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Las Vegas Information

Say goodbye to free parking at Aria, Bellagio and 10 other Las Vegas hotels

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latimes.com
By Jay Jones

The MGM Grand is one of the dozen MGM Resorts properties along the Strip that, come spring, will begin charging guests to park. (Las Vegas News Bureau)
The MGM Grand is one of the dozen MGM Resorts properties along the Strip that, come spring, will begin charging guests to park. (Las Vegas News Bureau)

The cost for a visit to Sin City is about to climb for guests at MGM Resorts’ 12 properties along the Strip. Within a few months, free parking will disappear — and it’s unclear whether other Las Vegas hotels will follow suit.

Though hefty charges for self parking and valet are commonplace in most big cities, free-wheeling Las Vegas has been the notable exception, with countless millions of motorists having grown accustomed to the freebie.

No more.

MGM Resorts officials announced on Friday that, starting this spring, guests will have to ante up to park. More…

Miscellaneous

Is this the supermarket of the future?

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Telegraph.co.uk
By Lauren Davidson 5:00AM GMT 14 Jan 2016

Getting out the car is overrated
Getting out the car is overrated

Is this the supermarket of the future?
This solution claims to improve customer service, maximise convenience, increase product choice and cut queuing times – all while lowering costs for the vendor

Picture the scene. You’re on your way home when you remember the fridge is empty but you don’t have a pound for the trolley and parking is a nightmare. Or you promised to pick up a six-pack of beer en route to a friend’s party but it’s pouring with rain and parking is still a nightmare.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could pick up a few essentials without getting out of your car?
Russian inventor Semenov Dahir Kurmanbievich filed a patent for a drive-through supermarket that would make all that possible.

Watch how it works here Read more..

California Information

Ride BART pants-less this Sunday, because tradition [sic]

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“NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE” PARIS
“NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE” PARIS

Ride BART pants-less this Sunday, because tradition [sic]

sfgate.com/ By Alyssa Pereira Published 11:29 am, Friday, January 8, 2016

Celebrate one of San Francisco’s odder modern traditions, “No Pants” BART Ride Day, this Sunday, January 10, by heading to the city without one of your more crucial articles of clothing.

The No Pants Day, which happens in both San Francisco and the East Bay annually, welcomes around 600 people throughout the Bay Area, who are brave enough to ride public transit “without any pants (wearing interesting undies and colorful socks)” and can keep a straight face while doing it.

The event happens in other countries as well — it’s hosted by the New York-based humor collective Improv Everywhere — but San Francisco no doubt holds some of the more devoted supporters of the holiday.