Xania Woodman
Story Archive
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One night, two lap-dances, three impressions of OG's new ladies night
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 Thursday nights are perfect for a little banana-on-hammock action.
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Nightlife
Behold: The eighth deadly sin
Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 Vanity's Sin Sundays to pick up where Body English's Sunday School left off.
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Cocktail of the Week
The Bruschetta Cocktail
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 Armando Rosario’s liquid antipasto captures all the flavor of a nice plate of Italian bruschetta ... sans plate.
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Nightlife
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.
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Nightlife
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.
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Nightlife
The Hard Rock Hotel nightlife (and daylife!) update
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 The Hard Rock is hell bent on becoming a 24-hour party playground. Game on!
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Nightlife
New Year, new clubs: A user’s guide
Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 Know thy new bars and clubs, all six of them.
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Nightlife
What the Artisan foreclosure means for us
Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 Apparently, not a whole lot.
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New Years
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?
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Cocktail of the Week
24K
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.”
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Nightlife
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.
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Nightlife
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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Nightlife
Where in the world is George Austin Sproule?
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 A familiar face has been increasingly absent from Downtown Cocktail Room. Where's the barman gone?
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A One-Minute Romance: Dear 2009
Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 Dear 2009: This relationship just isn't working for me any longer. I think I need to start seeing other years.
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A&E
Didn't do NYE right the first time?
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 With NYE on a Thursday this go-round, what's left to do on New Year's Day but party even more?
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Nightlife
Mike Diamond switching teams to Ghostbar in 2010
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 New troubles for The Rose Cocktail Lounge: Staff apparently has started jumping ship.
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celebs
Kim Kardashian is the apple of Eva Longoria Parker's eye
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 Eva Longoria Parker loves her some Kim Kardashian, and she doesn't care who knows it.
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Cocktail of the Week
Haze 75
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 The $25,000 cocktail is served with Breitling Chronomat Evolution watch for him, a Breitling Cockpit Lady watch for her.
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celebs
Party at Jason Giambi’s place
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 At Vanity, $100K gets you 3L of bubbly and a stay at Jason Giambi’s house.
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Nightlife
Beauty Bar Vodka: A gift that actually keeps on giving
Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 Beauty Bar Vodka launched this month and will be donating a portion of each bottle’s sale to Bright Pink.
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Nightlife
Nite Bite: New Year, new digs for Stoney’s North 40
Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 Stoney’s North 40 pulled up stakes for a move into a former RoadRunner Saloon.
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Entertainment
The Douchie Awards are in!
Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 Brace yourselves, it’s the Hot Chicks With Douchebags annual chart-toppers.
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Cocktail of the Week
Kristen’s Hottest Toddy
Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 It does get pretty nippy on the Rhumbar patio in winter. Kristen’s Hottest Toddy warms you to the season with spices, orange and vanilla.
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Nightlife
Thomas Kunick—Downtown’s new barman
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 A friendly new face behind the stick at Downtown Cocktail Room, Kunick joins his new crew after four and a half years at the Artisan Lounge.
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Nightlife
Encore gets ready to play pool
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 Encore will dive into the 2010 pool scene with a new party-pool complex and nightclub.
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Nightlife
Haze comes out strong with a month of DJs and hosts
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 We see Tiesto and David Guetta in your near future.
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celebs
So you’ve slept with Tiger—now what?
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 Meet David Thompson and Nick Stern: They’re the HazMat squad to the stars.
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Cocktail of the Week
Gentleman Jack
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 Gentleman Jack is Jack without the harshness. Charcoal-mellowed a second time, Gentleman Jack is refined and makes a great entrance at parties.
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Nightlife
Honoring Sinatra, one cocktail at a time
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 I humbly wish to further crowd December with a holiday all-too-often overlooked: Frank Sinatra’s birthday.
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Ring in the New Year early with the Peas and Matt Goss
Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 Who says you have to celebrate New Year's Eve on December 31?
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Cocktail of the Week
Canton Crusta
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Pollard says it was the history associated with this cocktail that inspired him to reinterpret it.
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Nightlife
Herbs & Rye to make the New Year sweet and savory
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 The beloved Venetian Restaurant is reborn as an Italian ristorante and classic mixology bar.
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Nightlife
Strip freezes over again with second Minus 5 Ice Lounge location
Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 With a new Minus 5 location coming, the Monte Carlo's "party pit" gets even cooler.
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Nightlife
$250k Body English chandelier is up for grabs! (But read the fine print)
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 Goodbyes are hard, but you can bring home a big piece of Body English.
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Nightlife
Get a booze clue: Repeal Day parties in Las Vegas
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 Time to party like it's 1933. Raise a glass to Repeal Day at these parties.
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Cocktail of the Week
Gentleman’s Breakfast
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 A tribute to Salvatore Calabrese, Ellis’ own “breakfast in a glass” features bacon-washed Tuaca.
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Nightlife
Grinder Girl: Fulvia Sanchez
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 You know her. You love her. Time to get to know the girl behind the grinder.
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Nightlife
3 x the disco dopeness at Downtown Cocktail Room
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 Downtown Cocktail Room works hard to keep his customers happy, whether they're seasoned regulars or cocktail neophytes, finding their way through DCR’s funhouse door for the very first time.
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Tiny bubbles on tap (practically) at Palazzo’s Laguna Champagne Bar
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 Bubble bubble toil and trouble! Palazzo opens two new bars and one is bubbling over with high-end champers.
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Cocktail of the Week
The Jaded Kiss
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Itty bitty Fusion Mixology Bar has gotten itself some fresh new beats and mixology talent as well as some hot Latin cocktails.
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Nightlife
B.B. King’s has Vegas singing the blues—and loving it
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 B.B. King’s amply fills this gaping hole in the nightlife scene as the place for the “grown and sexy” as part restaurant, part concert venue and part bar.
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Nightlife
Night Bite: It’s sake! It’s karaoke! It’s … Sake-Oke!
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 Sake-fueled karaoke signals of the return of Sugarcane Lounge at SushiSamba restaurant tonight.
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Cocktail of the Week
The French Kiss
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 The French Kiss is a more gentile if not gentle iteration of Dubonnet’s eponymous cocktail of equal parts gin and Dubonnet, and finished with a splash of orange bitters.
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Nightlife
Canton semi-finals, plus "On the Rocks" goes straight to online
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 A cocktail showdown will send one winner to French St. Martin for the Domaine de Canton Bartender of the Year Competition; hot bartender-on-bartender action with On the Rocks.
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A message from your president: The Weekly triumphs in the Vegas Election
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 Our platform: a health care plan that includes a go-go dancer on every VIP table, and a new economic stimulus initiative: Cash for Clubbers!
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A One-Minute Romance: The Bank
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 Xania experiences love (momentarily) in the club.
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What’s in the bag? Latin Grammy celebs score swag
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 Just tho’ it in the bag. Celebs make off with some hot loot in the Distinctive Assets Latin Grammy gifting suite.
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Cocktail of the Week
Beergarita
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 It was quite by happenstance that I came upon the beergarita, or perhaps it found me.
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Cocktail of the Week
C’est la Vie
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 Super-premium Oxley small batch gin has the chops to back up her bottle’s outer beauty.