Rick Lax
Rick wrote the books Fool Me Once: Hustlers, Hookers, Headliners, and How Not to Get Screwed in Vegas and Lawyer Boy: A Case Study on Growing Up. Lax enjoys playing Mafia (the party game, not the Facebook game), and hopes to turn Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit into a cult film before he dies. He currently writes for Las Vegas Weekly.
Recent Stories (view all stories)
- New party pool Daylight offers eye candy—and free water!
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- The Mandalay Bay dayclub also boasts an impressive DJ lineup.
- In Brief: 'Crazy Girls' gets updated and Symphony Park gets bridged
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- Also, Nas is set to open a Vegas sneaker shop, but will you buy his kicks?
- Exploring David Sedaris' 'Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls'
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- Sedaris is one storyteller who’s meant to be heard.
- Time to play: the World Series of Poker is back
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
- Is this a good time to play cash games on the Strip? Oh yeah.
- With Scarlet and the View, Palms nightlife expands beyond the club
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
- Vodka infusions, "liquid Bananas Foster," hookahs and shuffleboard.
- Summer reading: A list to conquer by the pool or at home in bed
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
- Picks by David Sedaris, Stephen King and more.
- Back up to 'Code': Dan Brown’s latest will help you forget his 'Da Vinci' best-seller
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
- Symbology professor Robert Langdon is back in Inferno.
- Did you know you can fly straight from Las Vegas to ... ?
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Montreal is lovely this time of year.
- Be sure to catch world-famous con man Frank Abagnale this weekend
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- You saw him portrayed in Catch Me If You Can
- In brief: A proposed state drink for Nevada, a local Monsanto march and more
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- Also, one son seriously ups the ante Mother's Day gifts.
Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)
- Cleverboy gets hate mail, part one
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- Unsurprisingly, "unsurprisingly" is actually a real word.
- It takes a lakeside resort to calm the Clevermind
- Tuesday, June 4, 2013
- Ravella resort at Lake Las Vegas offers relaxation opportunity.
- Maybe socializing and musical discoveries at the Anonymity Masquerade Ball
- Tuesday, April 16, 2013
- Be careful who you talk to and what song you Shazam.
- A two thousand dollar rooster for twenty bucks
- Monday, March 4, 2013
- Cleverboy couldn't decide on pretty or hideous, but he had to have these roosters.
- MAGIC partying with Cleverboy at Haze and Wonderground
- Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
- Back in Vegas and back in action, sort of.
- An exploration of saltshaker ethics
- Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
- Let's say Cleverboy was going to borrow a saltshaker from a restaurant ...
- Choosing a name for an adorable puppy is a tough task
- Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013
- Anybody ever met a dog named Robot?
- Some clever Christmas cheer, with Melody Sweets
- Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012
- All you need is a piano, a cabaret singer, and some friends.
- Cleverboy masters Tiny Wings, 'Congratulations,' says nobody
- Monday, Dec. 17, 2012
- It takes a lot of time to slide this bird over all those hills.
- Excessive tagging prevents perfect underpants
- Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
- Cleverboy isn't usually so particular, but six tags in a pair of underwear seems silly.
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