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Explore The month’s event listings to help plan your day or your stay.

20 Desire Sin City abounds in worldclass shopping ... these are a few of our favorite things. 22 Discover Places to go, cool things to do, hip people to see in the most exciting city in the world.

28 Know Family is the recipe for success at Freed’s Bakery. 32 Know Carol Jimmerson, CEO of Executive Las Vegas, competes in a male dominated Industry. 34 Sense Who wears the pants in an Orthodox Jewish marriage? 36 Taste Chef Justin Kingsley Hall turns things around for The Kitchen at Atomic.

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Grill 58 Ruby Lewis Multi talented stage and screen performer.

42 Breaking Up is Hard to Do Got news for you, the digital age has your memories frozen in time. 46 Star Genes It’s no accident that children follow in the footsteps of their performer parents.

The month’s spotlight on someone to know.

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On the Cover

Ruby Lewis Plays Marilyn on the Las Vegas Strip

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Ruby Lewis plays Marilyn Monroe. Photo by Bjoern Kommerell

“A Kiss on the Hand...”

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Josh Bell

Marisa Finetti

is a freelance writer and movie/TV critic based in Las Vegas. e’s the former film editor of Las Vegas Weekly and has written about movies and pop culture for The Dissolve, Comic Book Resources, Film Racket, LA Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and more. Find his thoughts on trashy horror movies, classic cinema and other important topics at joshbellhateseverything.com.

has called Las Vegas home since 2005, after spending 10 years as a zinfandel grower in Dry Creek Valley. Her best of moments in writing include getting her mug shot taken at Penn Jillette’s house, covering a nudist colony while being uncovered, and interviewing a sommelier who enlightened her that there is more to wine than California. Visit her blog loveandrelish.com

Aleza Freeman is a true product of the desert, conceived in the Negev and born in Vegas. She worked for many years as a reporter, editor and copywriter for newspapers, ad agencies, internet startups and casino creative departments before branching out on her own as a freelance writer. But it’s her role as mommy that excites her most (even more than reporting onassignment in Israel, interviewing “Weird Al” Yankovic or riding every thrill ride in Vegas with a video camera pointed at her face). Aleza’s squad includes her husband Howard, son Evan, two cats, one dog and the occasional spider.

Jason Harris

Rob Kachelriess

Lynn Wexler

writes for a number of publications and websites. He specializes in food, music, and comedy writing. He has worked in almost every aspect of the entertainment industry. He has sold multiple screenplays, written awards shows and had a tv show on ABC for a minute. He’s still broke. And he loves his daughter Scarlett the most.

stays busy writing about all things interesting in Las Vegas. No topic is off limits. He’s best known for his work with Thrillist and producing content for Luxury Estates International, a high-end real estate brokerage. Rob also contributes to several local and national publications on a regular basis. He spends time away from his laptop with his wife Mary and their dog Zoey.

enjoys distilling, and voicing in print, the essence of topics she researches and those she interviews. Her acute and ardent style has been acknowledged throughout her years as a TV reporter, news anchor and journalist, interviewing persons of note on the world stage. As a certified Values and Manners Life Coach, Lynn trains groups and individuals on improving their personal, social and professional effectiveness. She is most proud of her three outstanding children.

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From the Publisher

Max & Joanne Friedland at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art in Cape Town, South Africa.

DAVID is celebrating another year of publishing excellence. This year will be the eighth, and as in past years, May’s focus is on all things female-related. Almost on queue, as I write this, the “Breaking News” banner on the flat screen begins to scroll. 80-year-old former TV icon Bill Cosby has been convicted on all counts of aggravated indecent assault. This publication will be in the racks at the time of his sentencing; he faces up to 10 years per count, which for a man of his age is a life sentence. There won’t be much jubilation or fist pumping on the steps of the courthouse in orristown, a. when he finds out his fate. o court victory can erase the stain of his crimes, and with his appeal, the pain for the victims will endure. A seed change has occurred since we published our last anniversary issue. The old boy’s club’s pervasive nod and a wink are no longer acceptable; the loud collective voice of the “me too” movement is finding a well deserved and receptive audience. There are many more cases to be brought, and the mighty will continue to fall. Las Vegas has become an incubator for reality TV shows, and we have covered a few. For many years, before starting DAVID Magazine, my wife Joanne worked at the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, located near the old location of Freed’s Bakery. More often than not during that time, we said Kiddush (Sabbath blessings) over a Freed’s Challah and enjoyed some of their baked items. In Aleza Freeman’s Piece of Cake, pages 28-31, we visit with the Frieds and meet the matriarch responsible for all the sweetness. Their show, Vegas Cakes has been renewed for its second season. By now our readers must be acquainted with Jim Jimmerson esq., whose ad graces our back cover. This month we focus on Carol Jimmerson, his wife, and CEO of one of the largest transportation companies in the Valley. Lynn Wexler had the pleasure of spending some time with this remarkable woman and discovered how a woman navigates what has historically been a very male-dominated industry. In the piece bearing her name, pages 32-33, we also read of the challenges traditional transportation companies face from the likes of Lyft and Uber. Lynn does double duty this month as she explores the role of women in Orthodox Jewish marriages. In Who Wears the Pants, pages 34-35, she draws back the curtains on the inner workings of those unions. Jason Harris, our intrepid food writer, is a believer and pitched me the story of Chef Justin Kingsley Hall and his new gig at The Kitchen at Atomic. In Kitchen Fission, pages 36-40, he introduces us to the latest culinary star in the Vegas gastronomic firmament. Being stalked by an old flame that flamed out has never been pleasant. Today, however, it can be downright devastating. In Breaking Up is Hard, pages 42-45, Rob Kachelreiss interview cyberstalking victims and the lengths some of them have gone to address the matter. The piece was inspired by Kameron Miller who turned adversity into opportunity and created the Kam Shield, a device designed to block voyeurs from hacking into our built-in laptop and pad cams. Many in Las Vegas already know Charlene and Rozanne Sher through their onstage collaborations. This mother and daughter duo inspired us to take a look at this phenomenon. Acclaimed film critic osh ell e plores the subject for us. In his piece Star Genes, pages 46-51, he discovers just how prevalent the inherited star gene is. Mari ndrew is currently the it girl” of the graphic novel universe. er first work titled Am I There Yet: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood has occupied a place near the top of The New York Times bestseller list since its publication. In Drawn from Life, pages 52-56, Jaq Greenspon writes about Andrew and explores the lineage of female graphic novel writers. Finally, we are happy to present Ruby Lewis as our “Grill” of the month. She is a multi-talented stage and screen performer and can be seen and heard at the aris otel and asino in the Vegas production of Marilyn! The New Musical. We are happy to have Ruby grace our cover this month. As always (and especially on this eighth birthday) we thank you for your loyal readership, it means the world to us. See you in the racks.

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Your Guide to the Arts, Entertainment and Community Events. What's Hot this Month in Dining, Shopping and Local Attractions.

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HEARTS4VEGAS TOURING EXHIBITION

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11 a.m. Rehab, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http://hardrockhotel.com

CHER Through May 19, 8 p.m. Park

Theater, Monte Carlo, 3770 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-730-7777. http:// montecarlo.com

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Through May 31, opens 7 a.m. City Hall Chamber Gallery, 495 S. Main St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org

May 31, appointment only. Historic Fifth Street School Mayor's Gallery, 401 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org

301 N. Buffalo Drive

KURT ELLING Through May 5, 7 p.m.

p.m. The Venetian Theater, Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-4141000. https://venetian.com

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A LITTLE PRINCESS Through May 6, times vary. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org

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THE COMEDY LINEUP OPENING NIGHT WITH TOM GREEN 10 p.m. Harrahs, 3475 S. Las

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NEVADA BALLET THEATRE

ACADEMY OF NEVADA BALLET THEATRE: LEGENDS 6 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The

Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com

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THE COMPOSERS SHOWCASE OF LAS VEGAS 10:30 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz,

The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com

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RL GRIME 10:30 p.m. Intrigue, Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-770-7000. http://wynnlasvegas.com

FRI

DAVID PERRICO - POP STRINGS ORCHESTRA "THE MUSIC OF DISNEY" 8 p.m. Myron's

Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com

U2 Through May 12, 8 p.m. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702692-1300. http://t-mobilearena.com

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ADAM SANDLER 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http:// cosmopolitan.com MOTHER'S DAY DANCE 7 p.m. Charleston

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MONDAYS WITH MICHELE - CITY COUNCILWOMAN 12 p.m. Centennial

Hills Community Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Dr., Las Vegas. 702-229-5463. http:// artslasvegas.org

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p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter. com

THU

VESSELS REDUX SCULPTURAL BOXES EXHIBITION WITH ARTIST MICHAEL MCCOLLUM 4 p.m.

