🐉 Lunar New Year Parade Is Taking Over Downtown Summerlin

Downtown Summerlin is about to go full dragon energy.

The annual Lunar New Year Parade is back, bringing oversized dragons, fan dancers, stilt walkers, and nonstop color down Park Centre Drive. It’s loud, lively, and one of those “this is why we love Summerlin” nights.

📅 February 17, 2026 | 6 PM

📍 Park Centre Drive

💸 Free

Bonus: Festive décor and giant photo ops pop up throughout Downtown Summerlin starting in early February! Yes, your camera roll will be full.

Grab dinner, snag a curbside spot, and enjoy the show. This one’s a neighborhood favorite for a reason. 🐲✨

💪 Fit4Mom Takes Over the Lawn

Workout, fresh air, and a whole lot of stroller friendly camaraderie. Fit4Mom Las Vegas is holding it down at The Lawn at Downtown Summerlin multiple days a week.

These classes are built for moms at every stage (yes, even the I barely slept stage) and feel more like a supportive hang than a hardcore bootcamp.

🗓 Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays

📍 The Lawn at Downtown Summerlin

💸 First class is FREE

✍️ Register HERE 

Bring the kids, break a sweat, and leave feeling like a superhero, with better posture.

🥕 Saturday = Farmers Market Energy

From just picked fruits to pastries that don’t stand a chance of making it home, this is a weekly must wander.

🗓 Every Saturday | 9 AM – 2 PM

📍 The Pavilion at Downtown Summerlin

Come for the strawberries, stay for the vibe and leave with way more than you planned.

🍺 Saturday = Brew’s Best Energy

If your ideal Saturday includes sunshine, good music, and a drink in your hand before dinner, Brew’s Best Craft Beer Fest at Downtown Summerlin is calling your name.

With 80+ craft beer tastings, food vendors, live vibes, and basketball on the big screens, this is peak “walk around, sip something new, repeat” energy.

📅 Saturday, March 21 | 2–6 PM

📍 The Lawn at Downtown Summerlin

🎟️ Tickets: HERE 

Come for the beer, stay for the atmosphere and leave very confident in your taste buds. 🍻

⚾ Spring Training, Summerlin Style

Baseball is back, the sun is out, and Downtown Summerlin is basically a stadium patio.

The Oakland Athletics take on the Los Angeles Angels in a spring training matchup that’s equal parts sporty and social. Think cheap-ish tickets, fresh air, and that unbeatable feeling of doing something fun without leaving the neighborhood.

📅 Sunday, March 8 | 1:05 PM

📍 Downtown Summerlin

🎟️ Tickets: HERE 

Perfect for a low-stakes baseball date, a family afternoon, or pretending you totally understand spring training stats.

🍸 Frankie’s Uptown Happy Hour = After Work Done Right

If your idea of unwinding includes meatballs, pizza, and cocktails that don’t play games, Frankie’s Uptown is calling your name.

Happy Hour runs weekdays from 2–5 PM, serving up crowd-pleasers like $4 meatballs, $10 bites (hello truffle dough balls), plus drink specials that make leaving work on time feel worth it. Add in live music nights and you’ve got yourself an easy weekday win.

📍 Frankie’s Uptown

🕒 Weekdays | 2–5 PM

🍕 Come for the happy hour… stay because the vibes (and music) say you should.

🚨 Stop Everything. Meet Miracle. 🚨

Seriously. Stop scrolling. Miracle is too cute and she knows it. 😍

This girl has perfected a move she calls the snuggle treat. It’s when she waddles over, sits politely, smiles directly into your soul, and asks for affection and snacks at the exact same time. Honestly? Icon behavior.

Miracle is a 5 year old, 60 pound sweetheart whose favorite hobby is being around people. She recently went on a foster field trip with a local running group in the Arts District and absolutely crushed it, polite, well behaved, and soaking up all the love like a total pro.

