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Lead Photo Beergarita

Xania Woodman | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 (midnight)

It was quite by happenstance that I came upon the beergarita, or perhaps it found me.

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Lead Photo C’est la Vie

Xania Woodman | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (midnight)

Super-premium Oxley small batch gin has the chops to back up her bottle’s outer beauty.

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Lead Photo Fever Stimulation Beverage

Xania Woodman | Thu, Oct 22, 2009 (midnight)

With just 130 calories per serving, Fever Stimulation Beverage is said to be “making healthy sexy.”

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Lead Photo Purista Cocktail Mixes

Xania Woodman | Thu, Oct 15, 2009 (midnight)

“Muddling is a bartending nightmare,” says Purista creator Michael Hensel. “It’s fine if the place is empty, but when your bar is eight customers deep, you can’t make sophisticated cocktails perfectly balanced without putting the customer on hold.”

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Lead Photo Strip House Napa Valley Reserve 2007

Xania Woodman | Thu, Oct 8, 2009 (midnight)

This custom cabernet sauvignon blend, created by food and wine aficionados is full of ripe fruit, lush tannins and good intensity.

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Lead Photo Karma Sutra

Xania Woodman | Thu, Oct 1, 2009 (midnight)

The super-smooth double- and triple-distilled tequila performed well in the fruity Karma Sutra cocktail served up in the Karma lounge, as well as in the lively Karma and Tonic.

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Lead Photo The Southeast Cocktail

Xania Woodman | Wed, Sep 23, 2009 (7:10 p.m.)

Revelations in celebration of Bourbon Heritage Month!

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Lead Photo Run for the Roses

Xania Woodman | Thu, Sep 17, 2009 (midnight)

Darren West’s Run for the Roses is the ideal expression of Bellagio’s very good taste in bourbon.

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Lead Photo New Fashioned

Xania Woodman | Thu, Sep 10, 2009 (midnight)

Bourbon Heritage Month continues with the Silverton’s take on the classic Old Fashioned, traditionally made with an orange slice, lemon twist and maraschino cherries.

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Lead Photo Bourbon!

Xania Woodman | Thu, Sep 3, 2009 (midnight)

September being National Bourbon Month, it's time to pick up a proper glass to toast America's native spirit. First stop: Adam Carmer’s Whisky Attic.

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Lead Photo Kiwi Watermelon Lemonade

Xania Woodman | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 (midnight)

Though it will remain summery here for some time, we want to bid adieu to that season with a classic porch-sipper, an ode to those icons of summer picnics and barbecues, lemonade and watermelon.

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Lead Photo Pucker Up

Xania Woodman | Thu, Aug 20, 2009 (midnight)

Mimicking the flavors of Krol itself, James Deyro’s Pucker Up combines the flavors of ripe, sweet berries with tart citrus, like the perfect raspberry Lemon Drop.

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Lead Photo Sapphire Flyer

Xania Woodman | Thu, Aug 13, 2009 (midnight)

What began as a delicate, feminine sister cocktail to the cigar-lover’s Aviation in the July/August issue of Vegas Magazine has since won the 2009 Bombay Sapphire/GQ Most Inspired Bartender regional competition in Vegas.

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Lead Photo Ruby Rose

Xania Woodman | Thu, Aug 6, 2009 (midnight)

For July’s Mixology Monday with guest-tender Trevor Thorpe of Noir Bar, George Austin Sproule of Downtown Cocktail Room incorporated Trevor’s own line of homemade bitters (peach and eucalyptus) into the night’s menu.

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Lead Photo The Passion of Brasil

Xania Woodman | Thu, Jul 30, 2009 (midnight)

Cachaça, cachaça everywhere and not a drop left after 12 bartenders got through with it Friday at Leblon Cachaça’s Muddle, Shake and Pour cocktail competition.

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Cirque reveals City Center show will be named “Viva ELVIS”
Today Cirque du Soleil revealed that the new show opening in December at Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will be titled Viva ELVIS.
Time to go for Wayne Newton?
Newton could be a great host of a Vegas variety show. But he prefers to keep his show focused on his singing and not on his legacy. The result is sad.
A Perfecto Halloween makeover
What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.

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Cocktail of the Week Nov 5, 2009
by Xania Woodman

Beergarita

It was quite by happenstance that I came upon the beergarita, or perhaps it found me. I was blissfully unaware of the house-party staple’s existence until two glasses literally put ...
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