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Welcome to the Insider Vibe! This is the official newsletter of AccessVegas.Com. We talk about the Las Vegas activities you really care about.

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Featured Shows Blue Man Group Mamma Mia! Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular Monty Python’s Spamalot Free Photos and Wallpaper Las Vegas Photos (Send A Free E-Card!) Wallpaper and Screensavers

Newkirk’s Notes - comments on Las Vegas from AccessVegas.Com publisher Ted Newkirk:

Hello From Las Vegas! Christmas was sunny but on the chilly side. We hope you and yours had a great holiday. New Years Eve is in the air and slated to be another huge year. Winds permitting, The Strip with light up with fireworks from the MGM to Stratosphere. The Plaza downtown is putting on their own fireworks show at 12:30 AM as to not conflict with the massive celebration taking place under the Fremont Street light show canopy.

Local TV station KLAS has streamed the fireworks show live in years past. No indication if they are going to do so this year, but you can try their link just before midnight Pacific and see.

It is unfortunate that most of you can’t watch the full 2-3 hour coverage that our local stations do. Short of being here in person, there is really no way to describe the excitement and festivities. The ball drop in New York City is about as exciting as watching paint dry in comparison.

The networks would love to do New Years from Las Vegas. The problem? Midnight on the east coast is only 9 PM here, a time when the party is barely getting started.

Do you have a few people you missed giving holiday Best Wishes to? Co’mon… we all had a couple of people we heard from that we didn’t get a card or note to. It isn’t too late: Pick one of the great holiday photos from our Bellagio Gardens Christmas 2007 Pictures area and send it as an E-Card right now!

Flying Etiquette - Delta Airlines has created a number of short online videos about air travel etiquette called Planeguage. Frequent fliers will find them all too humorous. Those that fly less regularly will enjoy the travel tips.

Mac King Is Everywhere - If you’ve been to Applebees during this season and had kids with you, odds are they were handed a “Holiday Hocus Pocus” with crayons and a little color book with simply magic tricks kids can do. Your local Applebees may still be handing them out. Give them a call and take the kids!

He’s also put out a couple of cool products perfect for kids (of all ages) who want to have fun with magic. Mac King’s Great Big Book-o-Magic contains over 50 very cool (and mystifying) tricks that are easy to learn and available at Barnes and Noble (stores or online). Also available is his Magic In A Minute Truck-o-Tricks with monkeys, cards, balls, strings and other props, jokes, and gags. Available at toy stores nationwide or Mac King Magic Shop. We just may be giving some sets out in the near future.

Also, you can’t go wrong checking out Mac’s afternoon show at Harrah’s. By far the best bargain and a show everyone will enjoy. Check out Mac King Tickets

New Las Vegas Photo Sets - We took a trip down Las Vegas Blvd. South recently. And we mean South. Starting at the west side of the airport at the Las Vegas sign… and heading SOUTH. Everyone is watching the massive construction on The Strip, but the next wave of resorts, gaming, and development is already in planning and progress. Get a good look now. It won’t look like this much longer. (Click photo for complete photo set)

We also added a few photo to reflect the remodeling and upgrades at the Golden Nugget. (Warning… these were taken in early fall when the weather was still very warm. Don’t bring your swimsuit this time of year).

• Golden Nugget Las Vegas Photos

Passing along a couple of “must know” tips…

• Skip the casino ATM fees. You know that pulling money out of a casino ATM is obnoxiously expensive. Fees for casino ATM’s are approaching $5, then your bank hits you for another few bucks.

  The solution? Buy something negligible at one of the drug stores along The Strip and use your ATM debit card to get cash back. A pack of gum or bottle of water will cost around a dollar (cheaper than any ATM fee) and most stores will give you up to $100 cash back. This also may work at the many independent sundry/liquor stores. We haven’t tried it yet at hotel gift shops, but never hurts to ask if they will give you cash back with a debit card.

  Do all fellow readers a favor: If you find a certain hotel gift shop or independent sundry store on The Strip or Downtown that lets you use your debit for cash back, drop us a line at allvegastv@aol.com and we’ll start creating a list for all members to access.

• Avoid the car rental traffic jam. The new car rental facility guides everyone out of the building and sends them south on Gilespie, west on Warm Springs, then north on Las Vegas Blvd. The problem? An almost constant traffic jam once you turn on to Las Vegas Blvd. because you are just south of where it intersects with our Beltway freeway and a major shopping area.

  Simple solution? Make a left turn out of the car rental lot. Take that road (Gilespie) north until it ends at Sunset. A quick left (west) on Sunset leads to Las Vegas Blvd. and you just zoomed past the entire traffic mess. Google map of suggested route. You’ll save yourself 10-15 minutes. We know. We use this shortcut all the time doing our local business in the area.

Enjoy This Issue!

Associate Editor: Amy Rayner-Cooley
News Researcher/Editor: Mark Jacobs

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Ultimate Fighting Championship Presents UFC 81: Breaking Point; Showdown Set Between Brock Lesnar And Frank Mir Saturday, February 2 At Mandalay Bay - Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir will put former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Champion and world-renown superstar Brock Lesnar to the ultimate test as Lesnar makes his move from the ring into the Octagon™ to prove that he is “for real.” This will be a feature fight of the night at UFC 81: BREAKING POINT (Tickets) set to take place live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, Feb. 2. Click to Read The Full Story …

War At The Flamingo - Multicultural Crossover Phenomenon With Comedian George Wallace January 15-26 - The legendary funk band WAR has been tapped by resident comedian headliner George Wallace to share the stage for two weeks in January 2008. (Tickets) Following up the hugely successful visit by Sly and the Family Stone earlier this year Wallace personally chose WAR to extend an invitation to continue the excitement on stage at the Flamingo Showroom. Performing January 15-26 at 10:00 p.m. WAR will rock audiences with their eclectic fusion of rock, funk, jazz, Latin music, R&B and even reggae. This combination has given the band an enduring musical career and sales in excess of more than 50 million records. Click to Read The Full Story …

