Just because you are in Las Vegas it doesn't mean there aren't seasons, they are just a bit more subtle than in other places. When I last checked out the MonteLago Village Resort at Lake Las Vegas they were bringing out the floating ice rink for winter. Now with spring coming it's golf time. Their unlimited golf package starts at $214 per person and offers the choice to play at one of two golf courses; the Jack Nicklaus-designed Reflection Bay Golf Club or the Tom Weiskopf's Falls Golf Club. The package includes a one night stay and as much golf as you can handle at either course on the same day. The package runs from March 7 – May 24, 2008.

No decor to critique in this one, just one huge house. Villina a Volanta is the biggest home in Lake Las Vegas that I have seen so far. it is nearly 20,000 square feet with nine bedrooms, library, huge theater, exercise room and one huge wine cellar. The home has views of the lake, golf course and mountains. Elaborate bells and whistles include an old English style pub room and a rotunda with a fiber optic night sky. There is even a ballroom with a performing bandstand stage. Outside there is a bool area with waterfalls. The price of the home, $14.5 million, also includes memberships to South Shore golf, harbor, yacht, and beach club.

Last week I mentioned that Las Vegas has become one of the hot destinations for the Thanksgiving holidays. If you are looking for a touch of a traditional holiday experience of a skate around an ice skating rink, Lake Las Vegas offers a unique twist on the old favorite, a floating skating rink This is the fourth year that MonteLago Village and Lake Las Vegas Resort have constructed floating ice skating rink in the middle of the desert. The Rockefeller Center-sized rink floats on the 320-acre Lake Las Vegas, near the shores of MonteLago Village and is open to skaters of all ages. The resorts use an ecologically safe glycol mix to freeze the surface water of the lake. The rink uses 110, five-gallon buckets of water and a 12,000-pound freezer to help keep the ice cold, and it can accommodate up to 60 skaters at a time. The rink is open from November 16, 2007 through February 17, 2008. MonteLago Village Resort offers a Holiday Skate, Stay & Shop package that includes one-night accommodations in a luxury condominium, ice skating and skate rentals and starts at $64.50 per person, based on double occupancy.

Many of the houses surrounding Lake Las Vegas in Nevada have a Tuscan fantasy look to them. This one steps out of the mold a bit with a brightly colored exterior that sets it apart from the beige homes surrounding it. The four-bedroom home doesn't sit on much land but it does have its own private boat dock. The interior has a pleasing modernity although the kitchen is a little smaller than most would like. The wide windows above one of the bathtubs are also disconcerting since it looks like the peeping would be easy (the house on the right is very close).. It does have a great outdoor space for hanging out by the lake. In other bathrooms the vanity and sink seem to have been lavished with attention while the tub and toilet look like the Home Depot special. It is listed at $10 million but Zillow's zestimate has it at $4,151,592. I predict it might eventually sell for closer to Zillow's guess than the list price.

The Lake Las Vegas Resort is expanding by leaps and bounds. Already home to a Ritz-Carlton, the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort and the charming MonteLago Village Resort, the resort will now have a 200-Unit Hilton Grand Vacations timeshare resort and a 50-Unit Waldorf=Astoria fractional project. The project will be developed on a 17.5 acre lakefront parcel overlooking the 17th hole and the 18th tee of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Reflection Bay Golf Course. The Waldorf=Astoria project at Lake Las Vegas Resort is the first fractional lodging product to be developed by Hilton (we mentioned the creation of this brand last year). Development of the project is currently in the design phase, with groundbreaking targeted for early 2008 and an opening date projected for fall of 2009.

Here we go again, another luxury Valentine hotel package. This one doesn't jet you around the world. The Love At Las Vegas romance package at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas includes a two night stay in The Ritz-Carlton's 2,400 square-foot Presidential Suite, a limo ride from the airport, helicopter ride to Lake Las Vegas with champagne, gondola ride, Cristal Champagne and gourmet picnic basket upon arrival and two private dinners one in your room and one about a Lake Las Vegas yacht. Other treats include a private butler, Prada Beauty spa treatments, personalized bath robes and monogrammed pillow cases. The package costs $100,000 but most of that is spent on the $50,000 shopping spree at Neiman Marcus and a $5,000 line of credit at the MonteLago Casino. The package is available starting February 1.