I moved to Las Vegas after graduating college at Cal State Sacramento in 1987.  I moved here because my best friend was stationed here at Nellis and it was a fun city.  I got married in 1989 and bought a house.  In 1991, my daughter Kalena was born.  In 1994, my son Bryan was born.  In 1996, I got divorced and it was back to the single life.  In 2000, we got a German Shepherd puppy named Max.  He was the best dog ever.  Unfortunately, he died the day after he turned 2 years old.  I will always remember him.  I bought my current home (which I really love) in 2001.  I got to watch it be built from the ground up.  It was pretty cool.  I moved in right after 9/11. 

When I first moved to Vegas, we would go out to clubs and it didn't cost and arm and a leg.  Now you have to be on a "list" to get in and there are extravagant cover charges.  They have "bottle" service which means they really rip you off for a bottle of booze.  What happened to the good old days where you could go to Binions for .50 cent drinks first and then hit a club with a live band that played good music with little or no cover.  The drinks were reasonably priced.  Crackers even had $1 drink night.  You could go the whole night on $20.  Then on the way home you could stop at Binions again and get a full New York Steak dinner for $1.99 and it was really good too.  But they only served it from 2AM to 6AM, or you could go to Palace Station and get a .50 cent breakfast of bacon and eggs with hash browns and toast.  Of course, they charges you $2 for OJ, but hey, drink water.  I guess I think some of the things they do now are ridiculous.  It's all about the money.  They make as much as they can on everything they can.