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I spent most of last week in Las Vegas, so this week\u2019s blog won\u2019t give you the typical erudite, cogent presentation on a thought-provoking topic that you\u2019ve come to expect . . . elsewhere!\u00a0 Linda and I met Dennis & Susan Nespor<\/strong> in the real \u2018city that doesn\u2019t sleep\u2019<\/strong> for some fun and games.\u00a0 Although we had a lot of fun, we didn\u2019t win at too many games; except for Susan who finished the week with a nice ‘one armed bandit’ win.\u00a0 Fortunately, I wasn\u2019t in the typically generous mood that comes over me in Vegas, but neither was Vegas.<\/p>\n We had seen it advertised many times, but just never pulled the trigger on going to \u2018The Mob Museum\u2019<\/strong>.\u00a0 But this time we did, so we drove downtown to an old court house building, two blocks off of Freemont Street<\/strong>, the main drag of \u2018downtown\u2019 Vegas, for a tour.<\/p>\n Electric chair in Mob Museum<\/p><\/div>\n I have to say that I\u2019m not a big fan of The Mob, the Mafia, the Sopranos, etc.\u00a0 I know, I\u2019m in the minority on that one, although I did enjoy the Godfather <\/em><\/strong>books, so I was sort of looking forward to the tour, and everyone else wanted to see it, so I couldn’t refuse.\u00a0 As it turned out, it was fantastic!<\/p>\n The museum takes up three floors and a basement of this old federal building.\u00a0 We had an option of three additional paid events during our self-guided tour:<\/p>\n Freemont Street<\/p><\/div>\n A bit hung over from being ‘over-served’ the night before, we did not trust ourselves to handle any firearms, so we passed on the first one, but did the other two.\u00a0 In the Crime Lab<\/strong> we analyzed our own fingerprints to see what criminal had similar fingerprints.\u00a0 We also analyzed bullet marking to see if we could match them to the right pistol.\u00a0 We also got to analyze an image of a cadaver that that seemingly had been beaten and had some serious wounds on his body.\u00a0 Based on the wounds, we had to figure out how he died. \u00a0We concluded that we didn\u2019t want to be forensic pathologists.\u00a0 Without a doubt our favorite tour was the Distillery Tour & Tasting<\/strong>; It may have been the \u2018tasting\u2019 that got us hooked.\u00a0 While we took our seats inside a working distillery in the basement, we were told of the Mobs activities during Prohibition<\/strong>, and getting samples of three types of \u2018moonshine\u2019 <\/strong>that was typical of the beverages that were distilled by the mob.\u00a0 The moonshine wasn’t bad, but it was a little strong!<\/p>\n After the tour, we walked the two blocks to Freemont Street and walked down the middle for a block or two, which was just enough to let us know that it was time to go back to our hotel.<\/p>\n Speaking of our hotel, we have consistently stayed at South Point,<\/strong> which is at the way south of the strip and we love.\u00a0 It is several steps above of the hotels downtown, but not as big, glitzy or expensive as the hotels on the strip.\u00a0 It has seven great restaurants, over 120 bowling <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow I spent most of last week in Las Vegas, so this week\u2019s blog won\u2019t give you the typical erudite, cogent presentation on a thought-provoking topic that you\u2019ve come to expect . . . elsewhere!\u00a0 Linda and I … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chair.jpg\")
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<\/a> lanes, movie theaters and a huge arena that features everything from full on rodeos to college basketball tournaments.\u00a0 And of course has every game of chance that you want.\u00a0 But, another great advantage of South Point is that it has our favorite act, the Bronx Wanderers<\/strong>, performs there many times during the year in an awesome, intimate theater that doesn\u2019t have a bad seat.\u00a0 They are a band made up of a father, his two sons and two other members who were the son’s friends growing up in New York.\u00a0 They play music for every generation, but it is particularly entertaining for those who have experienced and enjoy the long history of rock & roll.\u00a0 Linda and I saw them for the third time last week and I know Dennis and Sue really enjoyed their first exposure.\u00a0 They are awesome, if you get a chance, spend the whopping $45<\/strong> a ticket!!\u00a0 You won’t be disappointed.<\/p>\n