Xania Woodman

Nightlife Editor

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Graduating in 2000 from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration with a concentration in Food & Beverage, Xania Woodman, 30, waited out the dot-com boom (and consequent bust...) by cooking and waiting tables at an Ithaca, NY martini bar and leading wine tastings in the Cayuga Lake wine country. In June of 2001 she put her degree into action by moving to Vegas, arriving just in time for the explosion of the Vegas nightlife industry.

After assistant managing at Club Rio inside the Rio Hotel & Casino and later managing Shadow Bar inside Caesars Palace, Xania left operations and found love in the arms of publishing. The affair began with her nightlife website TheCircuitLV.com and progressed with her column Nights On The Circuit, featured in the Las Vegas Weekly alternative newspaper. Xania's writing has since been declared "edgy and modern" and "wildly entertaining" by the Nevada Press Association. And so it is.

Today, Xania, one of 2007's "Top 30 Under 30" is the Las Vegas Weekly's nightlife editor, a consultant, and a freelance writer with an overly-ambitious to-do list; she has written for the LA Times, OK!, Us Weekly, Remix and on AOL's VegasPopular.com, and her work has also appeared in Greenspun Media Group publications Las Vegas Life and on Vegas.com. Xania is currently the Vegas Editor for UrbanDaddy.com and recently completed her contribution to the nightlife section of the The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2009, her first book appearance. She has guest-judged countless cocktail competitions including the Food Network's "Throwdown With Bobby Flay" and the United States Bartenders Guild's regional and national finals, painted the town red with MTV Australia's show "Full Tank" and appears regularly on LasVegasWeekly.com to present "Xania's Clubinar", a tongue-in-cheek look at the Vegas nightlife landscape.

When not covering a red carpet affair or chasing down exclusives in a cocktail dress, Xania volunteers with the Las Vegas Jewish Federation, Homeless Helpers, New Vista Community, and the Cornell Hotel Society.

Xania's favorite cocktail is Ketel One, rocks, dirty, three olives. Please.

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Recent Stories (view all stories)

The Capital Grille $1,000 Luxury Martini
Capital Grille, Fashion Show Mall, $1,000
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
What could be better than a martini and caviar? Nothing! Especially when the caviar in question is a limited-edition White Topaz and Diamond Caviar rope bracelet, served up with a particularly scrumptious cocktail.
I kissed a girl
Taking one for the other team at Rok Vegas
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
"Twas the night before Kissmas and things just got freaky …” The emcee calls the room to attention and reads from the invitation to Merry Kissmas, Rok Vegas’ four-week girl-on-girl kissing contest.
Workin’ a room
Tuesday’s social-networking blitz
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Pockets and pocketbooks bursting with business cards, they attack networking functions at nightclubs and bars with varying amounts of ferocity and restraint.
Harvest Spice
SushiSamba, The Palazzo, $11
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Domaine de Canton incorporates the world's first super-premium ginger liqueur and is currently tearing up the autumn cocktail charts.
The Obamarama and The Maverick
SushiSamba, The Palazzo, $11
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
Essentially, The Obamarama is just a blueberry lemonade and The Maverick is just a raspberry white tea…but when, in the history of politics, has anything ever been plainly stated?!
All the rave
It’s fun, it’s furry, it’s Fabulous
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
I encounter my first group of Fabulous festival-goers: slender boys, not a day over 18, shirtless and wearing tiny backpacks.
Sunrise or bust
Where have all the afterhours gone?
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
"It’s 8 a.m. Do you know where your soul is?” I scan that final text and switch my phone off. I reek of smoke, booze and other people’s sweat.
Twix
Noir Bar, Luxor, $18
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
Noir Bar mixologist/bartender Ken Hall—maker of all things dessert into drinkable delectables—once again hits a homer with his Twix, just one in a series of candy bar-inspired cocktails available this Halloweekend.
The new West's outlaws
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
The era of bootlegging ended long ago, but true cocktail aficionados will tell you if you want something done right, sometimes you gotta do it yourself.
The secret life of… …liquor locker VIPs
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
Membership has its privileges. Hordes of ’em!

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