City Grand Hall Gallery, 495 S. Main St., Las Vegas. 702-2292787. http://artslasvegas.org BASSRUSH MASSIVE 8 p.m.

The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http:// hardrockhotel.com

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ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL

Through May 20, 7 p.m. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 N. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. http://lasvegas. electricdaisycarnival.com SAND CARES PRESENTS INSPIRE - FEATURING JASON MRAZ 8 p.m. The Venetian

Theater, Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702414-1000. https://venetian.com

THE POETS CORNER 7:30 p.m. West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http:// artslasvegas.org GLASS ANIMALS 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las

Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702862-2695. http://brooklynbowl. com/las-vegas

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KLUC'S SPF FEATURING BACKSTREET BOYS, DUA LIPA & BEBE REXHA 9 p.m.

Boulevard Pool, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http:// cosmopolitan.com

POISON WITH CHEAP TRICK

8 p.m. The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http:// hardrockhotel.com

SEASON FINALE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC 7:30 p.m.

Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter. com

HALEAMANO & THE DELIRIANS

7 p.m. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http:// artslasvegas.org

SUN

CELTIC WOMAN: HOMECOMING TOUR 3 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The

Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter. com

ANNUAL GALA CONCERT OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC ACADEMY - PRESENTED BY THE CLASSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION

4 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com

TUE

CELINE DION Through May 30, 7:30 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S.

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Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938. http:// caesarspalace.com

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BEHIND ENEMY LINES - A JEWISH SPY IN NAZI GERMANY

7:30 p.m. A Simple Affair, 9931 W. Charleston Ave., Suite #2, Las Vegas. 702-217-2170. http://chabadredrock.com RICKY MARTIN Through May 30, 8 p.m. Park Theater, Monte Carlo, 3770 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-730-7777. http://montecarlo.com

THU

SUM 41: DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED 15TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 6:30 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl,

3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http:// brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas

FRI

SALON DE REFUSE Through

May 31, opens 12:30 p.m. Charleston Heights Arts Center Ballroom, 800 S. Brush St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http:// artslasvegas.org

CELEBRATING LIFE! 2018 EXHIBIT Through May 31,

SAT

SANKOFA: BOOK AND LITERATURE SERIES 2 p.m.

West Las Vegas Arts Center Community Gallery, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http:// artslasvegas.org P!NK 8 p.m. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://tmobilearena.com LAIDBACK LUKE - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 11 a.m.

Rehab, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http:// hardrockhotel.com

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p.m. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http:// artslasvegas.org

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AIR SUPPLY Through May

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8 p.m. Golden Nugget, 129 Fremont St., Las Vegas. 702-3857111. http://goldennugget.com

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Lost in the Woods After a full day of being “Lost in the Woods,” Chef Brian Howard of Sparrow + Wolf created this libation. Tropical and full bodied, the frothiness is reminiscent of mist along subtropical beaches. With every sip, the mood becomes more relaxed as notes of island citrus lift the spirits.

Dubbed “the Godfather of Peruvian Cuisine,” Chef Ricardo Zarate brings his new Peruvian Nikkei flavors to the Las Vegas Strip. nce pronounced on seh , which means eleven” in Spanish, is a nod to Chef’s place as the 11th child in his family. The menu features 11 à la carte plates - all intended for sharing - and changes weekly based upon what is available at the farmer’s market. Besides the steak filet with wasabi pickled quinoa puree and sea urchin butter, signature dishes include a ig ye Tuna Sashimi eviche with black truffle and ki ami tigers milk and the pictured nticucho Miso Chilean seabass with choclo corn pepian— which is a Peruvian staple featuring corn, chili pepper, and a cilantro stew. Once, Grand Canal Shoppes at The Palazzo, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-607-3797

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Discover Preserving History at the Clark County Museum The first public museum in the as Vegas Valley presents ears of Preserving History: Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of the Clark County Museum.” The exhibit looks back at the history and growth of the oldest and largest museum in the area, whose collection numbers about one million artifacts; from fossils and minerals, to an automatic 21 machine which used real cards. The Clark County Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Entry is $2 per person, except seniors (55 and older) and children (younger than 18), who are $1 each. Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, NV. 702-455-7955. www.clarkcountynv.gov › Parks & Recreation

Stargazing and Symphony Outdoor seating under the night sky, while listening to live music, is one of the best ways to usher in the summer season before it gets too hot. The Las Vegas Philharmonic and Tivoli Village team up to bring you Symphony Under the Stars. Taking place on the Piazza at Tivoli Village, members of the orchestra will be performing for free at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 12th. Bring a chair and a blanket and gather with friends and family. . Tivoli Village, 400 S. Rampart, Las Vegas. 702-534-0000. TivoliVillageLV.com

A Spaceship of Fools Completely unlike the good old days in a Las Vegas showroom, where one would have a martini in hand while a pack of crooners sauntered in front of the house band, OPIUM, brought to you by the same people who created Absinthe, instead takes you on an interplanetary flight. Launching from Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, on this starship voyage” passengers are treated to stellar performances by an irreverent crew of fools, showcasing their peculiar and particular talents - from sword swallowing and singing to feats of danger, wonder, extreme athleticism, and more. OPIUM, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866.973.9611 www.spiegelworld.com

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Mingle 44th Annual UNLVino Scholarship Fundraiser Venue Keep Memory Alive Event Center

Date Friday, April 13

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From the 1,926 red, white, and blue balloons released into the sky honoring Chef of the Century Paul Bocuse to the presentation of the Dom Pérignon Award of Excellence and the final pour of the evening, Las Vegas’ original wine and food festival will be remembered as one of 2018’s most talked about entertainment experiences. Reimagined as a one-night-only affair for its 44th year, the event drew longtime fans and first timers eager to e perience UNLVino’s unprecedented lineup of more than 130 world-class wines, spirits, and beers, along with 50 of Las Vegas’ most acclaimed chefs and restaurants, staged inside and outdoors at the stunning, Frank Gehry designed Keep Memory Alive Event Center at Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in downtown’s Symphony Park. The Center proved to be the perfect setting for this year’s festival, allowing guests to “Take a Sip for Scholarship” while getting their fill of everything from hef ick Moonen’s Yellowtail Poke to Paid In Full’s addictive street corn and Chef Joe Isidori’s “Cookie ‘N Cream Supreme Oreo Shake” from the Venetian’s Black Tap restaurant. Among the celebrated chefs also participating in the evening: Brian Howard (Sparrow + Wolf), Scott Conant (Masso Osteria), Brigette Contreras (STK), Charles Phan (The Slanted Door), Kaoru Azeuchi (Kaiseki Yuzu), Saipin Chutima (Lotus of Siam), Hubert Keller (Burger Bar), Terence Fong (Zenshin), and Paul Bartolotta (RISTORANTE BARTOLOTTA, dal 1993).

