The 301 waits for passengers atthe Southside Transit Terminal Everybody knows that Las Vegas is a city built for cars. Whether you’re driving your own, zipping around in a rental, peering out from the back of a cab, or relaxing in the bowels of a limo, the automobile has been the Vegas way to move for [...] Continue reading »

Margaritaville at the Flamingo: What wouldBugsy think? The Flamingo is the oldest super resort on the Las Vegas Strip, and it was beginning to look its age. Bugsy Siegel’s brainchild seemed more historic than glamorous, even after periodic remodeling jobs. Then came a glimmer of hope. Beginning several months ago, the “You are Here” map in [...] Continue reading »

The Lucky by H. Lee Barnes Probably the most remarkable thing about H. Lee Barnes' novel The Lucky is that it is set in Las Vegas. That may not seem like much of an achievement, given the ever-increasing number of books, television shows, and films set in southern Nevada. The difference is that The Lucky actually takes place in the city it claims to portray, while the others all too often inhabit a mythological Neverland fabricated from stereotypes, hearsay, and previously published fiction. Continue reading »

Now on tap: Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas Starbucks did it faster, and Disneyland did it bigger, but both followed the hallowed capitalist tradition of spawning all over the place. And now, like one of those rare desert plants that reproduces only once a millennium, Munich’s revered Hofbräuhaus has dropped a pup in Las Vegas. I was actually very [...] Continue reading »

Las Vegas Superbowl parties andadvertising: The NFL just says no. Howard Dean’s gotta be happy about Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.” “I Have a Scream” has fallen off the charts while every twelve-year-old in America scours the Web for images that will prove once and for all she wasn’t wearing a pasty. So here’s the irony of the [...] Continue reading »