Even after nearly 10 years of doing this column I’m frequently surprised by what draws reader feedback and what doesn’t. For Elmer Herndon, who’s looking for Colosimo hot Italian sausage, I received four replies — and two were from people named Colosimo.
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The beautiful and sometimes boisterous Santa Clara River in southwestern Utah provides scenery and recreation from its source in the Pine Valley Mountains to its end, where it joins the Virgin River near St. George. Fishermen, boaters, hikers, mountain bikers, campers and scenery-seeking travelers follow the little river to find outdoor enjoyment from the region’s major attractions.
You sometimes get the feeling NBC couldn’t catch a break in a bucket lined with Krazy Glue.
It always starts with a question: “What’s a good show to see?”
Bonnie Raitt says she’s ready for a long vacation. But it sounds like her current tour almost gives her a head start.
You know how employees of Thai restaurants traditionally will ask how spicy you’d like your food, on a scale of 1 to 10? Aranya Thai Bistro didn’t ask us, and what we were served would, on a spiciness scale, rank around 1.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
It was a little kitschy, a little PBS pledge week and a lot of proof that we have become our parents.
By the time you read this, the ink could be dry on a contract to bring Wayne Newton back to the Strip as a resident headliner at the Tropicana.
The tendency for more and more meat to arrive in stores pre-packaged has reduced the availability of many old-fashioned specialty cuts, but readers did find beef shanks locally for Lois Growney. Julie Kisosondi e-mailed that she gets them at Larry’s Great Western Meats, 420 S. Valley View Blvd., and Jan Bartholomew that she found them at Food 4 Less at 2225 Las Vegas Blvd. North. …
It’s a Cinderella — or should I say Terry Fator? — story. Unless we’re tired of it.
Pahrump Valley styles itself the “Valley of Festivals,” scheduling various kinds of community activities throughout the year. With summer’s heat abating, oncoming autumn provides perfect weather for outdoor community events such as the upcoming Pahrump Wild West Extravaganza, Friday-Sept. 20, the Fall Festival Old-Fashion County Fair, Sept. 24-27, Pahrump Valley Winery’s annual Grape Stomp on Sept. 26 and the County Days Arts and Crafts Fair in October.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
Various clues identify Piero’s as a conventionaire/tourist-centric restaurant.
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