Sonny Charles & The Checkmates To Ring In 2008 At The Rampart Casino - New Year’s Eve Performance Will Honor Sweet Louie - The Rampart Casino will ring in the new year with a New Year’s Eve concert by Sonny Charles & The Checkmates. This show will pay tribute to the late, great Sweet Louie. The show will be held at Addison’s Lounge inside the Rampart Casino on Monday, December 31. The show begins at 9 p.m. $10 admittance at the door. Click to Read The Full Story …

Sassy And Brassy Babes Of Hogs & Heifers To Host New Year’s Eve 2008 Bash - Hogs & Heifers Saloon will ring in 2008 with live entertainment provided by rockers Southern Stue on Monday, December 31, 2007 Doors open at 1 p.m. There is no cover for the biggest party on Third Street that includes midnight champagne toast and party favors. Valet parking and on-street motorcycle parking is available. Guests must be 21 years of age or older. Click to Read The Full Story …

Golden Nugget Completes $60 Million Expansion - The Golden Nugget has raised the bar again with the opening of its newest addition. The Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino unveiled its $60 million expansion at First and Fremont Streets just in time for the New Year’s Eve festivities. The addition, just west of the current property location, offers a large multi-purpose events center, expanded gaming floor, new sushi restaurant and an exciting nightlife venue unheard of on Fremont Street. Click to Read The Full Story …

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Reader Submitted Photos:

This was taken on Jan 14th 07 - the Tropicana’s water fall, yes its frozen. It was real cold the entire 4 days we were there. We were married on the 15th. The other picture is of the Stardust (well the sign) I know it came down a few weeks later.

Enjoy the pics!
Sandy & Steve

Thanks for the great photos! I saved them for the end of the year because losing The Stardust was certainly a big story of 2007. Also, a good reminder for people coming during the winter: It is sunny almost every day here, but not always warm. Average highs for January are 57 degrees, but average is the key word. As this newsletter goes out, we are facing 2-3 days where the low will be around freezing.

(Note to self… dig out really warm coat). Bring on summer… I so hate the cold…

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Well I never made it to Vegas this past weekend. My daughter was sick and I felt I couldn’t leave her, but she’s fine now and it wasn’t serious. I have to say that South Point was great in that they didn’t charge me the requisite 1 night cancellation fee. The rest of the group went so I thought I’d let you know their reviews. They had good things to say about the hotel.

The staff at the hotel were very pleasant and check in was no problem. They had reserved King beds and were given double beds but when they called the desk, she promptly found them rooms with Kings and also all on the same floor next to each other. The rooms were spotless, and huge. The casino wasn’t smoky and the pool was good. The only complaint about the pool was it could’ve been a little more secluded. Maybe more lush greenery(ala Mirage pool). The Del-Mar Deli was good and the breakfast buffet was good…especially at $6 with the discount coupon.

The liquor store on-site was a hit with reasonable prices. There is construction going on but the men in the group actually enjoyed watching the crane doing it’s thing while they had cocktail in hand by the pool. They used the shuttle to and from Mandalay Bay frequently, but the complaint was that it stopped running too early. They got tickets to Love. 2 from the group thought it was absolutely the best show they’ve ever seen, the other 4 thought it was just good…not being huge Beatles fans and there was also a 45 minute delay due to technical difficulties.

They did a Red Rock Jeep tour which they all enjoyed. They had dinner buffets at the Mirage and Bellagio with Bellagio getting a slightly better review than the Mirage based on food quality. Dinner at Canaletto at the Venetian was just OK…the food and also a less than pleasant waitress. However, they thought the surroundings were great, along with the gondola ride they took. They spent a little time in the bar at Kahunaville which they thought was fun. And one person won $250 on a slot machine at Bellagio with a $5 chip they found on the floor. So overall they had a good time with lots of laughs -and I was home wishing I was there.

So, thank you for all your info, and I will be checking out the newsletters and planning my trip whenever that may be…hopefully sooner rather than later. Take care!

Denise

Denise had asked about the South Point and ended up not being able to make the trip with her group, but she did report on the experience her group had and we appreciate the trip report!

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As our daughter is in Graduate School at UNLV, my wife and I (we live in San Diego) consider Las Vegas our second home (Love Las Vegas and the people). Having mentioned that, I would like your help.

I have a birthday coming up and will be in town to celebrate. I have been looking at many of the hotels gift shops for a embroidered black silk jacket or something else, that has the “Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas” sign that is on Las Vegas Boulevard.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Love the newsletter and look forward to it every week. Keep up the excellent work.

Regards and thank you for your help in advance.

Paul Wittmann
San Diego, CA

Heck of a question. I’m not sure I’ve seen one. The Las Vegas sign isn’t trademarked, so anyone can use it or variations of it. The hotels pretty much want to sell only stuff with their name on it. When in town, I’d check the Bonanza Gift Shop… it is huge. You might find something there.

Also, you may try Ebay. Try a search for

las vegas jacket

or similar.

Hope this helps!

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I would just like to say what a great magazine you have, It is really great to read and it brings back at lot of memories as we came to Las Vegas last year and the year before.

Keep up the good work.

Thank you,

Sylvia Worden,
Lancaster, Lancashire.
England.

