favorite thing about Vegas? (besides gambling)
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October 20th, 2011 at 7:22:03 PM
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Aside from the gambling itself, what's your favorite thing about Las Vegas?
October 20th, 2011 at 8:27:42 PM
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World class food and entertainment, coupled to seemingly unlimited gambling venues, all bubbling in a frenzy.
"What, me worry?"
October 20th, 2011 at 8:38:50 PM
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Going home.
Don't get me wrong, I love Las Vegas and gambling about 4 days a year, but it's so over the top that it is nice to go home.
Don't get me wrong, I love Las Vegas and gambling about 4 days a year, but it's so over the top that it is nice to go home.
I heart Crystal Math.
October 20th, 2011 at 9:29:30 PM
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I can't decide if people watching is more "spectacles" or "crazy vegas energy."
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October 20th, 2011 at 9:38:38 PM
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Quote: CrystalMathbut it's so over the top that it is nice to go home.
You learn to compartmentalize it over the years
so you don't even see it anymore. Except Japanese
guys in cowboy hats, swaggering around. They
always crack me up.
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October 20th, 2011 at 10:41:46 PM
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The action, 3-4 beers in, very loud music and a dealer who puts down cards really fast.
when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because."
— E.E. Cummings
October 20th, 2011 at 10:51:26 PM
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Scotty you can tell a lot about the demographics on this site just by this poll. Nightclubs have zero votes so far.
October 20th, 2011 at 11:26:15 PM
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Quote: ikilledjerryloganScotty you can tell a lot about the demographics on this site just by this poll. Nightclubs have zero votes so far.
Yep, I've never gone to a nightclub in vegas...but I dont mind a party pit. It's the energy indeed.
when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because."
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October 20th, 2011 at 11:55:00 PM
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Not much about Vegas I don't like (except having to go to the bank machine...), but three things on my list most recently are:
1) Nine Fine Irishmen (sitting outside overlooking the strip when possible)
2) Ellis Island on Wednesdays for dinner and playing some cheap VP
3) Fat Tuesdays for the High Octane with extra shot.
If you go to Fat Tuesdays first, numbers 1 and 2 are even better.
1) Nine Fine Irishmen (sitting outside overlooking the strip when possible)
2) Ellis Island on Wednesdays for dinner and playing some cheap VP
3) Fat Tuesdays for the High Octane with extra shot.
If you go to Fat Tuesdays first, numbers 1 and 2 are even better.
October 21st, 2011 at 6:14:27 AM
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I voted 'Energy', which is pretty much inline with the general atmosphere. People watching is a close 2nd.
October 21st, 2011 at 6:28:01 AM
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The Buzz. Its more than just the bright lights, fountains in a desert, music, quarters dropping into metal trays, etc. Its not the jerk shouting out about "Vegas, Baby" its the fact that he is in a place where he can. Its sort of the feeling one gets in the theater lobby before the play begins. Its the various festivities rolled up into the hope of the next spin.Quote: renoAside from the gambling itself, what's your favorite thing about Las Vegas?
In many American cities young women have fights with their boyfriends and have to make it back to their hotel rooms on their own. In Vegas, a young woman who just got rid of a boy friend feels free to latch onto two young men on the prowl and invite them to her hotel room to celebrate the occasion. The casual sex and the commercial sex in Vegas are so high because of the effect of the ever present "win or lose" situation.
In many American cities there are fun filled joints but in Las Vegas, they are all over the place. Its the sheer dedication to having fun, be it win, lose or draw. Maybe some day there will be a study of necklines in Vegas versus necklines back home, but I think "the buzz" is what draws people to Vegas and the neckline differences are but a measure of it. Back home a thirty something may be out partying all night long but she knows it. In Vegas, a thirty something may spend a night in the casino and not know it until asking the time of someone she encounters enroute to her hotel room. Vegas is a suspension of habits and standards.
October 21st, 2011 at 6:30:40 AM
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So what energy are we talking about: Electromagnetic? Kinetic? Potential? Nuclear?
