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  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 28, 2009

    Mariel doles out the good stuff poolside: frozen cocktails, cold towels and fresh-fruit kabobs, but that's not all.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 28, 2009

    The Snowy Chloe atAprès pool is like Tao Beach’s Poolside, only all grown up.

  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009

    Cabana technology has stepped into the 21st century, and boy, are Wii excited.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 21, 2009

    Oh, DJ Adam Goldstein, I’ve come to Rain nightclub to pray at the foot of your booth, to rock out and lip-sync along with whatever tidbit of a song you deign to play before yanking it out from under me like a rug.

  • Monday, May 18, 2009

    Vegas’ first LGBT daytime pool party is giving the gay community a Rehab of its own!

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 14, 2009

    The classic soda-shoppe treat has gotten a Sin City makeover with vanilla vodka in this naturally caffeine-free cane-sugar soda.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 14, 2009

    Have you got a ticket to ride? John Good can ensure it’s the ride of a lifetime. For seven years he’s been manning the controls of the professional-quality mechanical training bull, first at Gilley’s, then at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country and most recently at Stoney’s North Forty.

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2009

    Those kidders at Rockhouse will be hosting a “Going out of business sale”—mock, of course—every Tuesday in May, and you know what that means: cheap booze.

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2009

    Your dollar will go further today than it did on your last birthday. May we offer you a glass of the good stuff?

  • Monday, May 11, 2009

    Delectable ruby-red, paper-thin carpaccio is fanned out, drizzled with olive oil and strewn with freshly-shaved truffle, parmesan and topped with a bitter arugula salad.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 7, 2009

    If you think a Downtown hotel room has to be a cigarette-burned hole in the wall, you overlooked the Cabana Suites.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 7, 2009

    For Xania's birthday, cocktail specialist George Austin created the Xanga—“a combination of IX, Xania and mango.”

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 7, 2009

    Team Hangover in its entirety was hard at work waking up and applying margaritas to its own hangovers at Ditch Friday.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, May 7, 2009

    With so many Vegas nightclubs in questionable health, casinos are increasingly turning to live music to save the day.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 30, 2009

    If cover bands give you a fever, it will be remedied with a prescription of more cowbell courtesy of Dr. Zhivegas.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 30, 2009

    Not that kind of Republican. The sexy Wet Republic cabana attendant came to Vegas straight out of high school to pursue her professional dance career.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 30, 2009

    Beam up cocktails with Alien Tequilas anejo, direct from the Extraterrestrial Highway.

  • Monday, April 27, 2009

    After 55 days, BarMagic's Social Mixology tour is hitting the road. But you'll need a secret password to find out where the couture cocktail party will be landing next.

  • Economy

    Thursday, April 23, 2009

    Promote transgendered massage therapists, sell body fluids, get naked... who says there aren't jobs available?

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 23, 2009

    A benefit for hit-and-run victim and Penthouse bartender Rikki Lambert

  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009

    On the backburner for the last six months, the monthly Mixology Monday event will bring together a featured spirit (in March it was Leblon Cachaca) with a guest bartender.

  • Thursday, April 16, 2009

    If Cadillac Ranch All-American Bar & Grill is a little more rock 'n roll than country, then I'm a little more lounge than bar.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 16, 2009

    The first upscale Latin nightclub in Vegas surgically removes the Fuego from The Club.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 16, 2009

    This newsboy brings political commentary to a whole new level of nakedness. CNN never looked so good.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 16, 2009

    The economy may be contracting, but interest in all things rockabilly is somehow inexplicably expanding. Funny thing is, it costs a fortune to be retro!

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 16, 2009

    Dainty and petal pink, this high-end shot with tequila, Grandma 100, and absinthe crackled over the ice goes down all-too-easy.

  • Monday, April 13, 2009

    The Social Mixology Tour begins tomorrow at the Red Room Saloon with an appearance by legendary mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim who will create fresh, signature Caipirinhas using a pantry of fruits, exotic spices and savory herbs.

