The Container Store: Put a lid on it already Calling all home organizers and compartment-seekers — your new favorite store opened last month at Town Square. And with more than 10,000 products, The Container Store will make sure you never have to ask, “Where should this go?” again.

The Las Vegas Veterinary Specialty Center: A new leash on life Behind the wall of stippled glass, Neka the pit bull is taking it like a champ, patient under the thrum of the MRI machine. Hold steady, girl: If anyone’s going to find out whether it’s a spinal tumor causing your pain, it’ll be the docs at the Las Vegas Veterinary Specialty Center.

With everything from obedience courses to dog parks to pet hotels, here's a guide that will make you howl with delight Sit. Blue Ribbon K9 Las Vegas Dog Training Center Blue Ribbon K9 specializes in puppy training, dog obedience training and behavior modification, offering private, in-home training lessons.

When local theaters need to set a mood, they’ve got Arles Estes on speed dial. (Cue intro music) Mozart did it.

Four-legged freedom When Jennifer Arnold founded Canine Assistants in Milton, Ga. 20 years ago, she did so with people like Kelly McMahon in mind.

High steaks First impressions of British chef (and notorious perfectionist) Gordon Ramsay’s splashy debut “What’s a triffle?” my dinner date asked as he perused the dessert selections at the new Gordon Ramsay Steak inside Paris Las Vegas. Knowing his unfamiliarity with British cuisine, I laughed and corrected his botched pronunciation of the traditional English dish.

Use your noodle Trattoria Nakamura-Ya brings fans of Japanese cuisine something new to chew on: Tokyo-style pasta Chinatown shopping and dining hub Seoul Plaza is getting a new title: Tokyo Plaza. What's in the name change? A telling shift that reflects the recent explosion of the Japanese dining scene - with adventurous menus that go well beyond standard sushi, from restaurants such as Monta, Raku and Kabuto.

A springtime riot — for you and Fido June is great pretty much everywhere, but it’s especially wonderful about 200 miles west of Las Vegas in the surprisingly little-visited Kern Plateau. Verdant meadows, blooming wildflowers and bubbling brooks full of trout — it’s a springtime riot.

Long before big cats were the lifestyle prop of the exuberantly mulleted duo Siegfried & Roy, a tiger was a part of actress Marilyn Maxwell’s Vegas nightclub act. Or it was supposed to be.

Went over to my brother’s house recently to say hi and drink his beer and, whoa, there’s this dog there — a happy floundering mass of jaunty angles and puppy skittishness, warping the entire familial energy field with waves of unconditional trust and love. He’s this sharp-snouted, doe-eyed monster of undiluted cute; looks like an albino bear freshly stepped out of a children’s book.