đŸč Mojitos, New Coffee Shop, Albertsons Closing & More

and your chance at $1.6 million from The Mirage

July 11, 2024 ‱ Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes

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Happy Thursday Afternoon, Neighbor!

The coffee IS coming, but is the Albertsons going?

The coffee shop that’s been tempting us in Trails Village Center ever since the Starbucks shuttered in the same corner location last year is, oddly enough, still on the way. ☕ Foxtail Coffee Co. remains in the works, which seems a rather lengthy process for turning a coffee shop into a coffee shop, but hopefully, when all’s said and done, there will be a nice coffee spot there once again.

Meanwhile, in grocery news, your Albertsons may become a Smith’s (presumably). If the courts allow it, Kroger plans to buy up more than a dozen Albertsons and Vons stores in Las Vegas, including the Albertsons in Trails Village Center and Center Pointe Plaza. While their intentions for these stores is unknown (though, they have said they don’t plan to close any of them), they’ll likely convert to Smith’s, which already has a strong presence here and Kroger already owns. Hopefully, those sweet Chobani deals will convert with them.

In today’s Summerlin City Wind Down:

  • Today's Happy Hours & Eats đŸč

  • Did You Know? đŸŒč

  • Around the Valley 🎰

  • Today’s Events & Live Music đŸ’ƒđŸ»

  • Staying In? Check Out These Awesome Things 👍

Let's get to it. See you on the other side.

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TODAY’S HAPPY HOURS & EATS đŸč

Well, it’s National Mojito Day, so if you’re feeling a bit of a cool off with mint and lime (or maybe another flavor), you’ve got some options, including a couple of places that specifically list mojitos on their Happy Hour menus.

First up, at True Food Kitchen, the Peach Mojito is one of our Happy Hour highlights. It truly is sublime. But you’ve got more options at Kona Grill, where you can get a traditional, raspberry or sparkling sake mojito with your Happy Hour.

  • True Food Kitchen

  • Downtown Summerlin

  • 3 pm - 6 pm

  • Kona Grill

  • Boca Park

  • 2 pm - 6 pm

But don’t feel constrained to these spots. A mojito IS a well drink most bartenders will make.

For more Happy Hour options, check out our Thursday Happy Hours page.

Did You Know? 💐

Floriography, or the language of flowers, is so old, it predates written history.

This practice has been a silent, expressive means of communication for countless civilizations, each of which added their own layer of meaning to our floral lexicon.

In ancient times, the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and Chinese all assigned symbolic meanings to flowers. But these meanings weren’t just about impressing your date or making Mom smile on her birthday. Flowers, and their assigned meanings, were important parts of rituals, ceremonies, and everyday life, expressing concepts such as love, purity, and mourning.

In this way, flowers became an essential part of the social and religious fabric of the ancient world, all over the world.

But while flowers have carried great significance for a very long time, their role as clandestine messengers truly blossomed in Turkey with the practice of "selam." This intricate method of message-sending involved choosing flowers very carefully and arranging them in a particular way to convey a secret message - sort of a Morse code of flowers.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an English writer who lived in Turkey in the early 18th century, found the custom fascinating and documented it in her letters back to England, which sparked interest in flower-language in Europe.

By the late-1700s, the French were publishing floral dictionaries with detailed symbolic meanings of flowers. But it was the Victorians who to floriography to new heights. During this stuffy age when direct expression of feelings was poo-pooed, the language of flowers provided a discreet way to emote. A person couldn’t tell someone they had the hots for them openly, but they could certainly hand them a red rose.

From the confines of their corsets, the Victorians became adept at this floral code, using it to navigate the social norms of their time. It’s because of them that we still equate red roses with passion, yellow roses with friendship, and white roses with purity.

AROUND THE VALLEY 🎰

Here are some things Around the Valley we think might be of interest -

It Might Be Worth a Gamble 🎰

Are you gambler? If so, you’re going to want to brave The Strip and do your gambling this weekend at The Mirage.

You probably already know The Mirage casino is closing for good on July 17th after 35 years in business, but did you know, before they do, they have $1.6 million in winnings they have to legally give away?

In order to give away that money, The Mirage is holding drawings every Âœ hour from 3-7 pm today through Sunday (and again next Tuesday), but you can’t enter from afar. You have to be there physically playing the slots to enter.

It Really IS That Hot đŸ« 

You might have noticed it’s hot outside. Which you likely expect here in the desert. But it really is THAT hot outside. As of yesterday, The Valley has broken 16 records for high temps just this year. What do you think? Will today be 17? My guess is yes.

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LOCAL EVENTS TO CHECK OUT đŸ’ƒđŸ»

If you can rally yourself to leave the house, there are a few things you can do tonight, including a few indoor dance options and gettin’ geeky with the girls.

  • Pawsitive Difference Pet Rescue Adoption Event

    Three Dog Bakery

    2110 N Rampart Blvd

    2-6 pm

  • Total Wine & More Sampling Hours

    Total Wine & More

    730 S Rampart Blvd

    2-6 pm

  • Women's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book and Social Club

    Old School Pizzeria (Summerlin North-ish)

    1930 Rock Springs Dr

    6-8 pm

  • Live DJ

    T-Bones Chophouse (Red Rock Resort)

    11011 W Charleston Blvd

    6-10 pm

  • Trivia Night

    Dom DeMarco’s Patio

    9785 W Charleston Blvd

    6:45-8:45 pm

    *Purchase Required; Text RSVP to (702) 670-0012

  • Dance Party

    Dance With Me (Tivoli Village)

    420 S Rampart Blvd

    7:20-9:20 pm

  • Live DJ

    Rouge Room (Red Rock Resort)

    11011 W Charleston Blvd

    11 pm-Close

LIVE MUSIC

  • Craig Canter (60s and 70s)

    Grape Street Café

    2120 Festival Plaza Dr

    5:30-8:30 pm

  • Jacqueline Zulueta

    La Casa Cigar Lounge (Tivoli Village)

    430 S Rampart Blvd

    8:30-11:30 pm

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STAYING IN TONIGHT? CHECK OUT THESE AWESOME THINGS

We like staying home too! If you’re looking for an interesting way to fill your evening, these things might do the trick.

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