Q: We've been to several rad art shows at this shop, and while I've never owned a board, can recognize a broad selection of decks, shoes, and apparel for both men and women when I see it. Prices on the clothing is fair, and more reasonable than McLamerson Apparel next store. Space is well lit, well designed and FULL of skate paraphenalia - leaning towers of shoe boxes like some weird metropolis line every wall. The shows we've seen are more graff/street/urban art than painting or the "finer" arts but they get some big names in, and almost everything is for sale. Art rotates a lot and there's an opening every month or two. Awesome, locally owned skate culture hub. Come for the gear if you skate - or for the apparel and art, if not.

A: positive

Q: "What the....(add expletive here)!?!?!?" That was definitely the phrase to describe our NYE experience at the Flamingo. I know mucho craziness during NYE in Vegas is expected, but it becomes an even bigger problem when hotel accommodations are screwed up. First off...valet parking was full. After our 6 hour trek from LA to Vegas, the last thing we want to hear is..."Sorry you can't park here." (Our first "what the...." moment.) Apparently valet was closed to us regular folk, but remained open for Diamond or Seven Star cardholders. To make matters worse, the regular hotel parking was CLOSED. We were forced to park at the neighboring O'Sheas parking lot. This then required us to haul our a$$es and baggage across an alleyway in 39 degree weather. "What the...!?!?" Secondly...when we check-in, we are told the room we reserved (the Go room with a King size bed) was no longer available, but they did have Go rooms available with either double beds, or a handicap accessible room with a King size bed. ("What the...!?!?) Handle bars in the bathroom was not my idea of a romantic NYE getaway...but then again, double beds was not either. However, we opted for the double beds. Thirdly...the next morning I woke up looking forward to a nice long, HOT shower. I turn the shower on....water is ICE COLD. I figure it may take a while to warm up since the hotel is probably filled up to capacity, so I wait a few minutes. I check back...still ICE COLD. We call downstairs and apparently the hot water was out in half of the hotel. ("What the..!?!?) We go downstairs to put in our complaint....and the complaint line was already wrapped around the hotel lobby. We suck it up and wait in line. Its funny how negativity brings people together. Through different conversations we found out that some people had no hot water while others had NO WATER at all! After about 30 minutes, we finally got to speak to Andre, the guest services manager. Fortunately, he was very polite and listened carefully to our complaints...from the valet, to the hot water...even to the fact we had a coffee maker in our room, but no coffee! Step by step he negotiated a resolution to each complaint. He knocked off a hundred bucks on our NYE rate (our first night was already comped), he called down to valet and gave us his business card which allowed us access to valet parking, and then he contacted housekeeping to stock up our room with coffee (I'm a true coffee-holic.) If not for Andre, this would have been a one-star experience. Also, the Go Room was pretty chic. I loved the tv/mirror in the bathroom and the pink and brown color combo. However, next visit I plan on staying away from the strip....

A: negative

Q: Mc Donalds with a high price tag, enough said.

A: negative

Q: Business is closed. Reopened under another name but currently "closed for summer". Hope it reopens.

A:
negative