So I went to Las Vegas this past weekend with Michael and his mother. Not my first choice of travel destination ( or chaperone, for that matter) but it probably wouldn't have looked very good for me to say "No Mrs. Breitweiser, I'd rather not go on a free trip with you because you drive both Michael and I crazy, thank you," so I reluctantly elected to go. Have you ever been to Las Vegas? I think if I had to vote, I would say that it's the worst large destination type city in the world. Or maybe just worst city in general. My expectation was that the city would be flooded with hordes of good-looking twenty and early thirty somethings, with a scattered number of exceptionally wealthy Europeans and maybe some Asians thrown into the mix. This was not the reality I encountered. The people there are the severely overweight and the scantily clad. The middle aged and above trying to recapture some really sad aspect of their youth, and the solitary, that sit at slot machines for days on end, frowning, smoking, and spending money they won't ever win back. It was just so sad, Jane. Everyone in these casinos just has the most drawn and terrible look on their face. They are either depressed or they are drunk enough to convince themselves that they aren't. Lining both sides of the walkways up and down the strip are Mexican men and women wearing too-big tshirts with phone numbers that advertise instant access to the hottest girls. They're passing out thousands of these little cards with naked girls on them and they all end up on the streets and sidewalks. It's 107 degrees in the sun (which is where they're standing all day and you are walking). Not my idea of a vacation. That being said, we did get to see some good shows: the Crazy Horse at MGM, Blue Man Group at The Venetian, and Cirque du Soleil's "O," which were all varying degrees of awesome. The food was generally overpriced and overrated.
Am I being too uppity about this city? Judgemental? It just made me so sad. And I love drinking too!
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ReplyDeleteI think it all depends on the week you go, as with most places. Spring break would have been my choice for the type of crowd you were looking to meet. Mid summer, when its super hot - in the desert - only for the desperate.