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Piece of Cake Family is the Recipe for Success at Freed’s Bakery By Aleza Freeman

f you watch the Food Network, you’ve probably stumbled upon the show Vegas Cakes, filmed at reed’s akery in as Vegas. ow in its second season, each minute episode features a team from the beloved bakery creating and delivering three e traordinary cakes for Southern evada clients. What you may not know is that this longtime local staple wasn’t always known for its over the top cake creations. We were actually really famous for our bread,” remembers semi retired owner oni ried pronounced reed . That includes their challah, which they bake fresh every first riday. My kids, when they were young,” says ried, wouldn’t eat bread unless it was yellow.”

ow approaching a milestone years in the as Vegas valley, the business is run by a new generation of rieds, including the ones you see on television nephew Ma acobson ried owner and general manager and daughter Sarah usco operations manager . It has e panded, consolidated, moved, and evolved and evolved and evolved” as the senior ried puts it. reed’s akery dates back to the early days of as Vegas. The ried family moved here in 1 by way of ew ersey, where mom and dad, sther and Milton ried, ran a snack bar on oute W, just across the George Washington ridge. Milton was a musician by trade and played at the then brand new Sahara otel and asino now S S with entertainment legends including rank Sinatra, udy Garland, i a Minelli, Sammy avis, and uddy ackett. e also played for arbara Streisand, when she performed at the opening of the International otel now the Westgate in 1 .

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“We had a booth in the corner at the Sahara, so family could go and watch,” recalls ried, the youngest of five children. ife was always fun. It was always very spontaneous.” long with his musical pursuits, Milton was also a strong business person, who knew good product and food. “That’s how he and my mom—who was also a really good business person decided to get into the bakery business,” e plains ried. In 1 , the couple took over an e isting snack bar, anorama Market, which was one of only two or three markets in town at the time. rom there they started selling donuts, then bakery goods. Within a few months, they were in the bakery business,” says ried. er earliest memories consist of sitting on the big table in the bakery and just watching the bakers work around me.” y the time ried was 12 or 1 , she was running the business when

her parents went away for the weekend. ven as a tween, it was simply second nature. I grew up in it,” she says. I didn’t really start baking until I was about 22, and I did it out of necessity, when people wouldn’t show up for work.” ried took over operations from her parents in 1 they officially retired in . She didn’t intend to stay in the bakery business, but ended up opening and running reed’s former location on Tropicana ve. for years. The bakery’s cake inventory e panded due to the city’s burgeoning wedding industry, as well as ried’s early adoption of Internet marketing. as Vegas was the ideal place to be in the wedding industry because it was very ine pensive to come here and get married,” says ried, adding, I advertised to out of state brides and within the first year, we went from three cake decorators to five then seven.” There wasn’t a huge demand for cra y cakes at the time. Still, the bakery’s www.davidlv.com | 29

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team of talented decorators did have the chance to create some whoppers. “We’ve always been capable,” notes Fusco, who grew up at Freed’s, much like her mom. “For us, we’re kind of cake blind. We don’t always realize how awesome the cakes we put out are…even the ones on a smaller level.” In 1996, for instance, Freed’s made a 24-foot-by-12-foot replica of a car wash for the first anniversary of the ard ock otel. The cake consisted of 50 full sheets and fed 5,000 people. The limit for us has never been the talent, it’s generally the budget,” e plains acobson ried. e grew up in regon, but helped out at reed’s Bakery as far back as he can remember, and came aboard full-time in 2005. “We can do really incredible things, but at a certain point it requires three or four people working on one cake for three days. The cost gets out of control.” Fast forward to 2006 and the Food Network hit, “Ace of Cakes.” Mix in the influence of social media sites, particularly Pinterest, and the market for creative cakes exploded. “Cakes have gotten bigger and they’ve gotten crazier,” says JacobsonFried. “It’s a whole new world.” Jacobson-Fried, who assumes the “villain” role on the bakery’s reality TV show, describes Vegas akes” as a crash course in cake engineering, building, and design work. “I can tell you how much weight we can put on a 48-inch pipe now,” he jokes, adding, “now a big cake doesn’t feel like a big cake.” Until he gets a reminder, that is. In the 4th episode of Season 2 for instance, reed’s makes a special Vegas Strong cake to honor first responders from the ctober 1 shooting. It wasn’t caught on camera, but the cake almost didn’t make it through the doorway.

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“It was a double door with a pole in the center,” reveals Jacobson-Fried. “It was terrifying,” adds Fusco. “Here we are tilting a cake at a 30 degree angle trying to get it through.” While the show often features cakes made for high profile clients like Cirque du Soleil, Wayne Newton, and the Vegas Golden Knights, it also features clients, locations or events that will surprise viewers from elsewhere in the country. “We’re not trying to do nightclubs and bachelorette parties,” he explains.” “We’re trying to show a side of Las Vegas that nobody really knows.” As for those who already know Vegas well, Freed’s remains, at heart, a neighborhood bakery offering delicious baked goods to local clients. Many items, such as their cake slices and eclairs, have become tradition for customers’ families. “We’ve done all kinds of cool new flavors,” says Jacobson-Fried. “It never sticks the way our classic items have.” Another thing about Freed’s that will never change: It has always been, and will always be, a family business. Among the bakery’s 65 employees are several cousins, sisters, aunts and husbands (and not only the ones from the Fried family). “There’s a lot of love and personal stuff that goes on. There’s a certain amount of flexibility and joy and kindness,” says the elder Fried. “You get a lot of TLC here you wouldn’t get anywhere else.” Freed’s Bakery, located at 9815 S. Eastern Ave. in Las Vegas, is open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Local delivery is available for a small fee.

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Carol Jimmerson Competing in a Male Dominated Industry By Lynn Wexler

arol Jimmerson has owned and operated a ground transportation company in Las Vegas since 2004. When Executive Las Vegas opened, it joined dozens of similar luxury transportation companies offering chauffeured VIP and executive limousine service throughout Clark County. What Executive Las Vegas also offered, that the competition did not, was the only female run ground transportation company at that time in an otherwise male dominated field. “I was a hands-on stay-at-home mom – basically the CEO of my family – before I got into transportation. It was my husband Jim’s idea. He’s an attorney and investing in a small six-car fleet began as a hobby,” shares Jimmerson. Initially, Jimmerson’s male counterparts did not take her seriously. In fact, they were flat out dismissive. “I would hear comments like What’s a housewife doing in this business? It was demeaning,” she says. “They would do anything to bypass me and go straight to my husband.” Not one to suffer discouragement, Jimmerson focused her efforts on producing irrefutable results through a diligent work ethic, lots of patience, and being so good at what she did that they eventually could not ignore her. “People come around once you prove yourself. You can’t get frustrated or take it personally. Work hard. Do the right thing. Learn from your mistakes – and you will make mistakes – and allow yourself the time to get to where you need to be,” she shares. “Truth is, it’s the bottom line that counts. You set the tone by being a competent professional. Establish yourself as someone who gets the job done – better than the rest mind you – and let that speak for itself,” she adds. A few years later, the business transitioned from a lucrative hobby to a significant presence in the as Vegas lu ury ground transportation market when the Jimmersons accepted an opportunity to build a fleet for Steve and Elaine Wynn and the Wynn Resort. Executive Las Vegas quickly expanded from 6 to 80 vehicles; eventually reaching 240 by 2010. Business was booming. Then Uber happened. Uber has crushed the industry, according to Jimmerson, taking a huge bite out of the transportation market share. “Uber is not regulated in the same way that is required of transportation companies. They’re not subject to the fees incurred with mandatory quarterly driver drug testing; extensive driver background checks; regular driver safety training classes; regular vehicle maintenance,” she says. “And we have well over a hundred drivers and cars!” It is what it is says Jimmerson. Executive Las Vegas adjusted accordingly. They downsized their vehicle fleet to 120 cars – which they own rather than lease because “buying vehicles is less expensive. There are certain equity requirements that the Nevada TSA

