Las Vegas is for bachelor parties. Las Vegas is for ribaldry. Las Vegas is for sitting in you-sized high heels.
Las Vegas is not for people who spend half an hour trying to figure out if there is an architectural tour of Las Vegas and then watching CNN to find out what the hell is going on in Libya.
Or why, despite the housing bubble, people are still flocking to Las Vegas.
Or whether the people hanging out the stripper business cards actually make any money from it since no one ever takes them?
Mr. B and I had so many questions about Las Vegas.
at the Bellagio.
Unfortunately, we had no answers. So after a while, we kind of stopped asking and thinking and started eating.
We ate everything in Vegas. And it was all so delicious.
Gelato.
Tabbouleh, chicken chow mein, crepes (thanks to Rima for the suggestion!), Riesling, sushi, pancakes, pineapple, gelato, Western tea, Chinese tea, kimchee, sweet potato fries, olives, chicken fingers. And that was just me.
Crepes at Paris.
OMNOMNOM.
We also saw Ka, by Cirque du Soleil, and it was worth every penny of the $300 that we spent. Not that I am counting and sweating about it in my sleep. Basically, if you’ve never seen Cirque du Soleil productions, it’s what I imagine partaking in hallucinogens to be like. Or if you drink one ‘tussin too many.
What was not good was our hotel, which was the Aria. If you go, do not stay there. The service is horrible. Really.
Unfortunately, in the end, Vegas wasn’t really our bag of tea. But it’s ok, because it’s all about the experience. Also, we came back relaxed. Just in time to deal with our third move of the year.
But, I am already antsy for our next trip, which will hopefully take us off the continent and into a place that has a psychological condition named after it. Because what I need after three days of non-stop eating and manufactured hedonism is definitely a psychological adjustment, and it rhymes with monotony.
I think from just what I know of you on the blog I could have told you that Vegas was in fact not for you
But hey cross that off the bucket list and zero in on the next line..what does that say? Why yes ‘The biggest little city’
What landmarks do you guys have? Besides your husband?
I’d really love to go to Vegas. One of these days! Although I went to Florida twice last week (seriously– once for business and once for pleasure) and I’m exhausted from it. Part of the problem is I just can’t relax right now… I don’t think I’m sleeping that well. It’s a really weird sensation since I was always the kind of person that would leave three essays due on the same day till the night before and not really worry about it. Now I’m stressing myself out over little things for the sake of it. Ugh!
On another note, I am going to see Totem by Cirque du Soleil in March and I am SUPER excited!
I can’t believe you went to Florida twice this week. Just thinking about that makes me exhausted. I love thinking about travel, but when it comes to the actual travel, I find that I am more exhausted than I thought I was when I planned the trip.
Las Vegas is for sitting in you-sized high heels.
That shoe is a lot bigger than you are.
That’s right, but I fit inside it.
“Las Vegas: All the amenities of a modern society in a habitat unfit to grow a tomato” Jason Love
This is exactly the right quote for Vegas!
I’ve always had a feeling Vegas isn’t for me, either, but my friends are all always going and I’m starting to wonder if I’m missing out. The truth is, I don’t gamble, I don’t party, and I don’t appreciate gaudy modernistic architecture and flashing lights as much as I appreciate places with an older history and more museums than casinos.
I AM AN INSUFFERABLE SNOB, YES.
We’re pretty much the same way, but we went just to go because everyone else has been, and we don’t regret it. We will go anywhere and everywhere once. The next trip will be more museum-oriented, I’m hoping.
My mother lives in Las Vegas, and I’ve been a couple of times. It’s an interesting town, but once you get off the Strip, it’s dying. If you ever go to Vegas again, let me know … my mom can hook you up with event tickets at 50% off (Vegas residents get the discount).
I didn’t know that..thanks for the tip. We wanted to take a side trip to Red Rock, but didn’t have enough time.