More scoops than a box of Raisin Bran.
The
question most asked—other
than "When do you sleep?"—is
overwhelmingly "How did you get here???"
Graduating in 2000 from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration with a concentration in Food & Beverage, Xania Woodman, 30, waited out the dot-com boom (and consequent bust...) by cooking and waiting tables at an Ithaca, NY martini bar and leading wine tastings in the Cayuga Lake wine country. In June of 2001 she put her degree into action by moving to Vegas, arriving just in time for the explosion of the Vegas nightlife industry.
After assistant managing at Club Rio inside the Rio Hotel & Casino and later managing Shadow Bar inside Caesars Palace, Xania left operations and found love in the arms of publishing. The affair began with her nightlife website TheCircuitLV.com and progressed with her column Nights On The Circuit, featured in the Las Vegas Weekly alternative newspaper. Xania's writing has since been declared "edgy and modern" and "wildly entertaining" by the Nevada Press Association. And so it is.
Today,
Xania, one of 2007's "Top 30 Under 30" is the Las Vegas Weekly's
nightlife editor, a consultant, and a freelance writer with an overly-ambitious
to-do list; she has written for the LA Times, OK!, Us Weekly, Remix and
on AOL's VegasPopular.com, and her work has also appeared in Greenspun
Media Group publications Las Vegas Life and on Vegas.com.
Xania is currently the Vegas Editor for UrbanDaddy.com
and recently completed her contribution to the nightlife section of the
The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2009, her first book appearance.
She has guest-judged countless cocktail competitions including the Food
Network's "Throwdown
With Bobby Flay" and the United States Bartenders Guild's
regional and national finals, painted the town red with MTV Australia's
show "Full Tank" and appears regularly on LasVegasWeekly.com
to present "Xania's
Clubinar ", a tongue-in-cheek look at the Vegas nightlife
landscape.
When not covering a red carpet affair or chasing down exclusives in a cocktail dress, Xania volunteers with the Las Vegas Jewish Federation, Homeless Helpers, New Vista Community, and the Cornell Hotel Society.
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The
Circuit is well-traveled!
Over the years, The Circuit has made it to your inbox straight from California, Arizona, Utah, New York, Washington DC, Florida, the Bahamas, Canada, England, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Hungary and the Czech Republic! Its passport has more stamps than my right hand after a club crawl!