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HOT LIST
Here’s a clever/creepy way to beat the Vegas heat — and flush away last night’s sins at the same time. A new bus service dubbed Hangover Heaven cruises the Strip daily from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., peddling a cure for the common hangover.

RESORTS
Come fall, the world’s first Nobu-branded boutique hotel will open inside Caesars Palace. The 180-room Nobu Hotel will reflect Nobu Matsuhisa’s signature Japanese aesthetic and feature the acclaimed sushi-fusion chef’s first in-room dining menu.

RESTAURANTS
Scarpetta, in Italian, means “little shoe,” or the shape bread takes when used to sop up every last bite. And you’re bound to do just that at Scott Conant’s Italian eatery, a hit not just in Vegas, but in New York, Miami and Beverly Hills, as well. Both rustic and haute, Scarpetta is rich in modern interpretations of Italian classics.

NIGHTLIFE
There are cocktail lounges that claim to be free of pretense, and then there’s the Downtown Cocktail Room. Located in the burgeoning Fremont East entertainment district, this cozy bohemian cocktail room serves up potent handcrafted concoctions from seasonal menus.

RESORTS
Las Vegas is famous for its vibrant casinos, extravagant entertainment and fine dining. But it is also becoming known for something else: swimming pools..

Downtown Rebound
Downtown’s renaissance began in 1995 when its famed casino corridor, Fremont Street, was converted into a five-block pedestrian mall dubbed the “Fremont Street Experience” connecting 10 historic hotel-casinos.

SHOPPING
Sunbathing in last season’s swimwear? Someone alert the fashion police. Fortunately, Las Vegas has plenty of shopping options to help you make a splash at the pool this summer. We discovered fun pieces at these stores at Cosmopolitan Las Vegas and the Forum Shops at Caesars.

Sky High
Named the among the Travel Channel’s “10 Best Helicopter Thrills,” Maverick Helicopters offers V.I.P.- level tours of everything from the Grand Canyon to the Hoover Dam.

Win It!
Enjoy spectacular views of Red Rock Canyon, Mt. Charleston and the surrounding mountain ranges as you fly over the Las Vegas Strip in a state-of-the-art ECO-Star helicopter. Experience intimate views of the Strip’s mega resorts and hotels, exclusive golf courses and world-famous pools.

SHOWS
Cirque du Soleil has seven resident shows in Las Vegas and two more imminent. But if you think that sounds like oversaturation, think again. Each of the famously lavish productions, which the Canadian entertainment giant describes as a “dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment,” offers a wonderfully unique experience.

RESTAURANTS
When it’s hotter than Hell’s hinges in Las Vegas, nothing tastes quite so good as ice cream. But even with an innocent little frozen dessert, Sin City likes to kick it up a couple of notches. Give a try to these cool and out-ofthe-ordinary confections..

Smart Phone
First, the good news. There are a ton of new Las Vegas travel apps for your mobile device. The bad news? There are a ton of new Las Vegas travel apps. Some are useful but many are little more than time-sucking screen clutter. Amid the profusion, we’ve picked out a few winners.

SHOWS
The three guys in greasepaint are up to their usual shenanigans, splattering paint, eating Twinkies and making primal music with PVC pipe. It’s vaudevillian fun in the age of technology.

Menopause the Musical
“Menopause” is the hilarious musical sendup that puts some noise in “the silent passage.” The story has four women with seemingly nothing in common meeting in a tussle over a sale-rack bra at Bloomingdale’s. Turns out the gals have plenty in common — hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges, looney libidos and all the rest.

Carrot Top
With his droopy trousers and hairdo styled by a monkey with an eggbeater, Carrot Top hardly looks the part of the successful Vegas headliner. But underneath that unruly mop lurks the mind of a prop-comedy genius.

Jersey Boys
From the early 1960s through the mid ’70s, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons topped the pop charts with an astonishing number of hits: “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man” and dozens of other get-on-your-feet songs that you probably know the words to without even being aware of it.

Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular
It’s now or never for an only-in-Vegas show that’s one of musical theater’s most spectacular experiences. Las Vegas’ most famous masked man disappears for good when “Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular” closes Sept. 2 after a six-year run.

Peepshow
Mother Goose gets down and dirty in this hit striptease spectacular starring Holly Madison. The musical is an eroticized romp through the world of favorite nursery rhymes, with a bevy of sexy striptease dancers (both female and male) and a set list heavy on contemporary hits.

Rock of Vegas
All summer long, the Fremont Street Experience will present its epic “Rock of Vegas” concert series, with an entertainment lineup of legendary rockers from the 1980s.

RESORTS
Stratosphere’s casino floor is far from static too, with gaming options being consistently refreshed. There are also fun themed slot tournaments, like the $20,000 Money, Martinis & More Slot Tournament in July, which will include live entertainment and a shot of Rat Pack swagger.

FAMILY
One of our favorite places to chill out is the Las Vegas Ice Center. The two-rink arena offers ice skating for all ages as well as pickup hockey games for adults and stick-and-puck practice sessions for kids. Visitors with Olympic aspirations can also try figure skating lessons.

ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS
Short Line Express Market Jr. Dragster Series, Tony Rowe Enterprises Las Vegas Bracket Racing Series.