Day: March 21, 2025

Government Doing Good Things

I took this picture on (yes, you guessed it) a rainy day while waiting for household hazardous waste to be unloaded from the trunk of my car.

I love the bright display of fun things Metro workers have assembled. And I love even more that my tax dollars go toward funding a service like this. Cleaning out a 72-year-old house comes with a lot of household hazardous waste. (From the future, I can tell you that it took six trips to clear it all.) I appreciate that I have a place to bring so many things that would otherwise end up in the garbage.

There is a 35-gallon per day limit. I can attest that the trunk of a Honda Civic will fit less than 35-gallons. The signage at the transfer station is great, and when you pull into the covered area, workers remove and sort everything as you sit in your car.

And when it’s time to leave, there are no fees to pay. Good government at work.

Postcards from Las Vegas

After the disappointment of not finding any postcards for sale when I was at Disneyland, I vowed to bring postcards with me for future trips. Thankfully, I remembered this vow with enough time to order some vintage Las Vegas postcards before heading to the airport. Here’s the spread.

Three of them were written on, and here are those three.

First up, the Riviera Hotel in 1957. (That postmark is hard to read, but I think it’s 1957 rather than 1967. The internet tells me the “Pray for Peace” cancellation was put into circulation in 1956. Also, postcards cost 5 cents in 1967. They cost 3 cents in 1957, so that stamp isn’t right, but we’re going with 1957.)

Hi, We are a long way from you. Having a swell time, seeing a lot. You would never dream of what is here. The Armo Trongs. (sp?)

The Riviera Hotel was the first skyscraper hotel on the strip (nine stories tall) and closed in 2015 to make way for the expansion of the Last Vegas Convention Center.

Next up: The Frontier in 1977 (or so I’m guessing from the stamp)

Tuesday. Hi Barb. Here we are in Vegas. Everybody else is still in bed. We left California yesterday 5 am, got here at 10 am. Have a very nice room. Love Mabel [and ?]

The Frontier closed in 2007 and today is an empty lot between Fashion Show Mall and Resorts World Las Vegas. That pool looks like it was a fun one.

Finally, the Silver Slipper from 29 June 1970.

Hi Wallie and Fam. This is the place for you. The place is jumping with people all night. Weather hot but nights beautiful. Getting some Jack-[?]. Josephine and Sue

The Silver Slipper was part of the Frontier. It closed in 1988, and it’s iconic sign is in the neon museum.

I look forward to writing my own postcards from Las Vegas.