To celebrate the milestone, the show held the Walk Like A Man Shoe Drive to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Nevada. The plan was to give away 1,000 tickets to Saturday night’s show for 1,000 pairs of shoes to benefit underprivileged kids in Las Vegas.

The first ones in line arrived at 5 a.m. Seven hours before we started passing out tickets. By 10 more than 1,000 were in line, which began snaking into the Palazzo casino. By 11:30, it wrapped around the casino and headed into the Venetian. More than 3,000 turned out for the tickets. Many showed up, saw the line, handed over their shoes and said, “Thanks for doing this. We’ll try next time.”

The initial 1,000 tickets were gone in 38 minutes. Then the producers of JERSEY BOYS did something extraordinary: they gave the green light to another 1,000. Then more after that. Las Vegas has embraced JERSEY BOYS since opening night, so it was the show’s turn to embrace it right back. If you brought shoes to help a child, you were getting a ticket. Maybe not Saturday night, but some night.

The spirit of giving carried over into that night’s performance. The crowd was electric and the show ran long because the applause after each song wouldn’t stop.

The officials at the Boys and Girls Club said that very often self esteem starts with shoes. It’s hard to feel good about yourself in old, worn-out shoes. Beginning this week, at least 3,000 kids will start feeling better about themselves, thanks to Las Vegas and JERSEY BOYS.

Filled with childhood memories of Klondike Bars on a warm summer night, the KDC team began its diligent “research” on the dessert sandwiches. From the Ice Cream Sandwich Lollipops at Skybox Sports Bar and Grill to the Macaroon Ice Cream Sandwich at BLT Burger, one thing was evident – our parents didn’t love us! Our sweet memories of those Klondike Bars paled in comparison to the culinary delights that are now showcased throughout Vegas. Instead of having that processed ice cream bar as a kid, I could have been enjoying Hubert Keller’s Chocolate Burger at Burger Bar (ok, so maybe it wasn’t around in the 1980s, but still, I felt unloved).

The closest we came to reliving our childhood dessert memories was with N9NE Steakhouse’s classic take on S’mores. The handheld childhood favorites are back in high demand and come with a little tray piled high with marshmallows, thin skewers, graham crackers topped with a thick house ganache and a bowl of chocolate and vanilla ice cream severed with an open flame hibachi style.

During our research (clearly without enough taste-testing), we also learned that the dessert sandwich knows no bounds and can be found at a variety of dining venues. The sweet-treats have found homes at fine-dining establishments such as Aureole, home to the Grilled Brioche with white truffle infused chocolate ganache, but they can also be found at daylife experiences such as WET REPUBLIC, home to The Whoopie Pie. Vegas tourists and locals can find these culinary dishes scattered throughout Vegas properties and are sure to please even the stingiest of palates.

The dessert sandwiches didn’t just impress the KDC team; the media is “eating it up” as well. As word is starting to get out about these hidden gems in Vegas, I recommend a quick trip to one of the restaurants in Vegas before all of the dessert sandwiches are gone!

Milkshake wishes and whipped cream dreams!

Despite the recession doing everything it can to knock of the city’s swagger, Forbes Magazine has declared Las Vegas the Coolest City in the Country. Well, we tied with New York City, which is OK, because we’re fans as well. 

Read all about it here.

The unexpected yet memorable birth of the baby of “Scar” from the Las Vegas cast of The Lion King made for a fun and memorable story from John Katsilometes of the Las Vegas Sun.

Nevada Cancer Institute continues to break new healthcare ground in Southern Nevada.  Here’s KLAS-TV8′s take on NVCI’s Plus One Program, which creates jobs in the field of nursing and infuses Nevada with specialized cancer care professionals.

KDC’s clients were all over this Las Vegas travel story from the Denver Post, one of the city’s key feeder markets. There’s this Come on in, the Water’s Naked: Vegas Finds a New Way to Entice Party Animals and this Your Best Bets for Diving Into the Vegas Pool Scene

We helped VEGAS.com launch their newest entry in the online travel world, MEXICO.com. Here’s a great story one it – but even better, visit the site yourself and you can practically taste the salt on the rim of the Margarita as you sip it on the beach.