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More Las Vegas News - Concerts - Events

• Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell Hosts Official UFC 79:Nemesis After Party At Studio 54, December 29

  UFC 79:Nemesis After Party At Studio 54 Tickets or Call 1-800-696-5721

• Premier Nightclub Studio 54 Begins The Countdown For 2008 With A Stunning Performance By Hip-Hop Legend KRS-One, December 28

  Studio 54 Tickets and Information or Call 1-800-696-5721

• Kevin Burke, Star Of “Defending the Caveman,” To Take The Stage For His 1000th Performance

  Defending The Caveman Tickets

• ‘Dancing’ pro takes his moves to Vegas

  Dancing With The Stars Tickets

• Avril Lavigne hits Las Vegas for New Year

  New Year’s Eve at Prive Tickets or Call 1-800-696-5721

• Pamela Anderson Pure excitement

  New Year’s Eve at Pure Tickets or Call 1-800-696-5721

• Golden Nugget Earns AAA Four-Diamond Award For 31st Consecutive Year - Legendary Hotel-Casino Retains State Record

  Golden Nugget Info and Reservations

• Divine Performing Arts Brings A “Chinese New Year Spectacular” To Las Vegas With A One-Time Performance On January 21 At The Las Vegas Hilton

• Cathouse Grand Opening Event At Luxor Hosted By Mischa Barton Saturday, December 29

• Artisan Hotel Las Vegas New Years Eve

• Celebrate The Launch Of 2008 In The Lap Of Luxury At Lake Las Vegas

• The M Resort, Spa And Casino Partners With Galaxy Theatres

• Da Vinci Experience Extends Special Offer To Nevada Residents

• Krug Champagne Lounge At Head Candy Offers Ultimate New Year’s Eve Experience For Discerning Partygoers

• Spago Toasts Happy Endings And New Beginnings For 2008

• Trattoria Del Lupo Toasts Happy Endings And New Beginnings For 2008

• The Carmel Room At Rampart Casino To Feature A New Year’s Eve Gourmet Menu

• Trader Vic’s Rings In The New Year With Special Dining Packages And Spectacular Views Of The Las Vegas Strip

• Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Celebrates New Year’s Eve With Western Underground

• Metro Officers Train to Make New Year’s Eve Safe in Las Vegas

• Céline’s gamble has paid off big-time for Las Vegas

• Las Vegas mayor cleared on ethics complaint

• Get your game on - Mega-resorts see bigger as better in 24/7 Vegas

• Vegas Shimmers During Holidays

• Greeting ‘08 in Vegas will be pricey

• Gambling on Las Vegas Real Estate

• Vegas High Roller Luxury That Everyone Can Afford

• Las Vegas close to getting UFL football franchise

• Las Vegas Monorail ‘Best Bet’ for Travel on New Year’s Eve

• The Vegas losers of 2007

• New Year’s Eve Theme is ‘The Best is Yet to Come’

• As economy churns, state gaming win heads higher

• Growth, budget pains nothing new

• Harrah’s Receives 17 Criminal Citations

• Clark County Debuts as a ‘Judicial Hellhole’

• Mark Steines to host 2008 Miss America contest from Las Vegas

• Penthouse Opening It’s First Penthouse Club in Las Vegas

• Deadline Set on Downtown Sports Arena

• Nevada Unemployment Hits 5.4 Percent in November

• Smorgasbord of sin

• Speedway Condo Project Killed After Nellis Objects

• Casa Patron is worth rooting for, despite its cursed location and spotty service

• Le Burger Brasserie offers a getaway Strip lunch without the high price

• World Jewelry Center to delay opening by year

• New UNLV housing complex unveiled

• UNLV experts weigh in on southern Nevada’s economic future

• NV Schools May Face Budget Cuts

• Bosses unite over gaming tax - Casino execs say increase would hurt Nevada

• Superfans facing life after Celine

• Plaza project gets first OK

• Working as a checkpoint security officer requires eagle eye, good attitude and patience

• Work Starts on Verge Condominiums in Downtown Las Vegas

• Casino owner sells treasures - Local history among the coins, collectibles

• Agreement lets states bank on Lake Mead

• Good food gets lost as attitude at Cafe Martorano leaves bad taste

• Clock Ticks Down on “A New Day…”

• Act sold more than $400 million in tickets

• Thankful singer gets sentimental

• Dining Gets Finer in Las Vegas - Not your Grandma’s 99 cents shrimp cocktail

Coming Hot Holidays - The following dates are huge times to be in Las Vegas, and rooms are in high demand. Booking in advance is the best way to save. Visit our friends at I4Vegas Discount Las Vegas Reservations and spend one of the following hot dates having fun in Las Vegas:

• Christmas December 25 (4 day weekend - Christmas on Tuesday)
• New Year’s Eve-Day December 29 - January 1 (4 day weekend - New Years on Tuesday)

Link To Us! - Have a home page, web page, or blog? Link to us, and give yourself and your friends a quick link to find us from your site. Simply link to http://www.accessvegas.com and name the link Access Vegas!

RSS Feed - We now have an RSS/XML feed! Most RSS programs let you visit AccessVegas.com and automatically pull the feed. For those who want to enter it manually, the feed is:
http://www.accessvegas.com/xml/whats-hot.xml

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All contents copyright 2007 Ted Newkirk. All Rights Reserved.

December 26, 2007 ISSN: 1529-2770 About Us Privacy Policy

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AccessVegas.com Insider Vibe

Welcome to the Insider Vibe! This is the official newsletter of AccessVegas.Com. We talk about the Las Vegas activities you really care about.

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Book Online or over the phone! Call (toll free) 800-696-5721 to book all Las Vegas Hotels, Shows, Nightlife, Tours and Golf. We live here. We know Las Vegas!

AccessVegas.com Quick Info Menu:

Las Vegas Essentials Las Vegas Hotels Las Vegas Shows Headliners and Concerts Limos, Airport Transfers Local Business Directory Las Vegas Nightlife (VIP and Table Reservations) Bachelor Parties Las Vegas and Grand Canyon Tours Las Vegas Golf

Featured Shows Blue Man Group Mamma Mia! Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular Monty Python’s Spamalot Free Photos and Wallpaper Las Vegas Photos (Send A Free E-Card!) Wallpaper and Screensavers

Newkirk’s Notes - comments on Las Vegas from AccessVegas.Com publisher Ted Newkirk:

Hello From Las Vegas! Christmas is in the air, New Years Eve is getting close, and this newsletter is jammed with amazing info and photos. Let’s get started!

New Years Eve, New Years Eve, New Years Eve, New Years Eve…

The fireworks are set, the concerts ready to roll, and the nightclubs all trying to top each other. The theme is “The Best Is Yet To Come” and the fireworks show will reach from the MGM Grand to The Stratosphere with an display lasting more than eight minutes! (As always, sustained winds at the top of the hotels could put a damper on the display, but so far it has always gone off).

