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From the Publisher It’s easy to acquire stuff, but not always so simple to procure relationships with interesting people. With this in mind, we went shopping for personalities to fill this month’s pages. Don’t fret. We also focused on gifts, albeit with a twist. November’s gifts are for Fido (or whatever your four-legged friend is called). Isn’t it time our domestic tail-waggers got some love? In this spirit of a dog-greet-dog world, please meet Cathy Brooks, owner and founder of The Hydrant Club. In Hanging Out @ the Hydrant, pages 2- 5, we talk to a club owner who fills a unique niche. She describes herself as a “canine conversationalist.” Her mission is to teach people how to communicate with their dogs, and to help dogs communicate and coexist with each other. In 2012, she had a chance meeting with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who encouraged her to come to Las Vegas to explore the possibility of including a dog park in the Downtown Project master plan. The rest, as they say, is history. A super-sized yellow fire hydrant on Ninth Street now welcomes visitors to Brooks’ social club for owners and their dogs. Dr. uynh eikes works in a traditionally male-dominated field. She takes a certain pride, then, in being the first woman ever to train in cardiothoracic surgery at the niversity of Southern California. During the 12 years in her speciality, eikes has won respect from her colleagues and appreciation from her patients. In the last nine months of 2015 she performed 254 surgeries at MC and she exceeded that during the first three-quarters of this year. Some months ago I attended a Jewish Federation of Las Vegas dinner at The Venetian. We sat at the back of the room and it was difficult to hear. Sometimes, that’s not a bad thing. But on this particular evening, it certainly was. I only caught a few words here and there, but one of the presenters managed to get through while introducing a community figure, who apparently was being honored. I’d known of this woman for some time. In fact, her photograph has appeared a number of times in this magazine. What I did not know was her life story. In The Sins of Our Fathers, pages 28-31, we meet Karin Sporn, a German born into a Nazi-supporting family. Today, this convert is counted among the elite of Las Vegas Jewish philanthropists. Her mission is to assist infertile Jewish couples in finding the help they need to conceive. At her photo shoot, she told DAVID that as much as she would like to bring back the 6 million Jewish victims of the Final Solution, it is impossible. But she wants everyone to know that her life’s work now, and her fervent desire, is to help as many Jewish families as possible know the joys of parenthood. This month, Jaq Greenspon explores the dark side of commercial retail development, so-called ghost malls. This phenomenon (thankfully, we in Las Vegas are spared) is well known in other parts of the country and the rest of the world. Zombie Malls, pages 52-56, is a compelling read. It left this publisher grateful to be living in a city that celebrates attractive and vibrant centers. inally, Marisa inetti’s Bocce & Bottles, pages 46-51, is her love letter to la bonne vie. She urges us to be creative when entertaining. At DAVID, we don’t expect you to rip up your backyard for a bocce ball court. But if you should, give me a call. It looks like a lot of fun. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. As always, I’ll see you in the racks.
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FIDF LAS VEGAS 2016 GALA: 6 p.m., $250. The Venetian Las Vegas, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 646-274-9659. abigail. amsel fidf.org. LEGENDS OF SPORTS: HOSTED BY AL BERNSTEIN WITH SPECIAL GUEST BRENT MUSBURGER: 7:30 p.m., $35. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://thesmithcenter.com
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21ST ANNUAL SERENADES OF LIFE DOCTORS IN CONCERT FEATURING LEE ANN WOMACK: 7 p.m., $34-$134. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://thesmithcenter.com EXILE ON MAIN STREET: 8 p.m., Free. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl. com/las-vegas
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17TH ANNUAL LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS: 5 p.m., $55-$763. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://t-mobilearena.com KOLLEL 9TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF JEWISH LEARNING GALA: 6 p.m., cost TBA. Temple Sinai, 900 Hillpointe Rd., Las Vegas. 702-487-3139 ext. 9. rabbimoskovitz@ lasvegaskollel.org.
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ALFREDO ALVARENGA, FLAVIO, AND MARIANO GONZALES PRESENT THE SOUNDS OF AUTUMN: 12-1 p.m., Free. Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. https://lasvegasnevada.gov. THE POET'S CORNER: 7-8:30 p.m., West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 West Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. https:// lasvegasnevada.gov.
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GLOBAL FEST: A CELEBRATION OF FOLK DANCE: 12-4 p.m., Free. Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza in Lorenzi Park, 720 Twin Lakes Drive, Las Vegas. 702-229-2787 https://lasvegasnevada.gov. TRIBAL SEEDS WITH FORTUNATE YOUTH, IYA TERRA: 7:30 p.m., $25-$35. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-8622695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas RUNNING MAN BROS WITH TURBO & SKULL: 7 p.m., $27-$45. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://cosmopolitan.com REO SPEEDWAGON: Through Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $76. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas. 702-284-7777. http://orleans.com ANDERSON, RABIN, AND WAKEMAN: 8 p.m., $46-$119. Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http://palms.com/ KOVALEV VS WARD: 2:30 p.m., costs vary. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://t-mobilearena.com JAY LENO: 10 p.m., $60. Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. http://mirage.com
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GLOBAL DAY OF JEWISH LEARNING: For event details contact 702-794-0090. mspivak@jccsn.org. EPICA WITH FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, ARKONA AND THE AGONIST AT VINYL: 8 p.m., $25-$45. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http://hardrockhotel.com
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IL DIVO: 8 p.m., $82. Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http://palms.com/ STAYIN’ ALIVE, THE WORLD’S #1 TRIBUTE TO THE BEE GEES: Through Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., $30. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. http:// southpointcasino.com WAYNE BRADY: 10 p.m., $44. Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. http://mirage.com
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OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN: Through Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m., $69. Flamingo, 3555 Las Vegas Blvd S., Las Vegas. 702-733-3111. https:// caesars.com/flamingo-las-vegas IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS: Through Nov. 27, times vary, $29. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com
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SWITCHFOOT & RELIENT K - LOOKING FOR AMERICA TOUR: 6 p.m., $33.50. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http:// mandalaybay.com SMASH MAGAZINE PRESENTS THE INTERRUPTERS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BE LIKE MAX, BAD COP / BAD COP AND GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION AT VINYL: 7:30 p.m., $12. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http:// hardrockhotel.com
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THE ICE RINK AT BOULEVARD POOL: Through Jan. 2, times vary, $15, Nevada residents $10. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://cosmopolitan.com
Motor Trend International Auto Show, Nov. 25-27
STEVEN WRIGHT: Through Nov. 26, 8 p.m., $49. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas. 702-284-7777. http://orleans.com DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER: Through Nov. 26, 7 p.m., $45-$75. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com 52 FRIDAYS - ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS: 8 p.m., $32-$162. Golden Nugget, 129 Fremont St., Las Vegas. 702-385-7111. http://goldennugget.com MOTOR TREND INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW: Through Nov. 27, time and cost TBA. Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-892-0711. http://lvcva. com/ CHUBBY CHECKER: Through Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m., $50-$60. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. http:// southpointcasino.com
SCOTT BRADLEE’S POSTMODERN JUKEBOX AT THE JOINT: 8 p.m., $39.50. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http:// hardrockhotel.com
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STEVE SOLOMON'S MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH & I'M HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Through Dec. 4, times vary, $35-$40. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com
CARRIE UNDERWOOD: 7 p.m., $49.50$79.50. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://tmobilearena.com
