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9780942053395

Las Vegas the Best of Glitter City

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  • ISBN13:

    9780942053395

  • ISBN10:

    0942053397

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-07-01
  • Publisher: Discoverguides

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Author Biography

Don and Betty Martin have written two dozen travel books, mostly under their DiscoverGuides banner and its predecessor, Pine Cone Press. When not tending to their publishing company in Las Vegas or retreating to in their second home in an historic California mining town, they explore America and the world beyond. Both are members of the Society of American Travel Writers. They are gold medal winners in the Best Guidebook category of the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, North America's most prestigious travel writing competition. Don, who provides most of the adjectives, has been a journalist since he was 16, when classmates elected him editor of his high school newspaper. (No one else wanted the job.) After graduating, he left his small family farm in Idaho, wandered about the country a bit, and then joined the Marine Corps. He was assigned as a military correspondent in the Orient and at bases in California. Back in civvies, he worked as a reporter, sports writer and editor for several West Coast newspapers, then he became associate editor of a San Francisco-based travel magazine. In 1988, he left to establish Pine Cone Press, Inc. He now devotes his time to writing, travel, sipping decent Zinfandel and-for some odd reason-collecting squirrel and chipmunk artifacts. Betty, a Chinese-American whose varied credentials have included a doctorate in pharmacy and a real estate broker's license, does much of the research and editing for their books. She also has written travel articles for assorted newspapers and magazines and she has sold travel photos through a major New York stock agency. When she isn't helping Don run their publishing company, she wanders the globe-with or without him. Her travels have taken her from Cuba to Antarctica.

Table of Contents

Viva Las Vegas!
It's a nice place to visit, but...
7(5)
Getting there and getting about
12(2)
Our ten favorite Las Vegas moments
14(3)
The Ten Best Las Vegas superlatives
17(3)
The ten major movers and shakers
20(7)
El Casino Real
The Ten Best casino resorts
27(7)
The ten most appealing casino gaming areas
34(4)
The Ten Best casino resort features
38(4)
The Ten Best outlying casinos
42(6)
The Ten Best small casinos
48(4)
Casino resort RV parks and parking
52(4)
How to loss more slowly
The rule of the ``house advantage''
56(3)
Games people should and shouldn't play
59(2)
The alleged Ten Best places to gamble
61(6)
Food fantasy: A Las Vegas dining guide
The Ten Best restaurants
67(5)
The Ten Best ethnic restaurants
72(5)
The Ten Best specialty restaurants
77(4)
The Ten Best theme restaurants
81(5)
The Ten Best local favorites
86(4)
The best junk food
90(4)
The Ten Best restaurant rows and food courts
94(7)
The Ten Best casino buffets
101(5)
The Ten Best shrimp cocktails
106(6)
Proud paupers: A budget guide
The Ten Best free attractions
112(4)
The Ten Best cheap places to gamble
116(3)
The Ten Best cheap places to drink
119(2)
The Ten Best cheap casino eats & buffets
121(8)
The Ten Best cheap casino sleeps
129(6)
Nightside
The Ten Best production shows
135(6)
The Ten Best one-man and small room shows
141(6)
The other Ten Best places for amusements
147(3)
Pub crawling
The Ten Best casino bars
150(4)
The Ten Best specialty bars
154(4)
The Ten Best beer pubs
158(6)
Romance & other primal urges
The Ten Best places to be alone together
164(3)
The ten most romantic restaurants
167(4)
The ten cutest wedding chapels
171(4)
El macho grande: The sexiest Vegas bods
175(4)
Ten naughty diversions in Las Vegas and beyond
179(4)
Playing tourist
The Ten Best casino attractions
183(5)
The Ten Best non-casino attractions
188(6)
The Ten Best ``Only in Las Vegas'' attractions
194(4)
The Ten Best art museums & gallries
198(6)
What! You brought the kids?
The Ten Best family-oriented casino resorts
204(4)
The Ten Best kids' attractions
208(3)
The Ten Best kid-vid arcades
211(4)
The best points of view
The Ten Best vistas of Las Vegas & beyond
215(4)
Shooting Las Vegas & the Ten Best picture spots
219(6)
Credit card corruption
The Ten Best shopping malls and casino shopping arcades
225(3)
The Ten Best specialty stores
228(5)
Getting physical
The Ten Best walks and hikes
233(7)
The Ten Best bike routes
240(7)
Odd ends
The Ten Best places to people watch
247(4)
Easy listening: The Ten Best radio stations
251(1)
The ten dumbest things you can do in Glitter City
252(2)
The worst of Las Vegas
254(5)
Leaving Las Vegas
The Ten Best nearby attractions
259(13)
The Ten Best far out casinos
272(4)
The Ten Best far out casino features
276(4)
Quicklists
Complete casino resort listing: Which hotels offer what
280(7)
Resort facilities by type
287(7)
Readers' choice
They picked the Best of Glitter City, and so can you
294

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