We have an extended listing of New Years Eve events running down the side of the newsletter this week or you can go direct to http://www.accessvegas.com/new-years-eve-2007

Bellagio’s Holiday Display is attracting droves of visitors and features some new twists not seen in years past:

Click on either of the above photos to enjoy the entire amazing holiday photo set for a taste of the season from Las Vegas. Don’t forget to spread the Christmas cheer: All photos in our Bellagio Gardens Christmas 2007 can be sent as a free E-Card. Send friends and family members some holiday E-Cards on us!

We say goodbye and a big Thank You to Celine Dion. Her five year run just wrapped up at Caesars, lasting far longer than originally anticipated. 3 million people saw the 717 shows. Whether you love or loathe her, no one can deny the amazing track record (4000 seats nightly) for a single headliner in the modern Las Vegas era.

What’s more, she adopted Las Vegas as her “hometown” and was very active in the community with charity and other events. She even occasionally was spotted shopping at the Henderson Walmart (closest to her Lake Las Vegas home)! If you missed her here, we do have tickets various dates of her pending tour: Celine Dion World Tour Tickets

Bette Midler is Celine’s replacement, and everyone will be watching to see how she does. Elton John will also be playing his selected Ceasars dates. Here are related links:

• Bette Midler Las Vegas Tickets

• Elton John Las Vegas Tickets

• Celine Dion looks forward to ‘coffee time’

• Celine returning to Caesars? Stay tuned

Hannah Montana Hits Las Vegas - With Las Vegas now having more than two million residents, Miley “Hanna Montana” Cyrus’ two tour dates here sold out in a matter of minutes. A third date was added, and sold out immediately. If your kids are old enough to visit and young enough to enjoy Hanna Montana (and you understand that sold-out concert resale tickets are going to be a bit expensive), you can check out Hanna Montana Las Vegas Concert Tickets

Vegas On TV - The Las Vegas Bowl (Tickets) airs on ESPN at 5:00 PM Pacific Time on December 22, 2007 with BYU looking for revenge over a struggling UCLA team. Again this year, NBC’s Holiday On Ice airs on Christmas Day (check local NBC listings). The event was taped a couple of weeks ago at The Orleans.

Goodbye Sweet Louie - Checkmates singer Marvin “Sweet Louie” Smith passed away last week while performing aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean. If you have visited Las Vegas for more than a few times, you probably saw The Checkmates performing somewhere. It would be easier to list the places they didn’t play over the decades!

The past few years they alternated between The Sahara, Casino Montelago (Lake Las Vegas) and Arizona Charlies East. Sweet Louie was fond of saying that every night was a Saturday night when they were performing, and I saw them light up more than one casino lounge over the years. Video, photos and other info is still online at http://www.thecheckmates.com

Enjoy This Issue!

Associate Editor: Amy Rayner-Cooley
News Researcher/Editor: Mark Jacobs

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UFC Fight Night Live From The Pearl At The Palms Casino Resort - The UFC and Spike TV will return to The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, January 23 for the first UFC Fight Night of 2008,(Tickets) featuring a welterweight battle between Mike Swick and Josh Burkman. “Mike Swick and Josh Burkman, two tough veterans of The Ultimate Fighter will be facing each other for the first UFC Fight Night of 2008,” said Dana White, UFC President. “Swick is dropping down to 170 pounds for this fight. He has always had speed and power, so this will be an exciting new look at him in a lighter weight class. Burkman is a great wrestler, and he brings it every time he fights. This will be an explosive main event and real test for both fighters.” Click to Read The Full Story …

Orleans Arena Hosts Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic - The Orleans Arena will host the third round and championship round of the sixth annual Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic college basketball tournament. The competing teams are Iowa State, Purdue, Alabama, Missouri State, UT Pan American, Wofford, Bethune Cookman and Texas Southern. Click to Read The Full Story …

Lance Burton & Friends Entertain At Zelzah Shrine Temple Christmas Party For Kids - Lance Burton (Tickets) finished up “The Vanishing Birdcage” at the Zelzah Shrine Temple for over 300 children on Sunday, Dec. 9. The Shriners invited the children’s families for a Sunday brunch and their annual show. This tradition began with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the early 1950s. Special Guest Star Michael Goudeau entertained at the show for The Shriners’ clients. The comedy-juggler Goudau has performed with Lance Burton at the Monte Carlo since it opened in 1996. Gabriella Versace sang a couple of Christmas songs and comedian Magician Fielding West also performed his act at the event.

Holiday Season Computer Wallpaper - One of the big questions the past few weeks has been What happened to all the great computer wallpaper you used to make available? We’re in the process of revamping and expanding that area of AccessVegas.com. In the meantime, a couple of great wallpapers to hold you over and help out the holiday spirit.

Click on the photo of your choice to view full size and see computer wallpaper simple instructions to make the selected photo your desktop wallpaper:

Atrium at Sam’s Town Hotel Casino decorated for Christmas. The atrium features free laser light and water show. At 2:00 PM, 6:00 PM., 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM daily all year.

Bikini Greetings from the Crazy Girls (Ticket Link) at Riviera Las Vegas.

2 Million And Still Going Strong Mamma Mia! To Record Its 2 Millionth Guest At Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino - After breaking every rule on the Las Vegas Strip, MAMMA MIA! (Tickets) raises the bar again as it prepares to welcome its 2 millionth guest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Thursday, December 13, 2007. Based on the songs of ABBA, MAMMA MIA! continues to be the longest-running and most successful full-scale Broadway musical to ever hit Las Vegas. Currently in its fifth year, MAMMA MIA! sets the precedent for Broadway musicals in Las Vegas. Click to Read The Full Story …

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More Las Vegas News - Concerts - Events

• Four Nights Of New Year Celebrations Planned At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

  Body English Tickets

• Lenny Kravitz To Perform At The Pearl January 20

  Lenny Kravitz Tickets

• Jay-Z Added To New Year’s Weekend Line Up Live At The Pearl At The Palms December 29

