Two Las Vegas Staples: Brunch and Shows | Ep. 13

Sean McAllister:   0:00
Welcome to Vegas. Revealed episode 13.

Sean McAllister:   0:03
 a Las Vegas restaurant put brunch on the map. They celebrate 10 years we're gonna talk about this trend and how it keeps on going.

Sean McAllister:   0:12
Plus, where Las Vegas stands right now as the shutdown continues in the wake of Corona virus. That's it.

Dayna Roselli:   0:38
Welcome. Everyone to Vegas Revealed I'm Dayna Roselli.

Sean McAllister:   0:41
And I'm Sean McAllister. You know, since we joined you last are shut down here in Las Vegas has been extended until the end of April. So, Dayna, it's good to see you. But unfortunately,

Dayna Roselli:   0:56
still not seeing you in person. No, we're still doing our separation. Everyone staying home here in Las Vegas and doing what they're supposed to be doing and working from home. So that's what we're doing to. And now, like you said, it's been extended to April 30th. So we've kind of got, like, a shift in our mindset, and we just aren't sure at this point if April 30th will extend again, or if that's where we're gonna sit at this point to welcome back even tourists to our town.

Sean McAllister:   1:27
However, on that front, a lot of the resorts on the Las Vegas Strip have already started posting reservations that are available starting May 1st. And we're seeing that we're seeing a lot of good deals that are coming with those reservations, too.

Dayna Roselli:   1:46
Yeah, the big question is, will people rush out? Come on vacation, booked rooms? But for now, like you said, the resorts are thinking, you know, May 1st is what we were told that so we're gonna go up with We've opened up reservations, did some research, and I just checked MGM Grand Caesars Palace of the Mirage, The Wind, Sahara. They're all allowing reservations starting on May 1st, and I assume the others, too. I haven't didn't look at every single property, but we are seeing some good deals like you mentioned.

Sean McAllister:   2:15
Yeah, I mean, if resorts are allowed to operate, I think that they probably will, on some level, even the four Seasons. I just looked at their website. They're offering a $500 resort credit if you book two days with them starting on May 1st, and I think that goes, there is, ah, window of eligibility that goes along with that deal, but still that's something that you can use on the spot. That's something that you can use on any incidentals that you incur if you do booked two nights stay at the Four Seasons on the strip next to Mandalay Bay.

Dayna Roselli:   2:53
Yeah, I mean, that's a That's a good deal. I was looking at Caesars Palace, accepting reservations the first week back. So be the first week of May. They're offering rooms at $99 that week, so that's a pretty good deal. A swell. And I was noticing. The win is offering first week rates at about 100 and $99. So, you know, I think people are gonna be doing what they can to get people back into the resorts, if that is the case. But I think, like we said, the big question is how many people will want to go do that? We were looking at a New York Times article. You and I just kind of sharing notes, and I was I was noticing that the person that wrote the article said, You know, will people be ready for a post pandemic vacation right away? I mean, a lot of people aren't working. Unemployment benefits are delayed. Some people are getting a $1200 check But that's not, you know, really enough to. And, well, people want to hop on a plane and feel comfortable in close quarters like that.

Sean McAllister:   3:45
Well, and I think one thing is clear and that's that once things do start opening up, they're not gonna be packed. Casinos air. Not gonna be full to the brim. It's not gonna be like March Madness. It's not gonna be like Super Bowl weekend. It's going to be a slow trickle before the faucet has turned all the way back on. So that might mean that you know, some of these social distancing things that we've, you know come to get used to. At this point, maybe some of those will still be in place once the doors open. You know, every maybe every third slot machine will be turned on. So you're not sitting right next to somebody, and, you know, maybe there will be fewer tables available at restaurants when things are open back up. Just

Dayna Roselli:   4:34
because I think there is

Sean McAllister:   4:35
going to be some mental uneasiness that that goes along with getting back out into the public again.

Dayna Roselli:   4:42
Yeah, I agree. And I think that the casinos and resorts will adjust. I think you know, there's a lot of rumors out there, but a lot of people that I know we're in shows or gig or dancers or whatever are saying, You know, we're being told not till July to come back. We're being told, not till September. We don't know if any of that's true. However, it could be a slow roll. It could be, Let's just get open And then, you know, maybe we're not gonna fill a theatre right away. So let's hold off on that or, you know, so there could be different things. I know the casinos and resorts, I must say, are really doing a great job on their websites, individual websites and keeping people up to date on what they're doing, as far as you know, preparing and also cleaning the properties and what safety precautions they're putting in place. So at least there's that really good communication right now.

