I thought Doors frontman Jim Morrison would appreciate crashing at the pad of a struggling writer. Was I ever wrong At first I didn’t know who exactly my friend Bob was bringing up to my Bonanza Hilltop apartment in that desert winter of 1968.

New and notable The British are coming I used to walk two blocks from where I lived, and turn right to find myself in the middle of the throbbing hum of everyone I could possibly know in the same place at the same time — and all there for the same soul-thrilling reason I was. Topshop.

Layers Bakery Café This Green Valley pastry stop offers much more than just sweet stuff Eating healthy doesn’t have to mean not eating delicious. As proof, I offer Exhibit A: Layers Bakery Café.

The next phase of the food truck revolution: restaurants (and menus) that are here to stay Something crazy happened in Las Vegas in the spring of 2010 — something organic, hopeful and real amid rising unemployment and foreclosure rates and an all-around dismal business environment. A wave of friendly, casual, neighborhood eateries started opening up all across our city.

I thought fencing was a pretentious, so-called sport for snobs. But then I started poking around.

Q: Why were they called “The Rat Pack”? A: Who hasn’t heard of the Rat Pack? Everybody knows who they were: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford, best known for chasing women, filming “Oceans Eleven” in Las Vegas, and performing together in “the Summit at the Sands” while filming early in 1960.

Canned soup, cheese pizza, gummy bears, soda. You name it — Reinier Geyser was probably consuming it.

Destination known All by your lonesome on Highway 50 (except for the ghosts) For much of summer, US Highway 50 — “The Loneliest Highway in America” — is anything but lonely. The route is heavy traveled by flocks of motorcyclists, as well as road-trippers in cars and RVs.

Culture Restoring order in the court The newly opened Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas counts guns, photos and jewelry among its treasured artifacts, but the greatest artifact may be the building itself. The historic neoclassical structure at 300 Stewart Ave.

Whether you want to nosh with the family, log some miles or run your dogs ragged, there’s a perfect park for you Best park for the whole family Centennial Hills Park Sweet, glorious springtime is in effect year-round at Centennial Hills Park, with soaring flower and butterfly shade covers to make you want to kick your heels up and frolic. Children and those with a soft spot for whimsy will be enthralled by the Alice in Wonderland vibe, completed by red toadstool tables and little froggies that spit water.