10TH ANNUAL HOW THE GROUCH STOLE CHRISTMAS FT. LIVING LEGENDS: 8 p.m., $25-$40. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http:// brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas
TOP RANK PRESENTS HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: 5 p.m., TBA. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http:// cosmopolitan.com
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RVLTN PRESENTS BASS ’N TRAPMENT FEATURING SNAILS, CRIZZLY, LIQUID STRANGER, INSTANT PARTY: 9 p.m., $30. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl. com/las-vegas
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Can’t wait for Thanksgiving to have a decadent meal? Then join the annual “Truffle Week” celebration at Delmonico Steakhouse in The Venetian, returning November 7-13. Chef de Cuisine Ronnie Rainwater has created a drool-worthy menu of selections using both black and white truffles such as Duck and foie gras terrine with cherry compote, chicory, toasted pistachios and fresh black truffles; Lobster risotto with white Italian truffles and fresh herbs; Braised veal cheeks with mascarpone polenta, roasted vegetables, fresh black truffles and hazelnut gremolata; and even white truffle ice cream. Naturally, Emeril Lagasse’s steakhouse will have wine pairings available as well, matched by Sommelier Dylan Amos. Delmonico Steakhouse, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd S., Las Vegas. 702-414-3737. http://emerilrestaurants. com/delmonico-steakhouse
Adult Juice Box What do you do when the chill hits the air and leafy greens become the hit of the season? Have a cocktail called Don’t Kale My Vibe. STK’s all new cocktail menu offers the Adult Juice Box, which features organic, coldpressed juices to appease the party child in all of us. The Don’t ale My Vibe’ cocktail offers a twist on the classic margarita. Made with Avion Silver tequila and Green Easy juice (kale, cucumber, apple, green pepper, spinach and romaine . The refresher is met with a tajin rim for a fun finish. Best of all, no straw to deal with. Recipe: Don’t Kale My Vibe - Adult Juice Box • • •
1.5 ounces Avion Silver Tequila 4 ounces Green Easy Juice Kale, Cucumber, Apple, Green Pepper, Spinach & Romaine
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The Charcoal Room (inside Santa Fe Station) is well known for serving the finest steak and seafood dinner in northwest Las Vegas, but you don’t have to wait until 5 p.m. to enjoy a taste of this award-winning restaurant. On Saturdays, brunch is served from 11 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. Enjoy a Bloody Mary off the cart, choose house favorites, including the all-lump meat crab cakes, topped with capers, tomatoes and shoestring fries, the rib-eye steak and eggs, or go for executive chef Matt Bosek’s favorite, Fettuccini Carbonara, topped with fresh peas, bacon, Parmigiano-Reggiano and a coddled egg, just waiting for you to mix it all in. The Charcoal Room, Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino, 4949 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas. 702-515-4385. a
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Fatboy® doggie bed could very well be your dog’s other unconditional friend. The firmness of this stylish pet bed can be adjusted by removing pellets for a softer feel. Measures 48 inches long by 32 inches wide by 6 inches high. $139. atboyusa.com
We can’t leave out The ON Classic, which has been the gold standard of dog toys for over forty years. Our super-bouncy, red natural rubber compound is perfect for dogs that like to chew. Available in S- L. 6.99-2 .99. petsmart.com
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Being away from home doesn’t mean you can’t be there for your dog. Furbo’s built-in microphone senses barking and immediately sends an alert to your phone. A camera allows you to see your pet, and when urbo is ready to toss a treat, it can use your recorded voice. $249 furbo.com
CleverPet is smart play for your lonely dog, featuring multicolor touch pads, dozens of engaging potential puzzles, and a kibble dispenser. Full control through WiFi and your smartphone, it’s a hub for unlimited games that keep you in control. $299. CleverPet.com
PoochieBells are straps that hang on a doorknob and are make for dogs to nudge with a nose or shaken with a paw to be let out. The premise of PoochieBells is based on the idea of conditioned reflexes, made famous by the renowned Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. Training instructions included. $24.99 TheGrommet.com
ive your pooch his own dream cottage with the Advantek arden Cottage Dog House. Perfect for small or medium sized dogs, this dog house is made of eco-friendly and naturally insulated fir wood to ensure your dog is comfortable in any climate. Nice added bonuses include a garden box perfect for dog-friendly flowers or herbs, a handy storage box, and feeding tray with two stainless steel bowls. Waterproof asphalt roof insulates the entire dog house, retaining heat in winter and cool air in summer. $500 HayNeedle.com
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Discover Cars & Coffee The exotic sports cars are revved and ready at this new, 100-acre motorsports complex. The SP DV AS experience, features a 1.5-mile 2. km ormula One-inspired racetrack with 12 sweeping turns, 15-degree banked turns, 60 feet of total elevation change and a half-mile straightaway. On Saturday mornings join hundreds of car enthusiasts who flock to Cars Coffee to showcase their exotic, muscle and vintage rides. njoy a hearty breakfast and a cup of joe before strapping in for the ride of your life. Admission’s free and the event is open to guests from a.m.-10 a.m. SPEEDVEGAS, 1 200 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 02- 9-056 .
Park People A Lego Art Installation With his L O art, former corporate lawyer Nathan Sawaya has been inspiring people around the world for more than a decade. Now, visitors to The Park can interact with and admire his playful pieces through his special art installation PAR P OPL . Sawaya’s art has toured much of the world, but this is the first time it’s been displayed in Las Vegas. PAR P OPL , now at The Park, through Dec. 30. The Park, 3
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The Rum Resurgence Now Drink This LIV ! is an intimate spirit tasting series held monthly at izz in Caesars Palace. uests are in the company of ambassadors and other spirit educators who give smaller and emerging brands or products a voice. The Nov. 30 event, The Rum Resurgence, begins with a welcome cocktail and proceeds to a comprehensive, guided rum tasting in the N AT lass, which also includes handcrafted cocktails, branded gifts and more. Hosted by spirits journalist ania Woodman, along with Atlantico Rum co-founder Brandon Lieb and spirits educator Ryan Mc innis, owner of O-D-V Imports, this unique tasting and spirit immersion is a not-to-be-missed experience. $40, Fizz, Caesars Palace, 35 0 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. Reservations NowDrinkThisAtlantico. ventbrite.com
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Mingle The Epicurean Charitable Foundation’s, Annual Fundraising Event M.E.N.U.S (Mentoring & Educating Nevada’s Upcoming Students) Venue Mandalay Bay Beach
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An evening under the stars with fun, fine food drinks and live music raised over 00,000 to benefit local students pursuing college degrees in the hospitality or culinary arts professions. More than 26 of the city’s finest restaurants and chefs showcased freshly-prepared bites, complemented by a vast selection of premium beverages and spirits. uests kicked off their shoes and danced in the surf as rock band the in Blossoms serenaded the crowd with hits such as Hey Jealousy, Miss Disarray, and ollow ou Down. Bill oley, owner of Las Vegas’ first NHL team, was honored for his contributions to the city and Mayor Carolyn oodman declared Sept. 16 as picurean Charitable oundation Day in Las Vegas in recognition of the foundation’s commitment to the future of the food beverage industry. It’s an honor to be involved in these students’ lives and watch them develop and grow into professional young adults, with the knowledge and experience to become the leaders of tomorrow, said Melissa Arias, C ’s executive director. The proceeds from M. .N. .S. allow us to continue supporting these students and I’m always inspired by the generosity and compassion of this city. Photos Cashman Photo www.davidlv.com | NOVEMBER 2015
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Mayor Carolyn Goodman welcomed the over 500 participants who gathered to raise funds and awareness for critical water issues worldwide. Starting at Symphony Park and ending at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, walk participants enjoyed complimentary refreshments, live entertainment, carnival games, raffle prizes and more at the venue’s “Haunted Harvest Festival.” Entertainment featured performances by DJ JBray, Prodigy Dance Crew and the Bishop Gorman Percussion Program. JayR Beatbox entertained and served as emcee of the day’s activities. Congresswoman Dina Titus presented a special Congressional Proclamation to Jerry Nadal, ONE DROP Board Member and Senior Vice President of the Resident Shows Division at Cirque du Soleil. The fifth annual Walk for Water raised $50,000.
