David's April 2000 Trip Report - Day 10
David Berman
Wednesday, April 12, 2000.
The penultimate day of this trip. As usual, I drove Roz down to Gold’s
Gym for her workout. There will be no need for anyone to do this after
April 28, when Sun City Anthem’s 75,000-square-foot recreation center
opens with its state-of-the-art health club. But for now, residents and
guests have to either use the free privileges at the local 24-Hour
Fitness Center or at nearby Sun City MacDonald Ranch.
After Roz returned, we went over to the Sun City Anthem model village to
take snapshots, digital photos and video footage of two models that
interest my brother and his wife, who are also thinking of moving to
Nevada.
For lunch, we returned to Black Mountain Grill on Eastern to meet Marcia
Rovins, a recently arrived local who is active on a couple of the BBs
where these reports are being posted. Marcia, who works in broadcast
media, was gracious in sharing her experiences and discussing problems
she encountered in having her new home built for her. We learned a few
interesting things that we need to keep in mind, and we’re most grateful
for her generosity. Lunch was Asian grilled chicken salad for Marcia,
ginger-crusted tuna salad for Roz, and Dungeness crab cake sandwich for
me. I think all of us thoroughly enjoyed the food and the wonderful
conversation. Thanks, Marcia!
From here, we drove up to the Sun City Anthem sales pavilion, where
Sheila Holdren, our homeowner coordinator, met us and drove us over for
the second formal visit to our construction site. This time we were met
by Del Webb’s construction superintendent, who escorted us through the
house and pointed out many of its features. We had lots of questions
that we had been saving up, and the superintendent handled them with
aplomb.
This won’t be anything new to those familiar with home construction, but
one interesting thing we learned is the reason for leaving a new home’s
roofing tiles on the roof for a week or more before the tiles are
installed. We always thought it was just because this is a convenient
place to leave them, but the superintendent told us it is a requirement
to make sure the roof and its supporting materials can bear the weight
of the tiles without bowing or buckling.
A lot has happened with the house in the week or so since we first saw
it. All the insulation is in as well as the plasterboard, and the
outside stucco will be applied in a few days. After the superintendent
explained the number and type of quality-control steps that will be
performed before we return for our final walk-through and closing, we
left feeling confident that we’re in good hands.
After Sheila brought us back to the sales pavilion, we went over to the
landscape office to pick up the revised landscape plan we were promised
would be ready for us. We’re satisfied with the overall plan, but we
won’t ask for installation of the landscaping until we return
permanently in August. The Sun City Anthem regulations require that our
landscaping be in within 90 days after closing, so we’ll come in under
that deadline.
Leaving Anthem, we drove over to Office Furniture Concepts and The Desk
Store, located side by side on West Tropicana. There, we spent a couple
of hours looking at their products to help us determine whether we want
to buy ready-made office components for our respective home offices or
commission furniture we design ourselves. Rosalyn found a spectacular
armoire that opens out to reveal a computer desk with all sorts of
innovative features. We’ve never seen anything like it, but we have to
think long and hard about spending $3,000 for a single item such as
this.
Shopping is hard work (gg), so this excursion ended with dinner at the
Outback Steak House on Flamingo, across from The Rio. A nice entrée of
grilled chicken with grilled vegetables and pineapple over rice for Roz,
and a prime NY sirloin for me suited us fine.
And so ended Day 10.
--Best wishes from David ...in Las Vegas
Dann Howell
Keep them coming...
Dann
David Berman <dbe...@concentric.net> wrote in message
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Mike Benveniste
<dbe...@concentric.net> wrote:
>Leaving Anthem, we drove over to Office Furniture Concepts and
>The Desk Store, located side by side on West Tropicana. There,
>we spent a couple of hours looking at their products to help us
>determine whether we want to buy ready-made office components
>for our respective home offices or commission furniture we
>design ourselves. Rosalyn found a spectacular armoire that
>opens out to reveal a computer desk with all sorts of
>innovative features. We’ve never seen anything like it,
>but we have to think long and hard about spending $3,000 for
>a single item such as this.
Do think long and hard, as most of the computer armoires I've
seen are a poor compromise. People I know who have them
typically end up leaving them open most of the time and still
complain about the work surface. In short, it's asking a
piece of furniture to do a little too much.
>Shopping is hard work (gg), so this excursion ended with dinner
>at the Outback Steak House on Flamingo, across from The Rio. A
>nice entrée of grilled chicken with grilled vegetables and
>pineapple over rice for Roz, and a prime NY sirloin for me
>suited us fine.
I like Outback for a moderately priced steak, but at least
the one near me doesn't serve prime beef. In fact, the
holding company (Nasdaq:OSSI) is developing a new chain
of restaurants, Fleming's Prime Steakhouses, for the
upscale market. Perhaps the Outback branch in Vegas is
acting as a test market?
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Chuck.K
Mike Benveniste wrote:
>
> I like Outback for a moderately priced steak, but at least
> the one near me doesn't serve prime beef. In fact, the
> holding company (Nasdaq:OSSI) is developing a new chain
> of restaurants, Fleming's Prime Steakhouses, for the
> upscale market. Perhaps the Outback branch in Vegas is
> acting as a test market?
>
> --
> Michael Benveniste --
FWIW, the only Outback in Vegas to serve "prime beef" is the location on
Flamingo. It's one of about 20 stores in the chain that do so. There
are only 3 choices in the "prime" category.
Personally, they aren't all that good (but then, most of what the
Outback chain serves isn't that good).
Chuck
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David Berman
> Do think long and hard, as most of the computer armoires I've
> seen are a poor compromise. People I know who have them
> typically end up leaving them open most of the time and still
> complain about the work surface. In short, it's asking a
> piece of furniture to do a little too much.
Thanks for your advice, Mike.
The choice is between an armoire of the type we described, or some type of
running counter top in an L-shape that would wind along two walls just under the
height of the windows. In the crook of the wall, Roz could have something that
would hold her computer monitor, along with some shelving. At the moment, I
think she is leaning toward the counter-top idea.
>
> I like Outback for a moderately priced steak, but at least
> the one near me doesn't serve prime beef. In fact, the
> holding company (Nasdaq:OSSI) is developing a new chain
> of restaurants, Fleming's Prime Steakhouses, for the
> upscale market. Perhaps the Outback branch in Vegas is
> acting as a test market?
I don't know if it's a test market or not, but I can tell you this. As a
supplement to the beef items listed on the regular menu, each table in this
restaurant had a display placard listing several prime-beef selections for
additional cost. The NY sirloin I had was a one-pounder for $23.99, which was
seven bucks more than the one-pounder on the normal menu. I tried the prime cut
to see if I could tell a noticeable difference, and I really could not. Not a $7
difference, anyway.
--Best from David in MA