imposes, in the end making it more cost effective to own,” she says. Their fleet contains sedans, stretch limousines, VIP limousines, SUVs, stretch SUVs, vans, and buses, with vehicle turnover every three years or less. “We also operate an airport shuttle between McCarran and all major hotels and casinos in the Las Vegas area,” she adds. “What differentiates us is our focus on unparalleled customer excellence and a niche clientele,” Jimmerson continues. “We’re privileged to serve some of the nation’s, and our city’s, most valued clients and we’re humbled and gratified for the opportunity to do so.” Jimmerson believes that the challenges of the business necessitate extreme responsiveness and accountability. Excellence in transportation only occurs through attention to detail and the ability to get things done efficiently always with the customer in mind, first and foremost. “We go the extra mile for our customers. I’m always available and even give out my personal cell to make sure I’m accessible,” she shares. “I’ve cultivated some great relationships through the years and it’s important to me to maintain the integrity of those relationships.” It helps that her husband is an attorney. “Jim is in tune with the quality of service requirements, as well as handling all of the regulatory and legal aspects of the business,” she says. “We both live and die by the success of our service. We honestly feel as bad or worse than the customer if there is a service failure issue. We work very hard to ensure that those times are few and far between.” When Jimmerson is not working, she values time with her family. She and Jim have four children – only one is still at home. But they all see each other often. “The business is demanding so I’m not home as much as I’d like to be. So relaxing at home is my favorite thing to do these days. Jim loves to BBQ so it’s perfect!” Jimmerson has come a long way since taking on a leadership position in a once male dominated industry. She has long since earned the respect of her peers, her 230 employees, and her clients – who range from celebrities to VIPs, executives, convention groups, wedding parties, tourists, and the like. s the industry has evolved, so has the role of women who are contributing to growing the industry with fresh perspectives and taking it in new directions,” she says. Jimmerson advises newcomers to the business to stay focused on the goal, work hard, be professional and maintain humility. And never take anything for granted…let your customers know that you appreciate their business. And always do the right thing. “Above all,” she says, “…dream big, believe in yourself, and stay healthy throughout the journey.” “Success is not gender sensitive. Whether you’re a man or a woman, you still have to show up and get the job done. If you can manage to combine passion with commitment and fearless e ecution you’ll do just fine ” www.davidlv.com | 33

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hey may not wear the archetypal pants in the family, but today’s Orthodox Jewish woman is generally self-possessed, driven, educated, and capable of making and managing her own choices. That she chooses to follow the Orthodox rabbinical mandate that women wear the skirts in the family – leaving the proverbial pants to the men – does not seem to be an indication of subservience – at least not to a husband. The skirts only notion originates in the Torah (Old Testament) where it states, ‘A woman shall not wear that which pertains to a man...neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment’ (Deuteronomy 22:5). In other words, genders may not cross identify, even in fashion. Yet the spectrum of thought and practice stemming from that creed is broad and complex. “Not all Orthodox women are created alike,” says Hannah Katsman, a mother of six who blogs about her life and choices as an Orthodox Jewish American now living in Israel (www.amotherinisrael.com). “We hail from diverse cultural, geographic, and ethnic backgrounds; varied experiences and traditions; and a wide range of rules,” Katsman says. “What

unites us is our belief in G-d, behavior governing modesty, strict dietary (kosher) laws, Sabbath observance, devotion to family and community, and the laws pertaining to the spiritual relationship between spouses.” Beyond those parameters, Katsman contends that observant women – like many other women – endeavor to make choices and assume roles according to their priorities, goals, interests, means, and shared objectives with a husband and family. “Many religious women are politically and socially involved, own businesses, and contribute time, talent, and treasure to community and economy,” Katsman adds. “Most stay informed on local and national matters, along with caring for their families and working at selfimprovement and personal growth.” Wearing skirts, or the absence of pants, is no indication of submission or relinquishing rights says Judith Hauptman, a professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. n important distinction is made in udaism as between rights vs. obligations,” says Hauptman. “Traditional Judaism looks at roles and behaviors through the lens of duties and obligations, rather than the modern sociopolitical characteri ation of rights,” she asserts. “Rights are inherent, or they

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ought to be. Duties and obligations are established to maintain the well-being of others. In traditional Judaism, men and women have different duties and obligations, each meant to enhance the other person. The question of rights never arises in the texts.” According to Hauptman, one can argue that the laws tend to be more favorable toward women. She cites the Ketubah, the Jewish marital contract between a man and a woman. Essentially, it states that the husband is ultimately responsible for his wife’s happiness and hence for Shalom Bayis, or peace in the home. The husband is bound to initiate the giving, especially when it comes to giving honor to his wife; and pleasing his wife sexually before he seeks pleasure for himself. Additionally, according to the Talmud (the book of Jewish civil and ceremonial law) all the blessings a husband receives are in the merit of his wife. “There is no blessing in one’s home without the wife’s honor.” Hauptman has not found a Jewish law – divine or rabbinic – that commands a woman to submit to her husband or a man to hold dominion over his wife. “I don’t even know women who would acquiesce to that!” she laughs. “If they did, I imagine it would be kicking and screaming the whole way!” She adds that when both the man and the woman have rights and obligations, neither can be considered as mere property or owing submission to the other. Modern Jewish marriage and Jewish law allows for couples to decide for themselves how they divide their responsibilities, childrearing, housework, decision making, bread winning, and observance of customs and traditions. Sari Arshadnia is the regional director for American Friends of Rambam Medical Center in Los Angeles. She’s married and is an observant Jewish woman. “My work requires me to travel” she says. “When I return home late, I can rely on my husband to have prepared dinner for us. That my husband is the one cooking that day – I don’t view it as a role reversal; nor have I abdicated my involvement in our domestic life. We’re flexible in the relationship and adapt as necessary to meet life’s challenges and opportunities.”. Arshadnia believes that her marriage reflects much of what Judaism has to say about men and women. “We are fully equal but different – and we embrace that our differences are meant to complement each other,” she continues. “Through mutual respect and giving, our marriage contributes to our personal growth, creating a healthy foundation for a full-life, and the benefit of a broader life perspective.” That’s not to say that a Jewish woman cannot choose to be the CEO of her home and defer to a patriarchal relationship with her husband. “Jewish law does not regulate every detail of life. It provides a basic structure within which each person may express their own personality and lifestyle preference,” says Hauptman. Torah philosophy, however, cautions that preoccupation with material pursuits ought to be secondary to higher religious activities such as family life, prayer, and charity; but this applies to men as well as to women. Madelaine Brody values her life as an Orthodox woman, wife, and mother, but admits that she observes largely to please her husband, Martin. “It gives me great pleasure to make my husband happy. It’s important to him that we have a religious life and home and he’s grateful in turn that I’m willing to accommodate him. Making each other feel regarded and respected is what marriage is all about,” she says. Martin, for his part, compares marriage to a chess game with the husband as king and the wife as queen. “And we all know what the queen can do,” he says with a wink and a nod.

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Chef Justin Kingsley Hall Turns Things Around at The Kitchen at Atomic By Jason Harris

hen Atomic Liquors, the hipster friendly Fremont East bar, announced it would be unveiling an adjoining restaurant, it quickly became one of the most anticipated openings of 2017. Unfortunately, the proverbial steak didn’t live up to the sizzle. Within two visits, I thought my future stops at Atomic would be relegated to vodka sodas and chats on the outside benches underneath the heat lamps. The food just didn’t hit, and equally as disappointing, it didn’t fit. This was a

sentiment echoed by many. Enter Justin Kingsley Hall. The 36-year-old, who was last the sous chef for the opening of trendy Chinatown eatery Sparrow + Wolf, had been yearning to do something Downtown. The changes to The Kitchen at Atomic came fast and furious under Kingsley Hall’s watch. Says Kingsley Hall, “I came in and within four days wiped out a whole menu that was there.” This was not a moved based on ego or remaking the kitchen in the image of its new chef, but rather something the space necessitated. He presented his take to the operators of Atomic, why he thought The Kitchen,

