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» Web Extras balls out in virginia city
May/June 2008
Call them what you like: mountain oysters, sheep fries, ranch delicacies—they’re still sheep testicles. But once visitors to Virginia City’s annual Mountain Oyster Fry get over that potentially disturbing fact, they find the quirky festival—and unorthodox fare—rather delightful.
» Web Extras intrepid swimmers
May/June 2008
Lake Tahoe is a special place. One look at its deep blue waters can inspire people to accomplishments they never thought possible. In September 2007 and 2006, two athletes rose to a challenge: swim across Lake Tahoe. One became the first person with Down syndrome to cross the lake, and the other did the swim without the use of his legs.
» Web Extras footprints through history
May/June 2008
The Fremont Street Walking Tour takes you on a journey through classic Las Vegas. Like most things Vegas, downtown shows best at night, when the Fremont Street Experience and the Fremont East District light up.
» Web Extras coping with disaster
May/June 2008
In less than two months’ time, two Northern Nevada towns were devastated by natural disasters. More than 300 miles separate Wells and Fernley, but both are entrenched in the aftermaths of catastrophic events that caught the respective communities sleeping, literally.
» Web Extras urban jungle
March/April 2008
Let’s face it, not everyone has the time or patience to explore the Nevada outback in search of the Silver State’s interesting, but often elusive, fauna. In Las Vegas and Reno you can see critters a little closer to home.
» Web Extras northern exposure
March/April 2008
If you’re thirsty or hungry as you barrel along U.S. 95 between Beatty and Tonopah, there’s a new place in Goldfield to stop for refreshment. Ruth Andersen, a Beatty native, opened the Northern Saloon and Café in December after spending 10 months renovating the old Norm’s Place on Columbia Avenue, a block off the main drag through town.
» Web Extras making history
March/April 2008
Recently added to the Nevada State Register of Historic Places by the Nevada Board of Museums and History, Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, 34 miles south of Las Vegas via Interstate 15 and State Route 161, has survived as a popular stop for thirsty bikers, history buffs, and the occasional Hollywood film crew.
» Web Extras all aboard!
March/April 2008
Railway Reflections International Art Expo chugs into Carson City for its inaugural run, July 17 to August 17. A series of themed events are being planned to raise funds for the reconstruction of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, originally built in 1869 to connect the Virginia City silver mines to the mills along the Carson River. The V&T is being rebuilt along its original 18-mile route as a tourist attraction, with scheduled operation in 2011.
» Web Extras silver salvation
March/April 2008
After two years, the USS Nevada Silver Service is back on display at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.
» Web Extras vintage décor
January/February 2008
A favorite pit stop in the 1850s for immigrants traveling West, Carson Valley has become a destination on the antique-shopping circuit. With many of the stores in Minden, Gardnerville, and Genoa housed in century-old buildings, antiquing here is an opportunity to experience the past as well as buy a piece of it.
» Web Extras the other side of vegas
January/February 2008
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa in Summerlin, a casino-resort located 20 minutes northwest of the Strip, is a secluded escape. The Mediterranean-styled property offers 548 oversized guestrooms in a lush resort setting.
» Web Extras b&b destination
January/February 2008
News travels fast in tiny Virginia City. The current buzz projects a fourth bed and breakfast opening there some time in 2008. For now, Chollar Mansion, Edith Palmer’s Country Inn, and the new kid on the block, B Street House Bed and Breakfast, offer tourists a charming Victorian-Era experience. With another in the works, Virginia City has become one of Nevada’s most inviting B&B destinations.
» Web Extras playground of the gods
January/February 2008
Nicholas A. Price documented other-worldly beauty in 2,500 photographs that, as he puts it, portray his perspective of where all the artistic ideas of life as we know it began—in the Valley of Fire’s “Playground of the Gods.”
» Web Extras all you need is lovelock
January/February 2008
For thousands of years Chinese couples from the Yangtze River to the Great Wall have symbolized their love by adorning fences with simple metal locks, and for almost two years Lovelock has kept that custom alive and well in the Silver State.
» Web Extras digital flicks
January/February 2008
Northern Nevada’s only all-digital theater, Galaxy Theatre at Casino Fandango in Carson City, provides movie aficionados with a unique way to watch Tinseltown’s best—in high definition.
» Web Extras nevada’s first cabela’s opens
November/December 2007
Cabela’s, which refers to itself as the world’s foremost outfitter of hunting, fishing, and outdoor gear, opened its newest destination retail store near Reno on Friday, November 16. Cabela’s stores are known as premier shopping and tourism destinations, drawing visitors from the local area and hundreds of miles away.
» Web Extras the road to lake tahoe
November/December 2007
The Xterra USA National Championship, always the last weekend in September, is the culmination of a year’s worth of off-road triathlons. Athletes compete all over the nation, building their total score to qualify for this Incline Village event. This year they range in age from 13 to 71 and represent 46 states and seven countries, all vying for the title of champion.
» Web Extras misbehavin’ in spring creek
November/December 2007
Nevada is known for its mountainous terrain and rugged beauty, and this summer I had the pleasure of looking at it from a fresh point of view: 500 feet up. My first hot-air balloon ride was a lesson in the calculated teamwork it takes to inflate, fly, and deflate. It was also a reminder that some of the best things in life (think fishing) require waking up early—really early. That’s when you can expect calm wind, a necessity in a steady balloon ride.
» Web Extras ncot to honor celine dion
November/December 2007
The Nevada Commission on Tourism will honor Grammy award-winning, international superstar Celine Dion as Entertainer of the New Millennium at the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino, December 12-14. Dion will make a special appearance to accept the award at an evening reception on December 13.
» Web Extras reno district a happening place
November/December 2007
California Avenue in downtown Reno used to be just another office-lined street with only a few funky lunch spots to rescue its residents from cubicle overkill. But as more trendy shops and happy-hour watering holes have moved in, it’s becoming a happening ’burb.