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Mingle 3rd Annual RISE Lantern Festival Venue Moapa River Reservation
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Over 20,000 festival attendees made their way to this event just outside of Las Vegas. The objective was to simultaneously launch flame-lit, biodegradable lanterns into the desert night sky, symbolizing their hopes, dreams and wishes.
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5th Anniversary Motley Brews’ Downtown Beer Festival Venue Clark County Amphitheater
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A sold-out crowd of more than 4,000 craft beer fanatics celebrated the biggest Motley Brews’ Downtown Beer Festival to date. Guests were greeted with more than 200 of their favorite pours from over 60 local, national and international breweries. Delicious aroma of beer-themed dishes and nonstop entertainment filled the intimate backyard setting of the event.
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Attendees enjoyed a selection of fine wines and cuisine from some of the area’s finest restaurants, whilst enjoying music and a silent auction. Funds raised went to the Pediatric Program, designed to meet the special needs of children with life-threatening conditions, as well as their families. The program provides symptom management and emotional support. Additionally, the event supports the amilies in Need Program, which provides immediate resources for necessities such as food, clothing or paying a utility bill. Nathan Adelson Hospice was founded more than 35 years ago and provides compassionate care to the community. Its mission is that “no one ends the journey of life alone, afraid or in pain.
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Sins of Our Fathers Kari Sporn’s Journey from Daughter of a Third Reich Family to Conversion and Champion of Jewish Causes
economy. By the end of each month, a meal of potatoes was often their only sustenance. Her parents blamed America and the Jews for Germany’s misfortunes, and said life had been better under Hitler. They any young post-World War II German gentiles are curious directed disparaging comments at the new State of Israel, and claimed about the history of the Holocaust, the Jewish religion and Israelis were murdering poor Arabs on their own land. the Jewish people. But the subject remains largely taboo – Karin’s family moved to a bigger town as she entered her high school especially during family inquiries. It’s taught in schools, but specifics years. She found herself frustrated during history class when the teacher about the Holocaust are left vague, enabling the perpetrators’ to conceal glazed over certain topics their war crimes. relating to the war. When Young Germans generally she turned to her parents have no idea what their for answers, her mother got parents, grandparents, aunts defensive and defiant. Her and uncles were involved father twisted his face into a in between 1933 and 1945. funny shape and made silly Often, approbatory speeches sounds. made about individuals at Karin knew something was honorary celebrations and wrong and was determined funerals fail to mention their to break up the silence and roles during this period. deception, to learn the truth: Karin Sporn, now a Las that just as much as Goethe Vegas resident, was born in and Mozart were, antiGermany shortly after the Semitic hatred and genocide, war ended, in a hamlet called and Aryan supremacy, Gronau, along the Dutch was as integral to German border. Her father worked history. Karin didn’t want to for the German railway contemplate a future that following his military service Karin & David Sporn’s wedding, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 21, 1979. failed to include a truthful in the army. Her mother was account of the past. an educator, earning her DAVID sat down recently to learn more about Karin’s experiences. teaching credentials under the Hitler regime. Karin was raised Christian and attended Christian school. She recalls the DAVID: What prompted you to push through your family’s resistance? vibrant Christmas season, and the warmth and laughter that characterized SPORN: I knew that Jews and others were rounded up and murdered family gatherings around the hearth. She used to recollect fondly her during the war, but I didn’t understand why. I wanted to know what my father’s Sunday morning command to assemble at the breakfast table – parents knew about it, and what role they, and Germany, may have played. “Kompanie, Aufstehen” – a military expression meaning “Company, get up!” DAVID: What, in particular, unlocked the mystery for you and set you on But her eventual awareness of her father’s connection to that expression your path to reject their ideology? sent chills up her spine. As a young girl, Karin remembers her family struggling in a post-war SPORN: I asked my parents a few profound questions: Didn’t they notice
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Am Yisrael Chai Speaker Series with Major General (Res.) Doron Almog November 16, 2016 6:00 pm Eglet Advocacy Center 400 S. 7th Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101 Major General (Res.) Doron Almog, a recent recipient of the prestigious Israel Prize, is the founder of JNF partner ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran, a rehabilitation village for physically and mentally challenged children and adults in southern Israel. Pre-registration is required RSVP by November 11 to lnouri@jnf.org or 702.434.6505 x932 For more information, please contact Shawn Willis, Las Vegas Director, at swillis@jnf.org or 702.434.6505 x985 jnf.org
that people they knew, people living around them, were disappearing? Didn’t they wonder why they were prohibited from shopping in stores owned by Jews? Why did they not speak up?
DAVID: Their response? SPORN: It was shameful and unfortunately a stereotypical answer given by many Germans living at that time. They were worried about what the neighbors would think! And, besides, America was to blame and the fate of the Jews was their fault — they brought it upon themselves. DAVID: What does one do with a realization like that? SPORN: Well, I still only had their side of the story. I had never even met a Jew in my life at that point. But one day I found some books my father was reading and among them was Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler’s manifesto, meaning My Struggle, from which the atrocities of the Holocaust stem). I realized that my parents were pro-Hitler, very anti-Semitic, and that most Christians in Germany welcomed the rise of Nazism in 1933.
DAVID: Did this affect your religious beliefs and your faith in your family?
SPORN: Of course. It affected my belief in the church, not in G-d necessarily. When I saw photos of priests making the Hitler salute … when I learned that they did nothing to stop the murder of innocent people, I left the church. Religion is supposed to be about goodness and this was not goodness. I became an atheist. I moved out of my parents’ house to pursue my own life. I became a part of the new ‘flower child movement.’ I embraced the new ‘rock ‘n roll music.’ I moved in with my boyfriend, who had long hair. My father freaked out and said that these new ways never would have been allowed under Hitler. DAVID: What set you on your journey to become Jewish? SPORN: I broke up with my boyfriend and moved to Cologne. Nightclubs were popular and frequented by young people, myself included. As serendipity would have it, I met my future husband David, a Jew the first Jew I ever met. He was charming, handsome, smart, and we fell in love. He was born in Jerusalem. His parents were German Jews who escaped the Holocaust as teenagers – having lost most of their family members – and moved to Israel. When David was 7 years old, they returned to Germany to open up two small hotels, with reparations they received from the German government.
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DAVID: How did his parents feel about his dating a non-Jew? SPORN: They sent him to Israel to meet a nice Jewish girl. But I followed him there. My first time in Israel. I was a bit scared because of the stories about the bad Israelis killing Arabs. But the moment the wheels of the plane touched the ground there were exuberant cries of joy. I started to cry myself for some reason. But the real life-changing experience happened when I checked into my hotel. The maid servicing the room was a German Jew and a Holocaust survivor. She showed me the tattooed number on her arm; that she was a twin and how Dr. (Josef) Mengele performed horrific experiments on them she showed me her leg where a piece of bone was missing; and how her twin did not make it. Oh my G-d. How many more stories were there like this one? How could the German people – my parents among them – ignore this? I felt a responsibility to the 6 million voices that were brutally silenced. DAVID: What steps followed for you in taking that responsibility? SPORN: The serendipity continued. David took me to meet his aunt
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who lived in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi at the Lebanese border, and during the Lebanese civil war. We could hear the gunshots over the border. I got to see how ‘bad Israeli’ doctors and nurses treated wounded Lebanese Arabs. And most remarkably I was able to meet and speak with then Minister of Foreign Affairs Yitzhak Rabin, who was at the border meeting with Christian Lebanese leaders in support of their war effort. He told me all about the Holocaust. When David and I returned to Germany, I was a changed young woman. I enrolled in community college where I learned Hebrew and studied Torah with my philosophy professor. I understood then that I felt Jewish in my soul and wanted to convert to Judaism. This decision was independent of my relationship with David.
