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December 22-December 29
- The Weekly turns 13!
- And muses on the most interesting number read article
- Best-ever birthday cake: Cherry cola chocolate chunk
- Layers Bakery says it better than Hallmark read article
- Board games to beat the holiday boredom
- What to play with lawyers, strippers and your competitive uncle read article
The Intersection
- Where’s the rage over Metro police shootings?
- Las Vegas doesn’t see the type of protests other cities do when the police shoot and kill. more
- Don’t feed the bears … and then shoot them
- Nevada’s inaugural black bear hunting season is not without its issues. more
- Pinterest brings the bulletin board into the digital age
- “If you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you’re a big dork.” more
- It’s good to be McCarran: Our airport is social and healthy
- McCarran has more to boast than just being the nation’s seventh busiest airport. more
- Mayor Goodman’s ice cream analogy raises economic, political questions
- “What would you do for a Klondike Bar?” more
- Metro sets its sights on pimps who currently get off light
- Metro has changed its focus from prostitutes to pimps. more
- Conversation starters: From Britney Spears to Cosmo’s pop-up wedding chapel
- Also, Angelina Jolie stops at a tourist shop to buy Brad Pitt a few birthday items. more
- The moment of truth: Weekly writer Erin Ryan remembers when Santa got real
- “She told me there were so many kids and so many toys that even with an enchanted sleigh, Santa couldn’t possibly fit everything on-board and ... more
- Thinking about Santa Claus, an Elvis museum and more
- Also, an awesome hotline to give when that creep at the club asks for your number. more
- Weekly Q&A: Ex-porn star Jenny Hendrix looks to her future
- For ex-porn star Jenny Hendrix, the future offers many possibilities more
Nightlife
- The toddy: hot or iced, the old-fashioned tincture soothes the soul
- “A little bourbon, a little lemon, a swirl of honey and hot water—everything is right again.” more
- At Ellis Island, the eggnog recipe runs in the family
- The brewery’s seasonal (and strong!) holiday concoction is available now until it’s sold out. more
- Nightlife news & notes: New Year’s Eve nightclub openings
- Get the details on the opening night festivities here! more
- Hot Spots: Bagel Ball at Beso, Weekly’s anniversary party and more
- Also, DJ Sharam supplies his sounds at Surrender. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Homespun vs. high tech: Why Magical Forest is magical
- In moneyed Las Vegas, we’re so spoiled with state-of-the-art/invented-this-morning technology in our tourist corridors that anything remotely indicative of yesteryear has us flabbergasted. more
- CD review: ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ soundtrack
- Even for Trent Reznor fans, three hours of this might be a bit much. more
- Nature and the industrial entwined at Pop Up Art House
- If anyone could cast water, it’s Baugh-Sasaki, whose “Strange Attraction” steel and rock sculpture perfectly mimics the forceful dynamic intensity of currents barreling past rocks more
- Weekly Checklist: Ricardo Laguna, BMX rider
- The Weekly chats with Ricardo Laguna, BMX rider and host of the Weekly’s 13th birthday party more
- Jonny Detiger pulls you into “Stream of Consciousness” at Brett Wesley
- A continuum of drawn words, iconography, information and shapes. more
- How do popular book series fare at the box office?
- Spoiler: Really, really well. more
- Where to go, what to see and what to root for this week
- A comedian, a hockey match and hard-boiled eggs more
- Three questions with Tina Guo, cellist for ‘Michael Jackson Immortal’
- Three questions with Immortal cellist Tina Guo more
- If Mayweather and Pacquiao do fight … just bet Mayweather
- When the fight of the decade goes down, play it safe with Floyd. more
- Don’t spare the tomatoes for ‘Santa Claus vs. the Martians’
- Feel free to hurl a tomato (soft and plushy, of course) during Onyx Theatre’s ‘Santa Claus vs. the Martians’ more
- Book review: ‘Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America’
- The world of Nintendo finally gets its due in the ‘history’ book ‘Super Mario’ more
- Book review: Jim Henson’s ‘Tale of Sand’
- New graphic novel ‘Tale of Sand’ shows the late Jim Henson to have been a great storyteller more
Screen
- ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ is ungainly in English, too
- The Hollywood version is livelier, but comes off as shallow as its Swedish counterpart. more
- Steven Spielberg is back with two new films. Should we be excited?
- ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ and ‘War Horse’ are both family-friendly … and fairly skippable. more
- Film review: ‘We Bought a Zoo’
- It’s corny, sure, but not in a bad way. more
Taste
- Pasta Mia serves the classics with care
- Because there’s nothing wrong with good old-fashioned Italian.
- Pizza ... in a boat
- How hungry do the words “pizza gondola” make you?
- 3 cozy dishes to ward off winter
- No one should hibernate on an empty stomach.
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Featured Cocktail
Dec 20, 2011
by
Erin Ryan
The toddy: hot or iced, the old-fashioned tincture soothes the soul
I had my first taste of bourbon when I was in kindergarten. My great-grandmother Mimi had moved into our sunny one-level, and Dad mixed her a Manhattan almost every night. ...
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