  Jay-Z Tickets

• Ford Presents Pop Phenoms Chris Brown And Bow Wow And The Up Close & Personal Holiday Exclusive Tour At The Mandalay Bay Events Center Friday, January 4

  Chris Brown Tickets

• ‘Mystere’ entertaining enough to see again and again

  Mystere Tickets

• Harrah’s Flamingo Las Vegas under fire inspection

  Flamingo Hotel and Casino Info and Reservations

• Caesars Palace Makes It Easier For High-Rollers To Bet Even More

  Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino Info and Reservations

• The Palazzo Las Vegas to Take Center Stage at 2008 Rose Parade

  Palazzo Resort Casino Info and Reservations

• Silverton moves forward with $130 million expansion to casino, resort

  Silverton Hotel & Casino Info and Reservations

• AGO To Open First Las Vegas Restaurant At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

• 2007 Playmate Of The Year Sara Underwood And Friends Celebrate New Year’s Eve At rumjungle - Balloon Drop At Midnight To Include $10,000 In Cash And Prizes

• Living The Dream Gospel Music Concert January 20

• Family Fun At Dick’s Last Resort

• The Orleans Offers A Multitude Of New Year’s Eve Options

• Ring In The New Year At The Gold Coast

• Silverton Casino Lodge Welcomes Matthew Pellerito As General Manager Of Twin Creeks

• Rankings Matter to Vegas’ Upper Crust

• Five(other)things to do in Vegas

• Viva Las Vegas, comrade: I’m flush with the wonder of it all

• Vegas Sucks Stars Out of L.A.

• Vegas Hoteliers Compete for Upscale Travelers

• Las Vegas returns to roots with mobster museum

• Quiet Riot star died of overdose

• Poor pooch or posh pup? - Dog groomers tend to take this contest seriously

• Back to the future: La Concha rises from the dead

• Springs Preserve finds success hosting ‘green’ meetings, conferences

• LVCVA Introduces New Ad, “Your Vegas Is Showing”

• Vegas’ eight year losing streak

• In Las Vegas, Liberace’s Christmas spirit lives on

• What Happened in Vegas: Warts and all, city embraces its mobbed-up past

• Vegas casino executives slam gambling tax-hike plan

• Louis’s Fish Camp is as suspect and overhyped as its Town Square host

• Harrah’s Faces Criminal Charges

• Interior Secretary to Sign New Water Plan in Las Vegas

• Nevada Casinos Report Record October Win

• Surprise! Gamers try to block tax proposal

• Petition: Triple gaming taxes

• Flier food rated healthy - Good-for-you-eating outposts list includes McCarran in LV

• Downtown on a roll: Revival in activity seen

• Hoping for a star and happy landing

• Resident’s hopes dim for trail

• Knievel pal recalls rapper’s shooting

• Brits show little respect at fight

• As innings get pitched and races run, book manager helps lay down the lines

• Residents count blessings, curses of county’s growth

• Another million neighbors? - Clark County life to change dramatically in 12 years

• Entertainer moves on after risky venture

• Today’s overlooked sites may be tomorrow’s boom areas

• The confused gaming tax debate - New revenues can be found without creating any new taxes

• Groovy going for Eastside Cannery - ’60s-themed project following plan

• Exec labels proposal ‘extortion’ - Sands Corp. boss says room tax squandered on tourism group

• Las Vegas police lay cards on the table to recruit troops serving in Iraq

• Water authority ready to pay for bigger grass conversions

• Wynn: Pieces didn’t fit for Midler deal

• Sprint Cup car testing set for Las Vegas track

• USC, Oklahoma should square off for title - Ohio State-LSU has stirred little excitement

Coming Hot Holidays - The following dates are huge times to be in Las Vegas, and rooms are in high demand. Booking in advance is the best way to save. Visit our friends at I4Vegas Discount Las Vegas Reservations and spend one of the following hot dates having fun in Las Vegas:

• Christmas December 25 (4 day weekend - Christmas on Tuesday)
• New Year’s Eve-Day December 29 - January 1 (4 day weekend - New Years on Tuesday)

Link To Us! - Have a home page, web page, or blog? Link to us, and give yourself and your friends a quick link to find us from your site. Simply link to http://www.accessvegas.com and name the link Access Vegas!

RSS Feed - We now have an RSS/XML feed! Most RSS programs let you visit AccessVegas.com and automatically pull the feed. For those who want to enter it manually, the feed is:
http://www.accessvegas.com/xml/whats-hot.xml

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New to the list? See our Newsletter Archives for back issues and subscription info. Don’t hesitate to forward this newsletter to friends and associates.

All contents copyright 2007 Ted Newkirk. All Rights Reserved.

December 19, 2007 ISSN: 1529-2770 About Us Privacy Policy

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AccessVegas.com Insider Vibe

Welcome to the Insider Vibe! This is the official newsletter of AccessVegas.Com. We talk about the Las Vegas activities you really care about.

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Book Online or over the phone! Call (toll free) 800-696-5721 to book all Las Vegas Hotels, Shows, Nightlife, Tours and Golf. We live here. We know Las Vegas!

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Newkirk’s Notes - comments on Las Vegas from AccessVegas.Com publisher Ted Newkirk:

Hello From Las Vegas! Some of you may notice the absence of my photo from this column. As we continue to grow, this newsletter is becoming a collaboration of so many great people, and we have even more writers coming on board in January. I’m the boss and have decided that removing my mug is a great way to reflect the efforts of many and free up more space. Co’mon… looking at Vegas photos is a lot more fun than looking at me!

Christmas is in the air, and next week we’ll be publishing photos of the current holiday display at the Bellagio. For those staying downtown, huge Christmas tree down there should be lit by the time you get this, and all of the hotels are decked out for the season. If you are going to be here on Christmas Day, you’ll find most all of the restaurants and buffets with a special holiday menu.

Our MySpace Is Up… Get Locked In As Our Friend! - We grabbed MySpace.com/AccessVegas a long time ago. But let’s face it… MySpace used to be mostly full of people under 21. We market only to people who can enjoy all that is Las Vegas.

