A poker game in the suburban jungle of northwest Las Vegas was breaking up. And we all transferred to another table with available seats. I was wearing my University of Alabama gimme cap and as I [...]
MAYBE IT WAS an omen. Three levels of covered parking were cordoned off by security forces with flashing lights on trucks and formidable concrete barricades. What the heck? So, I had to park [...]
It’s an otherwise ordinary day when we wander into a poker emporium in the northwest valley. After a few table change requests are honored, we are seated at a table with familiar faces: Three [...]
The first thing the audience at the Encore Theater sees is clips of old photos: Diana Ross growing up in a rough-edged Detroit housing project. Diana Ross’s parents talking about their [...]
The first thing you notice is that the rumors of a line are true. We’re talking about the wildly popular With Love, Always, a smash burger eatery in the northwest Las Vegas Valley. We [...]
Elvis is in the building! In fact, the same building where he performed first on July 31, 1969, and would continue through 636 sold-out shows and seven years until December 1976. He’s [...]
I’ve been working on the railroad, All the livelong day, I’ve been working on the railroad, Just to pass the time away. As I sat down, the nose-tingling aroma of egg drop soup drifted [...]
It’s been years since we visited Marché Bacchus in Desert Shores. But at the urging of a friend, we returned on a weekday morning for brunch and were delightfully surprised. We opted for a [...]
Is there any more hotly discussed starting hand in poker besides A-K? We would say no. Some experts refer to it as a monster hand worthy of committing all the chips preflop. Others exercise [...]
