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DECEMBER 17 - DECEMBER 23
So you’ve slept with Tiger—now what?
- Sometimes the media is your first, last and only line of defense in a scandal read article
Surviving a celebrity scandal, Weekly style
- You didn’t ask for this! You just wanted to get laid for goodness sakes! read article
The $440 paperclip: Shopping out of my league at Crystals
- Rick Lax heads to CityCenter’s Crystals to do some Hanukkah shopping out of his league. read article
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The Intersection
What we’d put in the county time capsule
- Items that’ll show 2109 what the here and now was really like. For instance, our mortgages, which will still be underwater in 100 years. more
An Osmond encounter
- Joe Brown was blessed with a vision at City Center. more
- Tiny little rant on boring John Ensign
- John Ensign’s pop culture moment has finally arrived. more
- The Weekly Quote Quiz
- Who said it? more
Proposed Arts District sculpture is anything but a sure thing
- When the city of Las Vegas unveils its sparkling new plaza in the Arts District next month, it will do so without any hint of ... more
Hoping a $4.2 million ‘Wrong’ is right(1 comment)
- Federal money has agencies scrambling to figure out ways to prevent homelessness. more
Random photo of the week
- The Elin Woods special. more
- When tweeting makes you a twit(1 comment)
- The debate about disrupting shows to update Twitter followers rages on. more
Nightlife
Honoring Sinatra, one cocktail at a time
- I humbly wish to further crowd December with a holiday all-too-often overlooked: Frank Sinatra’s birthday. more
What to do while the world waits for Santa
- Two balls in Las Vegas will save your social life this Christmas Eve. more
Stripper sundaes!(1 comment)
- Sexy. Sticky. And with sprinkles in places where the sun doesn’t shine. Sundays just got tasty. more
Nite Bite: Give the gift they won’t remember
- Shopping for the socialite who has everything just got easier. more
Herbs & Rye to make the New Year sweet and savory (1 comment)
- The beloved Venetian Restaurant is reborn as an Italian ristorante and classic mixology bar. more
Team Hangover Report: Tourists, it’s what’s for dinner
- Mama told me not to date tourists. It’s a truism for Vegas locals, yet so damn hard to follow. more
Team Hangover Report: Strike a pose … for unique Holiday parties
- Hmm, the wholesomeness of yoga and the decadence of a nightclub—it seems a paradox. more
Without warning: Nightclubs now too quick on the trigger?
- Just as some believe God overreacted to Adam and Eve’s crime of weakness, Rick Lax believe bars and clubs overreact to patrons’ own crimes of weakness. more
Arts & Entertainment
Mother to two Top Chefs (1 comment)
- Sharon Mangine’s sons, Michael and Bryan Voltaggio, went 1-2 on a Top Chef season filmed in her hometown. Was it a dream? more
A tale of two sets: Muse vs. Afghan Raiders
- Despite a generally icy reception, the local electro openers showed no fear. more
Googling Gaga (1 comment)
- More compelling than whether Lady Gaga tucks or had her Adam’s apple shaved is how this pop chimera managed to achieve top-of-mind status in such ... more
Here, there and everywhere with The Study Band
- After its short but successful stint in Vegas, the indie band is moving on again. more
- New Yeller
- Sometimes it’s better if you pay for it. more
The joy of Bob Ross
- It’s the return of misty landscapes and “happy clouds.” more
Serious guitar—times two
- Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev, violinist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, has fiddled her way around town and back since moving here a few years ago with her ... more
Wicked games with a ‘Flick of the Wrist’(2 comments)
- Defying the ultra-violent or fantasy-driven standard of most popular games, Baker offers titles like “Pro Yolk: Create the Perfect Egg” and “The Implosionist: Every Building ... more
First aid for the art scene
- At Emergency Art tenants will choose from exam rooms, doctors’ offices, nurses’ stations and X-ray rooms for their creative lair. more
Garth, a guitar … any questions?
- The arrival of Garth Brooks may be the first glimpse of the next Vegas and a new showbiz paradigm: the anti-spectacle. more
‘Stardust’ memories: Bowie reconsidered(1 comment)
- When did I stop wanting to be David Bowie? Too recently for a Man of a Certain Age is the short but sufficiently mortifying answer. more
“Manual of Trickery and Deception” isn’t nearly as intriguing as its title suggests
- In the 1950s, the CIA began a secret program under which stage magician John Mulholland was paid $3,000 to write an essay on how the ... more
“One Model Nation”
- Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor joins the very small group of musicians who have created their own comics—and the even smaller group who have managed ... more
Screen
Avatar: Visually stunning, narratively empty
- Take 12 years in between films, and no matter what you do next, expectations will be high. more
Aliens, cyborgs and big boats(1 comment)
- The most memorable scenes from James Cameron movies past. more
Lighter than air
- The glib Up in the Air is entertaining but insignificant. more
Me and Orson Welles
- Presented with a movie called Me and Orson Welles, one can’t help but immediately wonder who “me” might be. more
The Road
- The actual end of the world would just be incredibly shitty. more
Taste
- Sugar and (not enough) spice at Jasmine Thai
A varied menu and low prices attract, but Jasmine Thai has one great weakness.
- Popcorn mania
Dill pickle popcorn. Zingy, salty, impossibly pickly—and difficult to stop eating.
- Grilled cheese mania
- When is a grilled cheese not a grilled cheese?
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Idol expectations
- How Adam Lambert and Susan Boyle's new releases are shaping up.
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- Ratings apply to “new” material only; we all know how good the originals are.
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Cocktail of the Week
Dec 17, 2009
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Xania Woodman
Gentleman Jack
Ne-Yo predicted 2009 would be the Year of the Gentleman. The fashion, music and beverage industries have united, creating these triple threats—men of sophistication who can be hip while wearing ...
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