Giant rocks<\/a> masquerading as art at Bellagio \n5. Rainstorm at Miracle Mile Shops<\/p>\nAlso one the show is our relatively twisted review of “Twisted Vegas,” an alleged comedy which just opened at Westgate. The show pokes fun at Las Vegas, so we figure turnabout is fair play.<\/p>\n“Twisted Vegas. It’s repetitive, but at least what’s being repeated isn’t very compelling!”™<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe’d love to hear what you think of the Vital Vegas Podcast, especially if you feel we should stop doing it, because we’re exhausted and these bags under our eyes are are starting to look like saddlebags. And not in a good way.<\/p>\n
Thanks for listening, and a special thanks to Derek Stevens for being our first podcast guest that we didn’t completely make up.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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