Understanding the Weather in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a year-round city. While the weather can be tricky and strange, you aren't going to get blizzards or tons of rain or other fun-dampening problems. Sure, it can get hot — oh, man, can it! — [more…]
Revealing the Secrets of Arizona's Seasons
Because of Arizona's size and its varied topography, vacationing in the northern part of the state on the Colorado Plateau is a completely different experience from touring the Sonoran Desert in the south [more…]
A Few Las Vegas Values
The deals that follow have all stood the test of time and have a good chance of being there when you are. However, there's never any guarantee in Vegas — and that's not just with gambling — so it's possible [more…]
Las Vegas' Best Restaurants
Las Vegas is not only about gambling and having fun. Although you may be tempted to spend all your time in front of a slot machine, you've gotta keep that blood sugar up, you know. Las Vegas has a real [more…]
The Best Hotels in Las Vegas
Las Vegas isn't a coy metropolis or an unassuming city. Vegas is a gaudy monstrosity of delight: a city designed solely to take your money and break your heart while making you love it and beg for more [more…]
Arizona's Top Ten Desert Denizens
The Sonoran and the Chihuahuan deserts, which spread across southern Arizona, are home to all kinds of creatures that love the hot, dry climate or have adapted over the years to live here. This article [more…]
Shopping for Arizona Crafts
Shopping for crafts is one of Arizona's great recreational activities, but don't let anyone try to tell you that it doesn't involve skill. Identifying the best items to buy and the best places to find [more…]
Dining and Lodging, Arizona-Style
Your lodging choices in Arizona could vary, from five star hotels in Phoenix and Tucson to working ranches in the mountains. You can even stay in a haunted in with sweeping 50-mile views in [more…]
Scheduling Your Time in Arizona
If you're from a smaller, more urban-centric state, you may be tempted to plan a trip to Arizona based on more familiar travel experiences. Throw out those East Coast and Midwest touring models; they don't [more…]
Las Vegas Institutions That Are No More
It would be hard to imagine New York City ever razing the Plaza, or Paris tearing down the Ritz, but Las Vegas has brought down many of its historic landmarks without so much as a toodle-oo. Heck, by the [more…]
Discovering the Best of Arizona
The Arizona scenery is indeed as spectacular as anything you'd ever imagine (more than 80 percent of the state is undeveloped), ancient traditions are alive and well on the Indian reservations, and several [more…]
Arizona's Top Desert Denizens
The Sonoran and the Chihuahuan deserts, which spread across southern Arizona, are home to all kinds of creatures that love the hot, dry climate or have adapted over the years to live here. Here are a few [more…]