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while still new, needed a page one rewrite. Kingsley Hall explains, “I told them, ‘You guys built a reputation of having an amazing craft beer list, craft cocktails and amazing bartenders. You have all this reputation behind the alcohol and stuff that people are sitting and enjoying for a while. We need more food downtown that makes you sit and enjoy it for a while. Sit around and chat. That goes with your alcohol. I thought of this neighborhood restaurant where you can come in and get a burger and fries and all that or you can come in and get a couple of courses and hang out for 2 or 3 hours and enjoy some cocktails with it.” While those may be the facts, the truth is his take on the food at Atomic is the most accurate representation of Kingsley Hall’s cuisine since SLOBoy, his tiny food hut outside of Dino’s Lounge. SLO-Boy was the chef’s love letter to growing up in California, mostly on the Central Coast. He spent time in Oakland, Alameda, San Diego, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo (SLO). The tastes of the West Coast were prevalent at the small shack outside the famed dive bar. Slow and low cooked tri-tip, harissa-laden carrots, and dandelion greens with a fried egg on top were standouts of that menu. Before that, the culinary champ did stints as a caterer, as a cook in highend coastal restaurants in both California and Florida, as the executive sous-chef of Comme Ça in Las Vegas, and after a debilitating medical condition, a long run as a chef-instructor at the Art Institute of Las Vegas. He is also the cofounder of Whiskey in the Wilderness, an annual event that takes place each winter somewhere on the outskirts of Las Vegas, out in nature. Chefs from top restaurants throughout the city cook over open flames and serve their dishes paired with drinks from some of the best mixologists in town. Year one saw WitW take place at Mount Charleston. This past winter’s party was located at Spring Mountain Ranch. The idea came about because Kingsley Hall had been to enough food events and he saw what was missing. He states, “They are the same thing. For the food and beverage people, it’s more of a heartache than anything. But also for the guests. I don’t think they have the best experience.” Chefs are rushing to get food out. Patrons don’t get to mingle with the culinary pros whose food they came to taste. And they usually take place in hotels. With Whiskey in the Wilderness, it was a chance to reset what was expected out of a food event in Las Vegas. “I found out more and more people who lived here had never been to Mount Charleston,” he explains. “I wanted to create an event that took people outside of the restaurants and hotels and all that and saw some part of the Valley that was great and why it’s such a special place. We limited the number of people because I didn’t want it to be overcrowded. I wanted to socialize a little more and I wanted the chefs and bartenders to have more time to talk to the guests and each other. They can cook whatever they want. This is a really cool way for people to eat all this food from really amazing chefs that could cost them thousands of dollars.” He concludes, saying of the event, which donates to a different local charity with each edition, “I wanted something that I think is very much Las Vegas. It’s something for us.” The seasoned chef, accustomed to taking risks with events like WitW, knew there would be blowback from his full-court makeover of The Kitchen at Atomic. “You’re going to have to rebuild. Some people aren’t going to love what you do. nd that’s fine. It’s a growing e perience. It’s about teaching people new techniques about a restaurant,” he explains. “People will get upset because we don’t have mozzarella sticks or sampler platters. I try to explain to them we already have a lot of that. We have a lot of different

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restaurants on Fremont West that offer you sampler platters and all that. Why can’t we be different and just offer you something else? If you trust us and sit down, we’re going to find something that you’re going to enjoy.” Both the brunch and dinner menus are plentiful and offer unique, enjoyable options. Starting with the brunch; the hot smoked trout and the breakfast burritos are must orders. The inspiration for the fish dish, says the chef, is, ow could we do bagels and lo but not ” The trout is seasoned with e tra virgin olive oil and salt and pepper, then smoked for a few hours over mesquite wood. It’s served with lemon, coriander cream, pickled gooseberries and chives. The flavors hit you from all over and all work to bring out the best in this acific orthwest fish. ut it all on top of grilled bread and it’s a dish you’ll want every Saturday or Sunday morning. Meanwhile, ingsley all again shows love to San uis bispo with his breakfast burrito. Tri tip ends, salsa, sour cream, fried potatoes, and cheese make up the interior. arissa cream sits on top of the tortilla. ight time brings dishes like ballerina pasta, which is the balding culinarian’s think a young, modern day Mean” Gene kerlund take on a dish he was served by two Italian brothers while living in Tampa. e recalls, It was black pasta with olive oil, herbs, and clams and chile. It was really simple but super flavorful.” t tomic, ingsley all first made it for his kitchen crew during family meal the pre shift meal the team shares together before service. Then he made it for the owners. Then he put it on the menu one night as a special. Then everyone kept requesting it. e says his take on the dish, featuring black squid ink pasta, is as simple as the original, it’s good olive oil, shaved garlic, arbol chile, and sea beans. You get this whole smell of ocean when you get that squid ink in there, but you’re not ending up with all this shellfish in there. ou’re getting a great perfume of it.” The first thing that impressed me with the oastal alifornia chef’s cooking some years ago was what he was doing with vegetables. The way he was able to ma imi e flavors out of veggies has been a staple of his

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since the S oy days. Starting a meal at The itchen at tomic with an rban Seed salad showcases both locally grown vegetables from the aforementioned rban Seed and the elevation of the dish by the chef’s basic but correct preparation of roasted turnips, which brings the whole dish a different spin. Those harissa laden carrots from S oy have also made their way downtown. They have added sweetness due to leaving the peels on. Ironically, vegetables were not a part of the chef’s youth. I hated vegetables growing up. Vegetables were overcooked carrots and steamed broccoli. I couldn’t do it. In my mid 2 s, I started eating a lot of sian style vegetables. The biggest thing I learned was the more I ate vegetables, the less I messed with them, the more I loved it. It’s the right fats and perfect cooking.” ne plate with no vegetables that makes an appearance at all hours of the day is The itchen’s signature dessert, whiskey bread pudding. The chef describes the popular meal ender this way, I was trying to make a bread pudding that was unlike the ones I’ve had before. ot mushy, and finding a perfect balance. ustard, and keeping the bourbon uncooked in it, pressing the bread pudding for the right amount of time. Finish it with cardamom creme and honey. I love floral notes for dessert. It’s a perfect balance of almost savory with that butter and bread and the right amount of caramel and salt and cardamom.” alance and simplicity in an elevated fashion. In the end, that’s all The itchen at tomic needed to take its rightful place as an essential downtown dining destination. It just so happens they found the chef who was willing to take enough risks to get them there.

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do Especially in the Digital Age By Rob Kachelriess

odern technology was supposed to make dating easier. People who have trouble striking up conversations in bars can now meet each other on websites, make plans via text and if things go well, even manage their wedding expenses with online spreadsheets. Unfortunately, if a relationship doesn’t work out, technology can also make a bad breakup even worse. Three very open and honest women learned that lesson the hard way and share their stories of love going sour in the digital age.

Abuse and Anger shley remembers when she first met Geoff. It was 1 years ago and he couldn’t have been more complimentary. So complimentary in fact, there’s a term for it. It’s called love bombing,” she says. The person tells you everything you want to hear. He investigates you and pretty much knows everything about you before you start dating them.” In the age of acebook and Instagram, where everyone’s life is posted for the world to see, it’s safe to assume love bombing is more prevalent than ever. But back then, Ashley couldn’t believe her luck. “Where did this guy come from ” she remembers thinking. Geoff turned on the charm; wining and dining Ashley as her knight in shining armor. They dated for two years before getting married, but Ashley was already noticing more than a few red flags in the relationship. I started seeing an abusive side. e’d get really jealous if a guy talked to me. I would go on sales trips and he’d call me around the clock. Slowly but surely, he was taking control and making me feel bad for the things I was doing.” nfortunately, like so many women, shley thought she could fi a boyfriend by marrying him. They opened a business together in Los ngeles and had three kids. They shared financial and family success, but as the years went by, Geoff became more aggressive. I was being abused and didn’t know it,” says shley. nything that went wrong in the entire house was my fault. I even loaded the dishwasher incorrectly. That was one of our biggest fights. or him, everything was black and white and I was always wrong.”

