I May Have To Give These Places A Try

The Most Delicious Tacos in All of Las Vegas

Ribeye tacos

• Hussong’s Cantina
• The Shoppes at Mandalay Place
• Need a little more beef in your taco? Trick question. Of course you do. Hussong’s serves a mean ribeye taco. It comes with guacamole, jalapeños, onions, red bell peppers, cilantro, and bigger-than-you’d-expect chunks of steak. If you prefer your tacos with outdoor patio seating, a second location opened over the summer in the Boca Park shopping complex near Summerlin.

Urban street tacos

• Tom’s Urban
• New York-New York
• The Urban street tacos are for people who have a hard time with decision-making. Mix and match your choice of steak al carbon, carnitas, and butter-poached lobster and shrimp.

Silencio tacos

• China Poblano
• The Cosmopolitan
• You’d expect a restaurant that offers a blend of Chinese and Mexican cuisine from Chef Jose Andres to have more than a few fun things on the menu. The Silencio tacos will keep your mouth full and one unlucky duck very quiet. They’re made with duck tongue and fresh lychee.

Complete list (Thrillist.com)

Did You Know - 'Rocky' Edition

72 Hard-Hitting Facts About the 'Rocky' Movies

4. Other than Burt Young (Paulie), none of the primary actors in Rocky were the first choice. Producers wanted Lee Strasberg for Mickey, but he wanted too much money. Burgess Meredith, a professional actor since the 1930s, stepped in. Boxer Ken Norton was lined up to play Apollo, but he dropped out at the last minute to go on the ABC show Superstars. Carl Weathers auditioned shortly after and got the part, even though he insulted Stallone’s acting during his read through and lied about having boxing experience.

6. Shooting in Philadelphia was done on a shoestring. There was no honeywagon, no catering, and no trailers. All exterior shots were lit exclusively with natural light, and pizza was the only on-set meal — for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

28. A writer for Philadelphia magazine calculated that Rocky’s run in the movie’s montage would have been 30 miles long as he bounced around the city in a seemingly illogical way. That have been a ridiculously long run for Rocky, much less the 800 school children who followed him through the streets during the montage.

37. Johnny Carson was so impressed by Hulk Hogan’s performance as Thunderlips that he booked the then unknown wrestler on The Tonight Show. It’s a good thing, too, because Vince McMahon fired the young wrestler from the WWF for appearing in the movie when he was supposed to be wrestling.

39. The climatic fight between Rocky and Clubber Lang is the only one in the series that doesn’t go a full 15 rounds. It’s over in three.

47. Lundgren also roughed up Carl Weathers during their fight, at one point picking him up and throwing him into the corner. As Stallone remembers it years later, Weathers jumped out of the ring and threatened to quit because of the Swede.

48. Paulie’s robot was built by a company called International Robotics to help work with autistic children. Stallone’s son is autistic, and after inviting the robot into his home, Stallone wrote it into his movie. The robot’s voice, both male and female versions, is provided by International Robotics founder Robert Doornick.

49. When Rocky goes to the frozen Russian tundra to prepare for his fight against Drago, he’s actually in Wyoming. The final fight, set in a large Russian city, was filmed at the Agrodome Arena in Vancouver.

Complete list (Yahoo.com)

A Damn Good Question They've Been Trying To Answer For 4 Decades

After 40 years, BMW's 3 series rules a tougher league

Changing market pose serious challenges

The question is whether BMW can maintain the 3 series' performance aura in a market demanding more luxury, connectivity, semiautonomous driving technology and increased fuel economy.

BMW can't afford not to.

The 3 series accounts for about 25 percent of BMW sales worldwide, the automaker says. In the United States, 501,569 luxury compact cars were sold last year, and the 3 series (and its spinoff 4 series) accounted for nearly 28 percent of those sales -- a percentage BMW has maintained seven out of the last 10 years.

Dealers testify to the nameplate's market strength.

"I've had repeat buyers over and over again. Over the years, the 3 series has evolved, and the technology has evolved, but they have not rested on their laurels," says Joe Laham, owner of BMW of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Laham, who sells 10 other brands including Audi and Volvo, says rivals have a hard time conquesting 3-series buyers.

"Everybody has tried to benchmark it," he says. "I do value my partners, but it is tough to compete with the legend."

(AutoNews.com)

Did You Know - Engine Edition

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This Is A Cool Old School Build Toy

Wooden Block Transformers Are Baby’s First Optimus Prime

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They're Very Easy To Spot

How to Spot a Wannabe Car Guy

2. He has stickers all over his car . . . . .

• Stickers do exactly two things: 1) they advertise the fact that he spent a ton of money on a car that’s worth about 1/3 of what he has “invested” in it, and 2) they highlight his desperate need for recognition and approval.

3. . . . . . and knows next to nothing about it

• Fun fact: most people don’t know whether their car is front-, rear-, or all-wheel drive, and so few drivers ever check their oil that the dipstick is officially an endangered species. If you ever hear a Porsche owner talk about the V6 under the hood,* they’re a poser, and it’s not considered rude to turn your back and walk away.

9. He’s a know-it-all

• The wannabe car guy absolutely has a solution for everything, regardless of whether or not they have any clue what they’re talking about. A true car guy wants the best solution possible, and is comfortable enough to admit if an issue is beyond their area of knowledge.

Complete list (Thrillist.com)

It's Stories Like This That Keeps Recreational Drugs Illegal

Dad Speaks Out After 'Skittles Party' Leads to Son's Death

“Skittles parties” may sound innocent, but they are far from it: They’re an alarming trend in which teens raid their parents’ medicine cabinets and dump the prescription and over-the-counter drugs they’ve gathered into a communal bowl. The teens then take handfuls of a random assortment of pills, often with alcohol, to get high.

Several teens have overdosed after playing Russian roulette with pills at these parties, which are also known as “pharming parties.” Last month, five high school students in Marin County, California, overdosed after an apparent “Skittles party” and were taken to the hospital.

(Yahoo.com)