Vegas Girl

If you like hiking, biking, history, or railroads, you’ll enjoy the Railroad Hiking Trail at Lake Mead. Hikers and bikers will appreciate th...

This year, my son and I are doing homeschool again. Friday is field trip day at the Meeks Academy for One (MAFO)—with only one student, we c...

On July 26, Las Vegas author Cathy Scott held a book launch for her most recent book, Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned ,...

I’m not talking about smooth-talking, Jager-drinking, John Travolta cool… I’m talking about mountains, greenery, and bunny rabbits cool . Si...

In case you’ve been wondering what the heck happened to the Vegas Girl, I can explain it very simply: a death in the family. On May 6, my mo...

The newspapers have been full of reports about the outrageous anti-homeschooling decision in California and the dismal scores of Las Vegas...

When I arrived at the Dumont Dunes on Sunday, I was hungry and a little nervous. You've probably seen some Dumont regulars around Las V...

On Sunday, I took a drive to China Ranch , which is just outside Tecopa, California. I took the Old Spanish Trail (which isn't on my Ra...

Before Hoover Dam was built, the town of St. Thomas sat just outside of the Valley of Fire. Then the waters rose, and St. Thomas was submerg...

The Vegas Girl has been busy, busy, busy the past few weeks. Now that I'm homeschooling my son, whenever the weather is beautiful I use ...

Someone in Las Vegas recently discovered that trees are good! Two weeks ago, the Las Vegas City Council approved $500,000 for an urban fores...

Now that Election 2008 has left town, it’s time to sort through my pile of clippings for other Las Vegas news: …Joe McGinniss, Jr. just rel...

How many people stomped out of your caucus because of disorganization? At my Democratic caucus, we lost three (3) Obama supporters who just ...

This post was originally titled "Why Edwards Make Take Nevada." As it turned out, Senator Edwards took only 4% of the vote in Nev...

John Edwards shook hands and briefly spoke to the media today at The Egg & I, a restaurant on West Sahara here in Las Vegas. My son mana...

Since last Friday, I've been from end of the Valley to the other, and I'm on my way back out shortly. John Edwards is scheduled to b...

When my son was a toddler, he attended gymnastics class. One of the hot topics for the mommies in the waiting area was the Clark County Scho...

Poor Google. When I signed up for their ad-generating program, Adsense, I felt certain that the title of my blog pretty much explained the c...