And how exactly does energy go insane? Would it suddenly start breaking the laws of thermodynamics, or the law of conservation of energy?
And how exactly does energy go insane? Would it suddenly start breaking the laws of thermodynamics, or the law of conservation of energy?
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October 21st, 2011 at 7:07:57 AM
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I voted "energy" too.
There's a vibe in Vegas that doesn't exist elsewhere. On the strip or downtown, people just milling about, all over the place, intermixed and mingling with the whack-jobs. It's a fun kind of nuts.
Plus the weather is great. At least usually. When I was there two weeks ago for G2E, it rained, or at least misty drizzled, for at least part of the day, every day I was there.
There's a vibe in Vegas that doesn't exist elsewhere. On the strip or downtown, people just milling about, all over the place, intermixed and mingling with the whack-jobs. It's a fun kind of nuts.
Plus the weather is great. At least usually. When I was there two weeks ago for G2E, it rained, or at least misty drizzled, for at least part of the day, every day I was there.
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October 21st, 2011 at 7:25:38 AM
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Quote: NareedSo what energy are we talking about: Electromagnetic? Kinetic? Potential? Nuclear?
And how exactly does energy go insane? Would it suddenly start breaking the laws of thermodynamics, or the law of conservation of energy?
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October 21st, 2011 at 7:26:46 AM
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Quote: ikilledjerrylogan...struggling. to. comprehend. human. emotion. does not compute. error. error. beep bop boop.
Have you tried looking up irony?
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October 21st, 2011 at 7:30:53 AM
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I know all about ironing. Read my profile. As for me, the only thing that makes Vegas worth the drive past the local indian casinos is the complimentary drinks and food. The energy and people are pretty awesome too.
October 21st, 2011 at 7:50:33 AM
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Voted 'energy' but specifically I like the fact that there is stuff going on 24 hours. I love 24 hour cities.
Solo venimos, solo nos vamos. Y aqui nos juntamos, juntos que estamos.
October 21st, 2011 at 8:08:17 AM
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Favorite thing is that it draws so many people that everywhere else is less crowded, cheaper and more enjoyable.
October 21st, 2011 at 8:41:29 AM
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I live in North Carolina so the desert out there is like being on another planet. I always come back home and think "Damn it sure is green here" and "damn it sure is chilly here"
Gambling is a metaphor for life. Hang around long enough and it's all gone.
October 21st, 2011 at 9:01:58 AM
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About the weather, I've liked the climate in LV when I've visited. As it happens, I've only been to Vegas in May. One year I tried to schedule my vacation in April, but I wasn't able to. In May it's hot, but not oppressively so, and the dry heat is easier to take. Honestly I preffer 30 celsius in Vegas than 25 in Mexico City, not to mention 30 in Reynose, Tamaulipas.
I suppose, though, that by early to mid May Vegas isn't as hot as it gets. Mex City is hottest around June, and that's around when the rain season statrts. The cloud cover and the rain bring the temperature down. Assuming Vegas has mostly clear weather, though, it should be hottest around July or august. Oh, and rain season or not, there are some clear or partly cloudy days in August in Mex City without rain. Those days are HOT and humid, with temps around the upper 20s to low 30s Celsius.
I suppose, though, that by early to mid May Vegas isn't as hot as it gets. Mex City is hottest around June, and that's around when the rain season statrts. The cloud cover and the rain bring the temperature down. Assuming Vegas has mostly clear weather, though, it should be hottest around July or august. Oh, and rain season or not, there are some clear or partly cloudy days in August in Mex City without rain. Those days are HOT and humid, with temps around the upper 20s to low 30s Celsius.
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October 21st, 2011 at 9:21:54 AM
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If "Free Stuff" was on the list, I would have voted for it. I actually hate the crowd on the Strip, especially the tipsy jaywalkers tying up traffic.
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October 21st, 2011 at 10:54:10 AM
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I voted Energy, because it's a product of all the other options.
