Xania Woodman

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PMG, PCD part ways; HTZ closes: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010; Pure Management Group announced last week that it would be closing the Pussycat Dolls Lounge; Meanwhile, Hawaiian Tropic Zone announced its closure.
David Herlong: The absinthe-minded barman: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010; When Herlong isn’t pumping out 1,500-2,000 cocktails per day, he’s creating specialty cocktails.
Mo’lypmics, Mo’lympics, Mo’lympics: Tao to one-up the Olympics. The Olympics!; Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010; Since he couldn't bring the party to Vancouver, Jack Colton is bringing the Olympic torch to Tao.
Salted, sugared, frozen or rocks: Your guide to National Margarita Day (plus recipes!); Monday, Feb. 22, 2010; Your guide to National Margarita Day (plus recipes!)
Organic new party growing at Ghostbar: Mike Diamond brings DJ 88's disco dopeness to The Palms; Monday, Feb. 22, 2010; New Ghostbar director Mike Diamond and DJ 88 team up to establish a music-centric party at Ghostbar
Vegas is not enough: Social Mixology turns one, annexes Miami to its empire; Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010; What happens in Vegas... is heading to Miami!
Awards, recognition for Vegas nightlife's first lady: Only 364 days till Eva Longoria Parker Day 2011; Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010; From now on, February 20 will be all about Eva.
The 2010 Olympic Cocktail: By Drew Levinson, Wirtz Beverage; Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010; While it might seem intuitive to curl up on the couch with something hot and spiked to watch the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, I have another suggestion.
Stupid Cupid: I want your bad romance; Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010; Valentine's Day: It’s not as bad as the New Year’s Eve I spent in Disney World parking traffic one year, but it’s up there.
Bare pool on Saturday nights will be Heaven: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010; A new weekly LGBT dance party will transform Bare pool into an outdoor nightclub where nearly anything goes.
Something in the “Airness” tonight: Judging an air guitar competition: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010; Air guitar is a foreign concept to me, something frat boys do after one keg-stand too many.
Five reasons to return to the Artisan: Vegas' boutiquiest hotel wants you back; Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010; The Artisan is earning your patronage back one cocktail and cigar pairing at a time.
Listen, learn, sip, repeat: Mixology Mondays to school drinkers; Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010; At the new “Listen & Learn” hour, Downtown Cocktail Room invites drinkers to class.
Ladies First: First Food & Bar to focus on the fairer sex; Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010; First Food & Bar's new ladies night is just the beginning of Chef Sammy D's new nightlife agenda.
Between the sheets with Kendra: Kendra Wilkinson Baskett gives the Weekly some V-Day advice; Friday, Feb. 12, 2010; Kendra Wilkinson Baskett chatted with us about the important things: "Chocolate, sex, love, romance."
The Rose: Fusion Mixology Bar, The Palazzo, $10; Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010; What’s blushing, über lovey-dovey and looks good in nothing but rose petals? Valentine’s cocktails! Bring your honey to the Palazzo for mixologist/bartender Wendy Verdel’s creation, featuring Alizé Rose, a blend of French vodka, strawberries, lychee and rose petals.
Getting down with the pinups: Rockabilly rocks Blush Boutique Nightclub; Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010; It took three hours and did more damage to my bathroom than the Atomic Age did to the desert to roll the clock back five decades for Blush's pinup contest. Worth every bobby pin.
Vegas’ DJ Alpyne off to the Winter Olympics: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010; Sin City will be well-represented at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver by Vegas’ own DJ Alpyne.
From NFL to MP3: DJ Larry Johnson?: Bengals’ Larry Johnson trades helmet for headphones to make his Vegas DJ debut; Friday, Feb. 5, 2010; Eager sports fans might be scratching their heads and reaching for their camera phones Saturday night. Is that … Larry Johnson … in the DJ booth? In a word--yup!
Bramblin Man: Noir Bar, The Luxor, $15; Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010; A gin-based cocktail made popular in 1980s London by Dick Bradsell, the original recipe combines gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and Crème de Mure.
An exclusive first look at Revolver Saloon & Dance Hall: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010; Revolver Saloon & Dance Hall, tagging itself “country with a twist,” is all about country.
Something for the ladies (who love ladies): Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010; The first recurring lesbian party in a mainstream casino club celebrates its grand opening March 25.
XS takes home two Nightclub & Bar Awards: The Encore nightspot lives up to its name winning "New Club of the Year"; Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010; XS has been named "New Club of the Year" in the Nightclub & Bar Awards.
A brand Noir year: Noir Bar debuts a new menu and a new look; Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010; Noir Bar debuts a new menu and new look
Vodka 7000: High West Distillery & Saloon, Park City, UT $29.99; Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010; Vodka 7000 comes to you from High West, Utah’s first legally licensed distillery since the end of Prohibition and the world’s only ski-in distillery.
