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Hey, sweetkate!  There are lots of things to do in and around Reno.  I grew up in northern Nevada and now live in Tahoe, so hopefully I'l be able to point you in the right direction.  :)  It looks like you're getting married next month?

Reno has an awesome river scene right downtown.  You can go kayaking, river walking, see free concerts, etc...  It's a definite part of the city culture, so be sure to check it out.  Here's a great website that gives a lot of links to the events that are happening at the river and also a list of some awesome downtown restaurants: http://www.renoriver.org/.

If you're interested in seeing a show, just check out the casino websites.  They have musicals, plays, magicians, bands, everything.  Also, the Pioneer center is the local performing arts center.  You can always catch a show by the Reno Philharmonic, Nevada Opera, or the Broadway comes to Reno series.  If you come up to Tahoe on the North shore, you can also catch a show by Shakespeare on the Lake, which is super fun!

If you'd like to get out of town for a day, you also might want to consider going to Carson City.  It's the capital of Nevada, so there's lots of museums to check out, you can take a train ride on a historic train, or take a ghost tour of the city.  One of my favorite places in the area is the historic town of Virginia City, which is about an hour away from Reno.  It's the oldest town in Nevada and it's a really cool experience to see all the old buildings, they have mine/ghost/area tours which are super fun, and great food (and an old fashioned candy shop with freshly made caramel apples, mmmmm...).

Here are some of my favorite restaurantsin and around Reno:

Breakfast - Peg's Glorified Ham and Eggs in Reno or The Crackerbox in Carson City

Lunch/Dinner - Wild River Grille (downtown Reno), Stonehouse Cafe (Reno), and Santa Fe Hotel Basque Restaurant (I'm pretty sure going to Northern Nevada without eating at least one Basque meal is a local crime!).

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that Reno has a great new outdoor mall if you're interested in shopping.  I"t's called The Summit, and it has like every major shop you could want, plus a movie theater, restaurants, etc...  Have fun on your minimoon!

Well, I hope you like the river!  Sometimes it seems hard to find things to do in Reno that don't include gambling, but hopefully you guys will have a great time.  I thought of a couple other things you might be interested in, so I'll add them here:

The National Bowling Stadium is downtown by the casinos.  The movie Kingpin was filmed there, they have regular tournaments, and it's the only bowling stadium of its kind in the entire world!

There's a water park at the east side of town called Wet N' Wild, which is always a good time.  They also just opened up a new mall over there, too, which has a bunch of box stores and a Scheels.  Scheels, if you haven't been to one before, is this huge sporting goods store.  They have a ferris wheel, video games, gigantic fish tanks, etc...  We like to go just walk around sometimes and look at everything.