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Roads
from the Ashes: An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier,
by Megan Edwards
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Shopping & Dining
Chips and Fish
I’d been looking forward to seeing 21, the film based on Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, Ben Mezrich’s best-selling tale of beating Vegas casinos at blackjack. I make a point of seeing every new film about my favorite city, and my interest increased when I met Mike Aponte the other day at the airport…
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Ten Years Behind L.A.
Ten years behind L.A. I’ve heard it said about Las Vegas, but I’ve never been quite sure what it meant beyond the usual putdowns: “unsophisticated,” “uncultured,” and “well, you know, retarded.” It’s difficult to be magnanimous in the shadow of such descriptions, but it’s possible that those suave Angelenos have a point dangling below their up-tilted nostrils. California passed a “no smoking in bars” law over a decade ago. At the time, such a restrictive rule seemed unimaginable in Las Vegas, but now, Nevada voters have passed their own anti-smoking law by a surprisingly large margin…
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Hail, Elvis and Joe!
You might think that everyone in Vegas is out doing something Elvis-related today, the 30th anniversary of the King’s death. Around 75 Vegans, however, were out celebrating something much more mundane. I was one of the small throng present at the 9:00 a.m. opening of a new Trader Joe’s supermarket on the south side of town…
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Dining in the Sky with Diamonds
Las Vegas has risen meteorically in the restaurant world over the last decade, so it didn’t come as a complete surprise to read in today’s Review-Journal (click here for the story) that it’s now second only to New York when it comes to restaurants awarded four diamonds by the AAA…
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The Mother of All Hooters
Hooters have to be bigger and better in Las Vegas. Everyone knows it, and that’s a big reason there are so many plastic surgeons in the valley. The results are everywhere, not just on the Strip. I stand next to amazing racks practically every day at Starbucks, the grocery store, the post office. It’s hardly news, but Las Vegas really is Hooter City…
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