I've been thinking about this question a lot lately, because it would be nice to find ways to make my life here in the midwest a little more Vegas-y. You'd think that going to the casinos in my area would help, but it doesn't really. The more I think of it, the more it seems Las Vegas is greater than the sum of its parts. Or maybe it's just a "grass is always greener" (or "sand is always hotter") situation.
I've been thinking about this question a lot lately, because it would be nice to find ways to make my life here in the midwest a little more Vegas-y. You'd think that going to the casinos in my area would help, but it doesn't really. The more I think of it, the more it seems Las Vegas is greater than the sum of its parts. Or maybe it's just a "grass is always greener" (or "sand is always hotter") situation.
October 21st, 2011 at 11:02:56 AM
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I'm surprised by the results of this poll. When I wrote the question yesterday, I assumed most folks would pick food. Is there a city on this planet with so many incredible buffets?
October 21st, 2011 at 11:08:08 AM
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Quote: renoI'm surprised by the results of this poll. When I wrote the question yesterday, I assumed most folks would pick food. Is there a city on this planet with so many incredible buffets?
I'm pretty much over buffets, but the food/drink options would have been my second choice. But "energy" captured that mix of good times, spectacles, good food and gambling for me.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
October 21st, 2011 at 11:32:49 AM
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Food? Not at all.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I like a good meal and I make sure I have at least one great meal one each trip.
This past trip, that would have been the WoV dinner at Buca de Beppo. After that, it was the lunch I had with my Lawyer, near his office, at Gordon Biersch Restaurant & Brewery. The food at TCS John Huxley's AAA event was damn good too.
Each day at G2E, my lunch consisted of a couple granola bars.
EVERY other meal I had was either fast food or a casino snack bar.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I like a good meal and I make sure I have at least one great meal one each trip.
This past trip, that would have been the WoV dinner at Buca de Beppo. After that, it was the lunch I had with my Lawyer, near his office, at Gordon Biersch Restaurant & Brewery. The food at TCS John Huxley's AAA event was damn good too.
Each day at G2E, my lunch consisted of a couple granola bars.
EVERY other meal I had was either fast food or a casino snack bar.
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October 21st, 2011 at 12:01:17 PM
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Quote: renoI'm surprised by the results of this poll. When I wrote the question yesterday, I assumed most folks would pick food. Is there a city on this planet with so many incredible buffets?
Well, there's an "incredible" one (some even call him "Wizard") in Omaha:
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October 21st, 2011 at 12:38:12 PM
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Quote: renoIs there a city on this planet with so many incredible buffets?
I'm glad to read this. From the reviews that abound, and comments here, you'd think most Vegas buffets are just a small step above being mere low-quality troughs. Good for stuffing your face, but not much else. And the IP's buffet isn't even that good....
I'd say about 90% of all my meals in Vegas have been at buffets, varying from the IP's, to Fremont's, to Rio's. Overall I've liked them all well enough, except the IP's Emperor Buffet. It's ok for breakfast, but I didn't care for it at other times. The rest were all mostly good, with some very nice dishes.
I should say I'm not very concerned with food. I like a good palce as much as anyone, and I ahve my favorites, but I'm not on the lookout for good places or much of a fan of fine dining. So maybe I'm too easily satisfied. But for vareity and value, the Vegas buffet is hard to beat.
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October 21st, 2011 at 1:45:16 PM
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I'm not a fan of buffets in general, but last year, I ate the breakfast buffet at Paris and it was excellent. I've been to at least 5 other buffets in town and didn't really care for them.
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October 21st, 2011 at 3:52:14 PM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearI voted "energy" too.There's a vibe in Vegas that doesn't exist elsewhere. On the strip or downtown, people just milling about, all over the place,
That energy is frenzy, its people who want to do 5
days worth of activities in 3 days. I find it irritating
and tune it out. Being surrounded by a bunch of
hyper strangers is not my idea of a good time. I'm
very plodding and laid back, I need my space.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 21st, 2011 at 4:43:37 PM
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$4.99 (with player card) weekday breakfast buffet at Palace Station the omlet makers are very good.
