Caddo Parish Courthouse Christmas Lights

Walked back to the Robinson Film Center the night after Thanxgiving and found the Caddo Parish Courthouse all lit up in Christmas Lights

Some oversized ornaments in the oak trees lit up with Christmas lights

The front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse lit up with lights and fake Reindeer. Good thing there arent any hunters in Louisanna. Oh crap

My Wife and Inlaws walking down Texas Street not noticing I had stopped to take a couple of photos

Views from Hotel Rooms -- Fairfield Inn, Spring Valley, NY

This Fairfield Inn is oddly located behind a Target store and had um, views of the parking lot, a tree line, and the New Jersey Transit Pascact Valley Commuter Rail Line (somewhat hidden behind a Green Fence that didnt particularly mask either the sight or sound of the trains). . .

Early shot of the clouds and houses hidden behind the treeline. . .

Quoting the Wife -- "It's nice how the pretty foliage leads the eye away from the dumpster propped open with the big stick"

The NJ Transit Pascack Valley Commuter Line runs behind this green fence. It was loud, but I kinda enjoyed seeing the random train come through. Thankfully, the trains were short and didn't include any freight traffic

Later shot of the same houses

Hard Rock Vegas Memorabilia Museum

Before the Third Eye Blind concert, I had a chance to explore some of the memorabilia on display at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

DJ AM (aka Adam Michael Goldstein) exhibit

Closer look at a set list with notes written in his handwriting

Closeup of the turntable and mixer

Nameplate of the exhibit. Reads: "Adam Michael Goldstein, 1973-2009, His stage Name 'DJ AM' stands for his first and middle names. Adam's first residency as a DJ was at Babys in the Hard Rock Hotel before regular appearances at Rain and Pure made him one of the top DJ's in Las Vegas"

Blured shot of the DJ Tiesto exhibit

Closeup of DJ Tiesto's MTV EMA and other awards

Shot of the Avenged Sevenfold exhibit

Some B Roll pics of the backlist guitar decor along the museum wall

Past the casino towards the restaurants, signed guitars from various artists have been backlist along the hallway

Hanging above some of the hallway intersections, these saxaphone lamps give an extra something to the decor

The Linkin Park exhibit

In kind of a side display, a small Peral Jam exhibit. Sign reads: "Pearl Jam began to form in 1990 when trio Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready, of 'Mookie Blaylock' was joined by Eddie Vedder in 1990 to become the band that you all know as Pearl Jam. There are many legands to what the name Pearl Jam may mean but the official story is that they thought the name was cool. Not that it was Eddie's Grandma's peyote laced jam."

Large exihibit for Collective Soul

Close up of Dean and Ed Roland's guitars

An exhibit for The Who, complete with a busted up Pete Townshend guitar

Closeup of the busted up guitar, signed by Pete Townshend

Closeup shot of "The Joint" sign in the main concert area

Various Santana concert posters on display in "The Joint"

Outside shot of the iconic neon lit guitar over the passenger drop off area to the Hard Rock Hotel

Better shot of a similar guitar over at the actual Hard Rock Cafe

My favorite of the guitar shots

Faux Bono at the Hard Rock Vegas

(Probably Fake) Bono came down from the VIP area at The Joint and got everbody excited. At the time, I thought this was real. Looking back, very doubtful. WTF would the real Bono be doing at a Third Eye Blind concert for McAfee Focus11?

(Probably Faux) Bono posing with other McAfee Focus11 Attendees. . .

Views from Hotel Rooms -- Palazzo Resort Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Random shots of the view looking east from my suite at the Palazzo Hotel during the McAfee Focus11 conference.

With the Wynn Resort to the left, The moon rising over Frenchman Mountain.

Looking ESE towards McCarran International Airport.

Down towards Sands Avenue.

Same angle the next day.

Better shot, looking down Sands Avenue and the Las Vegas Monorail.

Frenchman Mountain rising over Las Vegas smog and haze.

Looking NNE towards the Wynn and Encore hotels.