Times have changed, everyone is using MySpace, and we’ve cranked up our MySpace page. This isn’t just about being our Friend. We’ll be doing special giveaways and bulletins just to our MySpace friends, plus more frequent updates about all that is AccessVegas.com.

Not into MySpace? Have no fear. We are going to continue to publish this newsletter. In fact, we have recently increased publication from 3 times a month to weekly! But if you want to hook up with us on MySpace, don’t delay. Put in an invite request right now at MySpace.com/AccessVegas

More Vegas Photos, More Often! - Regular readers know we have increased the number of photos we are posting just for our loyal readers! We know that many of you visit on a regular basis. Sometimes a few times a year, for others once every year or two. Las Vegas changes so fast, that we continue to bring you looks at everything new plus many of the tried and true scenes. New to our photo gallery:

• Shark Reef Mandalay Bay

• Riviera Hotel Casino Las Vegas

• Trump Towers Las Vegas Final Construction November 2007

Evel Knievel’s Last Ride - Unfortunately, this column has read like the obituary section the past few weeks with the passing of legendary Las Vegas locals Robert Goulet and Kevin Dubrow. We unfortunately add Evel Knievel to that list. Most will associate him to Las Vegas with his jump over the fountains of Caesars Palace. What few remember is that he lived in the Maxim hotel (now Westin Casuarina) here in Las Vegas for a number of years in the early 90’s around the time I first moved to town. He did TV commercials and public appearances for them.

This past Monday, Caesars Palace had the actual Triumph motorcycle used in the jump on display:

I had a happenstance meeting with him in my hometown of Portland, Oregon in the mid-80’s. I was working my way through college at Greyhound Bus Lines and he came in to pick up a package from Butte, Montana. Unfortunately, we had no cell phone cameras back then. That would have been a photo nice to have about now. When I was a kid, we all wanted to be Evel Knievel.

Enjoy This Issue!

Associate Editor: Amy Rayner-Cooley
News Researcher/Editor: Mark Jacobs

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Simon At Palms Place Debuts At New Palms Place Hotel, Condo & Spa - Culinary genius and famed restaurateur Kerry Simon has announced that he will open his latest epicurean paradise, Simon at Palms Place at the new Palms Place Hotel, Condo & Spa. The Rock & Roll chef, who has catered to the stars for almost two decades, will bring his style of cutting-edge, globally inspired fare to the eagerly anticipated new property. Specializing in sushi, steak and seafood with more than 8,400 square feet of dining space, Simon at Palms Place will be a hip, edgy and delectable new dining destination unlike any other in Las Vegas. Click to Read The Full Story …

Click Photo To See All Shark Reef Photos

Go Deep Behind-the-Scenes at Shark Reef Aquarium - In addition to more than 2,000 exhibits, Shark Reef Aquarium now offers a 30-minute, behind-the-scenes guided tour. Guests 13 years of age and older are invited to learn about the facility’s chilling predators and the place they call home. This in-depth, fully guided tour explores the wonderful worlds of water filtration, saltwater-making, food preparation, SCUBA diving and animal care. Visitors will see what it takes to operate a 1.6 million gallon aquarium in the middle of the desert. Tours are available every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 with the purchase of an admission.

Spa for the Holidays - Fall into a luxurious spa experience this season with treatments designed to evoke the warmth of the holidays. Don’t delay — these indulgent services are available for a limited time.

• Warm yourself from the outside in with a Hot Spiced Rum Stone Massage at BATHHOUSE inside THEhotel at Mandalay Bay. This cozy treatment combines traditional stone massage with essential oils of cinnamon, clove and arnica.
• Guests of WET — The Spa & Salon at TI are invited to indulge in a Tea Party or enjoy a Double Shot of two salon favorites — a manicure and pedicure. Tea Party features the soothing elements of green tea while Double Shot offers the stimulating effects of coffee. During the service, guests enjoy complimentary tea cookies, coffee cake and a beverage befitting the experience.
• At Spa Bellagio, guests are invited to purify with pumpkin or relax with cranberry. A Purifying Pumpkin Facial energizes the skin with a delectable blend of botanicals, while cranberry lovers can choose between an exfoliating Cranberry Vichy Shower, Cranberry Hydrotherapy Bath or Cranberry Relaxation Massage.
• Visitors of MGM Grand Spa can enjoy a luxurious Cocoa Mud Massage — a sinful cocoa mud body wrap followed by a heavenly massage with creamy Swiss chocolate body butter.

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Members Mania - We Love Our Readers!

Reader Submitted Photos: - Scott Misener submitted this beautiful photo of Las Vegas at night:

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Everyone I show this picture to, cannot believe it yet they want one. It is a sliced brisket sandwich from the Carnegie Deli located at the Mirage. I was there in December 2006. This is a great sandwich, and its almost impossible to eat it all. Almost. Everything in Vegas is Great!John Hewitt
Dallas, TX 

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Here is a pic we took of the rotating statue (taken in May ‘07) inside Harrah’s casino. We thought it was a hidden gem of kitsch.Betty Suydam 

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Excuse me but what is the problem with a cabbie making a referral fee for recommending a particular business? or as you call them “fat kickbacks”? Seems rather hypocritical for a website owner who recommends specific businesses for affiliate referrals to be whining about a cabbie recommending some strip club who will pay him a single referral fee. BTW, would it be better to take a customer to a dead club where the girls are not since the girls follow the guys and that is where the cabbies drop off? It would be the ultimate rip-off to take a customer to places that do not pay referrals. Taking a customer to a dead club is allowing them to be ripped off. There is not a damn thing wrong with a cabbie making a referral, nothing. They pay because our advertising makes them tons more money, simple.

As to this business about longhauling, again, way overblown and little more than another attempt to blame a cabbie for every rip-off a typical visitor is exposed to when staying here. Cabbies are not responsible for $200 to $800 rooms, $100 to $200 show tickets, $35 buffets, $8 beers, $5 waters, $65 limo fees, $5 monorail rides, $2 bag handling charges by airlines, $10 fees to clean a shirt or $25 bottles of $10 wine. Stop blaming the cab driver for a town designed to screw every visitor who exits a plane at McCarran. Do some cabbies longhaul, sure but if you understood how a cabbie is paid you would see how silly and overblown that issue is. The ongoing road construction in this town alone makes longhauling a must or we sit and the meters run, which is cheaper? the longer route 9 out of 10 times. We get paid to move butts not take one butt for a tour.

