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In this week’s update, food and beverage reporter Bob Barnes shares updates on Fogo de Chao, Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant, La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway, Proper Eats Food Hall at ARIA, and more.
Finding these photos brought back some great memories. I was surprised at the time even to get this project. I was only twenty years old when a representative from an art gallery in Scottsdale saw a couple of murals I had painted for a tanning salon and asked me to paint one for the National Pump Company in Glendale, Arizona. This was one of my first professional airbrushed murals, painted about seven years before Hollywood Video was even a thing, and paved the way for many great mural projects to follow.
A few months back, I shared a story about my forgotten art and memories. I mentioned that I had recovered my large rolling flat file with 17 drawers full of who-knows-what and a whole lot of whatnot. Recently, I tripped across some old portfolio pages in a large envelope with a few photos from some Hollywood Video murals from 1989-1990.
Is this your best work, may be the most important question you ever ask or answer for yourself.
Voodoo Brewing Company, CraftHaus Brewery, Tenaya Creek, Beer Zombies, HUDL Brewing and more January updates from Bob Barnes.
I’ve often read that a goal is a dream with a deadline. Or, a goal without a plan is just a wish. I imagine we’ve all heard those thoughts or variations at one time or another. This past year, I had a couple of concrete goals, one regarding my physical well-being and another for my art creation and writing, along with smaller goals within each of the larger goals.
I should qualify my headline, “My Final Post,” as my final post for 2023, which is not my final post ever. It’s been a prolific year, but I can’t sneak any more in.
I am honored and grateful to accept my friend A.D. Cook’s invitation to contribute my culinary and entertainment articles to this website. I will be writing a weekly column titled Las Vegas Dining and Entertainment News in which I will detail noteworthy restaurant openings and closings, dining news, culinary events and entertainment news worth knowing about.
In this weekly update, food and beverage reporter Bob Barnes fills us in on noteworthy restaurant openings and closings, dining news, culinary events and entertainment news worth knowing about.
Winnie & Ethel’s Diner, winner of The Great Las Vegas Coffee Shop Giveaway, is now open in the historic Huntridge Center at 1130 E Charleston.
As we come to the close of another year, there is no better time to celebrate the beauty and magic of the holiday season. It is a time when we can all come together, regardless of our differences, to share the joy of giving and the warmth of companionship. So on this special day, I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season filled with all the blessings and love that life has to offer.
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