When I started this job in November 2022, I had never been to Las Vegas, had scant knowledge of things such as “Yucca Mountain” and “the Culinary Union” and had never heard a single line of Home Means Nevada.
Over two and a half years later, I’m proud to say that I’ve stuffed my face at Tacos El Gordo, run the Tahoe East Shore Trail, lost moderate sums of money at roulette in casinos across the state and can definitively say that the state anthem slaps.
And oh yeah, I’ve learned a lot about its fascinating politics and its passionate, hard-working people.