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Where the Books Are: Las Vegas Libraries

Lots of people write about Las Vegas, but that doesn’t mean people think of it as a literary kind of place. In fact, when I’ve mentioned how nice the public libraries are in Clark County to people elsewhere, they look at me with suspicion. How could a city full of illiterate gambling addicts possibly have [...]

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Jury Duty in Sin City

The summons arrived in the mail, and a month or so later, I was on my way to the Clark County Courthouse. Armed with a long novel and lunch money, I braced myself for a day in a waiting room…

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The Pirate on Page Three

I can’t forget the first time I opened a Las Vegas Review Journal and caught sight of the guy with the eye patch. “NORM!” the above-the-fold headline shouted. Too silly, I told myself as I scanned the short paragraphs crammed with names in bold-faced type. Why should I care whether Don Rickles ate lunch with [...]

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Car City by Bus

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 nigh on a hundred years. Cars and Vegas [...]

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Hot Dog on a Roll

If you hang around long enough in Las Vegas, you will eventually meet everyone in the world. That’s my theory, anyway, and I have new evidence to support it. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was in town last week, and I had the privilege of chatting with its drivers. Recent college graduates Chris Szwiec and Nichole [...]

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