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The abuse went from verbal and mental to emotional and physical. “I didn’t want to be intimate with him, because I feared him,” she continues. “Every night he’d drink a few glasses of wine, and by the third one he’d become abusive again. I’d wait until he’d go to bed and pass out. I’d then get into bed quietly and calmly so I wouldn’t wake him up. It’s hard to live like that for so long.” As the relationship continued to deteriorate, the couple visited one therapist after another to try and save it. The marriage lasted 12 years before they finally separated and Geoff moved out of the house. owever, he continued the pattern of abuse over te ts and emails. e took advantage of knowing Ashley’s passwords and would frequently log on to her online accounts — everything from Kindle to American Express. It got petty. When Geoff suspected his wife was dating a ispanic man, he saved the movie ow to ate a atin over” as a favorite on shley’s irecTV account. e’d also save medical infomercials and adult content just to mess with her. I had to change every passcode. e was so intelligent, he could hack into anything of mine,” remembers Ashley. “Technology has made me feel so unsafe. It’s scary.” owever, it was also modern technology that brought some relief to the problem. At the suggestion of a therapist, Ashley signed up for an app called Our Family Wizard, an online neutral ground for separated and divorced couples to communicate and coordinate parenting schedules. It can be monitored by third parties, which creates incentives for both sides to keep aggressive behavior in check. It also logs interactions to make sure everything is documented for legal purposes. “I can add lawyers, therapists, psychiatrists, whoever I want to be our readers,” says shley, who now keeps Geoff blocked on her regular cellphone account. “Now that he knows others can read our correspondence, his abuse has not been as bad.” n official divorce is in the works, but shley has reservations about re entering the dating field and possibly coming across another love bombing white knight who appears too good to be true. “They go after people like me. I was prey and I don’t want to be prey again. It’s scary, because they do tell you what you want to hear. ow do I know if it’s real or not?”

Haunted by the Past Allie knew something was wrong when she started getting collection notices in the mail. “I thought this must be a mistake,” she remembers. Allie had separated from her husband of four years, but wasn’t yet divorced. They got married in as Vegas when he was 1 and she was 1 and seeking independence from her parents. When things didn’t work out, she moved to t. auderdale, hoping to clear her mind and get a fresh start . One day, she received a phone call from a collector about a neglected balance on a credit card account she had no memory of opening. “I told her she had the wrong person,” says Allie. “Then the collector read my social security number to me and I said, well, I guess you got the right person.” She immediately suspected her estranged husband was to blame. e immediately denied opening a credit card in her name but as it turned out, had actually opened two credit cards under her name, totaling 1 , in unpaid debt. Allie knew her ex was responsible after receiving a copy of the statements. It was stupid stuff transactions at strip clubs, bars electronics. TV

from Best Buy.” Unfortunately, it’s incredibly easy to open a credit card account online with just a name, address, and social security number. No phone call required. fter the evidence began to pile up, llie’s e finally admitted to the fraud. “The betrayal of trust hurt the most,” she says. “I would never do this to someone else. So imagine my shock when my own husband — even though we were separated — did this to me. It was very hurtful.” is attitude was Too bad. ou deal with it. ou’re paying it.” e also overdrew their joint bank account by 2, . llie contacted a lawyer, who said it would be tough disputing the charges since they were still legally married. So she took the hit to her credit, fast tracked an official divorce, and eventually paid off the debt through a payment plan. It took about five years, but llie was able to slowly rebuild her credit. ow does she know her e won’t try the same thing again “I don’t,” she says. “But we’re not married anymore, so if he did it now, I’d have a leg to stand on.” Allie is now 35, remarried, has a rewarding job as a nurse and is looking forward to buying her first home. She’s very happy and finally has a good credit score . ou live and learn. ut be careful you never know what will happen if someone has access to your social security number and personal information.”

Somebody’s Watching ameron Miller was celebrating her th birthday while on vacation at the osmopolitan of as Vegas, hanging out by the pool when approached by a funny and charming guy named Benjamin, who was in town for the lectric aisy arnival. e was a arvard grad, really smart, cleancut,” remembers ameron, a divorced single mom of two. e was going through a divorce himself and had two kids. The resume was good and he was intelligent, which I found attractive.” She lived in hicago. e lived in os ngeles. ut they made an effort to see each other long-distance, meeting up in places like San Francisco. fter dating on and off for about 1 months, they were definitely off again — this time for good. “We broke up and I didn’t think about it for about six weeks,” says Kameron. That’s when things started to get strange. She went on vacation in Aspen with a doctor she started dating. The doctor received a strange anonymous text message from an untraceable number. The person on the other end claimed to be a “concerned friend” warning him of Kameron’s behavior making up false claims that she was unstable and had ST s. The anonymous person seemed to know what Kameron was up to, where she was going and who she was hanging out with — while clearly having a problem with it. Kameron suspected it was Benjamin, who she thought may have put something on her computer to track her information and whereabouts. er fears were confirmed when a security team discovered spy software that was installed on her computer during a time and day that corresponded with a visit by Benjamin. The pieces started falling into place. Evidence showed Benjamin was logging into her Apple account, which meant he could look at Kameron’s text messages, photos and emails.

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Even a year-and-a-half after changing her passwords and wiping her computer clean, the cyberstalking continued. It appeared Benjamin was logging into her Waze navigation app, which meant he could keep tabs on her location. Her username was even changed, making it obvious someone else had control. “Stalkers up the ante,” says Kameron. “They want you to know they know. They want you to be a little scared. They want you to know they’re in the background.” By this point. Kameron had moved to Manhattan Beach in California. One day, she was driving her golf cart on a private road when a car pulled up. The window rolled down — it was Benjamin. “Somehow he’d been able to track me” she remembers. “He said, ‘Hi Kameron. Fancy meeting you here. It’s so serendipitous.’” It turns out that same car was seen following her on another day. Factor in the time ameron came home to find someone had opened her garage door, and there was enough cause for alarm. She filed a police report and agreed to Benjamin’s request to meet again in person. “I said I wanted to meet because you’re scaring me and you’re now

officially a person of interest to police. If I ever see you again, I’m going to run to the cops and file another report. So if anything ever does happen to me, you’ll be the first person they’ll be coming after.” That was it. Benjamin apologized “for the misunderstanding” and was never seen or heard from again. The sense of empowerment that came from standing up to her stalker inspired Kameron Miller to help other women in similar situations. She invented a product called the Kamshield, which attaches to a computer, laptop or tablet, providing a small adjustable window to cover the camera. As Kameron learned when meeting cybersecurity experts, hackers can use your own webcam to spy on you — even when the power is off. “As women, we have to become more diligent,” says Kameron. “I’ve got five sisters, two kids and lots of girlfriends I’m so tired of men having the ability to take advantage of women.” Not everyone handles heartbreak well. A failed relationship can lead to stalking, fraud, or theft. When passion and emotions run high, it’s clear the evolution of technology can be a dangerous weapon — as well as a powerful asset. www.davidlv.com | 45

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Star Genes Following in a Parent’s Footsteps is Common for these Celebrities

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n Jon Robin Baitz’s 2011 play Other Desert Cities, writer Brooke Wyeth returns to her Southern California hometown from New York City after six years away, clashing bitterly with her mother Polly over their differences in worldview and Brooke’s insistence on bringing up buried family secrets. In the new Las Vegas production of the play at A Public Fit, the relationship between Polly and Brooke gets an extra jolt thanks to the actresses playing the parts, real-life mother and daughter Charlene and Rozanne Sher. “There’s a lot of art imitating life sometimes, where you can’t tell if we’re really acting,” Rozanne says. Charlene started acting professionally in her native South Africa, and after moving to the U.S., remained active in theater while raising her children. Rozanne began following in her mom’s footsteps at a young age, when the family was living in Reno. “It has to be something that’s in your genes, because I was on the stage from seven years old,” Rozanne says. Their first mother daughter collaboration was a production of Fiddler on the Roof, in which Charlene played Golde, and Rozanne and her younger sister played Golde’s two youngest daughters. The Shers are a local example of a long tradition of mothers and daughters sharing acting talents, one which goes all the way back to early Hollywood stars like Debbie Reynolds, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, Janet Leigh, and Tippi Hedren, all of whom had daughters follow them into show business, with equal or even greater success. Showbiz mothers may be more likely than the average person to push