DAVID: How was it possible at that time in ermany to find a rabbi who could convert you? SPORN: You’re right. I couldn’t. I had to return to Israel where a rabbi there put me on a program of study that I could do from Germany. The process took 2 ½ years, but I spent the last six months of that living full time with an Orthodox family in Israel in order to learn the daily life of an observant Jew. I passed my final test, mostly in Hebrew, with the then chief rabbi of Jerusalem. Shortly thereafter, David and I were married under a chuppah in Tel Aviv. I did not invite my parents, but we did have a small party with them when we got back to Germany. They were somehow in denial about my marrying a Jew — the same way they were in denial about the horrors of the Holocaust.
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t’s easy to see why patients across the Las Vegas Valley trust Dr. uynh eikes to perform many of the most complex and difficult cardiothoracic surgical procedures. As she deftly navigates the halls of MC prior to her first case of the day, eikes exudes confidence, bringing a calming influence to her team and setting the tone for the hard work ahead. pon arriving in the operating room, eikes greets a highly trained team and begins her work, utilizing a steady hand and a steadfast dedication to preparation in an effort to save and improve lives. It is clear that eikes always has a plan. very skillfully made incision, every suture and every carefully planned process brings her one step closer to the ultimate goal: providing her patients with positive medical outcomes. or eikes, who serves as MC’s Section Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, it is all about patient outcomes. Sometimes, you only have one chance to make a good decision, eikes said, underscoring the immense responsibility surgeons have to their patients. While many people would simply crumble under the weight of this responsibility, eikes possesses an unwavering confidence in her surgical skills and decision-making, putting her colleagues and patients at ease, even under incredibly difficult circumstances. Recognized as a leader in her field, eikes performed 25 surgeries at MC during the final three quarters of 2015, surpassing this figure during the first three quarters of 2016, with 25 surgeries at the hospital in just nine months. These surgeries include coronary bypasses, lung resections for cancer patients and heart valve replacements, among other highly specialized procedures. Working in a traditionally male-dominated field, eikes takes pride in serving as the first woman to train in cardiothoracic surgery at the niversity of Southern California. In her 12 years as a cardiothoracic surgeon, eikes has built her reputation by producing results for her patients.
A Blessing in Disguise Michael essler, a -year-old Las Vegas man, recently experienced the benefits of Dr. eikes’ dedication to providing her patients with the highest
level of care. ollowing a motor vehicle collision in July, essler received treatment for his injuries at the MC Trauma Center, where physicians recognized signs of a serious cardiovascular condition. The accident might have been a blessing in disguise, essler said, acknowledging that he likely would have remained unaware of his condition if he had not received care for his injuries. Requiring bypass surgery to restore the flow of blood to five blocked arteries, essler wanted to ensure that he found the best possible heart surgeon. He asked around, and multiple people brought up one name in particular. veryone I spoke with recommended Dr. eikes, he said. They told me that she is the best. After meeting with eikes and discussing the surgical procedure, essler felt an overwhelming sense of relief. She really instilled confidence in me, he said, commending eikes for taking the time to carefully explain the coronary artery bypass procedure in understandable terms. “I knew everything was going to be O . Describing eikes as a kind and caring physician, two words not typically associated with highly focused surgeons, essler continued to express gratitude for the resounding success of his surgery. “I was in the hospital for 19 days, and when I came out, I just felt really good, he said. I was walking around like there was nothing wrong. essler is quick to convey gratitude toward eikes, attributing his impressive recovery to her highly refined skills. I don’t think you can find anybody better, he said, adding that he is back to enjoying life to the fullest, utilizing his free time to follow his passion for restoring classic cars. “I almost forget sometimes that this procedure was done. I owe that to Dr. eikes.
Role Model essler’s story is just one example of eikes’ commitment to her patients. Her colleagues can recall numerous occasions in which she went above and beyond for the mothers, fathers, sons and daughters who put their lives in her hands. Brandy Norland, a Cardiac Monitor Technician in MC’s Cardiovascular Care nit CVC , where patients recover following heart surgery, said she remains impressed by eikes’ dedication to a
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its patients. “During a crisis, she is very much in control and always calm,” Gaden said. Feikes is also frequently praised for her ability to plan, multitask and collaborate. Feikes said she, like many other mothers, hones these skills in her personal life while raising two children. Feikes works tirelessly to bring team members together to foster the development of ideas and work toward a common goal. Feikes attributes her success to her dedicated and highly skilled colleagues at UMC and Cardiovascular Surgery of Southern Nevada. “It all begins with a group of people who are committed to providing excellent care,” she said, commending her team members and UMC administrators for their dedication to advancing cardiothoracic surgery in Southern Nevada.
Looking Toward the Future Feikes has a bold vision for the future of cardiovascular surgery at UMC, positioning the hospital as a major heart center. Her goals include expanding the hospital’s capabilities to allow two to three heart operating rooms to run concurrently, in addition to updated intensive care unit rooms and revamped waiting areas. She is also working as part of UMC’s award-winning Cardiology & Stroke Center team in an effort to work toward the development of a hybrid operating room, which allows for a more collaborative approach by combining an operating room with a full complement of imaging services. Feikes says she knows UMC is well-positioned for future success as a major heart center. “UMC has all of the necessary elements in terms of
support, and I look forward to working alongside this team to build upon the level of care provided to our patients.” As she continues to plan for the future, Feikes never loses sight of the most important part of her job: the patients. With an aging generation of baby boomers who are expected to live longer than their parents, Feikes recognizes the need for less invasive surgical options to provide positive outcomes for older patients, including those in their 80s. This will likely include an increased focus on the development of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) programs, which allow for minimally invasive surgery to replace a heart valve while eliminating many of the risks associated with open surgery. Feikes and her colleagues at UMC currently participate in groundbreaking clinical trials and perform highly specialized surgeries, including stent graft surgery and valve-sparing operations. While many people believe these types of procedures are only available outside of Nevada, Feikes is working to change this inaccurate perception. For many of her colleagues and patients, Feikes represents the future of cardiovascular surgery in Southern Nevada. In addition to her skilled hands and dedication to strategic planning, Feikes provides her patients with the compassion and respect they deserve. While Feikes may be too humble to admit it, many others fully recognize her tremendous impact on UMC and the health care community as a whole. “She has been a huge part of the renaissance of UMC,” said Assistant Chief Nursing Officer Donald alloway. She holds her team members accountable and fosters collaboration to ensure our patients receive the best possible care.”
