Take every cliché, every trope, every overdone Hollywood boilerplate movie about Las Vegas. Then triple it. Even then Vegas is way beyond that.It's loud. It's bright. It's crowded as hell. There's no open container law, so folks are just walking around drinking. The crowd is either 20 something or late 50-something - there were very few people in our age group there. Apparently the push to make Vegas more family friendly is over - there's very little for kids to do and pretty much anything puts you into a casino, where they're not allowed.
But it is kinda neat at night:
Many more pictures to follow. We're going to do Hoover Dam today and walking the strip in the daytime, and then tomorrow the SHOT Show madness begins. I figure tonight we'll get some good pictures of the Strip (yay! Unburied the good camera!) and then there will be some better pictures... Especially at night - the above picture doesn't do it justice...
If there's one thing for sure, Las Vegas is truly a one-of-a-kind place...
That is all.
10 comments:
Jay,
Have you noticed any sort of gunnie or industry pushback relating to the murder of Erik Scott by LVPD?
Jay, Be very careful!! DO NOT LET MrsG meet VegasWife !
did you notice everything is at airport prices yet?
hit up in-n-out burger (across the highway on Tropicana) for a good & cheap meal ... I-N-O is the only fast food worth eating and is NOT jacked up to Vegas prices.
Jay,
Family Friendly In Vegas is all a matter of perspective.
First, understand that Friday noon to Sunday noon is “ High Roller” time when they cater to the L.A. Weekend Party Crowds and thus the (much) higher room rates, more topless pool girls and wild parties in the private Cabanas, more people on the street handing out flyers you DON”T want the kids to see. Etc.
Late Sunday to Thursdays is Convention time. Lower block room rates, not so crowded, the topless girls at the pool are shuffled off to the side, much more subdued.
Plus “ It’s Vegas Baby “ Family Friendly to them means no topless waitress’s in the Casino -- and no more free XXX previews on the room TV’s but skimpy outfits are OK. They figure you knew this wasn’t Disneyland when you made your reservations.
Take the kids to the Aquarium ( and the Beach -- during the week ) at Manadlay Bay -- See the tigers and the fountains at the Bellagio -- See the Pirate show at Treasure Island - ride a gondola at the Venetian
The whole "Family friendly Vegas" push died out about 10 years ago, more or less. The "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" ads should have been a clue.
My understanding is the Vegas Tourism board, or whoever it was who came up with the "kid friendly" vegas idea, finally realized that what Vegas sells, sin & sex, was fundamentally incomptable with the idea of a kid friendly experience.
That, and the gamblers and ho's got tired of having rug rats around underfoot.
Yeah, but how many places in the VolkRepublik are there where you can rent a FULL AUTO Sub-Machine Gun?
bubblehead, I do deliver :)
Yes, go to the in-n-out burger.
LOL, and you haven't even seen ANY of the strange denizens of the night yet!
If you want some really cool nightime pictures of The Strip, rent a BLACK car with a big flat hood. Make 100% sure its clean and SHINY. The reflections of The Strip off the hood are primo.
Second, Las Vegas actually is very family friendly. It's just not a family tourist destination any longer. There's plenty for families to do there, but little of it is marketed to tourists.
And no, I'm not "talking out my a$$." I grew up and lived in Las Vegas until 6 months ago....
Btw, (buckle up, high speed tangent vector coming) if you have a hankering for Hawaiian food, Las Vegas is the second best place in the world for it, after Hawaii. There's a reason it's known as "The Ninth Island."
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