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The Urban Vibe Panel Discussion (and Wine Bar!) next Wednesday

ELV note: In the interest of public health, safety and the future of downtown Las Vegas (something we’ve been bemoaning for twenty years), we intend to run this invitation several times between now and next Wednesday. ELV is still waiting for the “…converging of downtown artists, proprietors and restaurateurs,” so if you are expecting a love fest, know that we intend to ask some hard questions of these movers and shakers. Regardless of what we say, listening to Moderator Steve Sebelius, James Reza, Jennifer Cornthwaite, Andrew Kiraly (all Official Friends of ELV) et al will be, in and of itself, a treat.

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ALOHA SPECIALTIES in Las Vegas Weekly

ELV note: Here is the link to this article as it appears today (in somewhat truncated/adulterated/less colorful form) in the Las Vegas Weekly. Or read on if you want to make things easier (and funnier) on yourselves.

ALOHA SPECIALTIES

Hawaiian people eat so much white food, it’s a wonder their bowels ever move.

It’s almost as if white were the state color for victuals of all kinds.

Macaroni salad comes with everything. Ditto white rice. Kaluha pig is nothing more than a heap o’ white shredded pork sitting atop, you guessed it, a pile of white cabbage; the state “sushi” (something called musubi) is a giant slab of spam on a giant slab of firmly compacted white rice; and a favorite dessert is ….wait for it…a white (no surprise there) slab of practically tasteless coconut jello/pudding called haupia.

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