01.30.09 · 5:56 PM

It’s real, I swear!

Hey bouncers, bartenders, and even bachelors! You might be thinking there’s a sudden surge of teens and prostitots with a batch of fake IDs circulating the Valley attempting to fool the industry and cradle-robbers alike with their new-fangled fake IDs, but think again. That colorful piece of plastic sporting a cartoonish font is actually issued by the state of Nevada. On January 7, everyone’s favorite place to kill an hour or five began issuing what the DMV is calling a ... Read more...

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01.29.09 · 2:42 PM

Pooled Resources: Now hiring!

How’s that resume looking? And your intro letter? What about your abs? Because that’s really what it’s gonna take to get hired at some of Vegas’ hottest pools, most of which will be opening in mid-March. Well, that and a tolerance for sun, heat, loud music, drunkenness, debauchery, nudity … Wet Republic: The ultra pool at MGM Grand will open in March for its second season and is holding an open audition for model cocktail servers, model beverage runners, model ... Read more...

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01.29.09 · 2:25 PM

Outside the Octagon: UFC 94 party guide

UFC 94 is shaping up to be a battle royale between BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre, two formidable opponents who have met in the Octagon before. Three years ago the pair fought at Mandalay Bay for UFC 58 where GSP eked out a split decision victory over BJ “The Prodigy” Penn. This time around, both competitors are belt holders in their respective weight classes so everything is up for grabs. Welterweight champ GSP will put his belt on the ... Read more...

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01.28.09 · 1:53 PM

Super Bowl XLIII Vegas Party Guide

Like rock shows and roller coasters, sporting events are best enjoyed in groups. Every February, football fans and those just in it for the commercials crowd around TV sets nationwide to drink beer, eat a smorgasbord of junk food and watch the Super Bowl. If your home theater project has stalled and those massive plasmas seen at CES aren’t in your budget, you might consider leaving the confines of your couch for a better big game viewing experience. Bars all ... Read more...

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01.27.09 · 4:48 PM

You gotta have flair

For whatever reason, I am a spectacularly bad bartender. I can whip up a mean stir-fry and I make decadent cheesecake, but ask me to mix a martini and you’ll end up choking down something between cough syrup and transmission fluid. I leave the drink slinging to the pros, people who can make ginger pear martinis in their sleep and think of a mojito the way a poker player does Go Fish. Tonight, at Red Room Saloon, local behind the ... Read more...

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01.27.09 · 9:46 AM

Are you Bunny material?

Few silhouettes are as instantly recognizable as the Playboy Bunny. Cinched bustier, floppy ears, voluptuous curves and fluffy tail, the Bunny manages to be a symbol of sex, class and Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire and a rabbit all at the same time. By today’s standard the famed outfit might be considered conservative – you can catch more skin at any summer time pool party or on the go-go platforms at nearly every Las Vegas club – but forty-nine years after ... Read more...

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01.26.09 · 5:52 PM

Arianny Celeste named Las Vegas’ Top Model

There is nothing subtle about the models. They stand out in the casino like two pushed-up-about-to-pop-out D cups framed by long platinum hair. Among the cluster of slender, stunning women are Jessica Hinton from L.A. (where else?) and Sarah Barker from Las Vegas. They wear down-to-there and up-to-here ensembles like pros, but the glamour of modeling comes with a few decided cons. “You have to get dressed up every single night to go out,” Hinton laments when asked to name ... Read more...

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01.26.09 · 11:11 AM

ND’s Fuego brings the Latin heat

UPDATE: Latin Salsa sensations Gilberto Santa Rosa and Victor Manuelle will perform an exclusive engagement at the soft opening of ND’s Fuego (formerly Club Rio) as part of their current tour “Gilberto Santa Rosa & Victor Manuelle Show, La Historia Continua”. This opening marks the first of ND’s two Las Vegas nightclubs currently in the works, the other being ND’s Space, slated for a Labor Day Weekend 2009 opening on the top floor of the Shoppes at The Palazzo. Tickets ... Read more...

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01.24.09 · 5:25 PM

Club Rio … returneth?!: A Weekly exclusive announcement

It doth! Following the signing of a four-wall deal to lease and reopen Club Rio as ND’s Fuego – The Evolution of Nightlife, soon-to-be nightclub magnate Nicole Durr (better known as ND of ND’s Space opening Labor Day Weekend 2009 at the Palazzo) will take the cast of her show Raw Talent Live to the Rio. The new upscale Latin nightclub soft opens on February 12 with a grand opening loosely slated for March. Raw Talent Live showcased at the ... Read more...