Gambling is a metaphor for life. Hang around long enough and it's all gone.
October 21st, 2011 at 8:27:31 PM
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Now that I think about it, I DID have one meal at a casino restaurant. One morning I had breakfast at the buffet. Fiesta Henderson. $4.49 with player's card, but I got it comped. it was good, but nothing special.Quote: DJTeddyBear...EVERY other meal I had was either fast food or a casino snack bar.
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October 21st, 2011 at 9:29:54 PM
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Food in Vegas is more than excellent, but energy overrides it. The strip in Vegas is akin to Times Square in New York or the Champs Elysees in Paris. Just top notch energy.
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October 21st, 2011 at 10:56:29 PM
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I voted for food because I love to eat. The IP's Emperor's Buffet is absolute robbery at $12 for breakfast, so avoid it. Rio's is half price for locals making to best in town for me. Red Rock's is fantastic also. I love buffets, and no, I'm not fat by any definition.
People watching wasn't on the list, but I do like to plant myself in a strategic slot at Aria, Cosmo, PHo, etc and just watch the girls walk by. My God. What a treat.
People watching wasn't on the list, but I do like to plant myself in a strategic slot at Aria, Cosmo, PHo, etc and just watch the girls walk by. My God. What a treat.
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October 21st, 2011 at 11:13:24 PM
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Quote: DJTeddyBear
This past trip, that would have been the WoV dinner at Buca de Beppo. After that, it was the lunch I had with my Lawyer, near his office, at Gordon Biersch Restaurant & Brewery. The food at TCS John Huxley's AAA event was damn good too.
OK, that was just odd to me - I live in a big city (Los Angeles) and have both Buca and Gordon Biersch (and better) far closer than Las Vegas. I voted energy, but what makes Vegas special is the unique mix of hyped-up people, gambling, pretty women, free drinks, cheap and plentiful food, and over-the-top architecture.
October 22nd, 2011 at 12:39:41 AM
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Anything comped is "special" unless its the inedible swill from Terribles. That illusory "free" is part of our "wining". Its part of "the buzz" or part of "the energy" or whatever one wants to call it. Its been compared to one great big adult amusement park. Everyone is in some sort of "high" of anticipated win, be it monetary, sexual or whatever. Its the ante-room of a theater, its the swells strutting about during intermission at the opera, its the camaraderie of the bar area inside a brothel combined with the competitiveness of males lining up for a woman up on a bar room pool table. Only in Vegas, the half-drunk neophyte who doesn't really know what insurance is but has heard to always refuse insurance is indeed an expert. The guy who proclaims that "hitting 17 gives the dealer another chance to bust" is an expert. The guy who struts around with a yard of multi-colored booze he can't even taste is an expert. They are all ecstatic at their mastery of life, the valets and dealers all call them sir and sometimes they go home with the casinos money.Quote: DJTeddyBear$4.49 with player's card, but I got it comped. it was good, but nothing special.
I don't care for the loud music, the nightclubbers, the strutting yard guzzlers... I'm there for gambling, eating and drinking and hope to do those things at the casino's expense, not my own. I'm not some yuppie at the pool having eye candy all over the place or some sweet young thing having more men in one week than they would in a year back home. I'm there to gamble, but the "there" is exemplified by The Buzz that is part of the "Vegas, Baby" mind set. Intellectually they know that the Rio's Wheel of Fortune won't give them $1,930,317.60 (which just hit six hours ago) but emotionally that is what they dream of happening.
Perhaps that is why we don't much care for Indian casinos: There is no real "buzz". Its too small, too limited, too tightfisted. Its like being in the ante room of a very small theater off in the boondocks. Its just not Vegas unless its Vegas!
October 22nd, 2011 at 12:58:22 AM
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Quote: FleaStiffEveryone is in some sort of "high" of anticipated win, be it monetary, sexual or whatever.
