The Latest
Got Something to Prove, Truck Monsters?
April 10th, 2013
Dear Las Vegas residents gunning V8-propelled, two-ton pickups through the city traffic: Enjoy your second-story perches, from which you may look down on bugs like me. Read more »
The Hazards of the Blip
Dismissing our economic failures as anomalies will doom us to repeat them
April 10th, 2013
“Failure,” the las Vegas motivational economist Jeremy Aguero said recently, “is part of human advancement.” He’s right, but there’s a corollary: Failure is part of human advancement—provided that he who fails can honestly examine the causes and consequences of his blunder, make corresponding adjustments and proceed as a wiser man. Read more »
The Deal
Put Uncle Sam's Money to Work With Tax Day Deals
Don't be irresponsible with your tax refund check—take it to the casino!
April 9th, 2013
It’s tax time, which is a good thing if you’re one of those people getting a little something back from your withholding. Retailers all over the country will use “Tax Day” as a marketing hook, with deals and special offers of all sorts. But only in Las Vegas can you use your refund check to make more money. Read more »
Politics
The Privacy Conundrum
The state wrestles with privacy issues following a pair of high-profile incidents
April 9th, 2013
How you feel about defrocked Assemblyman Steven Brooks and the Nevada Policy Research Institute may depend on the emanations from your penumbra. Wait. Don’t call the censor. Read more »
Character Study
Meet Downtown's Ambassador of Good Chill
As head of a new Downtown watch, ex-cop Chris Curtis is ready to make sure we all keep it cool
April 9th, 2013
When we heard that the Fremont East Entertainment District was getting a Downtown Project-sponsored patrol called the Downtown Rangers and headed by an ex-cop, we imagined nothing short of a jackbooted paramilitary unit, armed with tasers and brass knuckles, marching up and down Fremont to popular indie rock and forcibly instigating “serendipitous interaction.” Read more »
Seven Questions
Seven Questions for Cat Cora
The chef on being involved in the Life Is Beautiful festival, how music pairs with food and her desire for a permanent Las Vegas presence
April 9th, 2013
Cat Cora, best known for her epic battles on Food Network’s Iron Chef America, is no stranger to Las Vegas. The celebrity chef has participated at Vegas Uncork’d—our city’s renowned annual food-and-drink extravaganza—and before the recession, there was even talk of her opening a restaurant here (and if the Jackson, Mississippi, native has her way, those talks eventually will heat up again). Read more »
Lights, Camera, But No Action
Tax incentives may be a devil’s bargain. But if Nevada wants to lure film production, it doesn’t have much choice.
April 5th, 2013
Silver State Production services founder Chris Ramirez invited me to take a seat in his office to discuss Nevada Senate Bill 165, the Motion Picture Jobs Creation Act. So I shook his hand, squeezed sideways past a desk just large enough for a laptop piled high with paper, and settled into the narrow, windowless cell that serves as the only private workspace in Silver State’s small studio in the creative warren of Fremont Street’s Emergency Arts. Read more »
The Deal
Score Yourself a $2 Breakfast Buffet at LVH
April 3rd, 2013
The LVH buffet has always been decent, but with off-and-on availability for breakfast and borderline too-high prices at $16 for lunch and $20 for dinner (even though beer and wine are included), it’s mostly a pass. But not if you’re a local. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
The British Are Coming!
The United Kingdom has developed into a major Vegas feeder market
April 3rd, 2013
The two biggest demographics in Las Vegas these days seem to be nightclubbers and international visitors. As a bit of anecdotal evidence of the trend, the casinos in development that have stoked the imagination plan to cater either to the former (SLS, Gansevoort) or the latter (Resorts World). So when you get the two together—international visitors who like to party—you know you’re talking gold mine. Read more »
Going for Broke
Flying High
Brace yourselves, UNLV fans: National title is in the Cards for Pitino
April 3rd, 2013
If ripping scabs off old sports-related wounds were an Olympic sport, my name would be mentioned in the same breath as Jim Thorpe, Carl Lewis and Michael Phelps. Read more »