Next time you want to spout off about the evil cabbie do some research. Understand who owns the cabs and sets the rates. Understand cabbies do not get overtime (most work 60 hours a week) or any other Labor perk most Americans take for granted. We are exempt commissioned sales people according to Federal and State Laws. What the hell do you care if I make an extra $40 to take some guys to a kickass club on a Friday night? A club which will RIP them OFF for an average of 4 bills each. This club cannot pay me a marketing fee of 10%?

Las Vegas cabbies do not own their own cabs. We cannot even lease a cab. We have absolutely no equity stake in the business. Most have no retirement and most work all the Holidays with absolutely no extra compensation.

Las Vegas cabbies move this town. We do over 20 million trips per month, 250 million trips a year. We move 45 million tourists around. We do it because we are hands down the best value even if the rates were double what they are now.

Columns like yours are nothing more than arrogant racially based assaults on working people. You have not a clue about what you are even speaking about.

BTW per State law it against the law to stage a Limo at a Hotel. There is no such thing as un unsolicitated Limo hire. Next time you are at WYNN for example, see if you can see limos staged. Bet you do and guess what, Wynn rents Executive Limo the space. That is completely illegal but does Taxicab Authority do anything about it? Guess who then gets to cherry pick a cabline for those “strip club rides”. Hint, the doorman and limo drivers who already make a killing steal our rides and spilt the “fat kickbacks”. Course most of them are white so no biggy to people like you I guess. Instead bag-on those losers driving cab.

Stephen Brown
Taxidriver Las Vegas, NV

I certainly welcome the opportunity to respond to this letter publicly:

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Dear Mr. Brown,

• A significant number of the advertisements we run are paid placement. Others are for commission. This keeps our newsletter free. However, I am proud to say that we have never steered someone toward a show or attraction based on advertising or commission. In fact, when I send someone to do a show review, I have but one set of instructions: Review the show in such a manner that people who may enjoy it will understand what they may like about it, and those who wouldn’t be as interested are so informed as well.In cases where sales are commission-based, we make the same small commission whether you buy a ticket to Jubilee or Folies Bergere. Whether you book a room at Bellagio or Venetian. In this issue, we are running photos of Shark Reef taken at our expense for something we get no advertising fee or commission. We are about covering Las Vegas, and simply hope that our readers will patronize our advertisers and use our booking links if they appreciate our information.Cab drivers have been well known over the years to practice strong diversion tactics. This practice has been well documented. Yes, I am well aware that limo drivers also get fees from various venues for delivering passengers. Here’s the difference: The doorman and limo drivers are asking people ahead of time if they want to go to such and such club.

  Side Note: I have no problem with commissions or fees for generating business. This is a free market economy. I do have issues with a hard-sell to a captive audience.

• I’m not sure what $100 show tickets have to do with cab drivers long-hauling tourists. If this is such a rare practice, why was it highlighted at the top of a USA Today travel chat article about Las Vegas in addition to many numerous local articles.People choose to pay $200 for a hotel room or $25 for a bottle of wine. People do not choose to be long-hauled. Even if someone is staying in a $300 a night room, that is no justification bilking them illegally on their cab ride.
• I’d take up your work hours, pay and conditions with your employer. Or, find other work. You do not have the right to divert or long-haul passengers just because you feel you are underpaid.
• Moving 45 million people around each year doesn’t make you the best value. In fact, Las Vegas has some of the very highest cab fares in the nation! Reference:
  • Taxi fares keep pace with nation’s highest
  • My co-worker and I took what would amount to short $5-10 cab rides in NYC, and spent $15-20 in Vegas … (taken from recent visitor blog post).

  You claimed that cabs would be a value at double the rates. Co’mon… you can’t be serious!

• I’m at a complete loss how questioning the ethics of cab drivers is a “racially based assault.” I didn’t realize that all cab drivers were of one color or race. Once you figure out what race all local cab drivers are, I’d go picket the Review-Journal for their “racist” articles about local cab service. Their circulation is still a bit larger than this newsletter.

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So, there you have it. Las Vegas cabdrivers who think that the fares they charge are a bargain, and how feel it is OK to bilk you on the assumption you are spending a few extra bucks for an upscale room or a nice bottle of wine during your stay.

Kind of makes you want to take an airport shuttle to your hotel next time, doesn’t it? Many of them are owned by the same companies that put cabs on the street, but at least a shuttle is flat-rate.

More Las Vegas News - Concerts - Events

• 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards May 18 in Las VegasAcademy of Country Music Awards Tickets

• BYU to face Bruins in Las Vegas Bowl gameLas Vegas Bowl Tickets

• Cannery Casino Resorts Tops-Off The Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel - Eastside Cannery Planned To Open Late Summer 2008

• Lou Martin To Perform At The Cabo Lounge Inside Fiesta Rancho

• Green Valley Ranch Adds John Eddie To December Concert Lineup

• Picture Yourself At Inspirada - New Urbanism Community Offers Free Holiday Photos

• Krug Champagne Lounge At Head Candy Offers Ultimate New Year’s Eve Experience For Discerning Partygoers

• The Cannery Celebrates The King’s Life On January 11 And 12 - Friends Of Elvis To Make Special Appearance

• Twin Creeks At Silverton Casino Lodge To Feature Innovative New Menu And Signature Boutique Bourbons

• Cannery Casino & Hotel Features Holiday Dining Specials

• Koi restaurant opens Las Vegas branch

• Las Vegas’ next hot property - How some investors are finding gems amid run-down, older sections of city

• Ten things to do in Las Vegas for New Year’s

• Betting Big on Conventions in Vegas

• Mortgage crisis tarnishes Las Vegas boomtown image

• Siegfried and Roy: We may be back soon

• Colliers International - Las Vegas Announces Launch of New Luxury Properties Division

• Sin City’s ’sexiest server’ hails from Fayetteville

• Las Vegas airport reports handling 4 million passengers in Oct.

