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Archive for August, 2004

Vitamin See: The National Vitamin Company’s Factory Tour

Given the choice between touring a vitamin factory and a chocolate factory, I think most people would go for the fudge. I include myself in that number, but here’s some good news. Vitamin factories are fun, too, and chewable vitamin C tablets taste almost like candy. At the National Vitamin Company, they’re each embossed with [...]

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Drought-Resistant Chocolate

When Forrest Mars, Sr., the patriarch of the Mars chocolate empire, decided to build his retirement project in the howling desert halfway between downtown Las Vegas and Hoover Dam, I’m sure lots of people snickered and called him nuts…

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Book Review: 1,000 Naked Truths

1,000 Naked Truths
by Norm Clarke

I’ve been waiting for this one. I’ve been a Norm Clarke fan since I arrived in Las Vegas five years ago. This book, I learned by reading the acknowledgements, has been in the works just about the same length of time. Clarke started working on it when he first moved to Las Vegas from Denver in 1999 and began building his career as Sin City’s favorite gossip monger.

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Mysteries of Mystère

Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère is now in its tenth year at Treasure Island. A decade is a long run, but judging from the crowds last weekend, the magic isn’t fading, not even a tiny bit. Neither are the costumes, the lights, the sets… but I’m getting ahead of myself. Before I rush on, I must [...]

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name: The Legendary Johnny Mac’s

It’s easy not to notice Johnny Mac’s. Sandwiched in between a beauty supply store and a hair salon and overshadowed by a giant Smith’s grocery store, Johnny Mac’s Bar & Grill looks like one of a thousand neighborhood watering holes in the Las Vegas valley. A popular one, though, I thought as I looked for [...]

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