I found out from one of the employees connected to 3121, Prince's new club at the Rio, that she had a clothing allowance (interestingly, she was finding what she needed at Target). This got me going about town to find out who else got clothing allowances from employers.

So, far it seems mostly publicists. No one has given me dollar amounts yet for a clothing allowance, or even a range. Another Vegas perk I've been told about: Some Strip casino executives get free dry cleaning through guest services. Of course, the size of the resorts and the number of people they employ also allow for more proletarian perks. I am hoping to do an interview with an executive from one of the major resort companies in town about an employee gym and medical clinic (staffed with doctors) that the company is opening early next year for the use of every worker at all the resorts the company owns.

Considering the town's rep for being over the top and the usually low unemployment rate, there must be some great employee perks going on around Las Vegas. What Vegas perks have you heard about over the years?

I am doing my column for Sunday Calendar on the Getty Images staff photographer in Vegas, Ethan Miller. I spent Friday trailing Miller as he first covered the weigh-in for the Mayweather fight, followed by a frantic trip across the Strip to photograph Vince Neil at the opening of his tattoo parlor.

Miller has been covering Las Vegas for 11 years and has a good sense of trends. One of the things we discussed briefly (mostly to distract me from Miller's taxicab-esque driving) was the now almost weekly celebrity birthday parties that are held at Strip nightclubs. I asked Miller if he recalled the first of these heavily promoted and advertised events that he shot: "Gene Simmons' birthday at Palms was August 2005 — earliest one I remember for Getty."

Among the birthdays Miller has shot since then: Ashanti, Paris Hilton, Lisa Gastineau, Fergie, Roy Horn, Dennis Hopper, Amy McCarthy (sister of Jenny) and Kelly Osbourne.

Of course, now I am wondering if Shanna Moakler's divorce party at Bellagio will inaugurate the next nightclub trend. There are certainly enough celebrity divorces, particularly when you consider the very broad way Las Vegas defines celebrity: actors from long canceled sitcoms; anyone ever on a reality show, of course; popular MySpace personalities; or even, occasionally, someone who isn't so much famous as simply good-looking and modeling lingerie in an advertisement.

Back to Moakler, Robin Leach on his blog has a photo of the divorce cake: a mock wedding cake with a happy bride on top and the groom dead at the base lying in a pool of blood-red icing.

(Photo: Ethan Miller / Getty Images)