The Nevada Caucus

Tomorrow is the Nevada Caucus! The younger population of the United States has been notorious for being apathetic towards politics. We need to amend this stereotype and show up in record numbers tomorrow here in Nevada and in other primaries across the country. This is your country too...do not let our future be determined by the older generation!

On the democratic side we have Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, and Barack Obama. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards are the frontrunners in the democratic race. Click on the candidates names to access their websites which display their plans as president of the United States. The democratic caucus starts at 11am this Saturday. You can find your democratic caucus site in Nevada at http://www.nvdemscaucus.com

The republican side has a diverse set of candidates who are Rudy Guiliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson. This race is wide open as of now with John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney currently leading. Click on these candidates names for more information on them. The republican caucus starts at 8:30am this Saturday. You can find your republican caucus site at http://www.nvgopcaucus.com/

Below is a video on how both caucuses work if you are still confused about tomorrow. Enjoy!

Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas

My friends have been talking about this new restaurant in Las Vegas called Hofbrauhaus during our poker games, when we are at a hookah lounge, everywhere! I was just like Hofbra...what? They explained to me it was a re-creation of the original Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany, and that it is the place where Oktoberfest is held in Germany. After I learned what Hofbrauhaus was, the scenes from Beerfest started popping up in my mind. Unfortunately I am only 20 and cannot drink yet. My friend and I headed over to the Hofbrauhaus in Las Vegas anyways for lunch because we heard the food was phenomenal and at the same time reasonable.

To my surprise Hofbrauhaus was the size of a Las Vegas motel. Entering the restaurant was even a trek having to scale a walkway along the side of this enormous building. When we finally entered the building, we were greeted by a hostess dressed up in an outfit similar to the St. Pauli beer girl. Heres the St. Pauli beer girl for you beer virgins:


Our waitress was dressed in the same outfit. Requirements to work at the Hofbrauhaus as a waitress must include a bra size of a D or higher no joke. Our restaurant experience was already good without even ordering our food yet! The dining hall we were seated in was very impressive with a church-like ceiling and large glass windows. The tables were large and wooden, accompanied by their own publication. Here is a picture of the inside of the restaurant:

My and friend I decided to go with their lunch special that day, which was a giant pork sausage in a baguette with sauerkraut and fries for $9.95. Other lunch specials are dishes such as a currywurst sausage with fries, roast pork with onion gravy, chicken melt in a kaiser roll, and beer battered ocean codfish. Our sausages came out within 10 minutes of us ordering our meal. The service was friendly and fast. Now how were these giant sausages? They were great, my friends did not lie to me about the quality of the food. The sausage was over a foot long in a baguette with a generous helping of fries. This meal could have only gotten better if I could have had one of their wonderful beers. Too bad we are one of the few countries in the world with a drinking age of 21... Here is a picture of my meal:

Hofbrauhaus is a great place to get a filling lunch for a reasonable price. With the authentic German beer hall as your environment, it cannot get any better unless you are lucky to be over 21. Next time you are near the Las Vegas Strip and have a hearty appetite during lunchtime, head over to the Hofbrauhaus located on 4510 Paradise Road. Hofbrauhaus also serves dinner and has events on the weekend. Check out their website here.

Chandelier Hookah Lounge

While on my non-native side of town in Las Vegas, Green Valley, my friend and I came across a hookah lounge called Chandelier. Chandelier is a restaurant and hookah lounge that serves Mediterranean fare and hookahs. In this year's Las Vegas Review Journal's Best of Las Vegas, Chandelier was rated as the best hookah lounge in town, here is the link to the article.

We were welcomed warmly into the restaurant by the owner. After greeting us, he led us to the hookah lounge located in the back of the restaurant. My friend and I were quite pleased with the hookah smoking area. Leather couches, golden cloths, and comfy pillows lined the hookah lounge. They even had a VIP area within the hookah lounge. The VIP area had a large LCD television and water filled couches(like a waterbed)! Here is a picture of where we sat:


So what about the hookahs!?! My friend and I wanted to try something out of the ordinary so the waiter suggested caramel vanilla banana, which sounded good to us. Their hookah menu consisted of almost every traditional hookah fruit flavor. Nothing extraordinary stuck out from the choices we were given though. After taking a couple puffs of our hookah, I was not that impressed with how the hookah smoked and tasted. The smoke was thin and the flavor was a bit bland, but this could have been because of the odd flavor combination we chose or poor preparation that can easily be remedied. If you don't smoke hookah much then these hookahs are fine, given the great environment. Even better is that their hookahs are 15 bucks each. Here is a picture of the hookah we smoked:


Since Chandelier is on the other side of town for me, I doubt I'll be frequenting the lounge much, but if you are looking for a decent hookah lounge with a classy and hip environment to go to near Green Valley, head on over. Chandelier is located on 2980 St. Rose Parkway in a shopping center. A link to their website which contains hours and a more detailed description of their food menu can be found here.

One More CES 2008 Article

Here is Sean and I dancing with Fergie at the Motorola booth at CES 2008!

CES 2008 Video Footage

Hey guys here is the video footage of CES. I hope you guys like it.

Underage and Bored Forums Up!!

Check out the new forums. Let's bring the 18-20 year old community in Las Vegas together and also people coming to Vegas in this age group. Here is a link to the forum. You can also click on the image on the right of the website.

Club froZEN75

Many people in the 18-20 age range in Las Vegas have been seeking out a nightclub that caters to their age group. I heard through word of mouth about a club called froZEN 75 in Green Valley located at 4427 East Sunset Road. This club is open to ages 14 and over from 8pm to 11:15pm on Fridays and Saturdays, then after 11:15 it turns into an 18 and over nightclub. General admission is 15 dollars, but if you have a student I.D. of any kind it is 12 dollars.

My adventure at club froZEN 75 started with being asked to pull over our car as we entered their parking lot to be searched for weapons. We were first patted down as we got out of our car. Then they proceeded to check the trunk of the car and also the glove department. I am assuming they must do this to keep the club safe, which is completely fine with me. We then parked and stood in line for the club to be patted down yet again. At this point I thought the security process was over board, but its all in the name of safety. At least they are precocious instead of lax on security. We had to ditch our keys and cigarettes to them before we went into the club(They held them at the front desk for us).

Now onto to the club... The lady at the cashier was friendly and upbeat, but she failed to mention the student discount to me so I ended up paying the 15 bucks to get in. If you do go and you are a student make sure to mention the student discount. The inside was well-decorated and clean with leather couches on some of the walls. Fog machines surrounded the dance floor with lights flashing as well. Surprisingly, the environment was impressive for an 18 and over club. I was expecting a dark room with just a DJ playing some music. This club also has VIP areas you can rent out if you are going to froZEN 75 with a large group of friends. Something you cannot find at most 18 and over clubs.

I may have gone on an off night but the party wasn't crackin' at all. Most of the guys were standing on the wall twiddling their thumbs. This was somewhat understandable because it was a giant "cockfest", pardon my French. Many of the girls there were either with their friends that happened to be guys or their boyfriends. I have only been here once though this may not be the case all the time. On a lighter note, the music was great. froZEN 75 played everything from hip-hop to techno. This club has potential to be a great place, but just didn't do it for me the night I went mainly because of the crowd they had that night. One of the bouncers told me that it was an off night and that the crowd is usually much better.

Club frozen 75 is the closest you will get to a 21+ Las Vegas nightclub if you are underage and a guy. If you are bored and with a group of your friends that are in the mood for some dancing head over to Club froZEN 75. Do not go looking to hook-up or dance with some random people, try a house party instead.