Dethroner Asks You: What to Investigate in Vegas?

Next week I’ll be in Las Vegas against my wishes to cover CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. It’s not that I don’t love Vegas—it’s the best three-day theme park too much money can buy—but going to Las Vegas for work is sort of like going to Disney World to mow lawns.

That said, I want to make the most of it, if for no other reason than to do some more research for the inevitable “Las Vegas” theme week here on Dethroner. (It’s not going to happen next week; it deserves my full dedication.) What places live up to the hype? What’s worth going off the strip to find? Can one really make off-the-record penicillin out of orange peels?

Restaurants, bars, and entertainment suggestions are highest on my list. I consider gambling to me an occasional, scene-setting trifle, but incidental to the Las Vegas experience.