Living Las Vegas

Real Life in the Shadow of the Strip

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Top Vegas Hotels: Bellagio, Luxor, Rio

Roads from the Ashes: An Odyssey in Real Life on the Virtual Frontier, by Megan Edwards

Book Pick: Dark Eye

Set in Las Vegas, this thriller centers around a serial killer who thinks he’s a cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Jesus Christ. The other main character is a Las Vegas cop with intuitive powers…

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Book Pick: Tickled Pink

In Tickled Pink, Rita Rudner provides an insider’s look at the world of stand-up comedy through the adventures of Mindy Solomon, who embarks on a career as a comedian in New York

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Book Pick: Naked Beneath My Clothes

A collection of short, mostly autobiographical essays, Naked Beneath My Clothes serves up more than the the stand-up material for which Rita Rudner is so deservedly admired. Topics range from pregnancy and going through a tax audit to marriage proposals…

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Book Pick: Sock

Yes, he’s the one who does all the talking on stage, but did you know Penn Jillette can write, too? In his debut novel, a thriller written from the point of view of the main character’s sock monkey…

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My Las Vegas Speeding Ticket

A few weeks ago, I was driving across Las Vegas to meet friends at the Golden Nugget. I wasn’t totally familiar with the neighborhood I was traversing, so I was proceeding, I thought, slowly. Not slowly enough, apparently, because flashing lights and a siren materialized behind me, and I pulled over…

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