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Downtown’s cafe windfall
Two move in on Fremont East
Friday, April 30, 2010
Caffeine junkies and coffeehouse-dwelling hipsters will have two new places to hang their beanies this summer.
Downtown’s cafe windfall
Two move in on Fremont East
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Caffeine junkies and coffeehouse-dwelling hipsters will have two new places to hang their beanies this summer.
Patio dining done right
Fresh new patios prepare to face their first Vegas summer
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Thanks to winter's toil, a fresh new crop of patios has sprung up in recent weeks, offering shaded brunches, breezy cocktail hours and romantic, candlelit al fresco dining. Remember your sunscreen.
Boutique chic
Older properties are being revived into viable Strip alternatives
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Siegel Group aims to revive, reintroduce and in some cases entirely reinvent older properties.
Patio dining done right
Fresh new patios prepare to face their first Vegas summer
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Fresh new patios prepare to face their first Vegas summer.
Boutique chic
Older properties are being revived into viable Strip alternatives
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Siegel Group aims to revive, reintroduce and in some cases entirely reinvent older properties.
Now drink this: Sweet charity
A great drink for a great cause
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Bellagio mixologist Darren West’s award-winning Passion for Fashion cocktail shows his passion for charitable causes as well.
Gilley’s returns with a new outlook on nightlife
Monday, April 12, 2010
No bottle service here, partner.
Now drink this: Star Vodka
Friday, April 9, 2010
There's a new star on the Las Vegas Strip and this one is an American-made, gluten-free, luxury vodka.
Viva Las ’50s: 13th rockabilly weekend takes Vegas nightlife back in time
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
A sudden spike in April’s Pabst Blue Ribbon beer sales can only mean one thing: The Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekend was in town last weekend.
Gilley’s returns with a new outlook on nightlife
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
No bottle service here, partner.
Just for a change: Cleopatra’s Barge gets a whole new swing
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
An intimate, hip nightclub/entertainment hybrid that makes those three-song nightclub performances look like an ill-timed commercial interruption.
Pratt vs. Montag? There will be blood.
Hills’ belles book the same weekend to party in Vegas
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Oh no she didn’t! The Hills hath no fury like a reality-tainer scorned.
A cocktail throwdown for a cause
Annual competition to raise money for a critically injured Vegas bartender
Friday, April 2, 2010
Led by the USBG, local bartenders and mixologists will raise funds to help one of their own.
Coffee break, fixed
Downtown to get its caffeine, culture fixes
Friday, April 2, 2010
Coffee, tea or Wi-Fi, free? Downtown's about to get some coffee with its art.
PMG to Social-ize CityCenter
Social House returns to Vegas at Crystals
Friday, April 2, 2010
The return of Social House to the scene and the return of Chef Joe Elevado's corn ice cream?! It's almost too much.
Now drink this: Champagne, sake and wine
A glassful of reasons NOT to miss UNLVino
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Drink in three days of UNLVino tastings.
Step right up!
The circus theme has come to town (possibly for good)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
See: the man so drunk he can no longer regulate the volume of his voice! See: a woman with magical breasts that defy gravity!
Sorry boys - Ladies First!
Even in a room full of men watching basketball, ladies still come first
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Ah yes, the perks, they are aplenty.
You gotta get up (to Ghostbar) to get Down
Down lesbian night joins the lineup at Ghostbar
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Rachel Wenman and Lisa Pittman bring Down up to Ghostbar. All ladies welcome!
Sinner man
Tao vows: Marklen Kennedy is ordained and ready to tend his flock
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Reverend Marklen Kennedy will have his hands full taking confession at a Las Vegas pool party.
Tonight: Brave New World
The Nevada Ballet Theater’s brave new work may be the hottest date night around
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Hot hot heat, en pointe! Canfield's latest is a wooing shoe-in.
Get high with Sunday Brunch at Nove Italiano
‘Cause you ain’t got $#!% to do...
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Saturday night left you a hot mess? High Society brunch will set you right: buffet, DJs and baby bottles of booze. Ohh... ouch...
Drunk-approved dining
What the Weekly's Team Hangover is cooking up
Thursday, March 25, 2010
The Weekly's Team Hangover has late-night, post-party dining on lock.
Now drink this: Israeli wines
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Times (and wines) are a-changin’ in Israeli grape country. Maybe this year at least a few of those four cups could contain a nice little cab…?
The Drunk Cookbook
Chef-prescribed post-drinking and hangover-relief dining
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Chef-prescribed post-drinking and hangover-relief dining.
