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How, someone occasionally will ask, can I give an “A” rating to both a gourmet room and a diner? Easy: It means that they both are excellent at doing what they do. The most successful restaurants are those whose managers and staff are focused, pay attention to the details and are intent on doing the best they can each and every day.
Paddlewheel cruise boats plying Lake Mead and the Colorado River recall the days before dams controlled the river and created lakes. Sturdy little steamboats served as workhorses on the untamed river of yesteryear. A vital link for remote communities, the boats carried passengers, supplies, draft animals, equipment and the production from area mines and mills. In bygone days, the challenging passage on the river always included elements of danger from shifting sand bars, driftwood, boulders and white-water rapids through narrow canyons.
The holidays are traditionally one of the worst periods of the TV year, landing somewhere between the “American Idol” audition rounds and Oprah’s Vajayjay Week.
Raise a glass to the twisted visionaries. It may be a long time before we see the likes of them again.
It could be time for the “showroom shuffle,” a game of musical chairs that might see “Stomp Out Loud” replace the lamentable “Fuego Raw Talent” at the Sahara.
An excellent guidebook on Southern Nevada, “Geologic Tours in the Las Vegas Area,” is now available with updated content and GPS coordinates. If you hurry, you can still obtain the newly released edition in time for holiday gift-giving. Sure to please desert lovers and Nevada buffs, the guide will be a welcome addition to collections of reference materials on the state.
You don’t expect a Fox reality show to help the needy.
You can almost count theater gigs in dog years. “In our business, the average length of a run is six weeks,” says Derrick Trumbly.