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Las Vegas Gets Ready For Pool Season

With the economy lurching back to life, Las Vegas might be in for one hot summer. If so the hotels are ready with tempting new pool options. Pools are more than places to escape the brutal Las Vegas heat, they've become resorts in their own right offering drinking, dancing, gambling, spa treatments, internet access and more.

Caesars Palace has created the new Garden of the Gods pool oasis, which makes its debut on March 19. The new Fortuna pool features an 18-foot waterfall where guests can challenge Lady Luck at the swim-up blackjack tables. And in addition to the new pools there are 44 new private cabanas, each with a stocked refrigerator of juice and water, flat-screen TV, DVD player, iPod docking station, wireless Internet access, ceiling fan and plush furniture. The two Bacchus pools are framed by curved staircases and available only to invited guests. Qua Baths & Spa offers poolside treatments and full-service massages are available in the large Jupiter spa cabana.

Steve Wynn's Encore will be opening the Encore Beach Club. The compound will include pools, food and nightlife. At Aria, the Liquid pool offers an adults-only outdoor playground that is topless. At the MGM Grand, Wet Republic's ultra pool is 53,000 square feet and offers a nightlife experience with poolside pampering and relaxation. DayDream, The Pool Club at M Resort is a more than 12,000 square-foot space with cabanas, daybeds, lounging areas, an ice-railed bar and an infinity-edge pool and spa.

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Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition Proves that "Exclusive" is Relative

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Some people just have way too much money on their hands. Those people tend to buy Porsches. But with rumors afloat of a new flagship supercar based on the German carmaker's RS Spyder race car, the last real exotic machine the company produced was the Carrera GT. Now discontinued, examples are still trading hands in seven-figure territory. For those few lucky enough to have gotten their hands on one, Gemballa has now released what could be the ultimate modification package for the ultimate Porsche. Called the Mirage GT Carbon Edition, the modified Carrera GT features a full array of carbon-fiber components to improve the car's aesthetics and performance. Gemballa has also tuned the engine to a whopping 670 horsepower, capable of pushing the supercar to sixty in just 3.7 seconds en route to a top speed of 208 miles per hour...perfect for a Sunday drive on the Autobahn. Of course this kind of performance doesn't come cheap: 300,000 euros is what the modifications alone will cost you, not including the cost of the car itself. At those kinds of prices, no wonder Gemballa only plans on building five of them.

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Rhumbar Set To Open At The Mirage

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Filed under: Cigars, Spirits

The Las Vegas Art Museum may be closing but there is always room for a new bar in Sin City. The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip is quietly opening a new cigar and rum bar next month. Rhumbar is located in the old Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden gift shop and takes up 2,000 square feet of space. The bar is modeled after the popular rum cocktail, the mojito, with a casual vibe and a white and green color scheme. Behind the bar there are 40 featured rums. Also above the bar and overhead are glass boxes holding chrome, featherless fighting cocks.

In a slate alcove you'll find massive cigar case/humidor holding 40 cigar brands. One of the co-owners. Michael Frey is also the owner of FreyBoy Tobacco and Casa Fuente Cigars at Caesars and co-owner of Montecristo Rum. Rhumbar will open at 10 a.m. and the patio has a view of the recently updated Mirage volcano. The bar's list of specialty rum cocktails includes a Latin Manhattan, 1944 Mai Tai, Samba Swizzle and of course daiquiris and mojitos will be served. Las Vegas Weekly has pictures of the bar interior.

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$1 Million Diamond Tennis Racket To Be Displayed At The Mirage

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Filed under: Jewelry

It's not quite as pricey as the diamond bikini but Kwiat has created a $1 million tennis racket as part of the Tennis Channel Open being held at the Mirage in Las Vegas February 27-March 25. The "The Tennis Channel Kwiat Million Dollar Swinger" is a Wilson racket that includes 180 carats and over 3,041 individual brilliant cut Kwiat diamonds set in an 18K white gold base. The racket will be on display the Mirage during tournament week. The event is part of Tennispalooza, a festival of racket sports that includes the Open as well as the Wilson World Stringing Championships, a USTA Juniors Championship, A Paddle Tennis World Championships and the Stiga Table Tennis Championships.

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Dolphin Trainer For a Day Experience

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

There are plenty of swim with the dolphins programs but now The Mirage in Las Vegas is offering a dolphin trainer for a day program. The program lets up to four people per day work with animal experts and a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins at The Mirage’s Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. The program includes information on dolphin health and behavior as well as hands-on training. The program also includes a light breakfast, a private lunch at a poolside table, photo, gift certificate and a Trainer for a Day T-shirt, beach towel, hat or bag. Additional photos from the day on a CD cost $75 and each participant%uFFFD may bring along an observer for an additional fee of $150. Observers are welcome to join the morning orientation, the private lunch and shadow the participant all day from just a few feet away and take their own personal photos. The program costs $500.

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