The Palms is celebrating its 4^th anniversary weekend, which according to the invitation includes a Saturday night “Playmate charity strip poker showdown and dinner party." The party is happening at Rain, the casino's gigantic nightclub that is oh so proud of its fireballs. I like this idea very much since I am probably the only person in Las Vegas who does not know how to play poker and this will make it easy to see who is ahead and, far more importantly, who is behind.

This weekend I will be attending the first Vegoose music festival about which I'll be blogging on Monday. But Vegoose is hardly the only thing going on over Halloween weekend. Las Vegas, of course, tends to interpret Halloween not as a celebration of fear and horror, but as an all out weekend of fishnets and fangs and sexy little black outfits.

And, if that is what you like to see, the best place to be for viewing is the 10^th Fetish and Fantasy Halloween Ball on Saturday night. The Ball has changed locations a lot over the years (and this year it is at the fairly obscure Las Vegas Sport Center). But it is still the most outrageous Halloween party in town. It is also one of the largest with over 3,000 people likely to be there in envelope pushing costumes. Last year my friend, adult film actress Caroline Pierce, went to Fetish and Fantasy and the photos I saw afterwards were unbelievable. Sample: a man in a priest’s vestments with a little boy doll strapped to the crotch.