Publisher Anthony Curtis is interiewed about Las Vegas’ new “machine-gun ultralounge” attraction.
Jan. 20, 2012
Making guns the focus of an upscale club doesn’t strike some tourism experts as excessive. “People come to Vegas looking for something different,” said Anthony Curtis, founder of LasVegasAdvisor.com, rattling off helicopter tours, Indy car driving experiences, even opportunities to run a construction-site excavator. “Is this that far off? It’s not even the craziest thing you can do.”
The Food Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles reviews Eating Las Vegas 2012.
Friday, January 20, 2012
The boys are back at it again. “Eating Las Vegas 2012″ flings three critics — Max Jacobson, John Curtas and Al Mancini — at what they’ve agreed are the 50 essential restaurants there. Much of the time the critics wildly disagree on the merits of any particular restaurant, which makes for interesting reading. Continue reading
In his new book, I Get Paid for This, Rick Lax steps into the shoes of everyday Las Vegans working on the Strip.
By Brock Radke
January, 2012
In Las Vegas, tourists can, famously, do what they want and be who they want, if only for a fun-filled weekend. But no matter how close one gets to a lifestyle others would envy, one can never really step into somebody else’s shoes and live somebody else’s life for a day — unless you’re Rick Lax. Continue reading
Vegas Seven magazine interviews Huntington Press author and Sin City “stunt journalist” Rick Lax about his latest book, I Get Paid for This: Kicking Ass and Taking Notes in Vegas. You can also read publisher Anthony Curtis’ latest weekly column in the same magazine.
Jan. 19, 2012
Lax captures the reader’s attention in the first chapter as he tries on seven different Las Vegas jobs in seven days (stunt journalist is Day 1, and it serves as an introduction). The jobs range from bathroom attendant to casino executive to street performer doing magic tricks (natch). Continue reading
Best-selling Huntington Press author Matt O’Brien is invited to share some of his Las Vegas reading picks with The Browser.
Jan. 18, 2012
Vegas tugs on the imagination like few other places. A sin city journalist tells us about innocent beginnings, muckraking and mobsters, and how Vegas has changed through boom and bust. Continue reading
FIRST Food & Bar at Palazzo hosts a unique Sunday Brunch with “punk-rock food critic” and Eating Las Vegas author Al Mancini, Chef “Sammy D” DeMarco, and the lovely ladies of alt adult site BurningAngel.
Jan. 22, 2012
FIRST Food & Bar’s Chef Sam “Sammy D” DeMarco and Al Mancini, co-author of Eating Las Vegas and America’s most unconventional food critic, partner up with Joanna Angel and the rest of the BurningAngel ladies for a sizzling, post-AVN (Adult Video News) Awards brunch. Continue reading
The “Daily Dish” hearts Eating Las Vegas 2012.
Jan. 9, 2012
If you’ve ever wondered what’s out there beyond the Strip, this guide ferrets out the essential restaurants and dives to visit. If you spend much time in Las Vegas, you need this book. Continue reading
Huntington Press title Eating Las Vegas 2012 is referenced.
January 5, 2012
BALTIMORE, MD – Heavy Seas Alehouse will officially open to the public February 15, 2012. The 4,900 sq. ft. space is located at The Tack Factory, 1300 Bank Street and will serve lunch and dinner and open daily at 11:00 a.m.
Chef Matt Seeber, formerly the Executive Chef at the flagship Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak at the MGM Grand for 6 years before settling in Baltimore, will lead Heavy Seas Alehouse’s kitchen.
Craftsteak received numerous awards during Seeber’s tenure, including the AAA 4 Diamond Award, Michelin Guide, Sante, Mobil and inclusion in John Curtas’ “Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants”. Seeber has over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry including a term at the famed New York City Gramercy Tavern and certification as a Chef Instructor from the French Culinary Institute.
Anthony Curtis’ weekly column for Vegas Seven magazine.
Here are the highlights from my research for January’s Las Vegas Advisor newsletter:
• The bar in Crossroads at the House of Blues serves mean meatball sliders. These aren’t just meatballs. They’re made from braised beef short ribs, topped with tomato sauce and cotija cheese, and served on a potato roll. Almost as good are the house-made spicy pickles on the side. They come two-per-serving for $9.99, but if you go during happy hour from 2-6 p.m. daily—where you can also get $3 beer, $4 wine and $5 cocktails—they’re just $7. Continue reading
I Get Paid for This is excerpted in the Jan. 5, 2011 issue of Las Vegas Weekly.
Here’s how a mafia protection racket works: A Mafioso shows up at your door and says, “If you pay us a thousand bucks a month, we’ll keep you safe.”
“Safe from what?” you ask.
“All kinds of things,” you’re told. “We can keep your business from burning down, and we can keep your family from getting hurt.”
“That’s never been a problem before,” you say. “I think I’ll pass.”
Huntington Press author Rick Lax’s new book, I Get Paid for This: Kicking Ass and Taking Notes in Vegas, which includes his adventures as a street magician, is excerpted in the Jan., 2012 issue of Magic Magazine.
The Jan./Feb. 2012 issue of Nevada Magazine carries an interview with Huntington Press author/subject and notorious ex-Vegas mobster Frank Cullotta, who has been instrumental in advising the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement, a.k.a. The Mob Museum, which is due to open Feb., 2012.
In May 2010, Las Vegas writer Eric Gladstone interviewed surviving mob member-turned-informant Frank Cullotta, on the occasion of his appearance for a discussion in Las Vegas. Cullotta, shown at left in 1981, was a key member of Anthony Spilotro’s infamous Hole in the Wall Gang. Following are excerpts from the interview, which can be read in its entirety at ecgladstone.com.
Q: This isn’t the first time you’ve made an appearance like this since coming out of the witness protection program. What do you get out of doing this?
A: The satisfaction of putting people on the right track, letting people know what it’s really about. They’re hearing it firsthand from a guy that’s been there, instead of seeing it in movies and all that baloney, ’cause half of that stuff is so much exaggerated. Continue reading