Sean McAllister:   5:25
Yeah, and I know one of the one of the big hurdles to clear before people are able to get back out and and start spending money again is the fact that people need to make money again. And one of the hurdles that we're seeing here in in Nevada is the fact that the unemployment system is just over whelmed. At this point, nobody can even get through on the phone lines. They open at 8 a.m. And by 8 15 The phone Q is already full for the day.

Dayna Roselli:   5:58
Right and the governor are Governor Cecil Act just had ah news conference this week, and someone did ask him about that. He said, You know what? We were not prepared for this mass amount of unemployment filings. You know, I'm just gonna admit, like the infrastructure is not there. We're trying to hire on more people to answer the phones. They're overwhelmed. Please. He kept saying, Please be kind to the person that you get on the phone. It's not their fault. And, uh but, um, and he basically said, We're gonna have to be patient. I mean, that's hard. You know, the tar. It's hard to be patient for a lot of these people. However, he did say that the money that you receive will be retroactive. So if you can't get through, if you can't get your filing through for another month, you will get the back pay so there's that

Sean McAllister:   6:42
well, and frustrations are understandable because when you have no money coming in to live off of, you know, you're really in a fortunate situation. At this point, if you are able, even order out for groceries or order out for food. There are there's a ton of families who aren't able to do that, and they're even. I've heard stories of people picking up the lunches that are being made available to school kids, and they're having to divvy up that food for entire families. So that frustration really is riel and urgent when people say that they can't get through because they need to in order to just live. And I know that it extends beyond the unemployment here in Nevada. And that frustration expands into the the small business loan relief that Congress passed

Dayna Roselli:   7:43
right. I mean, it's so money. Everyone's dying to get on and get it done because a we've got the time and we need the money. But that's not that's not like it's a fast process or like you said, we can't even link in. It's just sometimes it's just done and pull the website quits and you're done some of these online applications that people are trying to apply for small business loans and things like that aren't posted yet. And so it's frustrating a lot of people and obviously concerning. But, um, I guess it's gonna have to happen, right? Or else we kind of can't stay afloat. So I hope that that day comes for everyone. I've seen, lot of kindness. I know someone who actually listens to our podcast that he or she I don't know, Uh, the name, but direct messaged me, and I thought this was a really kind thing. He said, um, you know, I'm gonna get the $1200 honestly, I don't need it like, Do you know of anyone that needs it that I could give it to? I thought that was really, really nice. You know, there's some people who are like, well, you know, extending an arm if they don't. If they don't need the cash, they're in a good place, you know? So so, yeah, it's interesting to see what some people are doing to help others to, and hopefully that will just keep continuing. And maybe it can help a neighbor and we can all get through it together.

Sean McAllister:   8:52
And that just jogged my memory about a post that I just saw on Facebook. One of my friends who's fortunate enough to still be working in the PR world had a local church, had dropped off a bag of food at his doorstep. And he posted. And he said, You know what? I'm lucky enough to still be working right now. So if anybody needs this care package that was just dropped at my door, let me know and I'll come and drop it off at your doorstep or if you know somebody who needs it. So, you know, the really cool thing is that we are seeing those those acts of kindness. And, you know, I hope that people are making a mental note of these things and that they'll continue once we do get back to, ah, hectic kind of lifestyle,

Dayna Roselli:   9:42
right? And we're seeing businesses, you know, donate big, large amounts of money to help, and then also seeing celebrities I saw, you know, Britney Spears giving away $100 on shoes, pay paling, people asking people who needed help, Senator Direct message. I thought that was interesting saw that, actually, a few weeks ago. Then when I was chatting with Debbie Gibson, she was saying her friend, who's an actor, He's online. His name's Daniel Newman. I think I hope I'm saying that, right? He was doing the same thing giving out, saying, who needs money? You know, I'll pay, pal, you let me know. And then she said she was able to do a bunch of payments to to some people, you know, not tons. But if she could hear their story and say, Hey, if this $150 can get your groceries for the family for the week, I wanna help. So I'm seeing celebrities do these personalized things that are making them feel good, too. And they kind of see the face that it's going to and no. Okay, I'm helping this family, and this is great. So we're seeing a lot of that. And I think the world is gonna be hopefully a better place when this when this is all done.

