Arina S. Hanciulescu

What is about Vegas?

What is that stands up and sets in the unsettling feelings about Las Vegas?
Some would love it some would hate it! There is a combination of excitement, flavor of forbidden dreams and empty promises that melts together and intoxicates our wondering minds.

Las Vegas is like Dr. Jackal at night and Dr. Hide in the morning... The history of the city talks for itself. Vegas is notoriously known for is broken dreams, dirty business, gambling, nightlife firecrackers and corruption... and all are so gloriously disguised under the umbrella of fascinating glamors, high-life style, lights, champagne, luxurious cars and beautiful women... It is all an empty dream! From witch many wakes-up in the morning with huge headache and empty pockets.

But hey!!! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! Right?

And so the dream keeps on going and going and going... They all fall into the same trap.

Many things have changed over the last decade in Las Vegas. From the City who never slips and endless parties, mainly on one large Boulevard called Las Vegas Strip. The City woke-up to a new life style becoming a large metropolis with large residential developments, beautiful parks and communities. The Investors, Builders and Architects transformed Vegas into a more domestic "normal lifestyle" kind of city.

And it just happened!

The business of Las Vegas Real Estate was booming! It was HOT, AFFORDABLE and TRENDY to buy properties in Las Vegas, live in Las Vegas, work in Las Vegas.... It was the land of opportunities.
A spontaneous combustion that set in fires the entire Real Estate Industry. Not only for the Residential buildings but for the High Rise Buildings, Luxurious Condos, Casino, Mega Hotels, Restaurants, Night Clubs and ending with the spectacular City Center Complex.

To good to be true! Right?

Housing Industry melts down, Recession, Financial Confusion, Corruption and Money mishandling sets in a new reality. From here it was only one-way street... just going down! Everything has changed now and the mood of life is no longer "honest surviving" but "greed and money grabbing"... returning to the old times of hard gambling, fast money and corruption... anything goes!

But hey!!! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! Right?

VIVA LAS VEGAS!

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NOTE: To answer to many who asked about me. I am still around, keeping my real estate active but no longer working in real estate... Travel between San Francisco and Vegas and doing what I love to do the most: Fashion Design Clothing.

Working in the Real Estate here in Las Vegas was a harsh, unbearable experience but I've learned and grew stronger in the world of business.

Count down to - New Year 2009!... Certainly most expected and feared by many. This will be the New Year most feared since 2000 when everybody thought the turn of the millennium would produce global chaos. This time the fear is focused on worldwide economic downturn.

But not in Las Vegas... This eternal fun, exciting, glitzy, unleashed and unconventional city is in his way to put out the biggest show in the world! It gets no better than New Year's in Las Vegas...

Officials from the Las Vegas Convention, LVCVA and Las Vegas Events met with the city representatives and Fireworks to design the details for NEW YEAR 2009 firework, an amazing citywide festivity planned for New Years Eve.

More than 29,000 pyrotechnics will be fired from different locations during 8 minute, 10 second display locations include: the Mandalay Bay Convention Center Lot, Las Vegas Luxor Parking Lot, MGM Grand Parking Garage, Caesars Palace Parking Garage, Treasure Island Valet Parking Garage, Las Vegas Convention Center Gold Parking Lot, Stratosphere Parking Garage, and Fremont Street Experience.

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2008 NEW YEAR's firework - LAS VEGAS -

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New Year Graphics

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2009 NEW YEAR's firework - LAS VEGAS

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!!!

There is nothing more refreshing than the white snow... specially in Vegas. It is magic, quiet and simply magic. Today's winter storm brought heavy snow to the Spring Mountains and the Red Rock Canyon area spreading down to Summerlin and even in few areas of Las Vegas Valley.

Las Vegas is not used to the White Christmas but today it was a quiet extraordinary disply of beauty and tranquil snow. In fact, the three snowiest months occurred in the Las Vegas Valley in the 20th Century, according to weather service records. The most snowfall was recorded in January 1949, followed by January 1974 with and January 1979.

Here are few images of what today RedRock-Summerlin encountered... Enjoy!

Streets are so quiet and peaceful...

Not a best time for the doggy anyway!!!

Red, white and green... Simply magic!

Fresh snow, never felt before!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!!!