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Small Bites of the Apple Chris Santos’ Beauty & Essex Brings the Lower East Side (and Most of the Rest of the World) to the Las Vegas Strip By Jason Harris
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oxing’s heyday may long be over, thanks to corrupt governing bodies, disappointing title fights and crooked promoters. But regardless of whether you believe pugilism is still relevant to today’s athletic landscape, for the sake of this story, boxing is critical. If you’re a fan of Chris Santos, if you were one of the people counting down the days until the celebrity chef opened an outpost of his trendy New ork restaurant Beauty ssex here in Las Vegas, if you’re among the throngs of beautiful people swarming the bar at this location on a Friday night, or if you made your dinner reservation at the Cosmopolitan site the same day you booked your Las Vegas vacation, just so you could try some of those world-renowned soup dumplings, then you owe a debt of gratitude to — boxing? I catch up by phone with the always-busy Santos, 5. He’s running between his three even busier New ork restaurants. The aforementioned Beauty ssex, built in the former M. atz urniture store on the Lower ast Side, is a large space, two levels, with nods to what the neighborhood was and what it is now. Stanton Social, meanwhile, is the restaurant that launched the ast Coast chef into the stratosphere of acclaimed cuisine. It also helped build his brand of social dining with riffs on ethnic dishes from around the world. And there’s the newly opened Vandal, a 50-seat behemoth. Its website touts the restaurant as a celebration of the art, architecture and food of global street culture. Santos explains why he always wanted to open a place in Las Vegas. I remember being a kid, watching the fights with my grandfather, and they would be outdoors at Caesars Palace. And I remember thinking, One day I just want to go to Las Vegas, just once in my life, and sit ringside at a fight.’ And od bless. One of the biggest perks of the successes of my career is that whenever there is a big fight, I’m able to come out and sit ringside. It’s my favorite thing in the world to do.
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When he does come out, often to see his favorite fighter loyd Mayweather Jr. in the ring, he always unpacks his bags at the same place. The cool thing about this is I really do love Cosmo. ver since it’s been open, that’s where I stay. It’s my favorite place to gamble, eat and stay. I could have gone into another venue down The Strip, and it still would have been cool. But to have Beauty ssex in a place that I genuinely love and support as a guest, it’s cool synergy. It feels good. It should. Santos acknowledges that he had other options when it came to finding a venue for B , and that search included serious talks with other hotels. But none of those venues seemed right, he says. Still, to get B up and running at The Cosmopolitan from first conversation to opening night took three years. Judging now by the full dining room, and the swarms of patrons at the bar, everything worked out fine. As you enter the former Comme a space, you pass under an awning and into a pawnshop. This will feel familiar to those who’ve dined at the original B . Design is always top of mind for Santos. Sure, the food has to be great. But so does the entire experience. Why a pawnshop We had other ideas that weren’t as sexy, he says. But ultimately we landed on the pawn shop. And we started thinking about the restaurant itself. It has so many jewel tones and jewelry references. The pearl lounge. All the lockets that are hanging. We decided that doing a pawn shop that really is a glorified jewelry shop would really have a nice tie-in to all the design elements that are in the restaurant. Jewelry might be the dominant theme in New ork. But in Vegas, it’s the wall of guitars and the overwhelming aura of rock ’n’ roll that fills the air. or Santos, it’s important that his guests enjoy both a familiar and a distinct experience. When we got the space in Vegas, it was like Ok, how do we take what we have and transport it there, but also make it unique ’ What we really tried to do with the menu and the space and we’re going to try and do the same thing with any other city that we bring this restaurant to we call it 0/30. Seventy percent is basically stuff that you will find in the original New ork store, 30 percent belongs to the city that you’re in, whether that’s a menu item or a design element or whatever. As for the food, whether you end up with the 0/30 or some other combination in between, you’re in for a damn fine meal. After clawing your way through the packed bar, you enter a giant dining room while modern, it’s also a throwback to a time gone by. An merald imlet 1 and echoing the old versus new theme starts the party off right. The mix of Absolut lyx vodka, basil and lemon nectar are held together harmoniously by the burnt lime slice that floats throughout the cocktail. rom there, the globetrotting journey of bites begins. rom the raw bar section, tuna poke wonton tacos 1 are a good version of a dish now found on many menus. The crispy shell plays nicely off the fresh fish, while micro cilantro adds color and radishes provide texture. Wasabi kewpie smooth mayo gives the whole thing a kick. While the tacos might feel familiar, the tomato tartare 1 and listed under Jewels On Toast is unique. Santos says it’s something that someone who loves steak tartare would also like, and be very rewarding for someone who doesn’t eat meat. In this instance, it’s a case of new meets old. We semi-dry tomatoes until they have that consistency of a dry raw beef tenderloin. Then we treat it as traditionally as a steak tartare gets with mustard and capers and anchovies and compress it. When it’s executed right, I dare say that you could side-by-side blindfolded maybe not tell www.davidlv.com | 39
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which is which.” I don’t know about that, but if given the meat-vegetable tartare option I’d pick the tomato version more times than not. And then there are those internationally acclaimed dumplings. Santos estimates that The Stanton Social has sold around 3 million pieces of the French Onion soup dumplings ($18) since the place opened 11 years ago. It’s not on the New York menu, but it’s such a signature for the chef that he felt it necessary to bring the item to Vegas. As he sees it, “The French Onion soup one worked because the best bite of a rench onion soup is that first bite, when you can get a crouton and you can get that melted cheese and you get a little bit of the broth and the onions. Eventually, when you get through half a bowl of rench onion soup, it’s just a bowl of onions. But those first few bites are brilliant. Here every one you have is that first perfect bite of soup. He’s right. As good as those French Onion bursts are, I dare say the grilled cheese, smoked bacon and tomato soup dumplings ($18) are even better. Six soupspoons are filled with a rich tomato soup. What can be described as grilled cheese poppers float like tasty islands in each spoonful. It’s everything you wanted from your childhood lunch, elevated to an extremely high level. The most surprising dish I tried came from the accessories (side vegetables) section. Broccolini ($12) is left whole and cooked and coated with a mixture of garlic, soy and chile. The flavors are assertive, and the vegetable is strong enough to take them on. It’s the most memorable version of this particular veggie I’ve ever tried. Elote style scallops ($33) is an eye-catching and tasty plate from the main courses. Perfectly seared scallops sit atop a bed of Mexican style esquites – street corn off the husk – slathered in chipotle, lime and cilantro. If the dish just read elote, I still would have been happy to order it. Finish your meal with black-bottomed butterscotch pot de creme ($13). A quick aside: Interestingly, right next door to Beauty & Essex sits D.O.C.G., Scott Conant’s casual Italian eatery. Both Santos and Conant, the two most brutal judges on Food Network’s Chopped, have seen their levels of fame rise exponentially from their work on TV. At least when they started, they pulled no punches. At D.O.C.G., Conant puts out one of the best desserts in the city, a salted caramel budino. As I see it, it would be an epic Chopped dessert round if Conant put his Italian caramel pudding up against Santos’ French style butterscotch custard. But that’s just fantasy talk, much like Chris Santos’ childhood dream of watching a title fight ringside in Vegas. Thankfully, that youthful fantasy has led to a delicious reality for us.
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Hanging Out @ the Hydrant You Can Take Your Tail-Wagger Clubbing at Cathy Brooks’ Downtown Dog Park, Just Look for the Giant Yellow Fire Hydrant.