Sean McAllister:   10:39
Yeah, and speaking of that lady gaga I know is gonna be doing, um Ah, big kind of at home concert with a lot of her, you know, celebrity musician friends, Elton John included. She's the godmother to Elton John's little Kids and, um, she's gonna be doing this this online concert, uh, fundraiser. And I think that even before they started, they've already raised, like, $30 million. And that's all going, uh, to relief efforts to help ease some of the some of the situations that people are dealing with right now.

Dayna Roselli:   11:16
Yeah, I mean, we were in a town that here also thrives on tourism, and we have one of the largest school districts, and all these people are out of work. Some are getting paid. Some aren't summer getting paid for two weeks. I need to go. Unemployment's everyone situation is is different. So you know what? I was flipping through social media yesterday, and I saw it was D W bistros. 10 year anniversary three. And it's a great restaurant off the Strip, but it really put brunch on the map. I've gone there many, many times and had the lineup. I know you've gone to Sean and Bryce Crowds Men actually owns the W B star, and he also owns house seats, which is a great thing for Las Vegas. Locals that want to go to shows that have some empty seats. They need filled. So we thought, You know what? Let's get Bryce on the line. And he said, You know what? I'm not busy. Hi, Bryce. Thank you.

Bryce Krausman:   12:03
Thank you much, guys. Yeah, it was yesterday. It was a wild emotional day for sure.

Sean McAllister:   12:10
Well, and I mean, was it is wild as your brunches get. I have many, many, um, hazy memories of brunch at DW

Bryce Krausman:   12:21
fun, cause on this last Sunday, we did kind of like a virtual so it wasn't dragged brunch, But it end up being like a bunch of wigs. And there was probably, I think, about a dozen of us that some point from D. W, uh, clients and friends that were on and we just started changing wigs throughout. The whole thing was a four hour brunch we had on the Internet on Zoom on Sunday. So, yes, even virtually we can still have a lot of ah, a lot of buzz going on from the champagne, for sure.

Dayna Roselli:   12:50
Now tell me, you guys, you know you're off the strip, your local Las Vegas, and I mean, I remember when I used to have to line up at, like, 9 a.m. Just to get in one of your Sunday brunches. I mean, how do you think you were able to create the buzz kind of create this? Everyone's gotta be there. Type feel. I

Bryce Krausman:   13:09
mean, I honestly how brunch started for us was, you know, Doc, when I used to have brunch at the house, but then we we were inside one of the like, you know, back in the day, the bar is like an outside in or something like that. And we're sitting there having French toast on a Sunday morning, staring at a wall. And I see like these I see this parent, these kids next to us in the booth next wasn't it's dark in there. This is back when you could still smoke in the adjacent bar like there's gotta be a better brunch in Vegas. And obviously, when we came up with D. W, the first menu we wrote was the brunch menu because we wanted someplace that obviously it was all Windows and and Dana why you waited so long as we had such a small dining room in the beginning that it was it was everyone's on top of one another. I mean, it was part of the kitsch to two is being closed. Everybody, but yeah, you had to line up. We had, you know, sometimes I was a ruthless line. We had to go out there and kind of Karada line. Make sure people, you know, you know, got behind other people. Had helped place where we had a Starbucks in the shopping centre, sir. But I got a little coffee before people started lining up like 8 39 o'clock was he opened 10 a.m. So, yeah, that line was that line was fierce.

Dayna Roselli:   14:18
And what is

Sean McAllister:   14:19
the secret recipe to, ah, creating a buzzy brunch like that?

Bryce Krausman:   14:28
I mean, definitely loving on people. I mean, we're out there hugging when we open the door way. Just treat it like you're coming to our home, and it's just one big party. You're like you're greeted with your champagne right there in your hand. You might be holding that champagne for a couple hours before you get your table. So that's where the buzz comes in. Um, you know, and then just bringing your friends. I think the one thing I've discovered now that we haven't had brunch for a hot minute is, uh, you know, I've been able to actually have grudge. Usually, when you're the host, you kind of don't get a chance to be a part of people's conversations. You kind of get the whizzed by and you might top off someone's glass. But now we actually get to be part of the conversation and hear people were talking about because of the one thing brunch is. Is that a conversation starting mom for the week. It sets you off for the week. It wraps up your week, whatever it might be for you. But I think, you know, we tapped into that like, just let everything go there. You know they're celebrities in there. There's all of you guys, the newscasters. Everybody comes and everybody's the same. Like everybody waits the saying, Everybody's part of the same party, you know? And that's what that's what makes it really just our guards down like you are right now. Home like everybody. Just just feeling relax. And that's how dws feeling is always, always is. It's relaxed even though we're chaotic and the kitchen's chaos in the bar might be chaos and the host stand might be chaos, and all of those things were just still gliding through like Swan's, like making sure you don't notice that. But we don't want you to have a good time while you're there.

