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09.4.10 · 10:56 AM

Who is Santana’s mystery girl?

When Carlos Santana celebrated the release of his new album Guitar Heaven … The Greatest Guitar Classics of All on August 25 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a special performance of his Joint residency Supernatural Santana, he did so with a little help from some friends. India.Arie, Chris Daughtry and Gavin Rossdale, each of whom collaborated with Santana on the new album, took turns singing with the 63-year-old rock legend in front of a packed house. Arie ... Read more...

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08.25.10 · 3:05 AM

The Emmy odds

Spoiler alert! I have no idea what I’m talking about. The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards air this Sunday on NBC, and boob tubers around the country are bursting with commentary on what should happen, what will happen and what deserving nugget of small-screen gold has been overlooked completely. Unfortunately, some of us have no TiVo, unstable schedules and an embarrassing fear of Hulu. Some of us are a few seasons behind the regular world of television viewers. (I’m proud to ... Read more...

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07.9.10 · 10:47 AM

Like ranch on your fries? Tough, says Todd English

Stopped into Todd English P.U.B. at Aria this week, and first off let me say the food is terrific. (I’m pretty sure that when I bit into the Amsterdam, a burger topped with pastrami and swiss, it caused a rift in the space/time continuum.) But as good as the fries were, they came with only a dish of ketchup. I, of course, made the next logical request: “Can I have some ranch for these fries?” “Sorry,” the bartender responded with ... Read more...

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06.24.10 · 11:19 AM

Man up, Vegas

Las Vegas is the nation’s 41st manliest city, according to a new survey, and this dismal showing raises an obvious question: Who can we blame for this? Me, for one, I guess. While I have many, many, MANY manly attributes—I’m gruff, emotionally distant, routinely say “I’d hit that” when Megan Fox appears onscreen, and never use scented grooming products—I drag down the grading curve in a few key areas. I don’t own tools. Sometimes I don’t complain when my wife ... Read more...

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06.10.10 · 7:05 PM

A second helping of gr8pl8ts

Lesson of the week: Ask and you shall receive. In last week’s cover story, “GR8PL8T,” I wrote about the inevitable questions that pop into people’s heads when they see custom license plates. Pulling from the random plates I’d seen on the streets, I pondered, Why is there an Infiniti G35 with the plate PORCHE? Well, Jasmine Porche answered that question for me. The plate refers to her last name. (In hindsight, duh!) Plus, the super-sexy carmaker has an S in ... Read more...

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06.1.10 · 7:20 PM

Memorial Day 2010: A trip down the celeb-studded Strip

It was practically impossible not to run into a Hollywood, music or sports celebrity over Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas, with Encore Beach Club and Surrender’s grand opening featuring DJ Steve Aoki, Ne-Yo, DJ Kaskade and LMFAO and attracting the likes of Paris Hilton, Sam Worthington, Stacy Keibler and Brian Urlacher. Also in the 702: Jersey Shore‘s DJ Pauly D, Snoop Dogg, Shaggy, UFC stars, Eva Longoria Parker and Tony Parker, Reggie Bush, Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson, Dancing ... Read more...

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05.10.10 · 2:45 PM

Vegas Uncork’d: Notes, quotes and salt-crusted fish

It’s a good thing food festivals don’t come with nutrition facts or I’d have spent the last four days adding larger and larger numbers in my head as Vegas Uncork’d rolled through Las Vegas. What they do come with are chefs — mostly famous ones, who like to eat, drink and chat as much as their guests. Here, in no particular order, are a few final notes from Vegas Uncork’d and the chefs that made it sing. If you need ... Read more...

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05.9.10 · 4:40 PM

One very tasty traffic jam

Is there such a thing as too many Michelin-starred chefs in the kitchen? The answer, based on Vegas Uncork’d’s Grand Tasting held May 7 at the Garden of the Gods at Caesars Palace, would seem to be yes. And no. Literally thousands of people juggled plastic wine glasses and plates of everything from shrimp and grits to sashimi at the annual food festival’s centerpiece event. The food was delicious. The wine was plentiful. And the traffic was very high. In ... Read more...

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05.8.10 · 2:50 PM

A trail of drunk texts (but no midgets)

So… you want to see a midget hang from a guy’s testicles? Haha. Really, though. I think I’m going to some party at Krave featuring such a thing. Want to come? I long ago became accustomed to receiving strange invitations, but this text message was by far the strangest note to grace my inbox. So many questions were raised after receiving such a message, like, “How?” and “Dear God, WHY!?” There was only one appropriate way to respond: “What time?” ... Read more...

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05.7.10 · 4:16 PM

Uncork’d and uninhibited

Last night, Vegas Uncork’d got naughty. I don’t mean that the diners sitting down at Guy Savoy, Rao’s, Mesa Grill and Bradley Ogden had a few too many glasses of their paired wines, though undoubtedly, that happened too. I’m talking fur bikini, ice-blonde wig naughty. Loud music, scantily clad women naughty. You know, Vegas-style bad behavior. As much fun as the food and wine weekend is — and as Bobby Flay reminded us yesterday, chefs can party — the sanctioned ... 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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