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n 2001, San Francisco resident Diane Whipple was mauled to death by two dogs in the hallway of her apartment. The two Canary Mastiffs responsible for the 33-year-old woman’s death were in the care of lawyers for the dogs’ owner, a high-ranking Aryan Brotherhood gang member, and were bred to kill for drug cartels. Whipple’s death devastated her neighborhood, especially the dog-owning community. And even though the owner was imprisoned, his gang ties were enough to intimidate much of the public. Prosecutors struggled to find witnesses willing to testify against him. Cathy Brooks, a San Francisco resident at the time, still isn’t sure if it’s because she’s part of two marginalized groups — gay and Jewish — but to her, bullies are “categorically not OK.” Through a “series of serendipitous events” the district attorney caught wind that Brooks had had alarming run-ins with the huge dogs at a local park. Eventually, she came forward as a witness for the prosecution. “That was the moment I realized that our responsibility as urban dog owners is to understand how they’re experiencing the world,” she says, “so that we can be better guardians for them.” And that “series of serendipitous events” would prove a recurring theme over the years that followed, one that led to her creating Downtown Las Vegas’ first, and only, dog park Hydrant Club. Brooks likes to joke that wolves raised her. “My mom said that the only times I ever cried were when my diaper needed changing or I was hungry. All my other needs were met by my dog.” www.davidlv.com | 43
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In 1995, she graduated from journalism school at Northwestern University, landed a job in tech public relations, and moved to Northern California, far from home. And far from her family dog. Even though she’d always intended to work in communications, Brooks found herself consistently dissatisfied with her chosen field. While I enjoyed the people and traveling ... it wasn’t fulfilling. I worked with people who deeply loved technology, and I wasn’t one of those people.” ive years in, and five years away from her devoted canine friend, Brooks found herself at an industry party in a private airplane hangar, waiting for singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz to take the stage. She saw hundreds of people around her taking pictures with their fancy new flip phones. It was like everyone’s there and no one’s present, Brooks says. And a little voice in the back of my head whispered, ‘I don’t belong here.’” She resolved to make a change, and that meant finally getting a dog of her own. A chance encounter with a dog trainer in a public park proved a tipping point. I saw this guy and it was like watching ballet. His connection with his dog was something that I’d just never seen before. It was silent communication. They understood each other,” she recalls. Brooks enlisted his help in training Truman, the young labradoodle she’d recently brought home. Through the mentorship of her trainer, she quickly felt like an expert in teaching people how to communicate with their dogs. So much so that when a man approached her in the park commending Truman’s behavior, and asked Brooks if she was a dog trainer, she unhesitatingly said yes. By the late ‘90s, Brooks had amassed a small base of students in her San Francisco community. She was still doing the Monday-to-Friday 9 to
5, but weekends provided fulfilling work with her students and their pups. As she puts it, I began working with dogs as a way to put a soothing balm on the rough edges of my life.” And by helping the dogs, and their people, in her community, she finally felt her communication skills were being put to good use. or the 10 years following the Diane Whipple trial, Brooks bounced in and out of day jobs within the tech PR sector, an ultimately futile quest for fulfillment. ventually, she acknowledged that she needed a new path and went looking for help. In May 2012, she attended a work-related conference, with the intention of talking to the smart people she’d rubbed elbows with during two decades in tech. I wanted to ask What should I be when I grow up What do you think I should do ’ One of the people she encountered was Tony Hsieh, the appos C O and founder of the Downtown Project. Tony suggested that I come to Downtown Las Vegas for the summer and talk to some entrepreneurs and let serendipity be my guide,” Brooks says. Privately, she thought the proposition was the stupidest thing she’d ever heard. But Tony explained the intended revitalizing efforts of the Downtown Project and offered to put Brooks and her dog up in an apartment at The Ogden for 10 days that August. Brooks accepted. On her first morning in Las Vegas, Brooks gathered Truman and his ball and set off to find a park. Nothing. After almost an hour of roaming, she and Truman returned to The Ogden. She started asking the other dog owners in the building where they took their animals to play each day. They told her there was nowhere nearby.
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“It was like – You all live in the same building. You should all know each other. You should be going to the park at the same time and going on hikes together and watching each other’s dogs when you go out of town.”
Brooks decided something needed to be done. On her last day in Las Vegas, Zappos held a company-wide meeting at The Smith Center. Brooks got a box seat. Hsieh came on stage and announced to the crowd that Downtown Project had conducted a survey to determine the area’s most requested amenity. The screen behind him lit up with a picture of puppies: “Doggy day care!” he said. “I am a believer that we are all on the Earth for a purpose,” Brooks says. And I believe that sometimes, to find out what that is, you have to get really still. The voice of the big guy upstairs doesn’t yell. He whispers. And while I was sitting in this box in the Smith Center, there was a little voice in the back of my head that said, ‘Cathy, you have work to do here.’” And if doggy day care was something downtown Las Vegas needed, Brooks aimed to provide it. That night, she ran into one of Downtown Project’s investors in an elevator at The Ogden. She explained that she had a vision for a local dog park. “I told him it’s Soho House meets Equinox Fitness meets Montessori School. It’s about giving the community a place to be a community. And helping people be better dog parents.” The investor wondered if she’d be willing to move to Las Vegas to run such a business. Before she realized it, she’d said yes. Brooks arrived six months later, in February 2013. By that December, the outdoor park section of the Hydrant Club was open. The clubhouse that comprises the boarding areas, spa and retail shop followed in April 2015.
Today, Hydrant Club has 81 members from the surrounding community. They come for training, doggy day care, socializing and picking up dog food and other essentials. Each day, Brooks helps her members communicate with their pups. That means helping the humans understand how their dogs see the world. “Dogs are pack animals,” Brooks explains. “They require an understanding of clearly defined leadership, and an understanding of each person having a role and having boundaries.” She teaches her members how to convey to their dogs what those roles and boundaries are, because, she says “when dogs know who’s in charge, and what’s accepted and what isn’t, they’re happier.” While downtown Las Vegas continues to grow, Hydrant Club has become a safe oasis for the local dogs, and a symbol of community for their owners. Brooks is finally seeing the dog-centric community the area lacked all those years ago when she was at The Ogden. She believes it’s more important now than ever for people to put extra effort into raising their dogs. “This valley is changing,” she says. “As our population grows, we are living closer together, we are shopping together. We are being thrown together in ways that, historically, we haven’t been before.” And while humans can adapt and learn to socialize within these new urban confines, Brooks says, our dogs are struggling and it’s our job as owners to teach them how to navigate a newer, busier world. It’s a mission she finds immensely fulfilling. Some may call her good fortune luck, but Brooks calls it serendipity. After all, she says, The definition of serendipity is an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.” She thinks of it and dog training as skills. And she’s apparently good at both. www.davidlv.com | 45
