Notes and letters

1. FOOOOOD FIIIIIGHT! Sorry, couldn’t resist.

1 For “Out There,” an essay in our November issue, journalist George Knapp looked back on his decades of reporting on Area 51, and the craziness that followed his first story on UFO whistleblower Bob Lazar, 25 years ago. “Love all your stuff, George,” effused commenter Moe Flanagan.

1 Timed to last month’s Nevada sesquicentennial — a word, thankfully, that we’ll never have to use again — the October issue’s cover story sought to parse this city’s and state’s history through their epic thingness. Specifically, 25 objects from throughout time … time … time … that collectively add up to our story.

1. Pop quiz! Which of the following comments relates to a poem that appeared on Desert Companion’s blog?

1 “Downtown Summerlin, for all its aesthetic and commercial comforts, will lack the essential ingredients for an actual downtown,” Geoff Schumacher declared in our July issue. Summerlin Senior Vice President Tom Warden replies: Downtown Summerlin is much more than a glorified mall.

1. Among fans of cheap eats, our fifth annual edition of DEALicious Meals garnered a unanimous chorus of gastronomic delight — everyone together now: Ooh! Aah! Among fans of Cornwall, not so much.

1 Here’s reader Lee Mallory on the June issue’s epic photosplosion: “Great idea to juxtapose the broad and beautiful ‘Focus on Nevada’ spread (our photo contest) with the equally discerning and more local ‘Visions of Maryland.’” That was our three-shooter photo essay digging into the chewy urban layer cake that is Maryland Parkway.

1 Corey Levitan doesn’t want his infant daughter to grow up to be a stripper. “But, crap, good-looking 18-year-old Las Vegas females can earn 10 times what I do in a year by grinding into male crotches to Def Leppard’s ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me,’” he wrote in our May issue.

1 Dateline: Flavortown! “This is hilarious,” Kristen Peterson wrote on Facebook of our recent blog post spoofing Guy Fieri. “And smart hilarious, which is better than just plain hilarious.

1 Who makes the best coffee in Las Vegas according to Desert Companion readers? Sunrise Coffee! Or Sunrise Cafe! Or is it Sunrise Coffee Cafe? So confused! Head hurting! In our readers’ poll results published in our February Best of the City issue, we listed Henderson’s Sunrise Cafe (eatatsunrise.com) as the winner.