Carson City, Nevada.

There is not much to say about Carson City, Nevada. The locals describe Carson City as growing city with a small town feel and I completely agree with them. For the most part, people are friendly, polite, and trustworthy (good story about a run in with a local). You can easily start chatting with someone and feel like you have known them for years. That's what I dig about this place. It's a care-free life and that life is good. Moreover, Lake Tahoe is only 30min away which makes for a wonderful day trip. I can't wait to go there on hot summer days. Also some wonderful hiking there.

So far I have found a couple of places I like to go out to. I live 10min walk from downtown so it makes going out easier and more convenient. I think my favorite place to grab a drink after work is the Firkin Fox. The Firkin Fox is home to my very own 1L stein with the perfect etching of "party". It only cost me between 5-8 dollars to fill the stein with delicious beer. Their beer selection is as follows: Guinness, Bass, High Sierra OMG IPA and Stout (the local brewery), Smithwicks, New Belgium brews, Shocktop, and a few others I can't remember. You can get Bud Light but who wants that in a bad ass stein? Not this guy. Firkin Fox also has the best wings in town. It's sad because the wings are really not that good and Carson City sucks for wings, but that's a whole different rant. Another popular watering hole is the Feisty Goat. Feisty Goat has a good beer selection and is the only bar I have been to that has PBR on tap. We typically go to the Feisty Goat to play darts and cards. For clubbing we go to the Cigar Bar. Ya, you read it right a Cigar Bar. It's crazy. When it's hoppin you have older people smoking their cigars and then college age people dancing to a DJ. It makes for interesting conversations and a good mix of people. My favorite place to get coffee is Comma Coffee. In fact, that is where I am right now. The atmosphere is chill and they have awesome coffee, better than Alterra. Comma Coffee also has events such as salsa dancing, live music, drum circle, etc. Other places I got out to are High Sierra Brewery (good beer and live music), Golden Nugget Casino, and the hookah lounge.

I have a feeling I am going to enjoy Carson City in summer. They have started the wine walk circuit already. Essentially, on the first weekend of the month you get a wine glass for $10 at the Golden Nugget and walk around the local business and get wine. I have not been yet, but I will be there when they do it in May. Starting in June, Carson City will be having live music on the side streets of downtown on the weekends. I'm pretty excited to go out to each bar, get a beer, and listen to some live, local, music.

Now I will give you a visual tour of Carson City. These pictures are courtesy of Scott Massed, my co-worker and roommate. You can follow him at scottmassed.blogspot.com

View from outside our apartment 

The Golden Nugget

A view of Carson City at night. Photo was taken on Prison Hill just outside Carson City.

Panorama of Lake Tahoe

The view from our village

The Blue Bull. Another Bar we usually wonder into late at night. Not the classiest establishment. 

Inside the Firkin Fox.