Its really not that at all. Ever been to Times Square at lunch
time? You get the same energy as on the Strip. Its people in
a hurry, people in a rush. In Vegas they have too much to do
and see, and no time to do it. Thats why I prefer Downtown,
the energy level is dialed way down. And nobody is in a hurry in an
Indian casino, why would there be any energy.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 22nd, 2011 at 4:35:45 AM
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Quote: renoAside from the gambling itself, what's your favorite thing about Las Vegas?
They let me smoke anywhere.
October 22nd, 2011 at 5:35:52 AM
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Quote: heatherThey let me smoke anywhere.
Not in restaurants :(
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October 22nd, 2011 at 5:54:22 AM
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For what it's worth, I suggested Buca a few weeks beforehand in a thread because I had eaten there with about 25 people when I was in town for a wedding convention the prior year. I figured they could handle a crowd, was close to G2E, etc. My lawyer picked Gordon Biersch because it was walking distance from his office.Quote: MarkAbeOK, that was just odd to me - I live in a big city (Los Angeles) and have both Buca and Gordon Biersch (and better) far closer than Las Vegas.
But, yeah, I agree that's weird.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 6:00:44 AM
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Quote: MarkAbeOK, that was just odd to me - I live in a big city (Los Angeles) and have both Buca and Gordon Biersch (and better) far closer than Las Vegas.
Any big city has a lot of good dining choices.
You'd expect to find good Mexican restaurants in Mexico City, but would you expect god Italian, Japanese, Chines, Hindu, French, Brazilian, etc? Probably not, but just the same there are plenty.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 7:08:50 AM
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Quote: DJTeddyBearI voted "energy" too.
There's a vibe in Vegas that doesn't exist elsewhere. On the strip or downtown, people just milling about, all over the place, intermixed and mingling with the whack-jobs. It's a fun kind of nuts.
Plus the weather is great. At least usually. When I was there two weeks ago for G2E, it rained, or at least misty drizzled, for at least part of the day, every day I was there.
I'm with you on energy. To quote a buddy, "Gambling is only fun in Vegas". We have government run casinos here in Ontario, Canada, but they just don't have the same feel when gambling as you get in Las Vegas.
If my wife were voting she'd also agree with you on the weather -- in particular the dry air. It's fairly humid where we live in Southern Ontario pretty much all year round and my wife has a bit of arthritis in her hands. By the time we've unpacked our bags in the hotel the pain in her joints is easing and she has much better range of motion.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 7:14:50 AM
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I spent a month or two this past summer in Reno. Most people I talk to say that Vegas is far too hot for them in the summer and that they can escape to Tahoe if it's too hot. When we were thinking about making the move out west, we had decided that the climate in Reno was better than Vegas. Plus we're Canadian and didn't want to miss a bit of snow.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 7:29:37 AM
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Quote: NareedNot in restaurants :(
Thank goodness. If I've dropped twenty dollars on a burger, I want to taste the burger not someone else's smoke.
I don't mind it too much else where in Vegas, but smoking in food service places is horrible. No amount of non smoking areas stops it wafting across.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 8:59:45 AM
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Too bad we weren't allowed to vote for more than one. Since pressed, I chose Crazy Vegas Energy.
When I tell people that I LOOOOOOVE Vegas, people often ask me why or what it is I like about it so much. My explanation usually starts with, "Let me count the ways..."
I'm like a kid in a candy store when I'm in Vegas. But people have asked me why, if I love it so much, don't I move there. I told them that would spoil the fun. Although I find it very hard to leave when I'm there I like looking forward to an upcoming Vegas trip. I talk to people here at home excitedly about going to Vegas. "Guess what? I'm going to Vegas!!" I get more excited about going to Vegas than I do about my birthday or Christmas (or anything else I can think of). Vegas is my playground. It's fun to play but I gotta go home and work at some point (unfortunately)
The closest thing to me in comparison to my happiness level would be going to the Disneyland Resort. I'm not usually super excited while I'm on my way to Disneyland, but once I'm there... Ahhhhhhh! It's close to heaven for me.
