Las Vegas, Nevada

CRAZY FUN TIMES.  Vegas is definitely not your average city. You learn a lot about yourself and others while you are there.  I lived in Las Vegas for about 4 years, but believe me it felt more like a lifetime!  The things I miss most about Sin City are the bright lights, Tiesto at JET & REHAB, the feeling that anything could happen at anytime, late nights at Drais, winning money on penny slot machines, Social House, seeing friends and family when they come to town, dinner and dancing at TAO with my girlfriends, perfect spring and fall, Donald Glaude at Bare Pool, KOI, DJ Babyanne at Palms Pool,  First Fridays, Mosaic Salon - thank you Lisette for keeping me pretty!, Vegas Magazine parties, Wynn Buffet, sitting 2 tables down from Roberto Cavalli and meeting KASKADE in the same night, GNO, Zappos Happy Hours, MAGIC, getting into clubs for FREE being a local lady, palm trees, extravagant nightclubs, NOBU, REHAB, being filmed at ICE, watching things be filmed for various Vegas TV shows, concerts at the Hard Rock, TEAM BUZ...but I don't miss the crazy party weeknights that almost made it impossible to have a full time day job.

Where to eat, drink and play in Las Vegas…

LAS VEGAS – EAT
Café Rio – (Henderson) best green chile burritos!
Fat Burger
FireFly Tapas Kitchen & Bar - the BEST mojitos in Las Vegas (try the blood orange). the tapas are AMAZING!
Grimaldis Pizza – (Henderson) coal brick oven pizza
NOBU – (Hard Rock Hotel) rock shrimp and black bean chilean sea bass are to die for!
Pei Wei
Pink Taco – (Hard Rock Hotel) shrimp taco's are the bomb.com!
Raising Canes - chicken fingers and sweet tea YUM!
Social House – (Treasure Island)

LAS VEGAS – DRINK
Blue Martini – (Town Square)
Downtown Cocktail Room - (downtown Las Vegas)
Freakin’ Frog – unique beer selection
Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar – (Town Square)
Double Down Saloon – dive bar
The Griffin – (downtown Las Vegas) its modeled after a London pub
Yard House – (Town Square) – the largest beer selection in vegas.

LAS VEGAS – DANCE
Cathouse – (Luxor)
Drais – legendary late night afterhours
Eve Nightclub – (Aria, City Center)
Heart Bar – (Planet Hollywood)
Prive nightclub and afterhours – (Planet Hollywood) NOW CLOSED
Pure Management Group -LAX, PURE, Pussycat Dolls (nightclubs), Noir Bar, Company, Social House, Christian Audigier
TAO nightlclub – (Venetian)
The Light Group – Haze, JET, The Bank, Caramel, BARE Pool Lounge, Gold Lounge (where I had my BDay party), The Deuce Lounge, Diablos Cantina, Revolution
 

LAS VEGAS – PLAY
First Friday - premier arts event in vegas
Go Shop Vegas  - the most comprehensive shopping guide for vegas – events, sales, etc.
Las Vegas Marathon - december
Las Vegas Santa Run
Las Vegas Weekly - your go-to guide for anything going on in Vegas, check out Xanias HotSpots!
Metrowize Las Vegas - comprehensive entertainment guide.
Napkin Nights Las Vegas - nightclubs and nightlife
Neon Sign Museum - a fun way to learn about the history of  Las Vegas, appointments necessary.

Need to get on a guestlist? Get to know these promotors:
Tiffany Diamond - guestlist for PURE, LAX, Christian Audigier. she's well connected and can get you on other various guestlists as well.
Sam Adamson - Prive

Got a comment or suggestion? Email me: tara@beautyandthedrink.com.

Photo courtesy of the travel peach.