At the shelter, Miracle also enjoys playgroup and is always down for a good game of chase with her dog friends. She’s social, happy, and gives off big “I’ll be your best friend forever” energy.

And here’s the cherry on top 🍒

✨ Her adoption fee is WAIVED

✨ She comes with a FREE 5 week beginner training course with the shelter’s amazing in house trainers

So basically… you get a sweet, smiling, snuggle loving dog and free training. That’s what we call a Miracle.

🐶 Miracle

📌 ID# A1399152

Someone please adopt this girl immediately before she charms the entire newsletter staff into taking her home.

Mood: Deep Thoughts, Random Detours, Very Summerlin.

•  Apparently AI might be rewiring our brains
•  Sitting at work isn’t the villain we thought, your brain may actually approve.
•  A Cadet Kelly sequel?? The millennial group chat has entered the chat.
•  Bridgerton’s new lead is serving strength and softness. Yes, we’re seated.
•  Amy and Claire proving a good hang is still the most elite form of self care.

Consider this your mental palate cleanser before your next Summerlin stroll.

Say It Once, Mean It, Then Head to Happy Hour

Boundary setting is officially in its Downtown Summerlin era: polished, calm, and zero interest in over explaining. Instead of long apologies or awkward maybes, people are opting for short, confident phrases that protect their time and energy. The secret sauce? You don’t need to sound dramatic, you just need to sound done. Think less debate, more “closing time.”

Around here, it’s the verbal equivalent of finishing your coffee, packing up your laptop, and strolling out like you’ve got dinner reservations.

Steal these Summerlin approved scripts:

• “I don’t have the capacity for that right now.”
• “That’s outside my role, but I hope it gets handled.”
• “I can’t take this on, but thanks for thinking of me.”
• “I’m getting back to my actual workload.”
• “I’m unavailable for this today.”
• “I’m not the best person for this.”
• “I can help next week, not right now.”
• “I’m logging off and circling back tomorrow.”

Say it once. Say it calmly. Then go enjoy your evening. Preferably somewhere with good lighting and better cocktails.

Soft, Smudgy, & Very “I Ran Errands on Charleston”

Consider this your permission slip to stop aiming for “just applied” makeup. The real vibe right now? Looking like you’ve actually been outside. Smudged liner, blurred lips, a little shine, it hits harder when it looks like you grabbed coffee, chatted too long, and forgot to check your reflection.

This trend feels human in the best way. Instead of sharp wings and precision blending, people are tapping things in with their fingers, popping into PublicUs, swinging by Vesta Coffee Roasters, and calling it a day. Liner gets a little messy. Lip color fades in the middle. Skin looks like skin texture and all. Revolutionary.

The beauty of it? It’s wildly forgiving. No panic if something creases, fades, or moves around, because that’s literally the point. It looks good in daylight, still cute at dinner, and somehow even better three hours later when you’re wandering out of DW Bistro wondering why you didn’t order dessert.

If your makeup looks better after a coffee, a walk, and a full conversation… congrats. You nailed the Westside glow.

This week, our Hometown Hero honors Shirley Raines, a woman whose compassion, courage, and unmistakable presence changed lives across Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

Shirley lived and worked here in Las Vegas, showing up for people here in her hometown, Los Angeles and San Diego, for those who were too often overlooked. Through her work with Beauty 2 the Streetz, she didn’t just provide food, hygiene, or care, she gave dignity. She gave attention. She gave people back their humanity.

Shirley believed kindness didn’t need to be quiet. She showed us that love could be bold, visible, and relentless. Whether she was serving on the streets, advocating for women, or standing up for those without a voice, she did it with heart and fire and she never stopped.

Her reach went far beyond one city. Her impact lives on in every person she helped, every life she touched, and every community she strengthened.

We don’t just remember Shirley, we celebrate her.

Her service. Her spirit. Her example.

Thank you, Shirley, for reminding us what a real hometown hero looks like.

Rest in power. 💛