Couples In A Cigar Bar — Photo-artistry by kenne
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Red Rock Canyon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
While Joy and Jill were in the Vegas casinos (July 6, 2023), Hugh and I went out to nearby Red Rock Canyon.
(Click on any tiled image to see them in a larger slideshow format.)
Early on the morning of May 22nd, we began our road trip/cruise by driving up to Las Vegas,
a familiar drive since we frequently go to Vegas. Since Joy gets food and room comps,
our stay in Vegas at the MGM Park, nestled between the T-Mobile Arena and New York-New York Resort.
View from our MGM Park room.
Our food and drink at the Eataly in the Park, the largest Italian marketplace with restaurants worldwide.
We always seem to order more than we can eat.
Joshua Trees In Arizona — Image by kenne
THE JOSHUA TREE HAS AN AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF 150 TO 200 YEARS
AND IS ONLY FOUND IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
When Mormon settlers first saw the plant they dubbed the “Joshua tree,” it reminded them of the bushy-bearded biblical leader.
When Territorial Governor John C. Frémont saw it during an 1844 trek through the Mohave Desert and they are plentiful along
U.S. Route 93 from Wikieup to Wickenburg. The drive, which is familiar to us having many a trip from Tucson to Las Vegas.
Mastro’s Ocean Club Gourmet Restaurant In The Shops at Crystals at Aria Resort and Casino — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Many are making love. Up above, the angels
in the unshaken ether and crystal of human longing
are braiding one another’s hair, which is strawberry blond
and the texture of cold rivers. They glance
down from time to time at the awkward ecstasy—
it must look to them like featherless birds
splashing in the spring puddle of a bed—
and then one woman, she is about to come,
peels back the man’s shut eyelids and says,
look at me, and he does.
— from Privilege of Being by Robert Hass
Bakery Art In Aria Resort and Casino — Image by kenne
Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Sitting Happy Buddha at Aria Resort And Casino — Image by kenne
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Magic Rocks Display in the Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas — Images by Kenne
One week ago, we received a call from Justin and Jerri. We learned that they were in
Las Vegas on their much-delayed honeymoon. They would be spending five days there
and asked if we would be interested in coming up to Vegas to have dinner with them.
After giving it some thought, we decided to drive up Thursday and return on Saturday.
We had dinner at Maggiano’s Little Italy on Las Vegas Boulevard that evening and
drove south of Vegas Friday afternoon to see the Magic Rocks in the desert.
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‘Vegas Night’ View from Our Room in Aria Resort & Casino (November 5, 2020) — Image by kenne
― from The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by
Vegas Showgirls — Image by kenne
Vegas Condo Towers — Photo-Artistry by kenne
This past Saturday (March 9th) we were in Las Vegas and watched some of the fundraising for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation ($500,000 Goal) at Nine Fine Irishmen-New York New York Hotel & Casino. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-powered charity that funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. This was a real entertaining and fun event.
Images by kenne
Street Magic In Las Vegas — Image by kenne
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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Panorama by kenne
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“One and Only” Wedding Picture
Joy and I had been partners for 16 years before deciding to elope to Las Vegas,
getting married at the Clark County Court House in 2002,
which distraught family and friends.
The couple who were our witnesses took the only picture —
Can you believe I didn’t have my camera!
We tend to do things in a non-traditional way.
— kenne