  • Sunday, April 12, 2009

    Steve Olson, a sort of bionic beverage man, leads the way through a high-level Grand Marnier spirit tasting. What a shame to spit.

  • A&E

    Thursday, April 9, 2009

    Viva Las Vegas 12 arrives Thursday through Sunday, April 9-12 with burlesque competition, a pre-1963 car show, jive lessons and more.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 9, 2009

    Glassware becomes scarce as Las Vegas mixologists partake in three days of snockered shenanigans at the 2009 Grand Marnier & Navan Summit in Vail, Colorado.

  • Monday, April 6, 2009

    DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) is officially moving house, or DJ booth at least. AM will bid residencies and Pure and LAX adieu this month for a Friday night spot at Rain Nightclub at the Palms

  • Sunday, April 5, 2009

    The family-run restaurant serves up refined comfort food like bacon-wrapped filets and brandied creamed corn in a revamped strip mall space.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, April 2, 2009

    Xania works the corner with a burro and a mariachi band.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, April 2, 2009

    What better way to celebrate Tartan Day than with a wee bit o’ Scotch?

  • adult

    Thursday, April 2, 2009

    Despite the various pole-dancing and stripteasing classes around town, Stripper 101 at V Theater is dominating the clothes-doffing industry.

  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009

    Late night dining help is on the way in the form of First Food & Bar, arriving in early June to deliver us from our late-night, post-nightclub munchie hell with a fresh concept, fresh food and breakfast when you need it most.

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, March 26, 2009

    I’m not sure what possessed me to offer my head up for the chopping block, but I did it. As soon as I saw the flier for Hair Wars 4 at Moon, I proposed myself as a hair model.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, March 26, 2009

     Almost as simple as turning off a light switch, the Ecotini shares the Hard Rock’s credo of “Save the Planet” and will be served all day and night on March 28 in celebration of Earth Hour.

  • Wednesday, March 25, 2009

    Forget beer-fueled debauchery; insanity is what’s on tap nightly at Rockhouse.

  • Monday, March 23, 2009

    In cornrows, a mullet, vinyl pants and a mink coat, Weekly's Xania Woodman became Xanadu for Hair Wars 4: '80s edition.

  • Monday, March 23, 2009

    Party pools are laying down the welcome mat with party favors and discounted prices for ladies with local ID.

  • Thursday, March 19, 2009

    A source within N9NE Group confirmed this morning that DJ AM is in talks with the Palms’ nightlife empire about making a move to Rain Nightclub at the Palms.

  • Thursday, March 19, 2009

    UK sensation The Script will be headlining Rock n' Roll Wine's next bacchanalian fete.

  • Thursday, March 19, 2009

    Rhum, don't walk to the Mirage's newest imbibery, now open and serving 45 featured rums in a range of robust cocktails.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, March 19, 2009

    I was beyond stoked to venture out to Lake Las Vegas on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon for Buckbean Brewing Company’s Beer Fest at Monte Lago Village and for a game of Pong Toss on the Wii.

  • Wednesday, March 18, 2009

    The flier fairy hit my Honda again late Friday night, this time leaving behind only seven critical missives. Plan your week accordingly.

  • Monday, March 16, 2009

    Vodka’s out. Wine is in! And soon wine will even be in the club every Thursday for the Rock 'n Roll Wine Lounge at Lavo.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, March 12, 2009

    Designed to be enjoyed poolside, the “C” Spot has, in the maraschino cherry ice sphere, a built-in method of staying cool that does not dilute the tart cocktail as it melts.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, March 5, 2009

    Ty Ku debuted its sleek new, high-end white sake, as well as the already popular black sake, to an eager, select few at last week’s Sake Sessions in the Koi Lounge.

  • Wednesday, March 4, 2009

    Southern Wine & Spirits’ Francesco Lafranconi always says, “We’re not drinking, we’re learning.” Well, with a Cruzan Guava mojito for breakfast, let the learning begin!