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I know things are tough, Vegas, and I know that most of the resolutions you made a couple of months ago have gone out the window. I know you took a long hard look in the mirror, told yourself it was going to be different, it was time to make a change, you really meant it this time, and now you're pretty much back to doing what you've always done.
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This month, Tivoli Village opens - the first phase, anyway. It's a handsomely built, mixed-use development that could be Summerlin's answer to Town Square.
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[sustainability]Growth spurtIt's a well-polished platitude that the Southern Nevada housing market's collapse is an opportunity to pause and decide what kind of community we really want to be. Hmm.
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The University District's Lunch Box serves up innovative hot dogs - and a distinct community vibeLet's think about lunch. Sitting at a table, waiting for your order.
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In a city mired in musicals, a new uprising of playwrights and actors is shocking! thrilling! inspiring! the theater sceneDimly lit bars, backyards in seedy neighborhoods, junkyards and living rooms - these unlikely spaces are fertile ground for a new wave of local theater talent. This isn't some fresh-faced thespian community, either.
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This spring, the sumptuous '70's make a comeback -- this time with a modern touch A playful print gives a cheeky bent to a game of "Strangers at a Hotel." Nanette Lepore Boss-Zilla blouse in blush multi, $248 Nanette Lepore playing skirt in white, $298 Available at Nanette Lepore at Crystals in CityCenter [left] Pair bold patterns and bright colors with a dark solid suit, and you're set - and a little mobsterish in the best of ways.
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Fresh from remaking a historic downtown hotel, design experts dish tips for sprucing up your own homeLast month, historic downtown hotel the El Cortez invited four Nevada design teams to each make over an outdated suite with a $20,000 budget. The results were spectacular, ranging from Urban Design Studio's mob-themed "The Big Sleep" (complete with pinstriped carpet and bullet casings in a dish), to Worth Group's "Rec Room" (boasting vintage cocktail bar and a classic black-and-white wall photo of '50s-era El Cortez).
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How one neighborhood got fired up, cleaned up andpowered up to become a tight-knit community - and how yours can do the same Sick of the perpetual garage sale or auto repair business going on at the house next door? Irked by the graffiti and dead lawns left on your street by the foreclosure crisis? You'll find inspiration in the story of the John S. Park neighborhood, to the south and east of Charleston and Las Vegas boulevards.
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Welcome to the March Desert Companion. Our spring fashion and home design issue is sure to help you continue making a home in Southern Nevada - stylishly, economically and mindfully.
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It sounds like a title out of a David Foster Wallace novel. In 2008, Michele Diener was hired as MGM International's Director of Corporate Sustainability Strategies.