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vigorous breeze was coming through. And, while days were often long, usually ending by coating our hands with an emolient lemon-verbena scented salve, we were grateful for this life. And, gathering with family and friends was how we celebrated. Being surrounded by generations of California-Italian wine families, like the Rochiolis, Seghesios, Rafanellis, Pedroncellis, Ramazzottis and and others, there was always this Italian sensibility. Gatherings were as plentiful as the wine. And a game of bocce ball was usually at the heart of it. Situated in Dry Creek Valley’s western benchlands, our neighborhood bocce ball court was located at Pedroncelli Winery. Conveniently, this was just at the mouth of the county road we lived on. It was simple to just show up, grab a glass and play with friends and family. The spontaneous gatherings were the best. Other times, we’d head up to neighboring Alexander Valley. High above the verdant valley floor adjoining the Wetzel family’s Alexander Valley Vineyards, was Hoot Owl Vineyards. The picnic grounds, as we called it, was an expansive grassy area dotted with mature oak trees, viognier and cabernet sauvignon to the west, an irrigation pond to the east and in between, was a regulation size bocce ball court. This was the place of harvest parties, large barbeques on the massive iron grill, and as the sun set on the other side of the valley, the string of lights, which hung from the trees, would illuminate the area, giving us hours more fun and cherished together time. But, as new opportunities arose, we found ourselves in Las Vegas, and the idea of leaving our lifestyle entirely was unimaginable. So, today, a slightly smaller than regulation size court sits in our backyard in the southwest corner of town. Our court is a compass, always pointing back to a place we love. Covered in crushed oyster shells, with casual seating at each end, it’s actually not too different from the courts we used to play on in California. This is the place where memories are made, where acquaintances become friends, where relationships blossom. Finally, on the 10th anniversary of our relocation to Las Vegas, we held our first annual “Bocce & Bottles” event. Friends brought their favorite bottles of wine and dishes to share, tournament brackets were decided and games were played. We designed a logo and created medals for winning teams. Good times with good people. For centuries, this ancient little sport of bocce was played by young and old, men and women, of all abilities. Required equipment: eight heavy bocce balls; a single target ball (pallino); and fermented grape juice. It’s a civilized game that’s brought people together for generations. And isn’t that really the draw? A social game at a social gathering, where playing and drinking go hand-in-hand (quite literally), a bocce ball in one hand and a glass of wine in another … one can’t complain! In today’s fast-paced world, regardless of where we live or what we do, life can be complicated. Sometimes we’re too busy to make time for ourselves, or too tired to do anything social. But we all know that one thing remains true: The heartbeat of relationships depends on gatherings. Whether it’s the dinner table or the bocce ball court, it’s a place of connection. And at the end of the day, it is the re-set button we all need from time-to-time. Gatherings makes life brighter. And for that, I’m grateful. Craig and I encourage you to come over for a match. But don’t forget your bottle! www.davidlv.com | 49
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Guests in “Attendance” Egly-Ouriet, Brut Tradition, Grand Cru NV Owner and winemaker Francis Egly farms old vine pinot noir and chardonnay – 45 years old, on average – from some of the most prized and revered vineyards in all of Champagne. Francis’ commitment to great Champagne must have extended lees aging, with some wines aged up to nine years before disgorgement! It’s clear the wines of Egly-Ouriet stand alone at the summit of intense, complex and minerally precise Champagnes. Available at Bouchon, The Venetian
Wind Gap Trousseau Gris 2013 Sommelier-turned-winemaker Pax Mahle is well known for his powerful syrahs, but he loves to have fun with esoteric wines like this one. He uses the rare trousseau gris grape, a white mutation of trousseau noir that is usually seen in Jura, France. This wine is floral, fresh, zingy, crisp and clean. It also has great acidity and comes from a production of about 1,100 cases.
Giovanni Rosso, Barbera, Donna Margherita 2014 Davide Rosso is at the helm of the Rosso family, which has been making wine in Piedmont since the 1890s (Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo wines Barbaresco and Barolo . Most Barberas aren’t aged in oak. But this one is – 12 months in larger oak casks, a process that gives it a more robust and richer texture. Available at Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar
Contratto For England Rosé 2008 & Contratto Millesimato Extra Brut 2010 Giorgio Rivetti and his team of La Spinetta preside over Italy’s most acclaimed wines, including the oldest metodo classico house, Contratto. It’s their passion to revive the brand, a winery that during the 1920s and ‘30s made top sparkling wines for royal houses throughout Europe, the Vatican and beyond. They continue to produce superb sparkling wines, aged a minimum of three years on the lees, riddled by hand — vibrant, fresh vintageonly wines (Contratto Millesimato available at Carnevino, The Palazzo)
Jean Foillard, Morgon, Cuvée Corcelette 2013 Jean Foillard, a favored Beaujolais producer, is part of that group of
vignerons who make all natural wines and exclude the use of sulfur. rom his estate of nearly 14 acres, Foillard’s Morgons are deep, structured and complex, with a velvety lushness that makes them irresistible when young, despite their aging potential. Jean raises his wines in older barrels sourced from top estates in Burgundy, a logical decision for someone crafting Gamay in a Burgundian style. It’s the passion and dedication of vignerons like this who have brought pride back to the crus of the Beaujolais.
Chateau Tourans Saint-Émilion 2010 Peter wok, owner of Chateau Haut Brisson and Chateau Tour St. Christophe, purchased this tiny Bordeaux property and took those wines to another level after using this fruit in those cuvees in 2015. But he actually bought the place lock, stock and barrel, including this terrific cache of 2010. Dark, inky, richly appointed. (winex.com)
Nigl Grüner Veltliner 2005 Proprietor Martin Nigl is a first-generation winemaker. As with many families in Austria, the Nigl family has been subsistence farming in nearly the same place for about 200 years. The symbolic heart of the family’s holdings comprises the terraced vineyards immediately behind the winery, below the picturesque ruins of a 14th century castle destroyed in the 30 Years’ War. (2015 available at Jasmine, Bellagio)
Contadi Castaldi Rosé Franciacorta On the heels of the success of Bellavista Franciacorta, Vittorio Moretti founded Contadi Castaldi, a winery that focuses on freshness, elegance and distinctive local qualities in its distinct line of sparkling wines made in the Franciacorta zone of Lombardy, Italy. These sparkling wines are made from prized grapes gathered from more than 100 hectares of vineyards, in areas that once corresponded to the counties (contadi) of Franciacorta, which were controlled by the local lord, the steward (castaldo). Franciacorta. This beautiful, rich rosé is made in the traditional method (akin to the Champagne method), and is full of joy and richness. (Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits)
Catering to Everyone’s Taste Buds Daily Kitchen’s (dkeatery.com) favorites included Brussels sprouts, macaroni cheese, Mary’s all-natural rotisserie chicken, Certified Angus tri-tip beef, flourless chocolate cake and chicharrones from China Poblano. www.davidlv.com | 51
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Zombie Malls Thousands of Shuttered Malls Stand as Tragic Testaments to Unfulfilled Commercial Optimism.
By Jaq Greenspon
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watched the pilot for the new HBO series Westworld, based on the late novelist Michael Crichton’s mildly successful 1973 movie about a theme park filled with realistic, humanoid robots. To say the original was creepy is an understatement. And the new version is even more so. But I saw something in that opening episode that lifted it out of the creepy movie trope and placed it smack dab into the realm of real life creepy. It was a location they used for a sub-basement, a place where old androids were housed, the kind of dark site filled with a sinister vibe that seemed to reach through the TV and right into the heart of where I lived. As I watched actors wander around a dimly lit set, with a matched pair of escalators leading from a lower level atrium to an upper level with walkways, ramps and bridges, it occurred to me This place is familiar. In fact, I’d been there. They were wandering through the remains of the Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center, once a good-sized, heavily patronized, shopping mall in Southern California. Having worked closing shifts in a few malls over the years, I can tell you this: being there late at night, when the main lights are off and there’s no one around, is a great place to leave. Had we been worried about zombie apocalypses when I was in high school, I guarantee the Meadows Mall would have been the perfect place to witness one. George Romero, the guy who made zombies a household term back in the late ‘60s, recognized the sinister aspects of empty shopping malls in his 19 9 horror film Dawn of the Dead. www.davidlv.com | 53
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Left: New World Shopping Mall, Bangkok, Thailand has become a home to thousands of Koi fish. Above: Cloverleaf Mall, Chesterfield, Virginia prior to demolition.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized it all made perfect sense. Malls are huge, multi-level structures, with all sorts of nooks and crannies. Hiding places abound, superb for an ambush scenario, along with plenty of open areas for direct confrontations. As such places fall into disrepair, skylights crack to admit sun and weather, and unfettered shrubs once planted to increase oxygen or calm the masses find their way beyond brick planters to overtake walkways. These places would be ideal for squatters, or as laser tag venues or police training sites. Annual haunted house mazes could be turned into year-round attractions at these locales. At some point, these forlorn emporia become almost too big to tear down. After all, there’s always a chance someone will want the structure for something. And hope springs eternal that former mainstays such as Miller’s Outpost or Kay-Bee Toys or Contempo Casuals (even Waldenbooks) will rise from the commercial graveyard, zombie-like, or that teens on lunch breaks from the nearby high school will once again seize every available food court seat (and never actually buy anything). What I didn’t realize, though, is this is actually a thing. Ghost malls, as these abandoned structures are known, are everywhere, though their numbers are declining. In 2004, there were more than 1,100 nationwide. A scant 10 years later, more than 400 had been closed or converted to some other use. By 201 , according to the real estate analytics firm reen Street Advisors, another 15 percent had disappeared.
