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- The best brunches in Vegas
- Pork belly Benedict. Lemon poppy flapjacks. A Bloody Mary that’s a meal in itself. read article
- How the state of Nevada is screwing UNLV, one dollar at a time
- “If the pressure is on institutions to raise their own budgets, there shouldn’t be disincentive within the ... read article
- At Wynn/Encore options abound for great weekend fare
- Brunch is a given inside any of our casino resorts read article
The Intersection
- Prehistoric elephant skull on display at Las Vegas Natural History Museum
- You can find the reportedly most-intact rhynchotherium skull right here in the city. more
- Why TripAdvisor’s ratings should be considered carefully
- Posting bogus reviews will get you blacklisted. more
- Fatal punches: Hooks can kill
- Can any fight be a fatal one? Find out here. more
- Someone tell North Las Vegas police that safety sells
- Can the NLV police no longer “guarantee your safety?” more
- Thinking about Netflix, the Harmon tower and more
- Also, a random Post-It note in a McCarran bathroom. more
- Random photo of the week
- Submitted by Ruben Uranga. more
- Non-sports betting can begin, but the floodgates have yet to open
- We’ll put $5 on Hines to tango more
- Conversation starters: From car repairs to the WSOP
- Also, it’ll soon be illegal to text and talk on the phone while driving. Find the date here! more
- Would you date someone who was unemployed?
- A poll by ForbesWoman and dating website YourTango found that 75 percent of women wouldn’t marry someone who was unemployed. more
- Janis Sartin has seen Vegas’ ‘Phantom’ 55 times … and counting
- Find out what keeps this super “phan” coming back time and time again! more
- The common man’s defense against Rupert Murdoch
- In Las Vegas, Fox’s Spy Outlet is the place to go. If you’re not James Bond or Batman, it’s the next best thing to having ... more
- As You See It: Readers opine on Downtown, Trader Joe’s and more
- Find out which Weekly writer received a marriage proposal last week. more
Nightlife
- Hot Spots: Cee Lo, Naughty By Nature and more
- Also, Halloween and Christmas in July? Believe it—check out these events! more
- A Cosmo bartender creates sensuality in cocktail form
- Mixologist Jason Hughes placed in the top 5 at the Emotion in a Glass bartender competition. Get the recipe for his top-notch cocktail here. more
- An (almost) unsolved mystery from Sunday night at Vanity
- We live in a small city. The Weekly‘s Rick Lax found out how small on Sunday night. more
- Nightlife news & notes: The Swingers Club, a new distillery and more
- Also, the Joint gets top honors from Billboard magazine. more
- Bike enthusiasts relive a high school ritual at Artifice’s Bicycle Prom
- Did someone spike the punch? Oh wait, they didn’t have to… more
Arts & Entertainment
- The Killers’ Ronnie Vannucci speaks up
- The drummer’s side band is all about radio-friendly rock. more
- Book review: ‘The Believing Brain’
- Rick Lax wants to buy the author a beer. more
- Celebrate International Drag Day with a couple of queens—and kings
- The annual worldwide celebration brings out the flipside of Vegas’ familiar drag scene. more
- Where to go, what to snack on and who to listen to this week
- Also, where to shop! more
- ‘An Evening at La Cage’ begins again
- Longtime Las Vegas drag show moves Downtown after a two-year hiatus. more
- Is that Penn Jillette, rocking the bass guitar?!
- Yep, his No God Band played the Bunkhouse last Friday. more
- Vegas journalist Andrew Kiraly wrote a book! And we spoke with him about it!
- His first novel, Crit, is out now. more
- Chatting with Widespread Panic drummer Todd Nance
- The drummer discusses the band’s potential upcoming hiatus, its 25th anniversary and more. more
Screen
- Don’t trust ‘The Double Hour’
- Too many twists and turns can just piss off the audience. more
- Be a Potter mouth
- Mark Adams shows you how to use that Potter vocabulary in your every day life more
- Harry Potter says goodbye with ‘Deathly Hallows’
- Harry Potter’s final saga is a fitting end to a long—some would say overlong—series more
- Las Vegas Film Festival again fills the CineVegas void
- Weekly film critic and editor Josh Bell previews the LVFF. more
Taste
- In search of the perfect Bloody Mary
- There’s nothing like a little “hair of the dog” to help battle a hangover.
- The Weekly dishes up verdicts on new dipping sauces at McDonald's
- Fan of McDonald’s? Well, the fast-food chain has four new sauces to sample. Find out what we at the Weekly thought here!
- Patisserie Manon serves sweet flaky goodness with savory selections to boot
- A French bakery, pastry shop and bistro has set up shop in Summerlin.
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Soundcheck
- The Killers' Ronnie Vannucci speaks up
- The drummer's side band is all about radio-friendly rock.
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Cocktail of the Week
Jul 12, 2011
by
Sarah Feldberg
A Cosmo bartender creates sensuality in cocktail form
Some people are emotional drinkers. They drink when they’re happy. They drink when they’re sad. They drink when they’re feeling slightly excited with just a hint of nostalgia and a ...
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