had worked out too hard and my finger tips were a little numb---like pins and needles. By the next day it got progressively worse. I had trouble walking, standing for any length of time and my dexterity in my hands decreased. My wife called her doctor for an appointment the next day. By the evening we decided that I needed to go to the hospital. I went to UMC and by midnight couldn't stand or move my legs more than a few inches.
My symptoms matched some very unpleasant and fatal diseases and for the first 2 days my diagnosis wasn't set in stone. After a spinal tap, two MRIs, two cat scans and several x-rays, they were able to rule out a lesion, tumor, ALS (known as Lou Gehrig's disease) or MS. I had Guillain-Barre Syndrome, something I had never heard of until I had it. Initially the doctors told me I would probably be hospitalized for at least two weeks and would need several months to recover. The treatment is a five day course of medicine given through an IV. The paralysis finally stopped when it reached my left lung (thankfully I didn't need to be put on a ventilator) on day 4. I was finally able to stand again four days after that and was released on day 10. Currently I'm in out patient rehab for the next several weeks.
To make matters worse, like most Americans I don't have health insurance. My good friends in Arizona set up a fund to help pay my medical bills. (You can get the widget there as well)Donate to the Charles Richey Fund
Friend, husband and fellow real estate blogger was unexpectedly hospitalized read more
Gary Schmitz of the US real estate directory fame has generously donated all proceeds of his new start up directory Affordable real estate solution for new signups for the month of July. There are so many people to thank that I will be revisiting this topic over the next several months. Thank you all for your support. -
Findlay Toyota celebrates new dealership by bringing human cannonball David “The Bullet” Smith to Southern Nevada for the first time
Posted on July 10th, 2008 No comments
It’s a sight most of us will see only once in a lifetime — a human cannonball flying some 160 feet through the air, nearly 80 feet high.To celebrate the opening of its new, state-of-the-art, 145,000 square-foot dealership, Findlay Toyota is bringing world record holder David Smith to perform his amazing human cannonball stunt as part of its grand opening celebration on July 12, 2008 at 11 a.m.
Findlay Toyota’s new location at 7733 Eastgate Road in Henderson, on the east side of U.S. 93 across from the Valley Automall, is situated on 12.5 acres and marks the beginning of the Valley Automall expansion to the east.
Everyone has been invited to enjoy the spectacle Saturday at 11 a.m. People are encouraged to arrive by 10 a.m. to have the best views of the flight, which is expected to go from one end of the dealership to the other.
Known simply as “The Bullet,” David Smith holds the Guinness World Records title from 1996 for soaring 181 feet through the air as a human cannonball. Smith and his family travel the world — including the U.S., Canada, Australia, England, the Middle East, Holland, and most recently, South Africa — delighting audiences with amazing daredevil human cannonball stunts.
Smith has worked professionally as a human cannonball for more than 11 years and logged more than 5,000 human cannonball shots — now there’s a profession for you!
“The Bullet” has even successfully been shot over the Grand Canyon. His wife and business manager, Audrey, said, “We could be in touch with Guinness World Records every month, but that’s not realistic. If there’s a human cannonball record, in actuality, I’d bet David holds it.”
Smith and his wife, and the couple’s four young children, travel the world performing human cannonball stunts. They have a commercial rig — a double tractor and custom 53-foot Renegade trailer — that houses the 35-foot cannon and converts into the family’s two-and-a-half story home, complete with kitchen, family room, office, king-sized bed, sleeping and play areas for the children.
As of today, the Smith family is calling Findlay Toyota home in preparation for Saturday’s human cannonball stunt.
About the new Findlay Toyota facility, General Manager Rich Abajian says, “This store has incredible potential. It has nearly 100 service bays compared to just 30 in our old facility. We expect other auto dealers will soon follow us to the east side of the freeway, further expanding the Valley Automall.”
The success of Toyota to this point, coupled with the Las Vegas Valley’s growth and Findlay’s new state-of-the-art dealership, has led Abajian to predict cars sales of 1,500 a month in the not-too-distant future. When the original Findlay Toyota opened in 1998, Toyota officials predicted only 200 sales a month.
John Barr and the entire Findlay Toyota team will be on hand Saturday. If you hang around long enough, rumor is you may even be part of a commercial featuring John Barr as a human cannonball. Good luck!
