AltWeeklies Wire
Test Driving the Smart Car, a Tiny Automotive Marvelnew
What caused smirks and giggles when it was first unveiled last year has become much more than the latest fad. With its estimated 44 miles per gallon on the highway and 33 in the city, the Smart Car is the most fuel-efficient gas-powered car in the United States, and at a starting price of $11,990, it's also one of the cheapest.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Ken Miller |
10-24-2008 |
Shopping
Meet Dr. Laura Henkel, the Curator of the Eroticnew
She went from a Lutheran school in a small Texas town to director of a sex-based museum in Las Vegas, but Henkel has no regrets.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Kate Silver |
09-19-2008 |
Culture
The Botox Bluesnew
After the the Endoscopy Center's hepatitis C scare, the way we use needles draws attention to the wrinkle industry.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Stacy J. Willis |
09-11-2008 |
Culture
I Posed Today: How I Came to Bare Some an Open Playboy Auditionnew
I was surfing Playboy.com, looking for writing opportunities, and I stumbled upon its national casting call instead. It just so happened that the next stop was Vegas. I took the synchronicity as a sign from the Writing Gods. "This is your chance!" they whispered as a star on the website's map blinked on Vegas.
Las Vegas Weekly |
C. Moon Reed |
09-05-2008 |
Culture
Double-Mocha Nonfat Soy Sadness: Vegas Says Goodbye to Some Starbucks Branchesnew
Upon hearing the death knell for five of my favorite local Starbucks, I set out to enjoy them all one last time before they close on July 27, and to chronicle them here, so that they're etched in history.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Stacy Willis |
07-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
iPod DJs, Party Models, and Other People, Things and Ideas Whose Time is Upnew
The over it issue: Our sampling of people, things, ideas and trends that have passed their freshness date.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Staff |
07-25-2008 |
Culture
The Ten Best Burgers in Las Vegasnew
When it comes to burgers, everyone, it seems, has their preference, from how they like their meat cooked to the almost infinite number of permutations with regard to toppings. Here are 10 of my favorite burgers in the city, most of them less than $10, except for the sliders and the super deluxe Kobe burger at N9Ne.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Max Jacobson |
07-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Something Store Restores Suspense to the Webnew
While we may enjoy the detailed Mapquest directions, the thorough Hotels.com reviews, the "most e-mailed" New York Times articles, we still yearn for mystery, too. Or at least the idea of mystery. And that's why the Something Store exists. For $10, shipping included, this online enterprise will send you something in a plain brown package with a large question mark on it.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
07-07-2008 |
Tech
Perez is Burning: My Personal Screed Against America's Celebrity Bloggernew
Rare is it that a famous person is about as much of a jerk as you might expect, but such was the case in January 2007 when I arranged the first public appearance in Las Vegas for uber-gossip blogger Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavandeira. I bring this up now, lo these many months later, because Lavandeira has not only blatantly done me wrong but also exposed himself and his questionable methods in a rare and unique way in the process. And nothing gives me more pleasure than showing the world when an asshole is a fraud.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Steve Friess |
05-30-2008 |
Commentary
Hillary, Barack, and John Replacing Britney and Lindsay in Your Checkout Linenew
The National Enquirer, Globe and the National Examiner are running almost as many stories about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as The National Review and The Nation are. Even John McCain has graced a couple of covers. Naturally, the tabs are less interested in the candidates' political positions than their sexual ones.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
05-16-2008 |
Commentary
Is Art Dead in Las Vegas?new
As the Guggenheim closes and the downtown art scene struggles, the attempt to make art an appeal of the Strip may be hurting, but some say art in Vegas actually could be preparing for a renaissance.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Aaron Thompson |
05-16-2008 |
Art
Flap Over Vodka Ad Begs for a Little Revisionist Historynew
U.S. Absolut drinkers were drunk on furious rage recently when word got out that the company was running an ad in Mexico depicting a pre-1848 North American map -- when Mexico controlled the entire Southwest and California -- with the tagline "In an Absolut World."
Las Vegas Weekly |
Tovin Lapan |
05-02-2008 |
Commentary
Oprah's Quest to Overhaul Humanitynew
It's a noble endeavor, and it's awesome that Oprah has so much faith in us, and in herself, that she thinks she can alter the fate of humanity in just 10 weeks of chatting on the internet! But it'd also be nice if she chose her spiritual mechanics a little more judiciously.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
04-25-2008 |
Commentary
Look Out Brad, George and Leo: The Ordinary Joe is Making a Comebacknew
Just when it seems as if every other person on MySpace has appropriated the props and poses of celebrity so deftly you can't be sure if they're some CW demi-star or just a manager at the local Jiffy Lube or Manic Panic, Hollywood movie stars are beginning to look a lot like regular people.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
04-18-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: celebrity
Las Vegas' Mob Mentalitynew
For better or worse, sin city continues to revel in its gangster past.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Steve Friess |
03-28-2008 |
Commentary
