Goin' to Vegas - Page 2

richlevy · 01-14-2008, 09:15 PM

Just make sure when you leave the town's still standing. We're going for 10 nights in May.

Here are my Vegas links

Restaurant.com - Not a Vegas-only link, but a great place to buy restaurant gift certificates for Vegas. Get on their mailing list first, because every other week they discount the certs %40-70. That means you can buy a $25 gift cert (more like a coupon since you have to spend a matching amount) for $3 instead of $10. I bought a $100 gift cert for a steak place to use when I get there. Last year we used a $75 gift cert we paid $9 for.

http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/las-vegas-coupons.htm - printable Vegas coupons

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...Las_Vegas.html - Virtual Tourist Las Vegas

http://www.visitlasvegas.com/vegas/index.jsp - Official Site. Let's you build and save itineraries

http://www.igoshows.com/ - Las Vegas Show Reviews

http://www.vegas4locals.com/coupons.html - Another printable coupon site

http://www.lakemeadcruises.com/desertprincess.html - Lake Mead Cruise, They have dinner, brunch, and lunch cruises. We did a dinner cruise and it was great. Don't forget the coupon at http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/lake-mead-cruises-coupon.htm

http://www.lvmonorail.com/ - Monorail Info
http://www.rtcsouthernnevada.com/cat/ - Bus info

When you get there check out tix4tonight for 1/2 price show and buffet tickets.

Hope this helps.

binky · 01-15-2008, 05:37 PM

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

Kitsune · 01-16-2008, 12:55 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.

Elspode · 01-16-2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Everything is put there to overwhelm your senses, create a massive spectacle of things you would never see elsewhere. Don't take it seriously. Don't be like those killjoy people who hate Christmas lights. This is the biggest Christmas light display in the world, and it's not for Christmas it's 24x7x365 and its only intent is to shock and awe you. Lose the attitude and just be shocked and awed.

Don't ever be that guy who says "oh fuck they even put gondolas in the fake canals". Just don't be that guy. They put gondolas in the fake canals. How fucking cool is that?

I paid $30 for the two of us to ride in the gondolas in the *indoor* fake canal. We had a female gondolier, which offended Liz, who was rather hoping for a more buff young male pilot, but the lass had a great voice and sang us three songs, including one of my mother's favorites.

The Cirque du Soleil show "Love" was indescribeable...almost. I felt like I was on drugs. Amazing, just amazing. Also notable are the dancing waters at the Bellagio. This town just fucking *reeks* of technological magic. Still, I'm glad to be getting out of here today. Sitting at McCarran now, sucking down free wi-fi and killing time until my flight. I miss my wife and my dogs and cats, and I am *so* done with this crazy ass town. I didn't gamle *one dime*, but I have no idea how much I've spent...meals, taxis, drinks...oh my god. $3.50 for a bottle of water?!! WTF?

More later...tired and not too profound. LR, I ran my camera battery down and didn't bring the charger, so I'm gonna miss the pics of Lake Mead on the way back East. It was on the wrong side of the plane on the way in. Damn.

Cloud · 01-16-2008, 10:02 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, 10:08 PM

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

Cloud · 01-16-2008, 10:10 PM

yep. But that counts too.

Clodfobble · 01-17-2008, 12:37 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, 07:44 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, 08:38 PM

Quote:

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 · 01-17-2008, 11:03 PM

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 · 01-17-2008, 11:10 PM

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?

Elspode · 01-17-2008, 11:11 PM

No, really, they apparently want you to believe there's some convergence between Vegas and Tao...

Elspode · 01-17-2008, 11:15 PM

Did I mention that this woman is incredibly hot? Standing in the piazza of The Venetian, overlooking the Strip...

Elspode · 01-17-2008, 11:19 PM

But Patrick!?, you cry. Aren't you in at least one picture?!!

Yeah. Sorry, but I am. Here I am, jamming with the wax version of the Blue Man Group.

01-14-2008, 09:15 PM	#16
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Just make sure when you leave the town's still standing. We're going for 10 nights in May. Here are my Vegas links Restaurant.com - Not a Vegas-only link, but a great place to buy restaurant gift certificates for Vegas. Get on their mailing list first, because every other week they discount the certs %40-70. That means you can buy a $25 gift cert (more like a coupon since you have to spend a matching amount) for $3 instead of $10. I bought a $100 gift cert for a steak place to use when I get there. Last year we used a $75 gift cert we paid $9 for. http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/las-vegas-coupons.htm - printable Vegas coupons http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...Las_Vegas.html - Virtual Tourist Las Vegas http://www.visitlasvegas.com/vegas/index.jsp - Official Site. Let's you build and save itineraries http://www.igoshows.com/ - Las Vegas Show Reviews http://www.vegas4locals.com/coupons.html - Another printable coupon site http://www.lakemeadcruises.com/desertprincess.html - Lake Mead Cruise, They have dinner, brunch, and lunch cruises. We did a dinner cruise and it was great. Don't forget the coupon at http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/lake-mead-cruises-coupon.htm http://www.lvmonorail.com/ - Monorail Info http://www.rtcsouthernnevada.com/cat/ - Bus info When you get there check out tix4tonight for 1/2 price show and buffet tickets. Hope this helps. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 01-14-2008 at 09:20 PM.

01-15-2008, 05:37 PM	#17
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, 10:02 PM	#20
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, 10:08 PM	#21
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, 10:10 PM	#22
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, 12:55 PM	#18
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, 12:37 PM	#23
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, 07:44 PM	#24
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

01-17-2008, 11:03 PM	#26
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

01-17-2008, 11:10 PM	#27
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

01-17-2008, 11:11 PM	#28
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	No, really, they apparently want you to believe there's some convergence between Vegas and Tao... Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-17-2008, 11:15 PM	#29
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Did I mention that this woman is incredibly hot? Standing in the piazza of The Venetian, overlooking the Strip... Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-17-2008, 11:19 PM	#30
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	But Patrick!?, you cry. Aren't you in at least one picture?!! Yeah. Sorry, but I am. Here I am, jamming with the wax version of the Blue Man Group. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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