Can Southern Nevada become a medical tourism destination? Judging by these specialists attracting patients from far and wide, we’re on our way. In the post-recession search for a more diverse — and thus secure — local economy, Las Vegas leaders have set their sights on medical tourism.

There is no understating the magnificence of desserts that taste as good as they look. Be honest: even the stale creations in the supermarket bakery can tantalize.

Charlie Tuna Oink Cheddar at Balboa Pizza Company I’m on a quest for the most mouth-watering, tear-inducing, pleasure-sense-peaking tuna sandwich ever created. (Hey, we all have dreams.

Health care in Southern Nevada. Admit it: You can’t read the phrase without mentally supplying an orchestral da-dum! The topic is so complex and monolithic it makes us stiffen with anxiety (or, alternately, induce snores).

Here's a spicy secret: Las Vegas has some of the best Thai restaurants anywhere Google “Thai food Las Vegas” and — boom — Lotus of Siam comes up on top. If you performed a sort of verbal Google search within your real-life social network, among the foodie friends whose recommendations you trust, you’d likely get the same result.

How to rebuild a classic casino on a shoestring budget? The Riviera attempts to blend upscale touches, grind-joint virtues and international savvy Talk a few minutes with Riviera hotel-casino CEO Andy Choy and you’ll hear the word “authentic” — frequently. It’s the 36-year-old casino boss’s mantra.

Q: What was the first hospital in Las Vegas like? A: It was a tent — a hot, dusty railroad yard tent — but it got the job done, thanks to the man behind it. Allowing for Southern Paiute shamans and the ailments that early settlers like the Gass and Stewart families dealt with, the first hospital in Las Vegas was not, as some Las Vegans seem to think, the old clinic at 8th Street and Ogden Ave.

Local labyrinths offer reflective steps in the right direction I wouldn’t say that I’m a labyrinth junkie, but if there’s a unicursal maze in front of me, I’m going in. I’ve walked the labyrinth outside Grace Cathedral in San Francisco (more than a couple dozen times, even well after midnight), visited the labyrinths here in Southern Nevada and even printed out a labyrinth to tape to my desk.

Now is a good time to ask: What do we want our city to become? COLAB urban design gallery has some answers Look out, uninspired tract subdivisions and big-box strip malls: COLAB Gallery — the valley’s first exhibition space dedicated to local architecture, design and planning — could become a spark for reshaping Southern Nevada’s urban landscape. The 600 square foot space is housed in a nondescript stucco storefront at 817 South Main Street, next to office interiors supplier Faciliteq.

The fighter: Dr. Edwin Kingsley Hematologist and oncologist, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada Imagine a 7-year-old boy, so scientifically curious he can’t keep his hands off his home chemistry lab.