I'm Baaaaaaaaaack
Oh my! Vegas is a strange place. While every hotel/casino has a unique theme, they all have the same beautiful BUT unrelenting vomit inducing carpets (well if you've had a few too many drinks-which is rather popular to do here) in EVERY casino, slot machine, slot machine, slot machine (surprised they didn't have them in the bogs as well), more carpets, smoke, slot machine, SMOKE, and more slot machines, more carpets, slot machines and slot machines, and LOTS of smoke. Did I mention the smoke already.
Not my idea of a holiday destination really (we were here for a conference). Having worked as a croupier in casinos in England I don't see the glam side of gambling nor have any interest in gambling (loved dealing blackjack and roulette though :) Not into shopping either, so that pretty much leaves me out lol! From a cultural standpoint and as an insanely curious person it is Americana at its worst and at its best and quite fascinating. My fave person, and oh I so wanted to get his photo, was the 60'ish barber in our hotel who sported a lemon yellow nylon suit and Elvis hair. He was Mr. Vegas personified. I tried to convince hubby to go in and get his hair cut so I could have an excuse to go in and take a photo but hubby had fears of walking out with an Elvis do LOL!
Just an observation: When I was dealing back in the UK we all wore evening dresses and were in our 20's, so I was mildly surprised to see that most Vegas dealers wore generic uniforms and the age seemed to range between 30 to 60 years old.
We stayed at the Riviera, home of the crazy girls, ahem! Not sure what is so crazy about being topless in a las vegas show, but there ya go! It's Vegas baby!
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Funny, we were just talking about Vegas last night. It's my SILs favorite vacation (she loves to gamble). My hubby and I are coming up on our 20th wedding anniversary in the next 1.5 years and had been planning on renewing our vows since we never had a proper wedding in some place like Hawaii. I casually suggested, wouldn't it be fun to go to Vegas and get married by Elvis? Okay, not exactly proper, but more than what we had in '89. It was nixed in a nano-second by hubby who hates gambling.
Lone Beader, I think the last thing they want punters to notice in vegas is on the floor LOL! But I loved all the patterns each casino had. Hum, that is true, vomit would not be too noticeable LOL!
cynthia it costs $99.99 to redo vows in most chapels, but the real cheesy ones with elvis are in the seediest part of the strip. I tried to talk hubby into it, but he nixed it in a nano second too, :(
ba humbug!
vegas is wierd and wonderful-
my husband and i got married there-and still are happily
we dont gamble either-but lots of eye stimuli-and we love riding the bus!
i remember the line up of shiny girls butts-won't tell ya that story!
it's a good thing what happens in vegas -stays in vegas
thanks for the thoughts
ckw
I've never been to Vegas but I think my reaction would be exactly like yours! I have no interest in the place other than people watching and photographing the cultural phenomenon. Whew! Also wanted to say congratulations on the Tree story going national. I know Jim Hannah (he's based in a tiny office in the Dayton Daily News building). He will always take weird or quirky stories like that one and run 'em into the cosmos - so keep up the good work!
Ciao,
Christine
see you later
Angel
I have only been to the Oneida Casino in Green Bay. I was surprised at how thick the smoke was.
Love,
Linda
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"Lemon yellow nylon suit and Elvis hair..." Dear god! That's worse than the carpet!
It is not his cuppa and I know that it would not meet most of my criteria for a nice vacation. BUT, that said, I have an insatiable desire to see it. I look at it as a sociological experiment into human excesses! Not looking down at it, just really interested!
My brother says there are quite a few things I would enjoy, not the least of which is going out to the desert and then to Hoover Dam. There are also some shows I think I would enjoy. I asked Bill if he wouldn't like to go for our 30th anniversary this year...have our vows renewed by someone flamboyant and fun. He looked at me as if I had worms crawling out of my years.
Gee, he is no fun at all. Hmpf.
Now Grace, the resident diva of fashion and color and fun thinks it would be fantastic!
That is not surprising at all!
Glad you are back safe and sound.
Hugs,
Sue
We did a spring break trip to Vegas with the kids when they were younger. My best memory: the lunch buffet at the Bellagio. Next best: seeing the water show outside the Bellagio. No, we didn't stay at the Bellagio. Too rich for our blood.
Maria
Wish I knew I had this disease before I went there and took Ecstasy (did that too much even before Vegas) which led me to be spaced out the whole three days.
Like REALLY spaced out. I barely talked the whole time, just wandered around as if I had a lobotomy.