Robin Antin: Entertainment Matchmaker; Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010; Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin made the intro that will bring crooner Matt Goss to the Las Vegas Strip.
Tao’s Sundance parties are wild: Even Adrian Brody thinks so!; Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010; The scene at Tao’s Sundance party at the Lift Saturday night was by all appearances a calm and peaceful affair... That is, it appeared that way until you opened the front door.
The Goss-pel according to Matt: Brit crooner joins the Caesars pantheon; Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010; Upon a mere handshake, singer/songwriter Matt Goss agrees to an indefinite run at Caesars Palace.
Party on: Krave bankruptcy filing brings reorganization but no interruption: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010; What does the bankruptcy of the Strip's only gay club means to its local regulars?
High West Whiskey Sour: High West Distillery & Saloon, Park City, Utah, $8; Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010; Whether you’re heading to the Sundance Film Festival this weekend or not, you can still drink like a “Utahn.”
A sinless city?: Three months into the county’s ban of amateurs on poles, platforms, go-go boxes; Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010; If a misguided ban is levied and no one is aware or enforcing it, does it even matter?
Don't blame the pole!: Pole dance instructor Fawnia Dietrich on the pole (-dancing ban); Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010; A Q&A with pole-dance instructor Fawnia Dietrich of Pole Fitness Studio
A house of spirits: Caña dig it?!; Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010; A tiny, 132-seat boîte with three balconies overlooking the Town Square bustle, Caña—“sugarcane”—offers South American-inspired cocktails and cuisine.
Behold: The eighth deadly sin: Vanity’s Sin Sundays are all tees; Monday, Jan. 18, 2010; Vanity's Sin Sundays to pick up where Body English's Sunday School left off.
Vanity gets a visit from Paris ...: … and the Patron fairy; Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010; Not even a $7,000 round of Patron shots could outshine Paris Hilton.
Bunnies in, Gossy out: The Playboy Comedy show returns to The Palms; Friday, Jan. 15, 2010; When it relaunches, the Playboy Comedy show once again will bring live comic performances by at least three top comedians to the Lounge at the Palms
The Bruschetta Cocktail: d.vino Italian Food & Wine Bar, Monte Carlo, $11; Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010; Armando Rosario’s liquid antipasto captures all the flavor of a nice plate of Italian bruschetta ... sans plate.
Eve Nightclub is wicked good: What Eva Longoria Parker knows about sin and temptation; Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010; Eve--the first lady, along with her forbidden fruit, evil snake and hapless hubby Adam, are a memorable cautionary tale of sin and temptation, those being two things Vegas does really really well.
A new Sanctuary: Bringing spiritual nightlife and dining to Town Square: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010; When it opens in mid-March, Nu Sanctuary Lounge aims to enchant, enlighten and entertain all who pass through her doors.
Rustyn Vaughn Lee: Plugged in, rockin’ out: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010; Whether performing his original acoustic set or his energetic cover set with either a loop pedal or a full band, Lee says “conviction” is his trademark sound.
The Hard Rock Hotel nightlife (and daylife!) update: Partiers can play 'round the clock with Hard Rock's new and returning venues; Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010; The Hard Rock is hell bent on becoming a 24-hour party playground. Game on!
Station Casinos says goodbye Cherry, hello Yard House, Revolver: Nightlife options are changing at two Station Casinos properties; Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010; Out with the old, in with the new - by the yard.
Cherry nightclub at Red Rock has closed: Monday, Jan. 11, 2010; A moment of silence for Cherry, please.
New Year, new clubs: A user’s guide: Your no-nonsense breakdown of Vegas’ newest nightclubs and bars.; Monday, Jan. 11, 2010; Know thy new bars and clubs, all six of them.
What the Artisan foreclosure means for us: Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010; Apparently, not a whole lot.
My midnight: How the Weekly spent the last few moments of 2009: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010; Is it midnight yet? Is the open bar over? And where the heck is our midnight kiss?
24K: The Gold Lounge, Aria, $24; Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010; The Gold Lounge’s signature cocktail “has a light and refreshing flavor that has a great balance between sweet, sour and bitter.”
Evolution resolutions: Annual barstool musings at the dawn of the new decade: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010; The year in my glass? It was arguably good in there cocktail-wise, mostly full when compared to the world outside that glass, which stayed pretty consistently in the proverbial crapper.
You're so vain: You probably think this club is about you. It is!; Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010; No expense was spared in making Sexy a Vanity design element.
Step by step: Scott Frost’s fight for recovery: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010; Titan Nightlife Group President Scott Frost remains wheelchair-bound following the May 10 accident that left him temporarily paralyzed from the neck down.

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