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their kids into the spotlight, but for the Shers, there was no coercing needed to get o anne to emulate her mother. I was definitely the theatrical one,” o anne says, noting that Fiddler was her sister’s first and last acting gig. She hated it. nd I loved it. I was always the one singing and dancing. That was clearly my path and not my sister’s.” It may not always be an easy path to follow. In the 2 1 documentary Bright Lights, about the relationship between ebbie eynolds and her daughter arrie isher, the filmmakers show a clip of a teenage isher joining her mother onstage, belting out an impressive rendition of Simon Garfunkel’s ridge ver Troubled Water” despite clearly not wanting to be there. nd while isher’s story may be a troubled one, Bright Lights shows how close she and eynolds became as they grew older, and serves as a tribute to their remarkable and remarkably different careers. It’s a bittersweet send off to both eynolds and isher, who died within a day of each other in ecember 2 1 , just a week before the movie’s HBO debut. s conflicted as isher may have been about pursuing an acting career, it didn’t stop her daughter Billie Lourd from following in her footsteps. lthough ourd is glimpsed only briefly in Bright Lights, in the last few years she’s been a rising star, with a small role alongside her mother in the recent Star Wars movies, plus regular appearances on the TV series Scream Queens and American Horror Story. emale acting dynasties that started early eynolds’ first role was in 1 ’s June Bride) have stretched to multiple generations now, and Lourd has two generations of lessons and inspiration to draw from in her mother and grandmother. Dakota Johnson, star of the Fifty Shades of Grey movies, is another thirdgeneration ollywood actress, and she’s already established a strong identity for herself beyond her famous family. The daughter of Melanie Griffith and on ohnson and the granddaughter of the legendary Tippi Hedren, Johnson proved herself to be a gifted comedic performer on the highly underrated and sadly short lived 2 12 o sitcom Ben and Kate, but she got her start as a child actress with a small role as the daughter of her mother’s character in 1 ’s Crazy in Alabama. As Fifty Shades’ Anastasia Steele, ohnson has gotten a lot of attention for the movie’s e plicit se scenes, but possibly her greatest appeal is the way she brings a sense of humor and playfulness to what are otherwise serious, intense movies. The Shers are e tending their dynasty to a third generation, too, with harlene’s granddaughter and o anne’s niece iper pursuing her own acting career. Two years ago, harlene, o anne, and iper all starred in the play Kindertransport, with iper in the lead role of va, harlene as the older version of va and o anne as the older va’s adult daughter. It was really quite something to see,” harlene says. It was really very meaningful to me.” ow 1 , iper regularly travels to to audition for parts, and has worked in theater and film locally as well. Mothers and daughters playing the same character at different ages can give a movie or show an e tra layer of authenticity, and it’s sometimes the way that young actors get their start. The 2 drama Evening features two sets of mother daughter acting pairs, including Meryl Streep and her daughter Mamie Gummer as the same character in two different time periods. Vanessa edgrave plays a dying woman who flashes back to romantic entanglements from her younger days, and edgrave’s daughter atasha ichardson plays her character’s daughter. In a movie all about how youthful regrets can resonate throughout a person’s life, it adds e tra impact to see a character played by actors who are clearly connected by www.davidlv.com | 49

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more than just the screenplay. The CBS sitcom Young Sheldon takes that idea even further, casting actress Zoe Perry as the younger version of the character played by her mother Laurie Metcalf on The Big Bang Theory. Both shows are ongoing, which means that Perry and Metcalf may be playing the same character at the same time, although Perry is a series regular on Young Sheldon (a prequel exploring the childhood of Big Bang’s awkward math genius Sheldon Cooper), while Metcalf only has a recurring role on Big Bang. Still, when launching a new series, even one spun off from one of the most popular shows on TV, it helps to have an instant connection to the existing characters. Actresses like Perry, Gummer and Lourd are still getting their careers off the ground, but some mother-daughter duos are so high-powered that people may not even realize the two stars are connected. Judy Garland and i a Minnelli are both such monumental figures in ollywood history that they stand completely on their own, but of course Minnelli was once just Garland’s daughter, making her first brief onscreen appearance at three years old in her mother’s movie In the Good Old Summertime. The same could be said of Ingrid Bergman and Isabella Rossellini, both alluring and sultry screen presences with long filmographies, but ossellini was also once just the daughter of a movie star, first appearing onscreen in her 2 s in a small role in her mother’s film A Matter of Time. Most viewers of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit probably don’t know that star Mariska argitay, who’s played et. livia enson for 1 seasons, is the daughter of ayne Mansfield, a vintage ollywood se pot who was marketed as a rival to Marilyn Monroe and starred in classic screwball comedies Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and The Girl Can’t Help It. And fans of Rashida Jones on the sitcoms The Office, Parks and Recreation and Angie Tribeca may not realize that her mother is The Mod Squad and Twin Peaks star Peggy Lipton (who did show up as Jones’s mother in an episode of Angie Tribeca). The Shers particularly admire two mother-daughter acting combos who’ve achieved e traordinary success I love lythe anner,” harlene says. “She seems to have integrity in everything she does in life and work and has a very loving relationship with her daughter.” That daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow, has overshadowed her mother’s fame, but the two are often seen on red carpets together, and have played mother and daughter in the movie Sylvia (starring Paltrow as poet Sylvia Plath) and the miniseries Cruel Doubt, one of altrow’s earliest roles. Meanwhile, o anne looks up to Goldie awn and ate udson, whose resemblance to her mother is uncanny, although they’ve never shared the screen. “I like these two because they seem to love each other and have a wonderful relationship,” Rozanne says. As long as there’s a hunger for new starlets, the daughters of successful actresses will be in high demand: Recent rising stars include Pamela Adlon’s daughter Gideon Adlon, one of the leads in the raunchy comedy Blockers; isa onet’s daughter oe ravit , who had significant supporting roles in the Divergent movies and ’s Big Little Lies; and emi Moore’s daughter umer Willis, who’s a regular on the o series Empire. Some may go on to eclipse their parents in fame, while others may fade away. Either way, there’s a certain excitement to seeing multiple generations working together. As Charlene Sher says of her work with her daughter We work so well as mother and daughter on the stage, because we’ve got a kind of shtick thing going. We just know each other so well that we can interact well.”

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New York Times best seller, Am I There Yet by Mari Andrew is of the lineage of women inked graphic novels.

By Jaq Greenspon few years back, Mari (rhymes with “starry”) Andrew was a late twenty something who was going through a pretty severe breakup. This isn’t a new phenomenon, mind you, people in their late twenties have been going through breakups for a while now (they were probably doing it even longer ago than one would expect, but due to societal norms and based upon what us Gen Xers have seen on TV, no one really talked about when they did). But where this story breaks a bit differently is with just precisely how Ms. Andrew decided to deal with it. See, rather than jump out of an airplane or join a wine and cheese club or swear to give up dating altogether all of which are perfectly fine responses,

by the way), she decided to draw out her frustrations and pain. By which I don’t mean she extended them. No, she literally drew them, with pens and crayons and pencils, onto a piece of paper to get them out in the world. As she says, when going through her tough time, she was looking for a new and different way to express herself. After a multitude of other creative endeavors, it turned out it was the artistic scribbling which seemed to fit the bill. “I decided to make one drawing a day for a year and put up my doodles on Instagram to keep myself accountable,” she explains on her web page. “First my mom followed, then my friends followed, then strangers started following, which was super exciting and weird and wonderful.” Currently, on Instagram, she has over 785,000 followers, which is a whole lot of strangers. Enough so that Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House, took a chance on her and, this past March, published her book, Am

