Tag: las vegas

photo of the week 6: the oldest form of theater…

Michael J. Fox once said, “The oldest form of theater is the dinner table.”* Successful restaurateurs, not the least of whom is Steven Wynn, understand this. About a year ago, I went to Las Vegas to poke around the blissfully over-air-conditioned, artificially-lit, and reality-suspending halls of excess there.  There exist, within one square mile, more […]

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photo of the week 6: the oldest form of theater…

Michael J. Fox once said, “The oldest form of theater is the dinner table.”* Successful restaurateurs, not the least of whom is Steven Wynn, understand this. About a year ago, I went to Las Vegas to poke around the blissfully over-air-conditioned, artificially-lit, and reality-suspending halls of excess there.  There exist, within one square mile, more […]

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review: for the view…

Chocolate Souffle miX, Las Vegas It was mostly for the view that Cowboy and I ascended sixty-four floors of THEhotel at Mandalay Bay after gorging ourselves silly at Aburiya Raku. It was my last night in Sin City and I wanted a cheap thrill. At the top of THEhotel is miX, Michelin mogul Alain Ducasse’s […]

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review: for the view…

Chocolate Souffle miX, Las Vegas It was mostly for the view that Cowboy and I ascended sixty-four floors of THEhotel at Mandalay Bay after gorging ourselves silly at Aburiya Raku. It was my last night in Sin City and I wanted a cheap thrill. At the top of THEhotel is miX, Michelin mogul Alain Ducasse’s […]

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review: impresario of sauce…

Alex at the Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada I have a friend who works in the kitchen at Alex at the Wynn. He had been begging me to visit for quite some time. Truth be told, I wasn’t really hot on Alex before I went. The food seemed pro forma in the reading. I mean, what […]

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review: impresario of sauce…

Alex at the Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada I have a friend who works in the kitchen at Alex at the Wynn. He had been begging me to visit for quite some time. Truth be told, I wasn’t really hot on Alex before I went. The food seemed pro forma in the reading. I mean, what […]

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review: l’art pour l’art…

Black Bean Tofu Bar Charlie, Las Vegas, Nevada Charlie Trotter may have been one of the first big named chefs to arrive on the Las Vegas scene.  He had a restaurant in the MGM Grand years ago. Supposedly, the food was great.  So great, in fact, that it kept the big whales away from the […]

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review: l’art pour l’art…

Black Bean Tofu Bar Charlie, Las Vegas, Nevada Charlie Trotter may have been one of the first big named chefs to arrive on the Las Vegas scene.  He had a restaurant in the MGM Grand years ago. Supposedly, the food was great.  So great, in fact, that it kept the big whales away from the […]

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review: aburiya…

Raku, Las Vegas, Nevada If you have one night in Las Vegas, get off The Strip and go eat at Aburiya Raku. Considering the hype and praise it has received, the restaurant delivered on every one of those commendations effortlessly. Tucked away in a strip mall, this place is tiny.  It seats 25, maybe 30 […]

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review: aburiya…

Raku, Las Vegas, Nevada If you have one night in Las Vegas, get off The Strip and go eat at Aburiya Raku. Considering the hype and praise it has received, the restaurant delivered on every one of those commendations effortlessly. Tucked away in a strip mall, this place is tiny.  It seats 25, maybe 30 […]

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travel: lost wages…

Trevi Fountain Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace The temperature had already reached 90 degrees when I headed out for my run at 6:30 a.m. In a three-mile stretch, I passed the Doge’s palace, the Bridge of Sighs, the Rialto Bridge, the Trevi Fountain, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire […]

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travel: lost wages…

Trevi Fountain Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace The temperature had already reached 90 degrees when I headed out for my run at 6:30 a.m. In a three-mile stretch, I passed the Doge’s palace, the Bridge of Sighs, the Rialto Bridge, the Trevi Fountain, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire […]

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