Q: Where was the hot shopping spot in the Las Vegas of yesteryear? A: For most of the 20th century, Fremont Street was the historic, commercial and economic center of Las Vegas. It was the place where people shopped, gambled, caught a movie — and even the train.

Pawel Szymczykowski will never forget the fire-breathing dragons, the steam-powered bicycles, the magical instruments that played music on their own. Sounds like an LSD trip, but Szymczykowski was just at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif.

Mitch Hanson and Amy Pienta SOMERSAULT LETTERPRESS When you ask Mitch Hanson what makes letterpress printing so special, he answers by handing you his business card. Then you get it.

Thali at Rani’s World Foods You may not expect to find fresh Indian cooking hidden inside a supermarket, but that’s exactly what’s happening at Rani’s World Foods. This cafeteria-style spread is best sampled with a thali, an Indian mixed plate consisting of two vegetarian dishes from a rotating selection, dal (lentils), roti (Indian flatbread), basmati rice and pickles.

Everything -- from pork to salmon to turkey. Inhale the wisdom of two of the valley's most accomplishment smokers “When did you learn how to smoke?” Not my usual opening question for an interview, but in this case it made sense.

With a flood of new law school grads and discount legal services crowding the Las Vegas market, the new law of the land: Adapt Times are tough for lawyers, just like they are for everybody else. The recession shrank demand for legal services — giving rise to competition from cut-rate specialists, causing some firms to lay off staff or close, and forcing those who remain open to make changes in the way they do business.

Can my credit card company garnish my wages to force me to pay my credit card debt? “A person, by using their credit card, has agreed to repay these charges. This agreement is not automatically enforceable by the credit card company, but can be enforced by lawsuit.

Are they humans? Or are they..

You don’t have to travel far in Las Vegas to find a ghost. From Bugsy Siegel to Elvis, they’re lurking in dozens of places around the valley, and spirit-spotting tours are available.

Vegas is ever-changing: casinos get razed and rebuilt, transients move in and out, people get rich and go bust. So when Thrifty’s ice cream left town, its devoted Vegas,cult following briefly mourned the loss and accepted a new tradition of fancy gelatos and ultra mod frozen yogurt emporiums.