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THE BROWSER Spring cleaning — the feng shui way There’s a home cleanse that all the Windex and Lysol in the world can’t deliver — a balance of energy and promotion for good health and fortune that a 4,000-year-old Chinese tradition claims to accomplish. Sound more appealing than sweeping away that trail of crumbs going from the couch to the kitchen? Thought it might.

British reserve? Pshaw! Transplant Claire Jane Vranian takes English sensibility and rocks it up Fashion and music have seen a recent British renaissance of sorts. From the ongoing buzz about the royal couple to Adele’s domination of pop music to the worldwide craze over Alexander McQueen, everyone’s eye is on British style — and Las Vegas is no exception.

Q: I want to avoid high gas prices and do my part for the earth — I want to take the bus a few times a week. What should a new bus rider know? A: Four bucks for a gallon of gas? It’s just the start.

Meet six unlikely businesses that are taking things green. Compressed soil pucks and solar-powered chocolate, anyone? Chocolate So single-minded are the confectionery warlocks at Ethel M in their pursuit of creating chocolate by whatever means necessary that they have harnessed the elemental power of the sun itself for their dark, rich arts.

Peek inside some Southern Nevada homes that are icons of architectural style Residential architecture — like any other art form — has its categories, from baroque to postmodern and beyond. A common lament about Las Vegas’ design landscape is its shallowness, but dig a little and you’ll find a few gems of specific genres — and in some cases, some examples that perfectly embody their spirit.

Three words: You are wrong! That comment is directed to Steve Sebelius and his “answer” to the question, “Why did we celebrate the Las Vegas Centennial in 2005, when the city wasn’t incorporated until 1911?” (The Answers, January). In his response, Sebelius says the reason why we celebrated Las Vegas’ birthday in 2005 was “Mayor Oscar Goodman.

The Smith Center’s big, brash pipe dream The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is a stately limestone building whose classical composition — both elegant and formal — features Art Deco details drawn from Hoover Dam, suggesting enduring social purpose and monumental achievement. Indeed, the newly opened center has already attracted a constellation of star talent.

Southern Nevada’s gleaming malls are great for getting your shop on, but what about that dictum to support your small, local, independent retailers? You won’t find many of those in the mix when you’re going wall-eyed deciphering the mall’s billboard-size directory map. But you will find them in force at The Market LV in Tivoli Village.

Jajangmyun at Chapaghetti In South Korea, April 14 is known as Black Day. The anti-Valentine’s Day, it’s an occasion when the lonely commiserate by wearing dark clothes and wallowing over bowls of jajangmyeon, or noodles in black bean sauce.