Southern Utah lures heat-weary Las Vegans like the ice cream man draws neighborhood kids on summer afternoons. Who wouldn’t welcome cool, pine-scented breezes, cold mountain streams and lakes, chilly nights under starry glitter and bracing mornings with the scent of wood smoke strong in the air? Utah’s beautiful high-forested plateaus offer respite from scorching temperatures as well as unequalled recreational opportunities within a half-day’s drive of Las Vegas.
Come to the best iris sale in town. The Las Vegas Iris Society is having its annual rhizome sale today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Plant World Nursery, 5301 W. Charleston Blvd. There will be iris rhizomes of every color and size obtainable.
Sara is a golden, furry, energetic, jump-up-to-greet you ball of playful energy that wouldn’t hurt a flea.
I hear her shout the man’s name, and I look up from my convenience store gasoline pump to see a young woman running down the sidewalk toward the bus stop, clutching a paper bag. The man looks up and grins a million dollar smile, shaking his head the way you do when you realize a foolish oversight.
One visit to the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Incline Village clarifies the reason it draws more than 30,000 attendees each summer from throughout the United States. Nestled between the pristine beach of Sand Harbor State Park and the shore’s towering pines is a performance venue with views of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding basin. The 2009 season, July 11-Aug. 23, offers intrigue, romance, comedy and action.
A lot of important and interesting people have lived in La Jolla, Calif., from the detective novelist Raymond Chandler to Raquel Welch to a long list of gifted scientists. My 12-year-old daughter and I decided earlier this month to go see why people who could live anywhere they choose so often settle there.
Thunderous roars of laughter erupted and then ricocheted off the walls of the high school classroom. The cause of the ruckus: star student-athlete Keenan Graham, dancing before his senior math class.
Portable computing is now more portable — and powerful. Did I mention easier, too?
MIGHTY GOOD: Evenings of men punching each other in the face in an octagonal space has become one of the area’s top business ventures and tourist drivers, a new study shows. The Ultimate Fighting Championship generated $86.2 million in nongaming revenue for six events between Feb. 2, 2008, and Jan. 31.
Two years ago Gary Hamm and his wife gambled $200 at the Bellagio.
The good news is frequent Las Vegas visitor Larry Carlson may finally get to ditch his car in favor of a high-speed train from Southern California to Nevada.
Local homebuilder Dan Coletti has a familiar history: Like legions of builders, he got his start taking on odd jobs for the family’s contracting business.