Dayna Roselli:   15:54
Yeah, and you guys got so big that I mean, I know that you decided to move locations. It was a few years ago. And was it for a bigger spot or a different vibe, or just to expand

Bryce Krausman:   16:05
originally in the Gramercy Space Way? How's our house? It now was supposed to be for, ah, market. We're gonna do, like a sort of a grab and go DW their financial. That didn't work out. But the owners of Gramercy really were insistent on us moving, and we needed the space, and we were already done with our lease at the old spot on Fort Apache. So we moved the Russian over and we gained, you know, 30 30 more spots for people we gained. Obviously, the bigger bar, the bar has been super crucial for us, and then the outdoor patio space at Gramercy has been a huge help on Sundays, for sure. Yeah,

Sean McAllister:   16:38
and obviously everybody's having to ah, adjust to, you know, this shutdown period that we find ourselves in. Um, what have you guys done to adjust in Accommodate the situation?

Bryce Krausman:   16:53
Well, I mean, as you know, the feeling of d. W is something that we really take, you know, a special special place for us because it's hard to recreate that you grieved it, re create that in your homes. And we did do a little bit, too. Goes in that first week when when the governor had had asked us to close, just for two goes So we did that for the first week. It was a little quiet. And then I actually wanted everybody to, uh, spend time with their family. Go home, figure out what was going on. We had no idea how long it would last four. Unfortunately, let everybody off. But I did keep some essential people. I kept the chef and I kept our general manager on. He's come in and we've done a little bit like the flat. Last week we did. Chilukki lays so you could buy a pan or ah, half pan of two lucky ladies and make it at home for your brunch on. Then we had the virtual brunch side by side so you could make her chila kilos. Show us what you did party with us. Like I said, we're wearing all these wigs that day. It was really fun. Uh, played. Our deejay created a playlist so you could go and download the music like you were at G W on then this upcoming Sunday will do the same for Easter. We'll do a playlist for Easter and we'll do a two Easter brunch type. Then you can take home with you available on Saturday.

Dayna Roselli:   18:03
Oh, yeah, that's going to provide that for people. And how's the downtime Ben for? You mean we're all adjusting? Because I know you are very busy, you know, And this is this is just different. I

Bryce Krausman:   18:14
have never been home like that. You know, my husband will tell you because I worked with house seats, my business, my house seats business and with D. W. So my office is always moving around. So I had to create a space in my house that was my office, because, ah, you know, everyone can gonna kind of distract you a little bit in something. So definitely setting that up for sure, but I was telling you, Dana, on a tech that I'm busier now than when we're working because you're as much as you know, There's first responders out there for the crisis, we're first responders to our business. When you're the business owner, you are making decisions. You're helping to make sure that your staff is fed way couldn't maybe afford to heat the Russian Open, but we brought in food to feed our staff so they could come in and grab, you know, to go items from us that they could feed their family. You're just you're just pivoting and you're and you're figuring out what you're gonna do post this because I think you can get wrapped up in all that's going on and definitely, you know, allowing some parts that aren't so structured. Your day are good. You know, I used to play the piano as a kid. I pick that back up. So now I'm sitting down at the piano and playing a song just to get my my main, my brain moving away from some of the feelings you might have and the anxieties that might creep in. You know, that kind of stuff we take the dogs on walks, we tryto stay active as much as possible. But yeah, life is definitely adjusted to just being at home. Yeah,

Sean McAllister:   19:38
And you talk about your plans once things kind of pick up again. Is there gonna be one hell of, ah, brunch party?

