Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether. --Hunter S. Thompson

LasVegasLogue bills itself as the "one stop travel guide to Las Vegas. It's updated often with stories about big doings in the city on the sand. There are glowing reviews of Cirque de Soliel's new Beatles show, LOVE. There are tips about great deals on hotels. There's advice on getting married, naturally, tips on what you can do for free... it's all there.

Jacqueline is going to be coupon hunting in Vegas while her companion plays in the World Series of Poker.

There are also gazillions of coupons available for free stuff in Las Vegas, most of them two for the price of one (aka buy one get one free) meals, show tickets, room nights, etc. as well as a number of match play coupons for gambling (for example, you bet $10 of your own money and a $10 match play coupon for a total $20 bet). I’ll be coupon-hunting all summer and will let you know when and where I find good ones.

For crazy "how's that connection again" linkage, Slavs of New York has a post about Vegas residents of Slavic decent. And they don't overlook the Poles, including Vegas darling Liberace.

Hotel Chatter has the oddest post about how the pool at the Hooters hotel is great for kids. There's another post on Hotel Chatter entitled Inside Hooters: From a Girl's Perspective.

Don't get us wrong. This place still caters to horny dudes. There are scantily clad Hooters girls everywhere, working the door, manning the taxi line, serving drinks (natch), and even a few dealing.

It's clear that if we should end up in court, we'll be able to plead insanity or at least too much ether. See, we're off to Vegas - next weekend. In all our road tripping and jet setting, we've never spent a minute in Sin City. We're looking forward to it, in spite of what's sure to be blazing heat. After all, we're just going to go from climate controlled lobby to climate control lobby, from casino to shopping mall to theater and back again.

Our plans for Vegas are up in the air. We're going to try not to get married to hookers or come home with empty wallets. I'd like to see a show and folks tell me the dining in Vegas is mighty fine - I'm looking forward to a good meal. There are about a million conventions there, from those for furnitures salesmen to those for mutliracial swingers (I'm not making it up) so maybe we'll drop in on one. Maybe we'll just observe - something I love to do - and make our plans to escape to Macau, which is gaining billing as the Las Vegas of the east.

Regardless of the results of our 48 hours in the city on the sand, you won't read about it here. Even Vegas Virgins like us know... what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, baby.

Pam blogs about travel and other adventures at Nerd's Eye View.