I recently celebrated the third anniversary of my 29th birthday with a trip to the new Gas Lamp Café and Bar in Reno. The comfortable atmosphere and friendly staff immediately put me at ease, until I looked at the menu. With nary a single vegetarian entrée listed, my concern for my dining companion who...
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A lot of the readers of this site may recognize the name from the movie that was produced a few years ago by a couple of guys from Reno. The movie was about a little barbershop in Reno that had one of the barbers die. The other barber (John Ratzenberger) had to hire a...
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My dining companion was newly pregnant, I’m recently divorced, just the type of thing two good friends would be inclined to discuss over a leisurely Saturday lunch date. But not at Süp. Even though we declined to allow two strangers to share our table the staff seemed none too happy at our refusal and...
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I have read quite a bit of American history over the last year. I’ve enjoyed it and learned a lot. But everything I have been reading took place in the eastern half of the U.S. So I decided I wanted to read Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone about the explorers...
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Saturday night Duke and I tried El Tumi Peruvian Restaurant at 585 E. Moana Lane in Reno. The waitress said they have been open since August. El Tumi has a very appealing menu with quite a variety of dishes and lots of pictures. It was very hard to chose what to try.
We finally decided...
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I’ve lived in Reno for two and a half years and there are Reno places I haven’t been and Reno things I haven’t done. I made a list. This year I want to do it all.
One place on my list is the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center at the University of Nevada Reno. We...
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It was another cold, overcast day in January. There was only a week left before the Rembrandt exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art would close, and I hadn’t been to see it yet. There was also going to be a Raphael painting that had just been put on display, but I really wanted...
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Over the years, I’ve met several people who have said they’re writing a book. I even looked into it once myself, before deciding that blogging is much easier. So when my friend, Bob Conrad, said he was writing a book I didn’t think much of it. Those who know Bob better than I do...
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When I went to the dentist a month or so ago for a regular check up he said that because of infection I was losing bone around one of my teeth and I really needed to see a periodontist. He recommended Dr Lang, a periodontist and dental implant specialist nearby. I had a horrible experience...
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Ordinarily, I bypass books with prophetic titles. In the case of The Return Of The Great Depression by Vox Day, I was willing to make an exception. I’ve been lurking on Vox’s Blog for years, as well as reading his WND columns, and like most bloggers who have been around for years, he can...
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