Bryce Krausman:   19:48
You know, we had that last final party before Governor says lack called things off. It was the was the Sunday but it was Tuesday in the Sunday before, you know, we had one last brunch in there. We we took everyone's temperature that came in. You know, we tried to create a safe zone, obviously, you know, just infecting the restaurants and cleaning and everything, but also kind of just pivoting because I think what people have realized now is what they could do it home. I mean, there will be people rushing out to be out, but I think people have realized what it means to be home with their family and so creating that atmosphere so that we can offer more things that dw to go family style, creating that moment at home once a week because we're still gonna have this feeling of like that togetherness has something that we're gonna cherish the time with your kids. I probably won't ever come back to you in this way where you're participating in their home schooling and all these other things. But you're also participating with them. You're learning to put your phone down and they're watching what we're doing. Like, you know, if you think about kids of the Depression where they came out, you know, they were grateful for a lot of things. I think you know, this is definitely gonna be a lot smaller timeframe than than what they had a ce faras being home. Yes, coming out of it. What we do as a society to pivot and change and and work our businesses and move things forward. It's gonna be really interesting to watch people have appreciated this time and what that will do, you know, for them in the future. But, yes, one big party for brunch is definitely definitely in the in the cards, for sure. I mean, we were going in your celebration this last Sunday, similar toe when we have done before, like a gospel type brunch that obviously didn't go forward. So we will try to celebrate that 10 year anniversary in some form or fashion. You know, when we're able to

Dayna Roselli:   21:28
Yeah, I think it's just It's one of those things where you know things open, back up. Everyone slowly is going to get back to a routine, and then maybe you have something, you know, a month down the road a few weeks down the road or whatever. But you're on house seats. Tell us about how seats cause Shawn and I have talked about this before. It's a great thing for locals here in Las Vegas to see shows and what's going on with the business

Bryce Krausman:   21:51
there. So we started 15 years ago here in Lost a Against with House Seats, and it came out of a need for the shows I worked on over the years, all the way back from 2000 from Blue Man Group when I worked for them. So it was. It was one of those things that you know, we always needed a full house, and it is. It is expanded. We recently launched a restaurant portion of it called House Eats. It was helping restaurants to get some gain some ground with customers. I think for us it's, you know, we are ambassadors for our city. We are the ones we're gonna come back and help save Vegas on a local level because travels and just gonna turn around and everyone's gonna be flying to Vegas right away. So we have to support the shows Whether there's, you know, some reduced ticket prices out there to get people back. I know that, you know, you know, 9 11 you know, really hurt Broadway a lot for a number of months, almost years. And so the locals in the New York Tri state area had to come back to their shows. And remember what it is to go back, back and be part of the entertainment and how we're responsible to keep a lot of these shows going. I know some of them have probably closed permanently as a result of this, because everybody you realize everybody was on a certain margin on a certain edge of where they were before this happened that you know, people living paycheck to paycheck. But some things are living. Payroll, the payroll, and you have to realize some stuff. This this virtually hurt a lot. So, you know, we will bounce back. Um, the shows here in Las Vegas are great. They are a pivotal part of our our culture in Vegas. And so, you know, we have seen we have seen over the 15 years from recession times two other times with house seats. How important getting back into this into this entertainment is and how how vital the locals are to keeping things alive when tourists are coming to town. Right?

Sean McAllister:   23:40
And I love that even while some of these shows aren't going on, you're still steering people in the direction of where they can find enter entertainment and things to entertain them well, at home.

Bryce Krausman:   23:53
Yeah, I mean, like Jeff Sevilla has been doing a juggling course. I mean, you know something. Everyone's going through this in their own way. I know there's some artists that we've reached out to have come to Vegas on a typical ah time frame, but you know, everybody's dealing with this part in their own way. Artists are creating new things. They'll be, they'll be coming out with new things. But we're all you know. We're all sort of killing us at the same time, and so you have to allow people to have their moments, but also when they're ready to share their their art. I mean, they're gonna come out and they're gonna do it. Whether that's Facebook lives. And I'll tell you, Zoom, you know, I've I've never used that in my life until now. And it's been fascinating playing virtual happy hours and wade with family and all the methods Skype's and whatnot where I don't use a whole lot of that because I like the contact person, the person that this is just the same. Seeing you guys face right now is is absolutely amazing, just like I am with you and we're home, I soon as I usually do these calls, I go and I hang. When I hang up, I hug my husband like 20 times, like why you're helping me such cause. That's as many people's I saw today that I wanted a hug and I'm hugging you for them. Oh, I don't know. My favorite thing to do is like hug people and be like, How are you? And you can't do that right now, So I am extra free person. I see.

