Las Vegas Mixtape v18: Ringo Starr’s Agelessness, the “Other Chinatown,” and More

#5: Around Town Medley: Junior’s @Resorts World; Desert Valley Gallery @Tivoli Village; and More

You can experience a bit of NYC and LA all under one roof at Resorts World. I recently dropped into Junior’s, founded in 1950 in Brooklyn, for a satisfying Reuben sandwich with corned beef and steak fries—and capped it off with a glazed delight a few steps away at LA’s Randy’s Donuts. For my next visit to Junior’s—set in an inviting massive space with cool neo-mid-century design touches—I will try their famous cheesecake

After dinner recently at El Dorado Cantina in Tivoli Village, we walked around and spotted this art piece in the window of Desert Valley Gallery. It pays tribute to June baby Marilyn Monroe and raises questions, if you look closely, about her mysterious death. “Who took her away…What did she do…Why?”

It’s easy to fall for the ahi tuna tostadas at the Vegas outpost of the Mexico City-originated La Popular at Palms Casino Resort. The crispy leeks, chipotle aioli, soy vinaigrette, and avocado are distinctively united in this adventurous appetizer. La Popular also has locations in California and Texas.

There’s lots of buzz about the giant sculpture in the Fontainebleau lobby—and its sheer size and dazzling abstract charisma totally enveloped me. In a recent profile about its artist, Urs Fischer, the New York Times described it as “…a craggy, otherworldly 46-foot-tall, 17-ton, gold-leaf and cast-aluminum abstract sculpture called ‘The Lovers #3,’ which suggests two asteroids from dueling solar systems locked in an embrace.”

Whoa, now that’s heavy in more ways than one.