A Golden Opportunity Pool season is just the around corner, and it’s easier than ever to get a head start on your tan with the latest in modern sun worship: mobile tanning. Stephanie Robertson of Illuminate You Mobile Tanning (spraytanlasvegas.

South Commercial Center District This unassuming stretch of Maryland Parkway is much more than a launch ramp from the University District to downtown. In its own right, it’s got eclectic eats, cool boutiques and spicy salsa — both on your plate and on the dance floor.

Editor's note: Cowabunga Bay has postponed its opening date until summer 2014. That’s the sound this total splash maniac makes at water parks.

Deviled eggs at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill Bacon makes EVERYTHING better. Gordon is a smart man, which is why his version of the classic is chock-full of bacony goodness.

Quest is such a freighted word. It suggests purpose, a bit of seriousness, and perhaps even a smidge of grandiosity.

Whether you’re seeking peace and quiet or pulse-pounding thrills, these trips offer it all — without the crowds, hassles and expense Stargaze in Great Basin National Park It’s like: Checking out the stars anywhere else — but with darker skies Look upward in Las Vegas and the Luxor’s blinding light clouds the view of anything star-worthy, so head north out of the city for the world’s largest, most spectacular, free nightly show. Once you reach Great Basin National Park, look upward on a moonless night for a feast of generally unseen celestial bodies.

If you’ve ever done the desperate crotch-clamp hustle in search of a bathroom while your bladder painfully balloons, you’ll appreciate “Urinetown.” It’s about a dystopian future in which an evil conglomerate owns all of society’s public restrooms — until a hero who has to pee REALLY BADLY challenges its reign.

Tom Moulin lives out of a white Dodge Sprinter cargo van. During the day, he rock-climbs.

The Meadows isn’t just another Vegas Valley prep school — it’s one of most prestigious (and, yes, expensive) in Las Vegas, ranked among the finest in the West. The majority of the 89 faculty members have graduate degrees.

Adam Bradley trekked nearly 5,000 miles from Reno to Alaska and the Bering Sea — through bears, bugs and bad weather. Why? The thrill of discovery — and to see firsthand a fast-changing Earth It all boiled down to the bugs.