Dayna Roselli:   25:12
Yeah, no, it's interesting. It is great if I must say some of the live streams of the interviews that we've been doing in the recorded podcast. It is nice to see the faces of people I know and in the community, so it definitely is. A is a big deal real quick. Wanna backtrack to house seats for? Folks don't know what it is. How does it work? Because I think a lot of locals might want to sign up for this. Once this is all over and go, I want to start going to more shows and embracing the entertainment community and supporting them.

Bryce Krausman:   25:37
Yeah, so the membership started $39. That gives you a two month membership, but most of our memberships air solder annual membership, so you pay a feat to belong, and then you get free tickets to the shows when the show's need to fill their houses. There's also some good discounts out there that we notify you, but mostly it's just to fill the house is when there is a need on a reach out on that level to market the show to give awareness to the show to keep the show foe. If there's a new acts coming in, If there's a celebrity coming to show our reviewer that that's where that's where we come in handy and we've given away, like six million show tickets in, uh, 15 years. Wow, it's amazing. People have gone out and done things courtesy of house seats, and we're really blessed and grateful for the locals who have been part of our site. We're in other cities as well. Not that's just Las Vegas, because there is a need in other cities for the same methodology, for the shows and for the venue. So it's been super exciting to do this for this many years. It's It's one of those things when you leave work on a Friday afternoon and you realize how many who are just going out and having a good time. And they're, you know, they're definitely patronizing the casinos and bringing more money into the property and more awareness to the shows. It's really gratifying to do this business.

Dayna Roselli:   26:50
Yeah, and I think that, you know, for something like that also helps the artists, the singer of the performer, the comedian, because they want to look out and see a full house too, you know? So if they've got some holes to fill. Why not have people that live here and have a membership be able to fill those holes? And yet it's just It's a win win for everyone

Bryce Krausman:   27:06
and the and the artist really loves that interaction because now they have these new fans and that follow them whether they where they go on house seats for a free here, whether they Hey, we have members who love Bronx Wanderers and we have people that love. You know, Matt Franco, like people, people literally like love the artists that they become these fans now for people now have an opportunity to see them

Dayna Roselli:   27:28
embrace. Listen, we love you. We think you're being a partner. You've just We wanted to talk to you cause you really embrace everything. I mean your your local, that a lot of people know you're a friend. You run a restaurant off the strip, you've got house seats. It helps local see shows. So I don't know. I don't think you can add anything else to your resume.

Bryce Krausman:   27:46
You know what? I'm still campaigning for her even though she's no longer it activated. But I'm continuing to raise awareness for, um take a You re elected officials for sure. So those who can speak up in this time and her speaking out about ways to make things better I would be on their bandwagon, too, for sure. So it's an interesting look. You guys, you guys have been. You guys are rocks to look out for. Two. I've watched you guys for a long time. I've watched you guys for a long, long time, and your support for the restaurant has been huge. And I'm so grateful for that day that you're always bring in. Matt Garth said, You know, it's so it's so special to it. So special to have read off things you were posted and liked and even go through the photos and share the people that we have way. We're all in this together right now to build our community back toe. You know what it to better than it? 

Dayna Roselli:   28:37
right? It's the place to be. I love it. Thank you, Bryce, for your positivity. We appreciate him. We look forward to eating it DW again and, uh, giving you a hug. Went in the when we get the all clear.

Sean McAllister:   28:48
Yes. First hugs

Bryce Krausman:   28:50
first. You're right. You guys, thanks so much.

Dayna Roselli:   28:57
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Sean McAllister:   28:58
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Dayna Roselli:   29:56
Yeah, the website. It's the largest business and Event directory, and it's full of local information. It also has a classified section for Las Vegas. Now they continue to keep that information flowing with a Corona virus. Local Resource Guide to

Sean McAllister:   30:09
check him out at off the strip dot com way.

Dayna Roselli:   30:18
Usually do Dana and Sean secret tips in this spot. But obviously, with things kind of on hold here in Las Vegas and so many places around the world, we kind of just thought we'd keep you updated on some of the things that have been useful to us and some of the experiences that we've had. Sean, you and I obviously keeping our eye on small business information and something that we have noticed has really helped. Or some of these telephone town halls and town halls that our people are even having video town halls from our, you know, our senators or congressmen and women and things like that.

