I’ve always suspected the reason most people aren’t smiling in their driver’s license photo is because their facial muscles are numb from having to wait a couple hours at the DMV.
While most investments involve risk, investment professionals say retirees and those nearing retirement can avoid some land mines by following simple advice.
No, no and no. That’s the response from Garth Brooks’ publicist to three questions I asked after reporting here that the country icon was spotted at dinner Thursday with hotel developer Steve Wynn.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An American Indian reservation deep in the Grand Canyon has long been known for its towering blue-green waterfalls, but returning tourists will be greeted by an altered landscape.
“My opponent won’t rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes and I’ll say no. And they’ll push, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push again, and I’ll say, to them, ‘Read my lips: no new taxes.’ “
If Republicans are poised to score a handful of campaign victories in Nevada, then it must be a nonpartisan election.
First of all, congratulations to the 17 legislative Republicans who stuck by Gov. Jim Gibbons and refused to go along with the biggest government cash grab in Nevada history.
Newt Gingrich is not content to let Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney dominate the final evolutionary phase of the Republican Party into a club of mean, angry and absurd old white men.
I’ve had some requests for follow-up on the group of local residents who met for lunch in North Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17, and then proceeded to a downtown park — adjacent to the North Las Vegas police station — to pick up trash. (See http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/vin/Gun_owners_announce_plan_to_open_carry_in_North_Las_Vegas_this_Sunday.html)
As usual, the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee held last week in Washington was dominated by home-schoolers.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
They go with summer like baseball and Cracker Jack. Six-packs and barbecues. The binoculars you got when you were 13 and the divorcee next door’s liberal definition of swimwear.
For the umpteenth time in the past 15 minutes, I wonder, “What am I doing here?” Then I climb the final rope ladder to Travertine Falls in the Grand Canyon and I know why I came. I wanted adventure and I’m now getting a healthy dose of it.
Matthew and Jenna are 21/2-year-old fraternal twins. They share cute round faces, wide, inquisitive eyes that don’t miss a thing and cheekbones a model would die for.
Hidden away in secluded spots, several small campgrounds established by the Bureau of Land Management add to the appeal of Northwestern Arizona for year-round outdoor enjoyment. Located within a three-hour drive from Las Vegas, these sites expand adventure opportunities for Southern Nevadans.
Spring in Las Vegas is a short season. One day the roses are blooming and gentle breezes blowing, but the next, we’re all locked away in our air-conditioned homes to wait out a scorching summer.
When school’s out and the car keys are burning a hole in the pocket, look to this list for a place to go and have fun.
Something’s got into the folks at Wells Fargo Bank. Like, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Or something in the drinking water. At the very least a corporate “come to Jesus” meeting.
Here are some gardening concerns I encountered this week.
Neiman Marcus presented the 10th annual Flair for Care fashion show and luncheon featuring the Roberto Cavalli Fall 2009 Collection on May 21 at Wynn’s Lafite Ballroom. All of the event’s proceeds benefit Southern Nevada’s Nathan Adelson Hospice.
Clearly, video game makers think there’s something appealing about “Spider-Man.” Two new games owe more to Spidey than Tobey Maguire does.
The Metropolitan Opera and the Las Vegas Strip are not often found in the same sentence. It would seem they are as far apart in spirit as they are in miles, but sometimes a performer can bridge that gap. Patrice Munsel was the first.
A photographer who frequently contributes to the Cerca Travel Pages has published a new book of her work, concentrating on images of Phoenix and its surroundings.
If a masked magician exposed secrets on a UHF station in the woods and no one cared, did they make a sound?