Posts by lovelin

Thanks Pure.

We had stayed in Stratosphere, which is at the last hotel in the strip. Are you going with friends or spouse? If you are going with spouse, getting a hotel on strip is always a better idea, as it saves the trouble of commuting everyday.

If you start searching now, you will get good deals. Every hotel in the strip has something unique, wherever you stay, you can just roam around the hotels. eg, Bellagio has great fountain show. so this will take most of your time and it's fun. there's madam tussad's too.

Cirque de soliel is a good show, we had been to 3-4 shows, but the best I liked was mamma mia. it's a musical love story based on abba's songs. 

I wish I had got the shoes tips :(. I had taken only heels, and first night I walked around the strip, got bad blisters. so had to take a cab every day. it cost something around 12 - 20 bucks depending on where you are going.

if you take walking shoes and are up for walking, then it's better. else, i have seen there are buses too but have never taken them.

Take a small carry on bag around with a water bottle and some dry snacks to keep up your energy while walking.

 have fun!

dalmamalma - Oooooohhh I cannot agree with you enough!!! Where are you from? I am from Seattle. It never snows this much but this year it has been snowing like hell. And when the sun comes out, it turns to ice and freezes over. Every day morning you see a sheet of ice on the roads, grass car...

It's freezing outside all the time. Who complains about global warming??? I think it is global colding happening here!

neese, putting my thoughts up... just my suggestion... have an one on one with your boss, maybe go for coffee together - you pay :). Tell him frankly but respectfully what is bothering you, his actions etc. Tell him what will make it better for you. Then ask him if he is okay with what you said or suggested.

Most imprtantl, don't just go with the problem, go with 3 different types of solutions for the problems and suggest these to him.

You may or may not like what I suggested above, and I also don't know what your excat situation is. But most of the time, the people who are creating any type of nuisance or botheration to others are not consciously aware that they are doing it. Having a talk always helps.

I have had my share of "bad" boss. He would assign one person the work which is supposed to be done by 3 persons. Make us slog fo 18 hours a day, calling repeatedly on cell phones if you don't show up on a weekend. Needless to say, most people resigned.

You may find it funny... when I read the title of your post, I was thinking of writing both good and bad about the city I live in... Seattle, but when I read your post, found out that you are moving out of Seattle only :)

Can't say about diversity of things to do but it amazes me how you didn't find a diverese group of people here. I believe Seattle has a large diverse group of people because of Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing etc and people from all over the world stay here due to work.

What I don't like about Seattle is the cold and rain, but now can't wait for the summer and do all the things I love - white water rafting, camping, boating etc.

But my all time fav place is LA - just love it's weather, it's freeways, just the feel of the city in the air. It's so relaxed. Can move there any time, if husband agrees :).

Going off topic...

sundari: How did you choose your login name? Is it your real name ? The reason I ask is" "sundari" is also a hindi (Indian language) word and it means "a beautiful girl".

Back to topic... I don't understand the food in meeting room part. Is it not for people who come to the meetings? If not, then why not put a board with a message like "Food and coffee for .... guests only, Thank you".

What is food stamps?

Edit: I was not born or brought up in America so this question.

Maybe you can add me...

Female, 5'2" small frame (I wear size 0 petite). 100 - 101 pounds depending on time of day i weigh.

Not eating healthy regularly since the holidays.

Trouble area - my stomach which sticks out.

Need to do strength training in gym and build some muscles and add some pounds maybe. wanting to tighten and tone up and loose the flabby flesh. Unfortunately do not know how to operate the machines :(.

I promise I will start tomorrow.

Mmmm if I can make my point here...

I have done my masters in computers and topped in college and got a scholarship.

I am a software developer by profession.

I have 2 computers at work, 2 laptops at home, carry a windows mobile device always. So I am surrounded my technology.

Please don't tell me to "google" as I am working for a rival search engine, in short I know how to search and can find answer to any question within a jiffy.

But... I am NOT going to search any forums for any questions I ask, reason being:

1. Whatever time I get to come to this site, it is faster and I get smarter answers from people rather than some dumb links and mostly because I never recieved satisfatcory answers in search in this site, maybe the search keywords need to be indexed to add to relevance (sorry techy stuff).

2. I am lazy.

I love Claire, the moderator for recipe forum as any time I post a question for a recipe, she always gives great answers and my recipes have always come out great.

If anybody is "disturbed" by my repeat posts, or anybody else's ignore it and move on.

sun, I would soooooo love a kitten, in fact I love cats so much that I can keep all the homeless ones. Back in India I had 3 generations of cats, one litter after another and I practically grew up with them. Maybe I should scan and upload their pictures.

But... sad part is my spouse, although likes pets but only from a distance :( He is not at all ok with keeping them at home. Maybe some year I will be able to convince him.

And your shopping spree sounds like mine, we do the same when we go to the mall :) -the picking out clothes part.