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01.23.09 · 5:34 PM

Help pick Las Vegas’ Top Model

Vegas weekend weather promises to be fair, as does the sightseeing. The Miss America competition on Saturday at Planet Hollywood will satiate our appetite for ogling beautiful women for at least a week or two. Fifty-two leggy ladies in full coverage bikinis? Color us over-stimulated. As if. Vegas adores pretty faces and hot bods, and like most things in this town, the more the better. So, the day after Miss America packs her sashes you can visit the infamous Playboy ... Read more...

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01.23.09 · 1:01 PM

On mechanical bulls and real ones, it’s all in the hips

Despite the contest’s testosterone-laden title, it was two women who took top rankings Thursday during Stoney’s Rockin’ Country’s Man vs. Machine event. Bull riding icon Tuff Hedeman, who served as one of judges for the finals of the mechanical bull riding event at the country music bar in Silverado on Las Vegas Boulevard, said the ladies had an advantage. “In a subjective contest, looks always matter,” he said with a laugh. But Sarah Ehlers, who came in first among the ... Read more...

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01.22.09 · 4:48 PM

UFC + LAX = 4eva

It’s a marriage made for Vegas: UFC and LAX have tied the knot. Today, the club announced that as of January 31st LAX will be the official bottle-popping, Affliction-wearing, post-fight home of the UFC in Las Vegas. In a city that looks for virtually any excuse to party (note: Kelly Clarkson’s ex-boyfriend’s little sister’s birthday is not a legitimate reason to throw down), post-fight blowouts have become a regular part of the UFC line-up. On tonight’s fight card, Frank Mir ... Read more...

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01.20.09 · 5:37 PM

The Crystal Method gives a good trip

The electronic vibrations running through my body at Rain on Saturday night gave off a slightly sexually charge. Rolling Stone agrees with me, stating in their 2004 Album Guide, “At their best, [The Crystal Method] partners Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland match power and hooks in dance tracks that throb with raw inspiration and intense sexual energy.” That “intense sexual energy” is prominent in their most popular track, “Trip Like I Do,” which features a girl’s voice sexily murmuring, “Oh ... Read more...

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01.16.09 · 6:28 PM

A poetic investment: Ray J’s role at Poetry goes beyond celebrity

Every weekend Vegas nightclubs serve up celebrity hosts to their clientele – attractive bait in Jimmy Choos and Versace suits that lend an element of glamour to a room filled with jet-lagged tourists sweating out cocktails at $12 a pop. The plebian visitors who make it inside the club can expect, at most, a glimpse from across the room of the supposed “host.” The A-listers (and even the B, C and D-listers) are there to draw guests in, not to ... Read more...

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01.15.09 · 6:25 PM

Calling all trendsetters, wannabes

Attention hipsters, scenesters, electro junkies, ravers, music snobs, sneaker heads, indie-ites, and you, the kid who can’t be left out. DJs OB-ONE and Supra announce it’s now safe to venture south of Downtown. Starting tonight, TRND3TRS Thursdays at CatHouse will be making your indie-electro dreams come true … on the Strip, no less. “We all wanted to go back to our roots, and bring it back to when being cutting edge and trying new things for the good of music ... Read more...

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01.14.09 · 2:51 PM

It’s loopy

Since reopening this winter after an interior overhaul that turned Frankie’s (non-descript dive) into Frankie’s Tiki Room (hipster-haven), there’s been plenty of buzz over the West Charleston bar. We’ve heard gushing over the tropical kitsch décor complete with carved wooden heads and dried blowfish lamps – “It’s so unVegas.” – and warnings on the drink menu – apparently those skulls beneath each cocktail are potency indicators and not just artistic additions. But what caught my attention after ordering up a ... Read more...

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01.8.09 · 9:16 AM

At LAX, DJ AM and Travis Barker make a thunderous return

At LAX last night, memories of a near-fatal plane crash faded amid a flurry of cymbal crashes. DJ AM and Travis Barker returned to the Luxor nightclub for their first Vegas show since both were nearly killed in a Sept. 19 Learjet crash near Columbia, S.C., that claimed the lives of four other passengers, including a longtime assistant to Barker, Chris Baker. The first reports were that DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) and Barker (real name: Travis Barker) were ... Read more...

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01.7.09 · 9:03 PM

Geeks can party, too! CES electrifies Vegas nightlife

Two very different trade shows are coming to town this week that share an undeniably strong and common bond: the Internet. Nerds and porn go together like peanut butter and jelly in this increasingly digital world we live in. Neither would be what it is today if it weren’t for the Web. And as luck would have it, this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the annual Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) run right on top of one another: CES takes ... Read more...

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01.7.09 · 6:17 PM

Behind the Scene … at XS: Drai’s 10,000 points of light are the shining hope for upscale Vegas nightlife

I was at LAX a night or two after one Pure Management Group exec said that the Tryst/Drai’s crowd had descended on them 180-deep, and unannounced. In a better economy that might be a cruel joke to play but in the week leading up to the holidays it’s more like a gift. Tonight, it is rumored that somewhere around 300 PMG employees are expected to arrive at XS en masse. Whether that will prove to be a playful jab back ... Read more...

