Living Las Vegas

Real Life in the Shadow of the Strip

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Events in Las Vegas

Christmas on the Strip

Since I am working on a novel set in Las Vegas between December 16th and New Year’s Day, I decided it would be enlightening to visit the Strip on Christmas. Word around town is that, unlike New Year’s Eve, Christmas isn’t a big holiday here…

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Megawatt Cactus

If you ever had the thought that a city in the desert lacks the ability to look suitably Christamas-y, all you have to do is head to the Ethel M Cactus Garden to find out that you’re very, very wrong. For the eleventh year running, the destination best known for delectable chocolate (another thing you don’t expect to find in a desert) has flipped the switch on a quarter of a million Christmas lights…

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The Whole Dam Family: The 48th Annual 31ers Reunion

Last Saturday morning, I drove down to Boulder City to attend the 48th Annual 31ers Reunion. 31ers, for those not in the know, are people who came to southern Nevada in 1931. That was the year word went out that, after years in the planning stages, construction on the huge new dam across the Colorado River would finally begin.

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Las Vegas Gemütlichkeit

It’s beer season! If, as I do, you happen to like men in lederhosen and oompah music, this is good news. Ever since I spent two years in Germany, I’ve liked autumnal traditions involving oversized mugs and shouting “Hoi! Hoi! Hoi!” I’ve checked out three local Oktoberfests so far.

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Big Fat Greek Food Festival

There must be an ecclesiastical law requiring Greek Orthodox churches to raise money by selling food. If there is, let’s hope the patriarch never repeals it. I don’t know where I’d go for an annual fix of saganaki…

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