The reasons why these malls fail are as numerous as the failed malls themselves. No common theme emerges. It’s not that they’re all in economically depressed areas. Some simply face tough competition from newer, fancier malls. Other times, changing demographics doom them, or investors sour on them (Come to think of it, malls could easily be a metaphor for modern relationships . The Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield, Va., for instance, was undone by gangs of kids who scared off patrons, which depressed sales, led to closed stores and even fewer customers, which resulted in more closings. Eventually, no merchants – or customers – were left. And that’s just in America. The rest of the world has ghost malls, too. But they’ve gone bust for entirely different reasons. Take the Acropolis Mall in the Mexico City suburb of Ciudad. It provided a beautiful outdoor shopping environment, perfect for strolling from shop to shop. But air pollution in the region made strolling a life-threatening activity. Now, the mall is shuttered, a colonnaded warning sign, if you will, to the community. To be fair, an enclosed mall nearby is doing great. In Bangkok, the New World Shopping Mall was doing fine. Someone decided to torch the place. And before it could rebuilt, floodwaters had swept through it, creating a neck-deep lake and providing access to koi, catfish and fishermen. It’s illegal to fish there, and local police do their best to keep everyone out. But what’s the point if you can’t swing by a mall on www.davidlv.com | 55
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New South China Mall, Dongguan, China
your way home to pick up something for dinner? The mall in Dongguan, China, opened in 2005 as one of the largest in the world. It’s in a well-populated area, is second in total area to a mall in Dubai and has an attached amusement park. It’s twice the size of the Mall of America (our nation’s biggest). When the Dongguan mall opened, 47 of its 2,350 available retail slots were filled. And even today huge portions of the seven globally themed shopping areas are still empty. The problem is two-fold most of the area’s inhabitants are struggling financially, and there’s no infrastructure to get the hoped-for 1,000-a-day customers to the place. Even with rebranding in 2007 (adding the word New to the original name South China Mall , and another retrofit in 2015, Dongguan remains the exception to the movie adage “If you build it, they will come.” Today, websites such as DeadMalls.com, LabelScar.com and MallHistory.com are devoted to anecdotes about why malls have failed. They come with their own ghost mall jargon, including familiar words such as Big Box and Anchor. But they also define Outparcel, a store that is not connected to a plaza or mall, but is located on the premises,” and denote the difference between a “Sealed” store and a “Shuttered” one the first is merely locked the second is boarded up . Then there are the reyfields, malls whose annual sales are about 30 percent of those at a successful mall.
Also available is the “Mallmanac,” a guide listing a mall’s stores and their locations on a crudely drawn, color coded map. Another is “Labelscar,” the ghostly imprint left after the signs are gone and before the fresh paint arrives – where you can still see the name of what was there burnt in – like the memory of a first kiss. Other classifications encompass a suburban mall’s entire life cycle a first class mall is one operating as it should, while a second class mall is experiencing high vacancy rates. The case of the third class mall shows the deterioration is, in fact, in progress and whole sections or even the entirety of the building have been cordoned off and closed to the public. A fourth class mall is the infamous ghost mall ’ but the chance for renewal and rebirth comes in the form of the fifth class mall, where a ghost mall has been brought back to life through redevelopment … and thus the whole process, like a butterfly, starts again.” With Halloween behind us, and the busiest shopping days of the year still ahead, you may get the chance to reflect as you wander along the atriums and balconies of your neighborhood mall. Take a moment to appreciate all that you survey. By this time next year, it may be closed to the general public then, like me, the only time you’ll get to see it is when you’re watching some late-night TV show — and the shops you once prowled are home to special effects zombies.
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Dancing birds, mischievous clowns and giantsized babies driving minicars — these are just figments of your imagination, or so it may seem. In 1993, Cirque du Soleil changed the world of entertainment in Las Vegas with the introduction of its first resident show Mystère, bringing wonder and delight to Las Vegas that has now spanned more than 20 years. While most people think about the glitz and glamour of the show, Sean Jensen works tirelessly to ensure that every light, projection and seemingly small technological scene is presented seamlessly to the audience, creating the unrivaled magic that is Cirque du Soleil. It is people like Sean who deserve to be seen.
DAVID: What are your plans now, both at Mystere and elsewhere?
DAVID: Tell us about your early years in Las
JENSEN: We are constantly evolving the
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JENSEN: I am currently the head of lighting, projections and SFX at Mystère by Cirque du Soleil and have been there since the show’s creation. I started my career as an all-around tech guy for Playboy’s Girls of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Being born and raised here in Las Vegas, I spent my days building forts in the desert and playing a lot of basketball waiting for my father to return home from Area 51. We lived as far west as you could go in those days, so I had Red Rock on one side and the Magical lights of The Strip on the other. DAVID: Why did you choose a career in lighting/ tech?
JENSEN: After high school I received an opportunity to join the team at Playboy. Being a very passionate musician my whole life only solidified my direction of career choice when I saw the relation between music, dance and lighting. I was hooked! After that, I moved on to working with an array of old school acts like Don Rickles, The Smothers Brothers, Tony Orlando and many others. I have spent the last 26 years having a blast in the industry, because I believe the development of one’s talent is only restricted by one’s desire and effort. These years have provided me with fulfillment of a creative outlet, as well as a way to provide a living for my family. DAVID: Do you have any tips for those pursuing a similar career?
JENSEN: I would say be patient, work hard, stay positive and always look at what you can learn
DAVID: Are there any interesting anecdotes or life lessons you’ve gleaned that might benefit others on the same path?
JENSEN:My biggest and truest principle is to do what will inspire you to go to work every day.
show at Mystère to keep it fresh for new and repeat guests, so there is fulfillment and great pride in being part of that process. I’m also part of A Choreographers’ Showcase, which is a collaboration between the Nevada Ballet Theatre and Cirque du Soleil. This is my seventh year as technical director/lighting designer for that project. What makes it so special is being able to see ballet collide with the circus to make something unique and special. And since there are only three performances, it’s a very rare opportunity. It has also been rewarding to work with new choreographers who have never had to think about lighting design for their own works. When I see how intrigued they are throughout the learning process, and their excitement when their projects finally come to life, it makes everything worth the effort.
DAVID: What do you like to do when you’re not working at the show?
JENSEN: I love composing music, playing basketball and spending time outdoors with my family. I have a wife, three kids and three grandkids whom I adore.
DAVID: If you had just one person you could thank, who would it be? JENSEN: It would most definitely be my father. His example of hard work and dedication to his job and family is unrivaled. I respect his patience, his gift of listening without judging and, most of all, his utmost respect for women, especially for my mom. I can only hope to have received some of those traits.
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