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01.5.09 · 5:51 PM

Ditch the dress and break a sweat

Ditch the heels, the mini-dress that might actually be a shirt, those stifling collars and non-sneaker shoes. If you’ve ever wished you could hit a Strip hotspot in your sweats, January 6 is the night – the dress code at Pure is strictly sweatsuits. The birthday celebration for beloved DJs Ikon and Hollywood will feature the afro-rocking Hollywood hip-hoppers LMFAO, performing as part of Pure’s Don’t Sweat the Sweatsuit party and undoubtedly including their popular MySpace hit “I’m in Miami, ... Read more...

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01.3.09 · 1:04 AM

An unexpected love affair on NYE

At 2:30 p.m. on Jan 1, 2009, fake eyelashes blurred my vision as my eyes fluttered open every few seconds, just long enough to pick a path through the Palms Casino Resort towards self parking. I’d never been awake this long in my life, and after two days without leaving the Palms, I felt like I’d known this place my whole life. Stumbling through the daylight in oversized gorilla slippers, I felt a rosy blush as I replayed 24 hours ... Read more...

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01.1.09 · 10:24 PM

Passports and partiers storm Perfecto for NYE ‘08

At 8:30 p.m. the line was already snaking past the slot machines, down the hallway, in front of the reception desk by the fortune teller and out towards the blackjack tables. Partiers in their sequined and pin-striped New Year’s best formed a queue that wound from the rope outside of Rain nightclub through the casino to almost reach the Palms’ front door. While Paul Oakenfold’s Saturday night Perfecto party and live show always draws large crowds, the New Year’s Eve ... Read more...

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01.1.09 · 11:39 AM

Celebs are just like us! (when it comes to New Year’s resolutions)

We rarely resolve to do anything, but once a year for about a week resolutions are on everybody’s lips. As the year ticks down to December 31, the country takes stock on a micro level of what it has and hasn’t accomplished in the proceeding 364 days. We then pick an area that could use some improvement and move forward with a mission in mind. And here’s the shocker – celebrities do too. Paul Oakenfold, resident DJ and creator of ... Read more...

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01.1.09 · 7:28 AM

NYE aftermath: the storm and then the calm

In a dark alley between Harrah’s and the Wynn, a school bus waits. Throughout the night, cops lead scrawny teenage hoodlums with cocked hats onto the bus in handcuffs. The black and yellow bus isn’t taking anyone to school; it will haul them away to a detention center at the end of the night. A few yards down is an ambulance, where paramedics attend to a steady stream of stretchers. A few steps more and two boys are pissing in ... Read more...

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01.1.09 · 7:08 AM

Fremont appeals to locals, laid-back crowd for NYE

Fancy cocktails that flow freely on the Strip were nowhere to be seen on New Year’s Eve under the Fremont Street Experience’s canopy of lights. Instead, people walked around holding plastic cups shaped as footballs filled to the brim with beer. After some rough economic times this year, the unpretentious atmosphere that downtown offered seemed to be just what those who came to celebrate the new year needed. With a come-as-you-are attitude, some of the thousands who crowded the Fremont ... Read more...

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01.1.09 · 6:27 AM

Footwear, foreigners rule NYE at Lavo

If I have learned anything from partying on the Strip this New Year’s Eve, it’s this: ladies should quit torturing themselves with ridiculous high heels! Upon first walking into Lavo at the Palazzo at the rather early hour of 9 p.m., one of the first things I saw was a lady on the patio holding her oh-so-stylish yet apparently uncomfortable high-heeled boots in her hands. Will this be the year when women finally abandon their New Year’s resolutions of promising ... Read more...

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01.1.09 · 5:33 AM

So long, 2008. Hello, 2009.

A New Year’s Eve crowd of about 290,000 visitors packed Las Vegas into the early morning, ushering in a new year and saying goodbye to 12 months that some hoped to forget. The alcohol flowed on a crowded night packed with fireworks, motorcycle stunts and a sprinkling of arrests, although police said no major problems were reported. Four adults stood huddled at the entrance of Harrah’s, boisterously laughing, almost as if they had just pulled off an “Oceans 11”-style caper. ... Read more...

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01.1.09 · 2:26 AM

Snow and bingo for New Year’s Eve in Summerlin

Whether they were dressed in their finest outfits or sporting goofy hats and sunglasses, thousands of people across Summerlin rang in the New Year with style on Dec. 31. At 9 p.m. inside the Suncoast Casino, more than 600 guests enjoyed the ninth annual “New Year’s Eve Bingo Night” — an event that typically draws a more “mature” crowd, according to coordinator Lyn Brown. “It’s a pretty big draw each year,” Brown said. “Almost all of them are locals.” At ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week May 15, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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