Dispatches, thoughts, and miscellanea from writer Jon Konrath

Tag: Reno

  • Bass, Cookies, Vomit

    I am back from my trip to Reno.  I won $100 on a slot machine.  I bought a new bass.  I had a dream about cookies.  I saw a big lake. OK, first, slot machines – I have a mixed opinion.  I know they require no skill or thought.  I go to Vegas with a…

  • Hello from Reno

    It’s two days before thanksgiving, and I find myself in a deluxe suite at a casino in downtown Reno, which is roughly like staying at the standard room in one of the third-tier off-strip places in Vegas, but it’s not bad. Reno’s like a 1970s Vegas, one you can traverse without a car or fear…