Friends don\’t let friends blog and drive … but sometimes you can get a lot of good content at a red light or while in heavy traffic.
Those who\’ve read Lost Vegas may recognize the \”Redneck Riviera\” off to the left … westbound on Trop a few lights away from the Strip. Pauly called this fortress of blight and putridity home for two months during the 2005 WSOP. It\’s also near where I began tailing this fine imported automobile with a driver clearly driven by poker:
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I wanted to follow close enough to grab a shot of the plate with the school bus rolling past the Adult Superstore — caption contest maybe? — but traffic sped up and I missed the shot … and before the Clark County school kids would pass the next porn outlet, Pocket 8s+Broadway would turn into the Orleans … leaving many to wonder about the role of education poker in bridging the rich-poor gap as seen in Las Vegas neighborhoods surrounding the Rio.