• Nevada: The best and worst place to live

• Moulin Rouge makeover moves forward - Owner expecting $300 million first phase to begin in mid-2009

• ‘World land port’ proposed for southwest valley

• Taverns hurt by smoking ban

• Hundreds Show Up For Yucca Mountain Hearing

• Caesars Palace Remembers Knievel

• Welcome to Vegas

• Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on new day

• Poker Star David Chip Reese Dies at 56

• Ice rink floats at MonteLago Village in Las Vegas

• Bait Car Program Helps Catch Thieves in Las Vegas

• Las Vegas agrees to deal with developer for affordable housing

• Las Vegas Area Population Reaches 2 Million

• Southern Nevada’s Efforts to Get More Water Scores Major Win

• Obstacles gone for Crown Resort tower

• Titans’ ‘Pacman’ Jones pleads no contest in Las Vegas melee

• Who will take over the Las Vegas Zoo after its director retires? No one’s raising a paw

• Le Cordon Bleu’s dining room shows off its students’ chops — affordably

• Beware foreclosure scams

• Las Vegas Tops U.S. At World Leadership Awards

• Upscale Vegas Hotels Shoot For Stars in Bid to Lure Big Spenders

• The Latest Housing and Foreclosure Numbers Released

• Las Vegas Area Tops National List for Stolen Cars

• Stuck in a Time Warp: With an act still rooted in the ’70s, Little pushes too far with singing

• Osmonds looking at Flamingo run

• Deal outlines how states will share drought burden

• Grab your boots and spurs, Vegas officially a ‘Cowboy Town’

• Delta Air Lines, US Airways adding off-site check-in for LV departures

• Is that really the Gold Spike? - Owner plans overhaul of downtown property

• Russian woman gets late birthday present - Skvortsova wins Las Vegas Marathon, $25,000 bonus

• Las Vegas Springs Preserve is great fun, even if you don’t buy a ticket

• From mass weddings to roadside performers, event captures spirit of Las Vegas

• Golfer-turned exec finds casinos and hotels, not holes and tees, suit him to a T

• Flashier slots revel in their day at G2E, but patrons will have to wait for games

• Rain sends valley residents to Mount Charleston to watch flakes pile up

Coming Hot Holidays - The following dates are huge times to be in Las Vegas, and rooms are in high demand. Booking in advance is the best way to save. Visit our friends at I4Vegas Discount Las Vegas Reservations and spend one of the following hot dates having fun in Las Vegas:

• Christmas December 25 (4 day weekend - Christmas on Tuesday)
• New Year’s Eve-Day December 29 - January 1 (4 day weekend - New Years on Tuesday)

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Newkirk’s Notes - comments on Las Vegas from AccessVegas.Com publisher Ted Newkirk:

Ted is taking some time off this week to mourn the loss of his step-grandfather. Enjoy these reports prepared by Amy and Mark:

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The entire United States has seen some unbelievable weather and Las Vegas was no exception. No, we didn’t get the hurricane force winds and damage that stuck Oregon and Washington, nor the extreme cold and snow that is gripping most of the country. What we got was something rarely ever seen in Las Vegas: Rain with very low lying clouds bordering on fog on November 30, 2007.

You may say “so what” if you live in an area prone to rain or fog. What makes it different in Las Vegas? We’ll tell you what: The mega-volts of lights shimmering through the fog as massive hotels vanish into the sky. However, we won’t just tell you. Some of us were out that night and we have an amazing, exclusive photo set that is a must see:

The slight orange glow in the middle of the background? Wynn Las Vegas (barely seen from The Venetian)!

This is not a trick photo. The fog behind the Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular adorned tower is all natural, with the new Venetian Palazzo Tower vanishing into the clouds in the background.

These rare photos are amazing. Check them all out in our Fog and Rain on Las Vegas Strip November 2007 Photo Gallery

Speaking of Palazzo, the opening date has been moved back a week to December 28, 2007 with an “official” grand opening in mid-January. If you haven’t been on The Strip for a while or just enjoy catching up on what some of the hotel construction looks like, check out our Palazzo Las Vegas Construction Photos to get a sneak peak at what is looking to be an amazing new resort.

Only a couple more weeks to see Celine here in town. Literally. The demand has driven ticket prices up, but this is the last time to see what has been a unique and amazing show of the kind we may never see again. While Celine is going on tour, a concert tour probably won’t come close to matching the Cirque-style show in a custom venue that was all specifically designed around her music. Check out Celine Dion Las Vegas Tickets before they (and she) are gone.

One quick reminder: The week before Christmas is one of the least expensive and least crowded times to be in Las Vegas, and the city if full of the Christmas spirit. Get your shopping done early and sneak away from it all for a few days. Still not sure? Check out these awesome photos of the Bellagio Gardens Christmas Display 2006 and then visit our friends at I4Vegas Discount Hotel Reservations for some of the best rates anywhere.

Ted will return next week.

Enjoy this issue!

Associate Editor: Amy Rayner-Cooley
News Researcher/Editor: Mark Jacobs

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America’s Kitchen Sweetheart Rachael Ray Visits Miracle Mile Shops - Culinary guru and television talk show host Rachael Ray will personalize her newly released cookbook and greet fans at Sur la Table inside Miracle Mile Shops from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, December 11. Ray, known for her innovative and entertaining cooking techniques, will visit Sur la Table to meet fans and autograph copies of her latest cookbook, Just In Time! Cooking enthusiasts must have a ticket to gain access to Ray’s cookbook signing and meet and greet. Click to Read The Full Story …

Sam’s Town Creates Holiday Wonderland - Tradition Returns To Mystic Falls, This Time With Snow - This holiday season it will be snowing inside the Mystic Falls Indoor Park at Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. The park will be transformed with tree-lined walkways covered in lights and holiday decorations throughout. The shimmering centerpiece of t