For Susie Block, who’s looking for Andersen’s Pea Soup, readers are united in their answer — and it coincidentally fits with my Taste story last week. David Drucker, Penny Reese, Silvia Brunn and Joan Jones all recommended various 99 Cents Only Stores. …
Nevada’s State Railroad Museum in Carson City brings to life the colorful era of railroading that helped shape the Silver State. The railroads once knitted together the fabric of civilization covering settled places across vast distances in Nevada. The museum preserves and restores vintage locomotives, self-powered rail cars and varied rolling stock from 19th century railroads in Nevada, especially the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
If you go all the way back to the very first press conference, The Second City turned out to be a promise unfulfilled.
Eddie Izzard already squelched any "too smart for Vegas" garbage in late April.
It was then that a second show was added for today at the Palms, after Izzard’s first announced date on Saturday sold out. The British comedian fits many definitions of a cult hero. But thanks to HBO, it’s a big cult.
Beyond a too-little-too-late awareness of the geographical vulnerability of the city of New Orleans, it’s difficult to find many positives in the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. But here’s one: the Katrina Diaspora, which is steadily spreading the glories of Creole/Cajun cooking to areas of the country where it has been all but nonexistent.
People watch poker on TV, but will they pay to watch it live? What if they have a chance to sit at the table with big-name pros? Does that sweeten the pot?
