My wife and I spent the weekend in Vegas, BABY!
It’s not what you think. We aren’t really the Vegas type. There was a charity event we were invited to attend and it was filled with lovely people doing amazing work. That part of our trip was truly a beautiful experience.
Other parts were more alarming to my sense of dignity. In fact, I wondered how the people we met at the event reconciled their existence in Las Vegas with the rest of what I saw until I was told that the average citizen never goes down to the strip unless they work there. It may be the reason for the city, but it is also the reason residents avoid the city.
Despite all of its perverse charm, the people watching in Las Vegas is exquisite. So many questions churn in the mind as you take in the experience. In no particular order, I present my top 20 questions:
- Dear old man, what is the allure of playing slots alone the entire hour my wife and I are eating lunch?
- What must I do to get my bathrobe put in a rotating display case in a casino?
- To the kid with the cardboard sign, Help Me Buy Weed – do you think we all didn’t see that on the internet and if you have a connection, why do you need my change?
- Who shops at Victoria’s Secret… in the airport?
Vegas fashion - Can you make one retail store without slot machines?
- To the parents playing blackjack while their two children slept in strollers… Really?
- How can I pay a cabby when all of your ATM’s only dispense $100 bills?
- How many regrets come out of the tattoo parlor in the hotel/casino lobby?
- If you could harness the collective ego of the young men strutting down the strip, could you power the entire city?
- Young ladies, are the hotel lobbies really the suitable place for you to audition to be showgirls?
They make the women tall in Vegas - How many psychologists specializing in ways to pull money out of my pocket are employed by the city?
- What happened to the cheap food and free buffets?
- Did the drunk buying diamonds for his wife, girlfriend, or current table partner at the jewelry store in the casino lobby really think his purchase through?
- Is the richest guy in Vegas a casino owner or a plastic surgeon?
I never thought I’d be able to cross “selfie with a lady wearing a kiddie pool” off my bucket list. - How were normal-looking, middle aged people still living the night before when we were checking out to catch our red-eye flight home?
- Is an ill-fitted, expensive dress really fashion or is it just another in a long list of poor choices?
- If you need that many security guards, are you running a casino or a debtors prison?
- Is a Vegas hotel lobby at 5 am the closest thing to a zombie apocalypse?
- When do they clean anything in a casino?
- Did I just pass Elvis at the Bellagio fountains?
If you’ve had the pleasure of experiencing Vegas, did you have any questions I left out?
A Generous Helping 
Why ask why! Just go and enjoy…and then get off the strip and see what is really beautiful out there in Nevada.
I did enjoy. I wish we had time to get off the strip, but we didn’t stay long enough.
The ultimate question: Why does the same person who buys a lotto ticket when the odds are 100,000,000:1, not carry an umbrella when there is a 70% chance of rain?
Good question. But it never rains in Vegas and do they even have a lotto there?
Hahaha. I’ve never been to Vegas, although my autistic brother goes often with the woman that works full-time with him. I think he likes all the lights and stuff.
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i’ve been there, and felt like it was candyland for adults. i had fun but am not really a gambler, so 3 days was plenty. happy to be back to my quiet life )
So sad Mark. You know there is so many folks trapped in that world and don’t even know how to get out. Beware of the temptation. I liked the red carpet shot.
Peace to you