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September 04, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes

TODAY’S WIND DOWN BROUGHT TO YOU WITH

Happy Wednesday Afternoon, Neighbor!

Did you enjoy your long break from my poor attempts at humor? I would say I enjoyed doing a whole lot of nothing, but I had to go to the dentist yesterday, which is about the most something thing you can do. Teeth, am I right?

In case you missed yesterday’s super short announcement, the winner of August’s Hussong’s gift card is Kisa S. So, congrats Kisa! Might we suggest a curiously strong margarita on us.

In today’s Summerlin City Wind Down:

  • Today's Happy Hours & Eats (Featuring a Deal and a Crunch) 🎃

  • Did You Know? 🔥

  • Around the Valley 📍

  • Today's Events & Live Music 👨🏾‍💻

  • 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 🎃

Like your food true? If so, you can order up some discount foodstuffs from True Food Kitchen this week (and a little bit of next week). You can get $10 off orders of $50 or more with code 2N87T5 when you order online.

  • True Food Kitchen

  • Downtown Summerlin

  • $10 off $50 Online

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  • Through September 10

Also, September is Hunger Action Month, and Lucille’s Smokehouse is donating $1 from every Pumpkin Crunch Pudding sold to local food banks all month long. So, if you can get yourself in the festive fall dessert spirit while temperatures continue to melt brains here, there are worse places you can start your seasonal indulgence.

  • Lucille’s Smokehouse

  • Red Rock Resort

  • $1 from Every Pumpkin Crunch Pudding Sold Donated to Food Banks

  • Through September 30

🚨 IMPORTANT FOOD ALERT: Speaking of seasonal indulgence, I don’t know when they got them, but Whole Foods has pumpkin pies. I repeat, WHOLE FOODS HAS PUMPKIN PIES. I know, because we bought one yesterday. Apparently, I have zero trouble getting into the festive fall dessert spirit.

But if you’re not quite ready for fall, and just need to see out this brutal summer with a cold drink and a few light bites, you can pick your poison from our list of Wednesday Happy Hours.

Did You Know? 🔥

Only 6 people died in the Great Fire of London. Officially, at least.

Of course, there's never an "only" when we're talking about people dying in a disaster, but it's a truly amazing number when considering the year and the scale of the fire.

The great fire broke out on September 2, 1666, in a bakery on Pudding Lane. Now, fires in bakeries weren't exactly rare back then, but this one had the worst possible conditions: strong winds and a city full of highly flammable buildings. London in 1666 was practically built out of kindling - its narrow streets lined with wooden houses, many of which were coated in tar for waterproofing. (Not so fun fact: tar is very flammable.) Combine that with thatched roofs and wooden beams, and you've got a city ready to go up in flames faster than you can say "fire bucket."

Over the course of three days, the fire blazed across London, consuming 13,200 homes, 87 churches, and numerous other buildings, including the original St. Paul's Cathedral. By the time the flames were finally extinguished on September 6, they had consumed nearly four-fifths of the city, leaving 100,000 people homeless. While that might sound like a relatively small percentage of London’s population today, at the time it meant almost everyone in the city was displaced by the fire. And yet, according to official records, only six people lost their lives.

Now, six is a pretty shockingly low number considering the destruction. And it’s highly likely it’s not entirely accurate. Record-keeping hadn’t exactly hit its prime in 1666, and many deaths, particularly those of the poor, likely went unrecorded.

Still, when weighed against a city 80% destroyed and practically an entire population displaced, six recorded deaths is a miraculously low figure.

So, just how did so many people manage to escape unharmed? Oddly enough, it may have had a lot to do with the plague. The year before, an outbreak of plague swept through the city, and historians believe that very outbreak might have had many Londoners on edge and more alert than usual. Basically, residents were ready to flee the city at a moment’s notice, so when the fire came, they put their quick-getaway plans into action.

It’s weird to think that a plague that cost millions of lives around the world might have had any good result, but in a bizarre twist, it’s just possible it gave Londoners the head start they needed when the great fire came blazing through. After all, if you've already prepared for one catastrophe, you're better at packing up and making a quick exit when the next one comes around.

AROUND THE VALLEY 📍

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

A Las Vegas Area Newspaper 📰

Hey! We got mentioned by a Las Vegas Area newspaper! Well, kind of. Pretty sure this - Summerlin neighborhood newsletter - is about us, since the rest of the article was talking about Public School 702 closing. So, thanks to the readers who alerted us to this news, so that we could, in turn, alert a local newspaper.

While we’re very happy to share information, and we try to be as accurate as we can with what we present to you, I’m not sure the pros should be getting their scoops from us…

‘Cause, let’s be real, most of the time this newsletter is just pure silliness.

A Month of Pup 🐶

Got room in your home and heart for a foster pup? At least for a month? The Animal Foundation (655 N Mojave Rd) is so in need of fosters to help with their overcrowding, they’re offering a $200 incentive to people who are willing to foster a dog for a full four weeks. You’ll also get all necessary supplies. So, if you’ve got the space and time (or if you’ve been thinking about getting a dog and would like to try pup-raising on a trial basis), you can earn a little coin while you do it.

The incentive program runs through the rest of today (until 7 pm) and all day tomorrow (11 am-7 pm). All dogs over six months old that weigh 35+ pounds are eligible. If you’re interested in fostering, you can fill out an application form in advance online.

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LOCAL EVENTS TO CHECK OUT 👨🏾‍💻

Into Web3, crypto, and other emerging technologies? You can link up with some like-minded enthusiasts at Onyx Bar at Red Rock Resort tonight.

Otherwise, it’s a hot run, a produce run, or a little public singing.

LIVE MUSIC

  • Live Music

    Lola’s

    1220 N Town Center Dr

    6 pm

  • Mark Giovi

    La Casa Cigar Lounge (Tivoli Village)

    430 S Rampart Blvd

    8:30 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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