Shiny new things; Compassion is always in style Give back while looking great at the Flair For Care fashion show on April 8. Taking place at the Wynn Las Vegas in the Lafite Ballroom, this charity event features a Neiman Marcus fashion show with looks from American designer and "Project Runway" judge Michael Kors, as well as a drawing to win high-end items including designer jewelry, handbags and trips.

Southern Nevada has been a desert for millennia, but it's only recently been an outdoors - you know, appreciated for its actual beauty and inherent value: Our soaring, rust-red cliffs, improbable alpine mountains and pebbled plains awash in sun and solitude.Our desert's historically been once-overed with decidedly less romantic impulses: with a pioneer's eye toward passage and avoidance, with a miner's eye toward brute extraction, with a government's eye toward bland utility.

What happens when an outdoor girl dates in the indoor world? A whole new kind of adventure The desert just wants to be loved The conversation died. My date made a brave attempt to fill the silence.

Desert plants rock. Why? You should know by now: They require less care, bloom longer and brighter, use less water, look healthier and are less likely to die than plants not suited for our drier climes.

Are mixed martial arts fighters prone to violence? Whatever the answer, some fighters and fans say it’s time to man up — and tame the sport’s aggressive ethos The party started smoothly enough. Iman Aubrey had booked suite 13335 at the Luxor hotel-casino the night of June 18 for a paid swingers mixer hosted by her company, Purrfect LV.

Just imagine. An hour from your couch, you can be on a lake, rock face or ski slope — not a claim most other cities can make.

Straddling function and fashion, leisurewear finally puts its foot down You may confuse the Nike Woodside with the classic L.L.

Cindy Lydon directs her yoga class to lunge forward - front knee bent, back leg straight - and then act as if they're pulling an arrow back from a bow. She calls this the Artemis warrior pose - and given that Artemis is the goddess of childbirth, it's a fitting position for the group of eight pregnant women.

Four years ago, she was standing on the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham is turning the wheelchair into an extreme sports machine. How? By pulling off the toughest trick in the biz It’s a cold February evening, and I’m trying—and failing—to stay warm at a live music event on Maryland Parkway across from UNLV.