Where I was last week

Undertoad · 11-18-2002, 08:24 AM

The Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.

That's the view from the room. I had a laptop and the hotel offered high speed net access, but for some reason I wasn't all oriented around posting. Also, this is my excuse for why the IotD may or may not have sucked last week. I had my queue of cool stuff all ready to go to cover the week, but forgot to upload it before I left.

Highlights: the shows. Cirque du Soleil's "O", the Blue Man Group, and George Carlin. The exhibits: Venetian's art gallery, Bellagio's visiting collection of Faberge.

Lowlights: feeling roughly sick all week.

The rest: alternately winning and losing and basically not doing too badly at table games. Learning that my income has not kept up with Vegas' increase in minimum size bets, despite the fact that the town has doubled in size in five years. Walking mile after mile on the strip.

The luckiest: somehow having nobody take the third seat on our return trip despite the flight being descibed as overbooked.

Nic Name · 11-18-2002, 08:53 AM

Cirque du Soleil is amazing, isn't it?

I've been a couple of times, in Vegas as well as under the Big Top in Toronto.

Cirque has multimedia clips of some of the shows here for those who haven't experienced it.

I've worked on projects with the architects who designed the theatre for "O" at Bellagio, in Las Vegas, as well as many other amazing facilities.

If you're interested in digital architecture, my good friends at Sceno Plus in Montreal are the best in the world designing show space.

The Sceno Plus portfolio illustrates their unique work with digital images and multimedia.

Undertoad · 11-18-2002, 09:19 AM

Cirque du Soleil is absolutely brilliant.

We had already seen "Mystere" on the previous trip. Maybe it was the newness of it but I felt Mystere was better than O.

It's impossible to describe - it's a completely new art form. Imagine if the entire point of acrobatics was to mine the beauty of the human form. Then you add original live music. Highly original theater work with lighting and sets never even conceived of before. Comedy. Even puppetry. Everything is thought of, it seems - color, audience involvement, surprise, timing.

The ticket price is about $100 and you come away thinking it was worth every penny.

Nic Name · 11-18-2002, 09:33 AM

I've seen "Mystere" as well, at Treasure Island.

A really unusual experience for me was a behind the scenes tour of The Studio at Cirque Headquarters, their state of the art facility in Montreal where the performers live and train.

At one point they got me walking on the wire mesh net "catwalk" that is essentially a wire grid drop ceiling in the 23 metre high training room, while the trapeze artists were working out below me. Talk about acrophobia!

Nic Name · 11-18-2002, 09:46 AM

Did you take in the Fremont Street Experience? Possibly the best free show in Vegas, if you don't count that stripper ... well, that's another story.

Undertoad · 11-18-2002, 10:05 AM

We did. The bit we saw was some sort of birth of the universe thingie that morphed into showgirls and eventually a jet flyover. It's amazing to see a display that runs over 3-4 city blocks, but the show runs a few minutes longer than one's amazement IMO. Or maybe it was just the woozy intestinal woes I was having on the first day/night that kept me distracted, kept me from enjoying it fully.

What amazed me was how the Mirage "volcano" - a fountain that "erupts" with smoke and fire effects every 15 minutes - now seems very understated and even organic. The Mirage with its white tiger display, massive aquarium behind the front desk, and its jungle-ized interior seems positively tasteful when compared to newer atrocities Paris and the Aladdin.

The Bellagio's fountain was a fine free show as well. It's huge, using that new "prancing fluid" technology. They did a program to "Hey Big Spender" and I didn't realize that water could be so downright sexy.

elSicomoro · 11-18-2002, 10:34 AM

UT, where did you fit in the 9 nubile women?

Undertoad · 11-18-2002, 10:37 AM

I didn't, I was too busy trying to "collect receivables"!

MaggieL · 11-18-2002, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sycamore
UT, where did you fit in the 9 nubile women?

He probably fit in all the usual places.

Sperlock · 11-18-2002, 08:58 PM

UT, if you ever decide Reno/Lake Tahoe/the northern part of Nevada, let me know!

elSicomoro · 11-22-2002, 11:21 PM

Sperlock, does that area allow one to legally procure 9 nubile women...or is that area too populated (isn't the NV prostitution deal based on population in a county)?

Sperlock · 11-23-2002, 09:33 AM

Washoe County, where Reno and Sparks is located, is too populated. But I know you can find some right outside of Carson City, or 15 miles away from my place is Mustang Ranch (if it is still open). So procuring 9 nubile women legally would only take around an hour at most.

elSicomoro · 11-23-2002, 11:13 AM

MSNBC did one of their "MSNBC Investigates" shows on NV's legalized prostitution...one of the places they were at was the Mustang Ranch.

