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Bigger Isn’t Better
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Here’s the question I’ve been wrestling with regarding Amazon’s new lineup of Kindle eReaders: Can I recommend the Kindle DX, the textbook-screen-size model that costs $379, when the online retailer offers a standard model for $139?
A week before Amazon announced availability of its slimmest Kindle (shipping Aug. 27), it sent the Kindle DX for review. The Kindle DX was recently remade with a better screen featuring excellent contrast. It is basically the same as the new Kindle—except the DX is really big. The Kindle DX weighs 1.2 pounds and has a 9.7-inch screen, like the Apple iPad.
Read More »PBR: Pretty Badass, Right?
Rock, meet Country. Country, I believe you know Rock?
When it arrives on Aug. 22, Jonathan Fine’s PBR Rock Bar & Grill, PBRRockBar.com, won’t be the first Vegas venue to comingle those genres: Stoney’s, Cadillac Ranch, Las Vegas Country Saloon, Revolver and the revision of Gilley’s have kept them intertwined. Neither is PBR likely to be the last to do so. Therefore, Vegas Seven asked Fine what makes his bar stand out from the herd.
Read More »Dancing Machine
Virtual entertainers are here, when they work correctly
Being the first in with a new technology requires a leap of faith. And it usually requires working out some bugs, as well. But give Lolita’s Cantina and Tequila Bar owner Eric DeBlasi credit for bringing the latest innovation in entertainment to his Town Square venture.
Lolita’s bills itself as the first nightclub in the U.S. with holographic entertainment, and while the technology has potential, its capabilities are limited for now. And it doesn’t always work as planned. On a recent visit, the dancer fizzled out after about 30 seconds. However, Ann DeVilbiss, owner and creative director of Digital Illusions, the Cleveland-based company behind the hologram, says that will soon change.
Read More »How Big Is Your Frucle?
Tired of the same faces on Facebook? Meet Las Vegas resident—and website entrepreneur—Ryan Alarid. Months ago, he and a friend were looking for new people to hang out with but came up empty. Now, Alarid is ready to launch a website geared toward finding new friends, named Frucle.com, an amalgamation of “friend” and “circle.” Get it?
“In today’s world, people do everything online,” says Alarid, CEO of Frucle. “I figured in our technology-dependant age, there must be a website to simply meet new friends. After searching, I never found one, so I created Frucle.”
Read More »Good Eats
“Organic” used to be synonymous with “expensive,” but that is changing. Similarly, the days of an “organic café” being little more than a salad and juice bar for pasty-skinned vegetarians are also in the past.
Case in point: Elixir Organic Café & Lounge, 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 180. Most of the items on Elixir’s organic menu are less than $10, and there is plenty of meat available. Salads, sandwiches and wraps made with chili-scented spicy beef are crowd-pleasers, while the lemongrass chicken (which is available in vegetarian form as a seitan-based chicken substitute) is also popular.
Read More »Overachievers Under 45
The search is on for the 45 most stylish, successful and influential men in Las Vegas. The “45 Under 45 Men That Matter” poll was created last year by Elliot & Co. barber lounge owner Elliott Chester and is presented in conjunction with Esquire. The event was designed to celebrate Las Vegas men who are leaders in both their industry and their community, and last year honored Al G. Gourrier (president of First Commerce Bank), Alex Berejnoi (executive with Station Casinos) and Alex Cordova (vice president of marketing for Angel Management Group).
Read More »Yeah, But We’re Cool
So Las Vegas didn’t crack CNNMoney.com’s annual list of “100 Best Places to Live,” with Eden Prairie, Minn., taking the title. But our city outranked desirable hometowns in several categories, with homes that average half the price, twice the sunny days and more jobs added over the last decade than in the top five “best” cities combined. (Of course some of those jobs have since been lost, but let’s not quibble.)
Read More »TV in Your Lap
I’m not an advocate of replacing a proper TV with watching shows on a computer, but sometimes watching TV on a computer is useful. Many options exist, including network programming—old and new—on Hulu.com, or live sports on ESPN3.com.
I’ve been playing with a third option, and it is pretty sweet and flexible, if somewhat flawed. This TV-watching gadget is called EyeTV Hybrid, and it’s a USB device that plugs into your computer and lets users tune in over-the-air channels and cable fare. For standard TV you need to attach an antenna—sadly, it doesn’t ship with one—and to get cable you need to connect the EyeTV Hybrid to your cable hook-up.
Read More »The Last Moderate
In an age of partisanship, Kenny Guinn practiced old-fashioned Nevada pragmatism
Former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn, who died on July 22 at the age of 73, was the last of his breed.
If the state ever had a moderate, establishment, Eisenhower Republican who charted a middle course, it was Guinn. When he came into office in 1999, Republicans had lived in the governor’s mansion just eight of the previous 40 years. Guinn won partly by being non-ideological. He ran only after carefully lining up broad business and party support; he became, as Jon Ralston’s book on Guinn’s campaign called him, The Anointed One (Huntington Press, 2000).
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