January 14th, 2008

That's right, the real Liza, not a dragshow impersonation, which what we've been used to for the past several years. This coming Saturday, the legendary South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe in Stateline re-captures some of the glitz and the glitter that made it famous back in the day.
She began performing at the age of three and has been busy in the industry ...
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October 23rd, 2007
It has been brought to my attention that I've been leaving the fun facts off of some of my more recent posts, so....
Here's a fun fact about the Freakers Ball at Montbleu-
Fun Fact:
Most memorable/clever Halloween costume- The Halloween costume that most sticks in my mind from Freakers Balls of the past has to be one that was brought to my attention by Howie Nave, the host and manager of ...
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October 23rd, 2007
No, I wasn't fibbing when I posted about the snow flurries hitting the basin earlier this month. But in typical Tahoe fashion, it was just a taste of what is yet to come later this winter, not a statement of what the fall weather will be like right now.
So put the skis, boards and snowshoes back in the hall closet, and lace up your hiking boots- there's still ...
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October 17th, 2007
"Montbleu Resort presents the 29th Annual Freakers Ball on Saturday, October 27. Doors open up at 8 p.m. and the party goes as long as the partiers can.
The Freakers Ball is being held in the 14,000 sq. ft. Convention Center as well as Blu Nightclub. Drink specials all night and morning long, live band and costume contest with over $10,000.00 in cash and prizes, with celebrity judge, boxing champion "Joey ...
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October 12th, 2007
Kirkwood. Kirk wood, if he could. It's a play on words, you know. Granted, not a very good one. On par with that Kim Basinger and Brad Pitt movie from 1992, where she is a cartoon character, Holli Would, who breaks through to our real, non-animated world. Tag line on the movie posters, "Holli Would, if she could."
Anyway, on to the ski report, and another ...
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October 9th, 2007
Yesterday, I promised that I'd let you in on some of the cool stuff at Heavenly that was there before the upgrades and additions for the 2007-08 season.
Well, one of the coolest of the cool is the gondola that takes off right from the Heavenly Village, just off the main strip at the state line between Nevada and California.
In December of 2000, the gondola took its maiden voyage as the ...
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October 8th, 2007
The summer may have just only given way to fall, but at this elevation, that means that winter is on its way. Snow dusted the mountaintops on Thursday night, and the South Tahoe morning started off crisp and clear enough. But the calm weather quickly gave way to a storm of sideways blowing snow, accompanied by thunder and lightning, if you can believe it.
As the South Shore's premiere ...
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October 5th, 2007

The 18th annual Kokanee Salmon Festival takes place at South Shore on October 6 and 7. A brilliantly-colored spectacle, if a little morbid, the Kokanee salmon return to the streams where they were hatched, find a mate, spawn, and- here's the morbid part- die. During this season, the adult males develop a humpback and a big hooked jaw- all the better for battling ...
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September 4th, 2007
On Sept 22 the Tahoe Big Blue Adventure Race finale will commence when hundreds of athletes will grab their maps and paddles for eight-plus miles of kayaking, more than 24 miles of mountain biking with a 5,000 foot elevation gain and 5-8 miles of running & hiking on beautiful Lake Tahoe. All the competitors will be using maps and compasses to follow the race course. There will be a long-distance race ...
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July 7th, 2007
July certainly seems to be the month to celebrate the arts in this part of the country, and South Lake Tahoe is no exception. On July 7 and 8, the 6th annual Lake Tahoe Festival of Fine Arts takes place at South Tahoe Middle School.
This festival is an outdoor, juried fine arts show, featuring work in a wide variety of arts, both two- and three-dimensional. There will also be food ...
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