There's no shortage of beautiful people who hang out in the Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay. Photo by Craig L. Moran.
EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY: VIPs -- Very Important Partyers
You approach a podium on the ground floor of Mandalay Bay. You may be approved for entry if you have paid your $2,250 in annual dues, or if you used your juice to get in on the guest list, or if you are writing a feature story on the place behind the podium.
If you're a reporter and your arrival is expected, you ask for the publicist in a conversation that seems like a clandestine handshake of elbow-rubbing and whispered passwords:
"Louis (Prima) did not like the word `lounge' because it created a stigma," says his widow and former stage partner, Gia Prima. "Using the word `lounge' made people think it was kind of Muzak to sit down and rest."
LIVING DIGEST
SUPPORT GROUPS
Co-dependents Anonymous, a support group for setting healthy boundaries and dealing with feelings of suicide and low self-esteem, meets at 1:30 p.
AROUND THE VALLEY
TOASTMASTERS Northern Voice Toastmasters Club meets at 11:30 a.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month at the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, 2290 McDaniel St.
MIKE WEATHERFORD: Prima offers tribute to dad
He was the undisputed king of the Vegas lounge scene, yet didn't like the title. "Louis (Prima) did not like the word `lounge' because it created a stigma," says his widow and former stage partner, Gia Prima.
OUTDOOR BRIEFS
COMMISSION MEETING Plan to manage elk herds to be OK'd A plan to manage elk herds in central Nevada will be adopted during a Nevada Wildlife Commission meeting at 8:30 a.
SENIOR ACTIVITIES
BOULDER CITY CENTER The Boulder City Center, 1001 Arizona St., offers a 50-cent continental breakfast, weekday buffet-style lunch with a full salad bar for $2, Meals on Wheels, door-to-door transportation for $1 per ride (7:30 a.
BIRTHS
Feb. 18 University Medical Center • Brandy Spires, girl • Alma Villagrana, boy Valley Hospital • Emily and Robert Murray, boy • Jennifer and Steven Moore, boy • Kristin and Nicholas Brandonisio, girl • Julie and Andrew Gendler, girl • Hortencia and Fransisco Heraldez, girl • Jocelyn and Mark Russell, girl • Christy Marie and Jeremy Valledor, boy Feb.
OUT THERE
Biking Blue Diamond Bike Outpost: The Blue Diamond Bike Outpost offers 120 miles of single track 30 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip.
EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY: VIPs -- Very Important Partyers
You approach a podium on the ground floor of Mandalay Bay. You may be approved for entry if you have paid your $2,250 in annual dues, or if you used your juice to get in on the guest list, or if you are writing a feature story on the place behind the podium.
