Category Archives: Travel

What to do in Vegas? In 2011, “not gamble” was on the list



Weird Las Vegas and Nevada: Your Alternative Travel Guide to Sin City and the Silver State
Weird Las Vegas and Nevada:
Your Alternative Travel Guide to Sin City and the Silver State

Web Watch loves visiting Las Vegas.

Then again, we also agree with our friends who say that “a little Las Vegas goes a long way”.  In other words, these people don’t necessarily enjoy the entire gambling, casino, nightlife, gambling aspect of Sin City.

Web Watch knows people that took a vacation out to Nevada and other points west, and their Las Vegas experience consisted solely of driving down the Las Vegas Strip.  They didn’t stop, they didn’t browse.  They had lunch as a nearby McDonald’s (not even at the In-n-Out!) before continuing on their merry way.

We don’t blame them.  There are aspects of Las Vegas that we don’t appreciate either.  But to each their own.

But then the Nevada Gaming Control Board decided to come out with their compilation of revenue numbers and financial analysis of the 2011 gambline business, and the numbers look a bit unusual to us here at Web Watch.

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Seven rights you don’t have when you take a cruise



What You Need to Know About Your First Cruise - Cruise Like a Pro Your First Time
What You Need to Know About Your First Cruise – Cruise Like a Pro Your First Time

Have you ever taken a cruise before?

Well, they’re a lot of fun.  And not filled with old people playing shuffleboard.  Of course, it helps if you’re able to take a cruise with a large group of people, so you always have someone fun to hang out with besides your Significant Other.

But let’s keep in mind that a cruise ship is its own entity – especially when it gets out into International Waters, where almost anything can happen when you’re outside of a specific country’s jurisdiction.

So in order to keep order, cruise lines have tiny fine print on the back of their tickets (maybe not literally, but at least figuratively) that you have to sign away on when you agree to board the boat.

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The 25 Least Expensive Places to Live



Cost of Living and Doctor's Fees in 1848
Cost of Living and Doctor’s Fees in 1848

Sometimes it’s not so much how you live as where you live that determines how much money you can really save over the course of a year.

And we can thank the COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (C2ER) for their annual COST OF LIVING report that lists the LEAST EXPENSIVE CITIES to live in, based on the monthly rent for a 2-bedroom apartment, monthly average house payment, a gallon of gas, a hamburger, and a 1/2-gallon of milk.

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How to avoid getting sick when travelling by plane



Airborne
Airborne

It’s the holiday travel season, and tons of Web Watch readers are going to find themselves flying on a crowded plane, more than likely sitting next to somebody who’s just getting over the flu.

It’s like the giant lottery of luck, who you get to sit next to on the plane. Everybody eyes the other people at the terminal, wondering who gets to be lucky enough to sit next to that young attractive man or woman while avoiding eye contact with that overweight, unwashed hairy dude wearing a torn muscle shirt.

Eww.

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How many vowels are there in the English alphabet? If you answered “5″, you may be wrong



American Dialects for Actors, Directors, and Writers
American Dialects for Actors, Directors, and Writers

How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

According to Rick Aschmann, there may be just the standard 5 vowels that everybody knows (a, e, i, o u), but when it comes to pronouncing those same letters, there are at least 16 different vowel sounds that people use around the country.

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Texting while driving will kill you



TextAppeal - For Guys! - The Ultimate Texting Guide
TextAppeal – For Guys! – The Ultimate Texting Guide

A quick survey: how many of you regularly send texts while driving or otherwise sitting behind the wheel of your car?

Yeah, we thought so.

Texting while driving has increased 50% over 2011.   20% of all drivers say that they’ve done this, despite laws and other regulations in place that make it an offense to do so.

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The 25 Worst Cities to Live In



Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto

If you’re a video game addict — and let’s face it, if you have at least two “sequel” games in your game library you probably qualify — then you may have sometimes used video games as a way to escape your mundane, humdrum life.

