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The miX at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay is in itself a piece of art.

Amidst the glittering lights of Las Vegas, travelers often overlook the quiet beauty that surrounds them on The Strip. Once the neon veil is removed, the cultural gems – breathtaking design, personalized wine selections, music played for Presidents, world-class public art and elegant botanical gardens – are wonderfully revealed. Design While many visit miX at [...]

The Trends, the Business & the Style Maturation of Jay-Z

American Gangster to American Gentleman. “You can pay for school, but you can’t buy class… Remembering when Mr. Shawn Carter first came on the music scene in the mid-1990′s, the Brooklyn-bred MC, known as Jay-Z, looked and dressed like most young African American men that resided within his well-known, New York borough. Mr.”S-Dot” Carter’s home [...]

Embracing a Legacy Buffalo Soldiers inspired a race that inspired a country

By Alptamise Hailey-Hinds Everyone, at some point in their life takes a brief look back at who they were and where they came from. Some people take their curiosity a bit beyond by investing time in finding out about certain characteristics, talents or anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor. [...]

Fit and Fun 2012

Once again, fun is the key to fitness in the upcoming year. Gone are the days of endless walking on a treadmill to nowhere. No more hopping from one stinky, sweaty piece of workout equipment to the other. And, if you’d like, no more co-ed workouts with muscle-bound men ogling you through the glass windows [...]

It takes a lot to be a Beauty Queen

Ashley Brown, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2011, was the epitome of class even thought she was sad to hand over her title to Katie Eklund, who was surprised and awed when she heard her name. She hugged and thanked Ashley while holding back the tears. Judges were not only impressed with her poise and confidence [...]

Uniquely Vegas come experience the other side of Las Vegas.

*Uniquely Vegas* is dedicated to showing the other side of Las Vegas. A normality amongst locals here, is having to deal with the stereotypes family and friends who visit Vegas have as soon as they land at McCarran Airport. Granted, Las Vegas has made a lot of money on said stereotypes, but it never represented [...]

The Vdara Hotel: Making Green Luxurious

Labels such as green, organic, eco-conscious, eco-friendly, responsible consumption and eco-tourism have caught on in the last few years. The World Tourism Organization has indicated that eco-tourism is growing at three times the rate of the mainstream travel market. Because it’s such a high growth market, every hotel worth its dough claims it is greener [...]

Scarlett Johansson putting her fame to work for those less fortunate.

Some musicians and actors are known around the world Their images plaster magazine covers, they sell millions of records, they bring in hundreds of millions in box office sales. Their every move is fodder for speculation in celebrity tabloids, on TV and all over the web. They are more famous and better recognized than most [...]