That sucks that the pot measure didn't pass though. I was so looking forward to heading to Las Vegas to gamble, see the shows, and get stoned out of my mind.

11-18-2002, 08:24 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Where I was last week The Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. That's the view from the room. I had a laptop and the hotel offered high speed net access, but for some reason I wasn't all oriented around posting. Also, this is my excuse for why the IotD may or may not have sucked last week. I had my queue of cool stuff all ready to go to cover the week, but forgot to upload it before I left. Highlights: the shows. Cirque du Soleil's "O", the Blue Man Group, and George Carlin. The exhibits: Venetian's art gallery, Bellagio's visiting collection of Faberge. Lowlights: feeling roughly sick all week. The rest: alternately winning and losing and basically not doing too badly at table games. Learning that my income has not kept up with Vegas' increase in minimum size bets, despite the fact that the town has doubled in size in five years. Walking mile after mile on the strip. The luckiest: somehow having nobody take the third seat on our return trip despite the flight being descibed as overbooked.

11-18-2002, 08:58 PM	#10
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	UT, if you ever decide Reno/Lake Tahoe/the northern part of Nevada, let me know! __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

11-23-2002, 09:33 AM	#12
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Washoe County, where Reno and Sparks is located, is too populated. But I know you can find some right outside of Carson City, or 15 miles away from my place is Mustang Ranch (if it is still open). So procuring 9 nubile women legally would only take around an hour at most. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

11-18-2002, 08:53 AM	#2
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Cirque du Soleil is amazing, isn't it? I've been a couple of times, in Vegas as well as under the Big Top in Toronto. Cirque has multimedia clips of some of the shows here for those who haven't experienced it. I've worked on projects with the architects who designed the theatre for "O" at Bellagio, in Las Vegas, as well as many other amazing facilities. If you're interested in digital architecture, my good friends at Sceno Plus in Montreal are the best in the world designing show space. The Sceno Plus portfolio illustrates their unique work with digital images and multimedia.

11-18-2002, 09:19 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Cirque du Soleil is absolutely brilliant. We had already seen "Mystere" on the previous trip. Maybe it was the newness of it but I felt Mystere was better than O. It's impossible to describe - it's a completely new art form. Imagine if the entire point of acrobatics was to mine the beauty of the human form. Then you add original live music. Highly original theater work with lighting and sets never even conceived of before. Comedy. Even puppetry. Everything is thought of, it seems - color, audience involvement, surprise, timing. The ticket price is about $100 and you come away thinking it was worth every penny.

11-18-2002, 09:33 AM	#4
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	I've seen "Mystere" as well, at Treasure Island. A really unusual experience for me was a behind the scenes tour of The Studio at Cirque Headquarters, their state of the art facility in Montreal where the performers live and train. At one point they got me walking on the wire mesh net "catwalk" that is essentially a wire grid drop ceiling in the 23 metre high training room, while the trapeze artists were working out below me. Talk about acrophobia!

11-18-2002, 09:46 AM	#5
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Did you take in the Fremont Street Experience? Possibly the best free show in Vegas, if you don't count that stripper ... well, that's another story.

11-18-2002, 10:05 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	We did. The bit we saw was some sort of birth of the universe thingie that morphed into showgirls and eventually a jet flyover. It's amazing to see a display that runs over 3-4 city blocks, but the show runs a few minutes longer than one's amazement IMO. Or maybe it was just the woozy intestinal woes I was having on the first day/night that kept me distracted, kept me from enjoying it fully. What amazed me was how the Mirage "volcano" - a fountain that "erupts" with smoke and fire effects every 15 minutes - now seems very understated and even organic. The Mirage with its white tiger display, massive aquarium behind the front desk, and its jungle-ized interior seems positively tasteful when compared to newer atrocities Paris and the Aladdin. The Bellagio's fountain was a fine free show as well. It's huge, using that new "prancing fluid" technology. They did a program to "Hey Big Spender" and I didn't realize that water could be so downright sexy.

11-18-2002, 10:34 AM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	UT, where did you fit in the 9 nubile women?

11-18-2002, 10:37 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I didn't, I was too busy trying to "collect receivables"!

11-22-2002, 11:21 PM	#11
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Sperlock, does that area allow one to legally procure 9 nubile women...or is that area too populated (isn't the NV prostitution deal based on population in a county)?

11-23-2002, 11:13 AM	#13
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	MSNBC did one of their "MSNBC Investigates" shows on NV's legalized prostitution...one of the places they were at was the Mustang Ranch. That sucks that the pot measure didn't pass though. I was so looking forward to heading to Las Vegas to gamble, see the shows, and get stoned out of my mind.

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