Because who wouldn’t want to be that guy in Grand Theft Auto who can just run around and carjack whatever he feels like sometimes?  Drive around and run bad drivers off the road?

Yeah, feels kinda good, doesn’t it?

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How to be a Cirque du Soleil Contortionist



Cirque Du Soleil Anniversary Collection
Cirque Du Soleil Anniversary Collection

At last count, Web Watch has seen 14 different Cirque du Soleil shows –which, at an average ticket price of $100 apiece, plus concessions and otherwise, means that we’ve spent a hell of a lot of money on Guy Laliberte’s entertainment empire.

And every cent so far we consider money well spent.  Each production has been thoroughly entertaining and exciting.

One question we’re oft wondered is what it takes to be a Cirque du Soleil performer.  And while a lot of this was answered in the phenomenal reality series FIRE WITHIN on Bravo (seriously, it was awesome!), the question still remains about the physicality of what those performers do and how they do it.

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What do Cee Lo Green and the NutMobile have in common?



Inside the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Inside the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Web Watch enjoys the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as much as anyone.

That’s why were were thrilled to receive this year’s press release touting the new lineup that we can expect to see while we’re cooking our annual Thanksgiving dinner.  The Macy’s parade always tries to stay topical and fresh with its lineup of floats, balloons, and guest stars – and this year is no exception.  Let’s just hope that they update the cue cards that Matt and the rest of the NBC gang are reading from.  Put some life into it, folks!

Where else could you get read about Cee Lo Green and the NutMobile in the same article?   Even better, did you know that there was a Macy’s Parade Hotline?

Get that phone number and read the full press release after the break

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How to escape the police in a high-speed car chase



Lego City Police Chase 3648
Lego City Police Chase 3648

Web Watch would never suggest that you ever evade the police by providing this information to our readers.

Think of this merely as an explanation of how all those criminals manage to escape getting into police custody in those high-action summer movies.

You, being a law-abiding citizen, would pull over immediately upon seeing the flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror, right?  Right.

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Want to own a Reality TV house? Here’s what it will cost you…



Real Housewives of Beverly HillsReal Housewives of Beverly Hills

We all watch a little bit of trashy Reality TV.  In part because we marvel at the extravagant homes and lifestyles these people live.

Who wouldn’t want to be them – sans camera crews – for just a day or two?

Who would want to live in one of those absolutely gorgeous homes?  Well, it turns out that you can, as many of them are available for sale or rent to anyone willing to pony up some cash.

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The 2011 Dirtiest Hotels in America



Hotel Hell
Hotel Hell

A while ago, Web Watch presented the 2010 DIRTIEST HOTELS IN AMERICA

We would be remiss if we didn’t continue the tradition by sharing those that made this year’s list.

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Web Watch Rewind: Why do hotels charge for Internet access? Because minibars are on their way out



Running a Bed & Breakfast For Dummies
Running a Bed & Breakfast For Dummies

Web Watch works hard to make sure our readers are ahead of the curve on various topics.  We like to be among the leaders, not a mere follower. 

Which is why, when we see articles on CNN about how INTERNET FEES IRRITATE HOTEL GUESTS, we secretly smile and go about our business in bringing you the good stuff, because we know that we already brought up this very same topic about hotel internet fees almost a year ago.

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Here’s why nobody wants to look at your vacation photos



How to Take Great Vacation Photographs
How to Take Great Vacation Photographs

Web Watch, like many of you, loves to take vacation photos.  We all do it, in part, as a way to remember where we’ve been and seen, but also to capture those moments that we can later reflect upon as being relaxing, happy times with special someones.

Of course, as we review our own vacation photos, they mainly end up being about the food we ate rather than the places we went. C’est la vie.

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Real life FIGHT CLUB bar exists in China



Bozo the Clown Bop Bag Inflatable Punching Toy
Bozo the Clown Bop Bag Inflatable Punching Toy

Fight Club exists in the real world, China specifically.

RISING SUN ANGER RELEASE BAR was created to provide a place for customers to vent their frustrations.

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