When I tell people that I LOOOOOOVE Vegas, people often ask me why or what it is I like about it so much. My explanation usually starts with, "Let me count the ways..."
I'm like a kid in a candy store when I'm in Vegas. But people have asked me why, if I love it so much, don't I move there. I told them that would spoil the fun. Although I find it very hard to leave when I'm there I like looking forward to an upcoming Vegas trip. I talk to people here at home excitedly about going to Vegas. "Guess what? I'm going to Vegas!!" I get more excited about going to Vegas than I do about my birthday or Christmas (or anything else I can think of). Vegas is my playground. It's fun to play but I gotta go home and work at some point (unfortunately)
The closest thing to me in comparison to my happiness level would be going to the Disneyland Resort. I'm not usually super excited while I'm on my way to Disneyland, but once I'm there... Ahhhhhhh! It's close to heaven for me.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 9:08:50 AM
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Quote: HotBlondeBut people have asked me why, if I love it so much, don't I move there. I told them that would spoil the fun...The closest thing to me in comparison to my happiness level would be going to the Disneyland Resort. I'm not usually super excited while I'm on my way to Disneyland, but once I'm there... Ahhhhhhh! It's close to heaven for me.
I can vouch that if you move here any magic quickly wears off, and you start to loathe having to go to the Strip, or even cross it. Having also worked at Disneyland, sweeping and emptying trash, I can never return and enjoy it. When I take my kids there I am constantly scanning the ground for a piece of popcorn and fighting the urge to check how full the trash cans are. Especially the trash can by the entrance to the Matterhorn, where everybody had to dump their drinks before boarding the bobsleds. That would fill up in no time on a hot summer day.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 9:10:05 AM
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LolQuote: WizardHaving also worked at Disneyland, sweeping and emptying trash, I can return and enjoy it. When I take my kids there I am constantly scanning the ground for a piece of popcorn and fighting the urge to check how full the trash cans are.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 9:18:24 AM
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Quote: EvenBobThat energy is frenzy, its people who want to do 5
days worth of activities in 3 days. I find it irritating
and tune it out. Being surrounded by a bunch of
hyper strangers is not my idea of a good time. I'm
very plodding and laid back, I need my space.
NEVER thought it would happen, but............good post, EVEN. My favorite thing would be rushing through the Payless car rental system, if it ever happened.
October 22nd, 2011 at 9:20:25 AM
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Quote: WizardI can vouch that if you move here any magic quickly wears off, and you start to loathe having to go to the Strip, or even cross it. Having also worked at Disneyland, sweeping and emptying trash, I can never return and enjoy it. When I take my kids there I am constantly scanning the ground for a piece of popcorn and fighting the urge to check how full the trash cans are. Especially the trash can by the entrance to the Matterhorn, where everybody had to dump their drinks before boarding the bobsleds. That would fill up in no time on a hot summer day.
I second The Wiz on this one. Been here close to 6 months now, and I do everything in my power as well to stay south of the 215. ESPECIALLY on Fridays and Saturdays. Hardly go into casinos, unless it's a sportsbook, or we (the family and I) are going to eat somewhere. It becomes just like any other city anywhere else, except for the amount of things I can do at 3am if I so choose.
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October 22nd, 2011 at 9:31:59 AM
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Quote: zippyboyI voted for food because I love to eat. The IP's Emperor's Buffet is absolute robbery at $12 for breakfast, so avoid it. Rio's is half price for locals making to best in town for me. Red Rock's is fantastic also. I love buffets, and no, I'm not fat by any definition.
People watching wasn't on the list, but I do like to plant myself in a strategic slot at Aria, Cosmo, PHo, etc and just watch the girls walk by. My God. What a treat.
I want to go do the $100 rebate at Cosmo on the way from rental to Santa Fe Station. Bet you know the quickest way to get there and park. Someone please let me know if that promotion will not be available in Nov. Thanks.
