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Start year helping others

I’m probably a few hours early — depending on when you’re reading this — but I’m taking this opportunity to wish each and every one of you all the best in 2009.

Top 10 Television Shows

This just may have been the worst year in the history of television.

Top 10 Restaurants

How, someone occasionally will ask, can I give an “A” rating to both a gourmet room and a diner? Easy: It means that they both are excellent at doing what they do. The most successful restaurants are those whose managers and staff are focused, pay attention to the details and are intent on doing the best they can each and every day.

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Top 10 Shows

I know, I know. But I don’t make the rules, I just follow ’em.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield doesn’t need much advertising to fill 650 seats in the MGM Grand’s Hollywood Theatre. But the lack of ballyhoo means that only the bad news goes national.

Greek Village Cafe

Clearing our entree plates after dinner at the Greek Village Cafe, our waitress offered dessert. Creme brulee, she suggested, but with a twist, in that the crust of caramelized sugar sat atop a rich rice pudding instead of the usual custard.

Palace Station brings back laughs

The laughs return to Palace Station, where the enclosed lounge reverts to stand-up comedy after tabling a big expansion into a country nightclub.

Readers search out marble rye

Marble rye’s one of those beloved East Coast foods that is so difficult to find west of the Mississippi, but readers have several sources for Rosemary Nahay, who’s trying to find it.

Safe bets to replace fresh ideas

Raise a glass to the twisted visionaries. It may be a long time before we see the likes of them again.

Crossing fingers for TV Christmas wishes

The holidays are traditionally one of the worst periods of the TV year, landing somewhere between the “American Idol” audition rounds and Oprah’s Vajayjay Week.

Boats provide great setting for scenic cruises, meals and more

Paddlewheel cruise boats plying Lake Mead and the Colorado River recall the days before dams controlled the river and created lakes. Sturdy little steamboats served as workhorses on the untamed river of yesteryear. A vital link for remote communities, the boats carried passengers, supplies, draft animals, equipment and the production from area mines and mills. In bygone days, the challenging passage on the river always included elements of danger from shifting sand bars, driftwood, boulders and white-water rapids through narrow canyons.

BLT Burger

BLT Burger’s staff members wear T-shirts emblazoned with various slogans, some a little racy, some not. We’re guessing they can pick the shirts that reflect their personalities, or maybe their moods. In which case we think the hostess who seated us should get one that says "I’m snippy because my shorts are too tight." Or maybe it was her boots.

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