The Skylark Cafe is supposed to be a sought out dance bar / supper club...
It was okay, but I kind of expected more. It was small, but I'd think it could be a lot of fun after 9pm. We left there at 8pm. Their Monte Cristo is the best I've had since the 70's (at the old Mgm).  The turkey, ham and swiss sandwich was fried in egg batter, and was done very nicely. Becky had a Reuben which was made with marbled rye. The food was textbook perfect.
We stopped by the Show Box.
Young girls were standing in the parking lot, dressed up to the hilt. I thought My truck just went "WHOA, what's this?". We swing in, and check it out. The owners had converted an old brick walled warehouse into a show room / bar. It was big inside, but I thought it lacked the charm of a renovated warehouse. I thought it tried to look too modern, with its black and gold theme. They were having a fashion show inside at a the cost of $25 a ticket. There was a runway for the models, with those metal fold up chairs you see at high schools lining up along the side of it. Somehow, I just wasn't impressed.

It was Renee's knot. They've been married for a while now. This was their late ceremony.
We were tempted to jump up there...

How do you know we didn't get married ? bwaaaahahahaha.
Hopefully, most beautiful women marry into wealth.
I've do have some real estate stuck to my shoes, some silver in Oral Bank and some CDs in my portfolio case.
These days, I'm an oil barren, a money mongol, and my next house will be a manufractured home. Why, why, why couldn't my last name be Rockefeller?

I love you. We have come far.

I got a FLOWBEE.
It's a hair clipper that attaches to any wet vac. My hair is getting bushy and I figured, since I'm going to have to spend some money anyway, why not spend it on something that will pay for itself. Hopefully it works okay. You set if for two inches, turn everything on, and it sucks your hair into a tube and cuts it. All the trimmings go into the vacuum.
Our bed sprung a flat! So we sprung for another Coleman inflatable bed.
Inflatable furniture is kind of nice.
It's cheap to replace, and you always have new furniture!!! Nobody will ever complain about your old couch. You can even keep replacements in your closet. I'm hoping someday someone will invent an inflatable house that fits in a backpack!

 

The Cost of Living per day.

Seattle, Wa	$216
Tacoma, Wa	$167
Portland, Or	$155
Everett, Wa	$144
Eugene, Or	$136
Olympia, Wa	$129

San Francisco, Ca	$232
San Diego, Ca	$203
Los Angeles, Ca	$182
Sacremento, Ca	$170
Redding, Ca	$126

Phoenix, Az	$216
Las Vegas, Nv	$188
Reno, Nv	$153

Denver, Co	$189
Aspen, Co	$168
Kansas City, Ks	$147
Omaha, Ne	$127
Co Springs,Co	$127
Albuquerque, Nm	$124

Chicago, Il	$213
Cleveland, Oh	$161
Nashville, Tn	$161
Louisville, Ky	$145
Indianapolis, In	$141
Memphis, Tn	$139
Lexington, Ky	$137
Chattanooga, Tn	$129

Key West, Fl	$303
Atlanta, Ga	$188
Miami, Fl	$178
Tampa, Fl	$177
Savannah, Ga	$153
Orlando, Fl	$148

Manhatten, NY	$375
Queens, NY	$308
Boston, Ma	$284
Washington, DC	$265
Philadelphi, Pa	$213
Pittsburg, Pa	$162

These are set by the government. They reflect the cost of living per day, in different cities throughout the US.

The IRS excepts this amount as untaxable. If you are a for salaried employees working away from home, and you would normally be paying 30% in taxes, and were living in a $200 per diem city, you would save $60 a day because of the per diem allowance. That works out to $1,500 extra a month you would no t have to pay in taxes.

Don't need no stereo. I can fill that hole with snacks! It could even hold a night bag.
I was surprised how easy it is to break into an F150.
The thief must have taken a screwdriver, placed it in the key slot, punched in the door lock and given it a twist.
The door lock is just barely held in place, so its easy to punch inward. Once the lock is loose, all it needs is to be rotated.
I'm just grateful he didn't rip the wires out. He was careful enough to unclip the wires from the stereo, and to remove the moldings without breaking anything.
My locks needed fixing anyway.
Ford's power lock actuators (the things that electronically unlock the doors) go bad in Vegas heat.
When they go bad, you can't use the remote to unlock your doors.
They will fix them for $400, and they'll go bad again, and again.
And you'll end up living in a cardboard box howling at the moon.
I got two actuators today for my door locks.
The idea was to get the remotes working, then I don't need my busted key lock fixed (which could be very expensive if Ford did the work). It took 1.5 hours to do the driver side door. Gosh, they make it. You need fingers 5 inches long!
But now that I know how to do it and the tools are already down there, the passenger door actuator should go much quicker.
Maybe.
Anyway...it was a productive night, and now I can drive around with a little confidence.
What I liked about Ford's improvements
Ford used to have these clips that would break whenever you took off a door panel. No more...the panel has one screw, and simply unhooks.
I replace the hard drive in my laptop last weekend.
Actually, its the laptop the SAE used to have. Becky was using mine. My hard drive croaked. I got a new laptop, then fixed my laptop, and gosh, I'm getting more confusing the more I babble!