I’m back and because we’re all sick of hearing about Vegas let’s wrap things up, shall we?
It was dry… twelve percent humidity is only good if you have lunger. There are many perverts who are rich and like to gamble… they were stumbling around drunk almost everywhere. If you want the proverbial $4.99 lobster dinner you have to wander into very “shady” areas… because on the classier portions of The Strip the idea of cheap food (or cheap anything) is a farce.
I’ll have to post on exhorbitance soon, because it was everywhere and it needs to be analyzed. What is too much? Vegas prides itself on excess… on being the fastest, glitziest, gawdiest, hottest place around. I saw a lady while in line at the café (in the Bellagio) who wore a nine carat diamond ring!? It was ginormous and looked so ridiculously big that in any other venue I’d peg it as fake without another thought. Another woman (working as hostess of the café) casually remarked how she had lost her 4-carat stone on her ring. There was enough bling to rebuild Solomon’s Temple a few hundred times over.
And not to be outdone… the silicone was abundant. Dare I say there were more plastic breasts than at a mannequin factory. And the outfits were meant to display the goods… but much good would it do them with all the attention-snatching skin ads found in nearly every degree of a full geometric arc. I couldn’t imagine being a woman trying to maintain some sense of self-esteem about my body in Vegas. I couldn’t imagine bringing kids to Vegas, either.
Now, for a place sure to be hit with fire and brimstone I have to say it was beautiful. The massive money machine can buy lush gardens, groundskeeping, and landscaping like nowhere else. I could have spent the whole time taking pictures if I wanted. Speaking of… here are a few shots from my Vegas 06 photoset:
Primary places visited (there were many more we minorly visited): The Paris, The Venetian, The Bellagio (our favorite), Mandalay Bay and its Shark Reef, and the Las Vegas Hilton and its Star Trek: The Experience.
I'm a Christ-follower, compelled by my faith toward reason, which points directly toward conservatism. This world's daily onslaught of lunacy offends my intellect and senses, so this is my venue to blow off steam.