Sean McAllister:   30:50
Yeah, and it's really important to look for these opportunities to get the latest information because even I know as we've been dealing with our local bank, there's a lot of confusion, even within the banking world, about how things are going to get done how this is all rolling out and who is qualifying for it. So if you can get information straight from the source, that's the best way to do it.

Dayna Roselli:   31:18
Yeah, and be able to ask questions. That's what they also allow, which is really great. So keep your keep your eye out. So many people have questions. They're frustrated, and we think some of these resource is have been really, really helpful last weekend. Gosh, what day is it? It's today. We're reporting this on a Tuesday on Saturday I took a walk. I live sort of near the strip, and so I decided to take a walk and see what it was like out there. And you know, Sean, I posted a video on my social really kind of shows that, you know, obviously the streets are empty as they should be. There was a lot of like motor traffic in something that I noticed. There were a lot of motorcyclists out, which I thought, OK, your solo, you're away from everyone. That's a pretty good idea. It's a good motorcycle riding time, Um, but it was really interesting to see the front area is just kind of so quiet and, you know, the kind of velvet rope blocking the entrances to some of those entrances that you used to be able to enter right from the Strip. Like maybe it was the Sahara's beer garden there in little sports book area and just, um, you know, everything just remaining quiet and staying still. But, um, people kept saying, Did it feel weird? And I thought, You know what? I'm not sure it more felt like it, like a Sunday morning and early Sunday morning. We're not. Everyone's quite out just yet. That's what it felt like to me because there was traffic and Nora and people. Now

Sean McAllister:   32:41
people are still getting down there to check out what it is, what the strip looks like when it's empty. But if there is a weird feeling, I think the part that's definitely weird is, you know there's a big police presence down there to block off the entrances to the resorts to traffic. So if you do drive down there, you can't just pull in and do whatever you want. The police air definitely down there, uh, kind of regulating,

Dayna Roselli:   33:08
right? I did notice. I walked by the convention center construction. And it was a Saturday, but there were a few workers out there. You know, what if they were just doing some weekends for some final touches or whatever, but that that project seems to still be moving forward? There were construction workers out there. I did not see any construction workers and haven't seen any at the old. Well, it was the fountain blue. And now it's gonna be the Drew. So that that's been hoof the longest project in the history of Las Vegas. I feel like a

Sean McAllister:   33:37
man that's been on again, off again on again. It Yeah, we'll say, I don't know. Are we taking bets on whether that gets finished or not? I

Dayna Roselli:   33:47
know, but you've been doing some fun stuff at home and maybe something that, you know, one of our listeners might want to D'oh!

Sean McAllister:   33:54
Well, so what we did is we found what we're making homemade lemon cello. So we have this big glass jug and I forget how many lemons it was a whole bunch of lemons that were we peeled and, um Well, I didn't do it. My husband Shane, did it. Okay, but we're collectively waiting for the lemon cello to be done. Um, but you you peel the lemons and let the appeals, like, sit in vodka for I think it's four weeks what it guess, for a long time. So it gets really lemony flavor, and then you have to strain that all out so that none of the particles are are in the liquor part of it. And then you add a simple syrup to it, and that gives you your lemoncello, and then we're gonna we're gonna bottle it up.

Dayna Roselli:   34:50
Okay. Well, I look forward to trying this in four weeks,

Sean McAllister:   34:53
so I know

Dayna Roselli:   34:55
it sounds great, but that's for a little project you can watch and said, Yeah, I've been cooking and exercising at home, and I was you and I didn't instagram live the other day and I was showing folks my at home, um, unique kind of makeup, workout equipment. I have a step, some hand weights.

Sean McAllister:   35:13
I was impressed how much equipment just kept coming out of every area of your home.

Dayna Roselli:   35:19
It's like all the things I never used. And then now that you know, I pulled up the thigh, master guy, I tagged Suzanne Somers on Twitter, and I said, Listen, I can't look. I found this in the closet. And guess what? She's back, baby. The ThighMaster is in full effect.

Sean McAllister:   35:35
I love it. Thanks so much for joining us on Episode 13. We hope that there are signs of a light at the end of the tunnel when we join you next week.

Dayna Roselli:   35:48
That's right, but continue to stay home and we'll be staying home with you. Thanks, everyone.