Goin' to Vegas - Page 2

Kitsune · 01-18-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Don't ever be that guy who says "oh fuck they even put gondolas in the fake canals". Just don't be that guy.

No kidding. One can do that at Disney, but try fight the facade in Vegas and the strip quickly becomes an ugly, unforgiving place to the visitor. Fail to embrace the fabricated world and you'll be lost to the curbside collections of porn adverts, cigarette butts, and plastic booze cups that swirl with the traffic.

"Yes, that is a boat. In a swimming pool. Inside a shopping mall."

barefoot serpent · 01-14-2008, 05:04 PM

I thought the fear was sposed to come before the loathing...

Have a good time... I saw the Love show a couple of months ago -- very cool. Be sure to go to the Revolution bar (just a left out of the Love theater entrance) and play with the tables.

binky · 01-15-2008, 06:37 PM

Have fun Elspode and thanks for the tips Rich. We are going for three nights the end of March

Kitsune · 01-16-2008, 01:55 PM

Get off the strip, too, and be sure to scramble over boulders at Red Rock Canyon, go see the Hoover Dam, walk a trail out at Lake Meade, etc, etc.

Whatever you do while out in the desert, never pet the fuzzy cacti. They look cute and harmless, but don't, for the love of god, ever touch them. The soft looking fuzz is composed of nanotube-like needles that effortlessly sink into the skin and don't come out for weeks.

Cloud · 01-16-2008, 11:02 PM

yeah, it's a nice place to visit, but . . . it would be okay to live there. Just not on the Strip!

you should try visiting LV with a few hundred heavily modified people (the Association of Professional Piercers convention). Oh boy, what a ride!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2008, 11:08 PM

Oh, modified with metal and ink, as opposed to the locals that are modified with silicone and paint.

Cloud · 01-16-2008, 11:10 PM

yep. But that counts too.

Clodfobble · 01-17-2008, 01:37 PM

My cousin lived and worked in Vegas for several years. He said back in the neighborhoods, it is dark--no street lights or even porch lights in most places, nothing.

Elspode · 01-17-2008, 08:44 PM

Undoubtedly Vegas' idea of energy conservation. Can't afford to light the neighborhoods when there's casinos to make visible from space.

Downloading the pics from my camera now. A little processing and resizing, and I'll post a few.

I got back into KCI at 10:15 last night. It was snowing like a bitch, and it took me an hour to get home from there on the snow packed highways. I can't really complain, though. Liz took a "luxury bus" from LA and back again. When I was sitting in the plane in Denver, my phone rang. It was Liz...seems the alleged luxury bus had broken down in the middle of the California desert somewhere between Barstow and Bakersfield. They were going to have to send a replacement bus from LA. She probably didn't get back home until 6:00 this morning. I'm going to call her shortly, as she has to go on duty at LA County Hospital in 90 minutes.

Cloud · 01-17-2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

...seems the alleged luxury bus had broken down in the middle of the California desert somewhere between Barstow and Bakersfield.

Third circle of hell, I'd say.

Elspode · 01-18-2008, 12:03 AM

Liz got home at 2:30 AM PST. Bad enough, but coulda been worse.

Here's a pic of Liz at the Mirage pool...I don't think anyone will call me out if I say that she's one damn fine 49 year old woman. Why she has any interest in me at all remains a mystery...

Elspode · 01-18-2008, 12:10 AM

Vegas is unreal...here's a couple of shots that prove it.

Lennon was definitely *not* thinking of a bar in a casino called "Revolution" when he wrote the song, or so I believe.

Even if he was, would he have ever imagined there'd be a nightclub claiming to be Taoist?

binky · 01-18-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Third circle of hell, I'd say.

Hey!! I live on an almost direct path between Barstow and Bakersfield, and it isn't the third circle of hell, although Bakersfield might be, at least the part where the amtrak station is

ZenGum · 01-18-2008, 10:08 AM

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Las Vegas is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. Reality itself is too twisted.

Chocolatl · 01-18-2008, 09:40 AM

I'm a little surprised "Pagans" aren't on the guy's Warning poster. I guess he didn't know you were in town.

Anyway, neat pictures! I love the one of the Bellagio garden. The floating red Chinese lanterns make the whole thing seem surreal. Does the image change on the giant LED screen, or is it just cherry blossoms all the time?

01-14-2008, 05:04 PM	#2
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I thought the fear was sposed to come before the loathing... Have a good time... I saw the Love show a couple of months ago -- very cool. Be sure to go to the Revolution bar (just a left out of the Love theater entrance) and play with the tables. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

01-15-2008, 06:37 PM	#3
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	Have fun Elspode and thanks for the tips Rich. We are going for three nights the end of March __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

01-16-2008, 11:02 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yeah, it's a nice place to visit, but . . . it would be okay to live there. Just not on the Strip! you should try visiting LV with a few hundred heavily modified people (the Association of Professional Piercers convention). Oh boy, what a ride! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-16-2008, 11:08 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, modified with metal and ink, as opposed to the locals that are modified with silicone and paint. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-16-2008, 11:10 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yep. But that counts too. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-16-2008, 01:55 PM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Get off the strip, too, and be sure to scramble over boulders at Red Rock Canyon, go see the Hoover Dam, walk a trail out at Lake Meade, etc, etc. Whatever you do while out in the desert, never pet the fuzzy cacti. They look cute and harmless, but don't, for the love of god, ever touch them. The soft looking fuzz is composed of nanotube-like needles that effortlessly sink into the skin and don't come out for weeks.

01-17-2008, 01:37 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My cousin lived and worked in Vegas for several years. He said back in the neighborhoods, it is dark--no street lights or even porch lights in most places, nothing.

01-17-2008, 08:44 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Undoubtedly Vegas' idea of energy conservation. Can't afford to light the neighborhoods when there's casinos to make visible from space. Downloading the pics from my camera now. A little processing and resizing, and I'll post a few. I got back into KCI at 10:15 last night. It was snowing like a bitch, and it took me an hour to get home from there on the snow packed highways. I can't really complain, though. Liz took a "luxury bus" from LA and back again. When I was sitting in the plane in Denver, my phone rang. It was Liz...seems the alleged luxury bus had broken down in the middle of the California desert somewhere between Barstow and Bakersfield. They were going to have to send a replacement bus from LA. She probably didn't get back home until 6:00 this morning. I'm going to call her shortly, as she has to go on duty at LA County Hospital in 90 minutes. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-18-2008, 12:03 AM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Liz got home at 2:30 AM PST. Bad enough, but coulda been worse. Here's a pic of Liz at the Mirage pool...I don't think anyone will call me out if I say that she's one damn fine 49 year old woman. Why she has any interest in me at all remains a mystery... Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-18-2008, 12:10 AM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Vegas is unreal...here's a couple of shots that prove it. Lennon was definitely not thinking of a bar in a casino called "Revolution" when he wrote the song, or so I believe. Even if he was, would he have ever imagined there'd be a nightclub claiming to be Taoist? Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-18-2008, 09:40 AM	#15
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I'm a little surprised "Pagans" aren't on the guy's Warning poster. I guess he didn't know you were in town. Anyway, neat pictures! I love the one of the Bellagio garden. The floating red Chinese lanterns make the whole thing seem surreal. Does the image change on the giant LED screen, or is it just cherry blossoms all the time?

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