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I There Yet: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood. Andrew says she wrote the book “to share what I learned through heartbreak, love, loss, rejection, career confusion, adventures, and the gnawing question in the back of my mind: Where exactly am I going, or am I already there? I wrote and illustrated a book I wish I’d had in my 20s—to know that I wasn’t alone.” The chance paid off, too. Within days of its release, the book topped several Amazon Graphic Novel lists, including Contemporary Women as well as Biographies and History. Not bad for a woman who, by her own admittance, had never drawn a person before she started her daily doodling. It took me a while to figure out how I actually draw,” she says, “but it just came with time and doing it a whole lot.” What’s most interesting, though, is how this plays out in a larger scale. Mari Andrew isn’t breaking new ground with her book, which is getting rave

reviews. Thing is, a lot of these reviews center on how she has tapped into a current cultural zeitgeist. From the Washington Post (“Achingly vulnerable and completely relatable.”) and Elle (“The illustrations … are often packed with truths about dating, self-care, careers, and all the secret thoughts you never say out loud.”) to The Independent (“Her illustrations will resonate with anyone who has ever had a crush, went on a date, or felt the sting of heartbreak.”) and even the website Cup of Jo (“Mari has a knack for drawing things people are secretly thinking about.”). All are coming back to how she is using a simplistic art style and minimal prose to get at some universal truths…and she’s doing it through social media, which seems to be the way to break out in today’s crowded market place. Looking back, though, the lineage of where Ms. Andrew is coming from can be traced to people like SARK and Kate Beaton. SARK (Susan www.davidlv.com | 53

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Ariel Rainbow Kennedy), whose new age, self-illustrated, self-help books became best sellers back in the 90s, started as a hand-printed garagebased endeavor, spread by word of mouth from the Bay Area outward. She was one of the first to fully embrace this idea of using a minimal art style mixed with real life observations to create a positive, message driven product. Meanwhile Beaton is responsible for an even more direct pedigree as her success stems directly from her online web-comic Hark! A Vagrant! Beaton is a Canadian with a BA in history and anthropology who started her comic on a bit of a whim, posting it to a LiveJournal account (an early social media site) and her own website, KateBeaton.com, back in 2007. The first book, also titled Hark! A Vagrant!, spent several months atop the New York Times bestseller lists and Beaton herself has been nominated or

won a number of cartooning awards, with her work appearing in places as varied as Marvel Comics’ Strange Tales, The New Yorker, and even as a Google Doodle. While her topics are usually historically based, she will include herself from time to time and more recently, she’s completed a more personal series called “Ducks” about her time working at the Fort McMurray mining site. As she says in her online introduction to the piece, “It is a complicated place, it is not the same for all, and these are only my own e periences there. It is a sketch because I want to test how I would tell these stories, and how I feel about sharing them.” The site itself boasts an almost 50:1 ration of men to woman so here we have Beaton using her deceptively simplistic art style and storytelling to speak to larger, more universal issues through personal

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e periences. ucks is about a lot of things,” she e plains, and among these, it is about environmental destruction in an environment that includes humans.” rom eaton, it’s easy to see how Sarah ndersen emerged. Starting in 2 11, while she was still a student at Maryland Institute ollege of rt she graduated in 2 1 , ndersen’s comic strips employ a similarly simplistic style but focus more on being an autobiographical representation of her life. s a self identified millennial, ndersen makes full use of her social media presence, having upwards of 2. million followers on such platforms as Instagram and acebook, where, like ndrew, she posts her comics and where they are shared thousands of times each . s a cartoonist, her most recent book, Herding Cats, came out in March and her first collection, Adulthood is a Myth, beat out all comers to take top

honors in the Goodreads best graphic novel” category for 2 1 . nd following in the digital footsteps of Mari ndrew are illustrators like eth vans and atana hetwynd, both of whom have been cartooning online for many years, but whose own books and collections will be coming soon. vans, who also has a huge following across the various social media platforms, draws and shares comics about her an ieties and fears and dealing with her own bipolar diagnosis. I’m not always good at e pressing my words or my emotions,” she said in a 2 1 interview with Gracie Mc en ie on my oehler’s Smart Girls log. ut sometimes it’s easier to tell 2 , random people on the Internet how you feel than admit how you feel to those around you.” www.davidlv.com | 55

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Having drawn inspiration from Sarah Andersen, Evans stumbled into cartooning and has parlayed it into a book deal. As of May 1, her solo book I Really Didn’t Think This Through: Tales from My So-Called Adult Life is available from Harper Collins. As an illustrator, she’s already tasted a bit of success through her work with Anna Williamson on Breaking Mad, which reached number 1 on Amazon UK earlier this year. Meanwhile, Chetwynd’s book release date is fast approaching, on May 15th it is a mere two weeks after Andersen’s, and she has been gathering fans with her tales of love and life with her boyfriend John and their dog for the past 18 months. In fact, it was John who initially suggested she draw a few panels about their lives together – and then put them online. The response was so positive, Chetwynd decided to continue the strip and

created a dedicated website for the effort (https://catanacomics.com) as well as also sharing them through her various social media outlets (her Facebook page is nearing 1 million followers and her comics are shared tens of thousands of times). Like the others mentioned here, Chetwynd shares her personal stories while still creating art with a universal understanding. Her collection, Little Moments of Love, is, according to the sales release, “a sweet collection of comics about the simple, precious, silly, everyday moments that make up a relationship.” Which really means it’s another book by a woman, intended to provide signposts along the way of life to whatever destination is in front of you. Mari Andrew asks the rhetorical question Am I There Yet in the title of her book. Are we there yet? It seems like we’re getting closer every day.

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but she did make sure I had every opportunity. She came with me to New York for the big audition when I was 21. She’s been my strength and inspiration. I know that she gets a lot of joy out of the fact that I’m pursuing my dreams. How do you feel about Las Vegas as compared to Los Angeles and New York? Vegas definitely stands out as a much more supportive scene. I feel that from Cirque Du Soleil artists to local singers and performers, everyone really supports each other. They make sure we’re all taken care of and employed, and it makes me feel a lot stronger as a performer. In New York and Los Angeles, I felt like I was begging for work, whereas here there exists more freedom for performers to write their own ticket. It just changes everything.

When I was younger, I felt like Broadway, and New York City in general, was kind of like Oz, a make believe place. Originally I thought I would pursue broadcasting, but thanks to some mentors at Western Kentucky, I joined the theatre program. It just so happened that in my senior year I went to a big, cattle-call audition for the national tour of Gyspy, and I got a callback in New York City. My mom joined me on my 21st birthday when I had my final callback, and I ended up booking the tour. Right out of college I moved to New York for just a few months, just to get my feet wet before I went on tour and completely fell in love with it. My career progressed step by step, with every job. I kept touring, I kept going back to New York between tours, and eventually Broadway came calling.

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I’ve been greatly inspired by movie musicals my whole life; I’ve watched a lot of films with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, and Ginger Rogers. I love Judy Garland. I love Marilyn Monroe. I used to watch a lot of those films and I would dream of going back in time and being part of that era. It’s funny because now a lot of my roles are Golden Age of Hollywood roles, because that’s what I grew up watching and idolizing.

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Additionally, my mom sang opera; she was a member of the Kentucky Opera for years. She did a lot of stuff locally in Kentucky and started directing a lot of musicals and other projects. I think because of her experience she was not a stage mom in any way. She never pressured me,

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Have you felt the impact of the “me too” movement in your experience of the entertainment industry? I had my own frustrations with harassment on set in theater. For me, it just became part of the gig. It was never so serious that I felt like I needed to say anything. Now I feel like there is some major power and energy behind the movement. In the Vegas community, there are a lot of really strong females that I’ve worked with. I’m hoping that the women can start to call the shots. I don’t think it’s too far off; I’m sensing a major shift. I’ve got several girlfriends here in Vegas that are starting to produce and direct. This feels like our time. Is there any advice you have for youngsters brave

It is important to continue to educate yourself and makes you stand out and what makes you unique. The field is saturated with kids graduating from college and moving to New York every year, and it's not going to let up anytime soon. I think the only way to start to work consistently is to show people the one thing you do really well and start to run with that. For a while, I felt like I was throwing spaghetti against the wall, saying, “I can do this! I can do that! wailed, I became known as a small wailer. That’s when I started booking stuff, because people were looking for what I, specifically, offered. So if it’s dance, if it’s physical comedy, if it’s stage combat, you just have to figure out what makes you unique.

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