Rollin’ with the homies
Vegas is soooo down for Down & Derby
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
All the preparation comes down to the moment of truth, when you take your first step—or rather, your first roll.
Heaven opens its gates
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The debut of Bare's Heaven weekly, gay poolside party packed in celebs, drag queens and a "purse bearer."
Don’t eat the Housecat's costumes
And 19 other lessons learned at Cat’s Meow
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Jet's Cat’s Meow party is more circus than freak show, but beware the balloon-twisting clowness! She has crazy-eyes...
Lighting up nightlife
Las Vegas nightclubs spare no expense on their chandeliers
Monday, March 22, 2010
Nightclub chandeliers are where excess meets elegance. Ready to see the light?
Scott Storch in Vegas for collaborations of every kind
A DJ debut and possible Oakenfold collaboration in store for Storch
Monday, March 22, 2010
Hip-hop impresario Storch is rumored to be have his eye on Vegas for his DJ debut.
PMG’s lodge goes lounge
Will the third time be a charm for Company?
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Like Company's Chocolate Truffle Lollipops? Get in your last licks—Company is undergoing a nightlife makeover.
Hot for teacher
Kendra Wilkinson walks softly, carries a big, easy-to-install stripper pole
Friday, March 19, 2010
Sporty and spicy! Kendra Wilkinson discusses pole-dancing for fitness and sexual confidence. Lucky pole.
Now drink this: Fresh things!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Things are getting pretty fresh over at the Renaissance Hotel’s Envy Lounge...
Hey there, Delilah!
Revolver’s disco armadillo breaks her silence, talks bull
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The country-crossover phenomena, flirtatious mechanical bulls and good drinks: Revolver's disco armadillo Delilah breaks her silence.
Hot child in the country
Disco Delilah says country's so hot right now
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
It’s only my second time on a bull, but “Hold on like hell” was not a difficult lesson to learn.
Skybar whispers and infinity-pool dreams
Things we’re hearing about the Hard Rock’s new pools
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Hard Rock's new pools are bringing a more sophisticated party into the sun.
Where the wild things are
Lions and tigers and bears on the Strip. But, babies, of course.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Las Vegas Safaris' Exotic Animal Encounters brings animal babies of the wild to the Strip.
Pole dancing, according to Kendra Wilkinson
Former Girl Next Door to teach Stripper 101 in Vegas
Saturday, March 13, 2010
New mom Kendra Wilkinson will teach the sexy, healthy art of pole dancing at V Theatre's Stripper 101 class.
Now drink this: Green things
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Most bars will happily dose your brew with food coloring this St. Patrick's Day, but we think you can do better than a pint of radioactive beer.
Finally! A 25-foot stripper
Meet supersized Sindy—large and about to take charge at Miracle Mile’s Stripper Bar
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
She’s big. She’s busty. She’s Sin City Sindy.
Drai's goes to Hollywood
But Victor promises he'll be back
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Victor Drai's latest venture may have taken him to Hollywood but the nightlife don promises a return to Vegas and more clubs.
Brew-it-yourself workshop this weekend
Learn and taste-test at Brews Best Village Beer Fest on Saturday at Lake Las Vegas
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Study the art of brewing at this weekend's Beer Fest.
Wicked smaht: Brew-it-yourself workshop this weekend
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Study the art of brewing at this weekend's Beer Fest.
Wine and ice cream - together at last!
Adults-only desserts at Double Helix Wine Bar
Monday, March 8, 2010
Wine ice cream?! Shut. Up.
Cherry Pool to return as Red Rock Cabana Club
Monday, March 8, 2010
Cherry Nightclub may be closed, but the party will go on at the Red Rock Cabana Club this summer.
Nite Bite: Cherry Pool to return as Red Rock Cabana Club
Monday, March 8, 2010
Cherry Nightclub may be closed, but the party will go on at the Red Rock Cabana Club this summer.
Reflections of Kaskade
Getting hyped for Encore Beach Club’s Sunday residency
Friday, March 5, 2010
DJ Kaskade on dropping a new artist album, picking up a new residency.
Now Drink This: Forest Berry Cooler
B Bar, Wynn, $14
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wynn/Encore property mixologist Patricia Richards created this “not-too-sweet, refreshing berry cooler-style cocktail” for the twelfth annual Finlandia Vodka Cup finals in Levi, Finland.
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned
It’s been five years since I started confessing
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
What does five years of nightlife reporting do to a woman?