Carlos Santana talks about the joys of playing The Joint at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas in the Denver Post here.

There’s a reason the color blue is associated with cool. We think it’s because of Blue Man Group. Check out his fantastic story on the hopefuls that lined up to become a fabled Blue Man.

Chef Geno Bernardo of Nove Italiano inside the Palms is one of the only chefs on The Strip serving locally-grown, organic produce. 8 News NOW went with him to the farm where he grows the food he serves – often the very same day – to his diners at Nove.  It’s farm to table… in the middle of the desert! Click here to check out the segment.

KTNV-TV (Now KSNV-TV) was just one of three television stations that covered Easter Seals of Southern Nevada’s free Autism Workshop.  The state legislature has recently given parents of autistic children options when it comes to service providers for their children up to age 3, making it very important to communicate the message that Easter Seals brings. See the video on the Easter Seals Facebook Page.

Blue Man Group at The Venetian showed off its one-of-a-kind inventiveness to Southern California with an appearance on KTLA’s Morning Show.

AnnaLynne McCord made a splash with her sweetie Kellan Lutz. Photo by Ethan Miller, Getty Images

Kirvin Doak worked with travel writer Susan Kime on a feature story for Luxist.com regarding her stay at ARIA Resort & Casino as well as the opening of Veer Towers, CityCenter’s fully-residential towers. Her story captured the breathtaking nature of the property and the images provided a visual narrative of the new condos. It’s all here.

Dennis Hopper in Las Vegas

 Dennis’ role as Chairman wasn’t a case of putting a fancy title on a celebrity just for the sake of attention. He worked this event. He hosted parties for actors and sponsors in Las Vegas and Los Angeles (including a few at his amazing home), sat through dozens of interviews (promoting both the festival and the city), attended dozens of screenings and chatted with festival-goers well into the night. And he did it year-after-year-after-year.

 It was called the World’s Most Dangerous Film Festival, and Hopper and the city were a great fit. See, it really didn’t matter where he was – poolside at The Palms, chatting with his friend Christopher Walken at a CineVegas party at the Chateau Marmont, or hosting his buddy Jack Nicholson at a CineVegas honoree dinner at The Venetian — Dennis Hopper was always — always — the coolest guy in the room. Everyone else was fighting for second place.

 So when Dennis Hopper passed away Saturday at the age of 74, the film world lost one its greats and Las Vegas lost a friend and ambassador. So long, Shooter. The pleasure was all ours.

Our first event was called “Getting to Know You” and was a huge hit. Fun was had by all and the newbies as well as the old-timers, who learned a thing or two about their co-workers.  The event featured a trivia contests about the lives of our bosses, videos of all staff talking about their backgrounds and families, yummy food and make-your-own sundaes. KDC staff baby pictures were donning the walls of our conference room, creating a match-the-baby-with-the-name game. (Which was actually much harder than you might think). Still waiting for the Social Committee to hand out prizes to the winners… but we won’t stress them out about it too much.

Looking forward to our next social committee event our participation in the 2011 Corporate Challenge. Go Team!!!

Did you know that KDC is a green company? For years, we’ve encouraged environmentally friendly behaviors both in our personal efforts and those of our clients. Our firm has invested in energy-saving lighting and other equipment in our offices and we are very proud of our ongoing recycling efforts. In 2009, those conservation efforts saved:

• The equivalent of 37 trees
• More than 13,500 gallons of water
• The energy equivalent of 188 gallons of oil
• 7,482 kilowatt hours of electricity
• 26,276,390 BTU’s of energy

In 2009, KDC recycled:

• 7,942 pounds of paper
• 92 pounds of plastic
• And more than 60 pounds of aluminum

By remaining focused on Earth-conscious priorities, we have continued to acquire 100% recycled office supplies, in spite of the sometimes higher cost. Our vendor reports that 65% of our purchased materials were considered green purchases in 2009.

So, basically, we love trees… and parks… and ponds… and canyons… and we do our best to keep these natural wonders in tact for all of our benefit. Here’s to an eternity of clean energy and sustainable living. Cheers to Earth Day!

That’s all…