Tag: 2023

Momentum paintings on wall with floor branded Momentum
A.D. Cook

Momentum Road Trip

My Corvette diptych was barely finished before shipping to the National Corvette Museum last week. I love the energy of MOMENTUM, my two new paintings celebrating Corvette’s legacy. So far, this project hasn’t stopped for a minute. And why should it? These are Corvettes. They are made to run and have done that for seventy years.

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A.D. Cook Year End Summary
A.D. Cook

My Final Post

I should qualify my headline, “My Final Post,” as my final post for 2023, which is not my final post ever. It’s been a prolific year, but I can’t sneak any more in.

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A.D. Cook and Bob Barnes at Trustworthy Brewing
Bob Barnes

A Message from Bob Barnes

I am honored and grateful to accept my friend A.D. Cook’s invitation to contribute my culinary and entertainment articles to this website. I will be writing a weekly column titled Las Vegas Dining and Entertainment News in which I will detail noteworthy restaurant openings and closings, dining news, culinary events and entertainment news worth knowing about.

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Winnie & Ethel's Downtown Diner ~ plated menu items
Bob Barnes

Winnie & Ethel’s

Winnie & Ethel’s Diner, winner of The Great Las Vegas Coffee Shop Giveaway, is now open in the historic Huntridge Center at 1130 E Charleston.

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Merry Christmas from A.D. Cook
A.D. Cook

Merry Christmas

As we come to the close of another year, there is no better time to celebrate the beauty and magic of the holiday season. It is a time when we can all come together, regardless of our differences, to share the joy of giving and the warmth of companionship. So on this special day, I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season filled with all the blessings and love that life has to offer.

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Meet the Team — Post Contributors 2024
A.D. Cook

The Three Wise Men of 2024

I could not be more excited to share that the ADCook.com POSTS + UPDATES section is growing in 2024 with the inclusion of three very insightful contributors, each with a lifetime of knowledge and generosity in the spirit of growth and development for creatives and art fans alike.

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Sarah Thompson at Casa Playa, Las Vegas, Nevada
Bob Barnes

Casa Playa

What comes to mind when you hear the term Coastal Mexican? In the case of Casa Playa at Encore it references a wide range of seafood delights enlivened with wonderful spices and ingredients by the talented Executive Chef Sarah Thompson.

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Frank Mallinder's Christmas Questions 2023
Frank Mallinder

Frank’s Christmas Questions

Christmas is about faith and family. It is a time of connecting and believing. If you listen carefully, not only will you hear Santa, you will notice the questions we ask that secure our connection to our faith and our family.

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Half Bird Half Cluckin' Cosmic
Bob Barnes

Half Bird Chicken & Beer Opens in Henderson

Brian Howard (chef/owner of Sparrow + Wolf) opened his Half Bird Chicken & Beer in Chinatown in the summer of 2022, and has now closed that location, but the concept has hatched in a new location in Henderson, at 725 S Green Valley Pkwy at Horizon Ridge.

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Begin With The End In Mind
A.D. Cook

Six Words That Made Me A Better [ __________ ]

Start With The End In MindWhatever it is, see it first, entirely in your mind’s eye, and create what you see. There you go, end of post, end of story, fini. It’s as simple as that. The end. Like Forest (aka Mr. Gump) might say, “That’s all I got to say about that,“

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Visit my YouTube Channel @ADCook
A.D. Cook

My New YouTube Channel @ADCook

I’ve been putting this off for ages, but I recently decided it was finally time to resolve my old YouTube issues and build a new channel to host and share my videos — the old and new alike. My new YouTube channel ( YouTube.com/@ADCook ) includes several art creation videos of my automotive-inspired art, motorcycle portraits, and fine art nudes on canvas and metal, event videos from various art shows and exhibits, along with my observations and stories of art, love, Las Vegas, and beyond.

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