Celebrity Sightings @ LAVO & TAO Las Vegas
Karina Smirnoff of Dancing with the Stars
The dining room at LAVO Restaurant inside The Palazzo was even more stunning Friday night when graced with the presence of several TV beauties. My Name is Earl’s Nadine Velazquez, who is in town to co-host the Miss USA contest, dined with a girlfriend over a bottle of red wine.
Nearby Karina Smirnoff of Dancing with the Stars and three friends enjoyed LAVO’s new Italian menu. Both groups of ladies journeyed upstairs to the nightclub for a bit of dancing post dinner to the sounds of DJ FIVE.
Sister hot spot TAO Nightclub, still buzzing from Thursday night’s surprise performance from LL Cool J, was also a great spot for celebrity watching on Friday. TAO Group partner Jason Strauss kicked off his 35th birthday weekend celebration with dinner at the Asian bistro, where he was joined by a large group of friends including America’s Next Top Model winner CariDee English and actress Taylor Quinn.
Also dining nearby with friends, actress Krysten Ritter, who has been tapped for the new Gossip Girl spinoff and at another table E!’s Ben Lyons and Catt Sadler.
