Ha! The only time I've been to Vegas to do anything other than rent a car was many years ago when my girlfriend and I were passing through on out way to Grand Canyon etc. The Dead were playing in Vegas that night, much to our chagrin and every hotel room in Vegas was booked. The streets were full of Volkswagon vans. This was like late 1980s. We stayed at a very grungy creepy way-off-the-strip motel, and hi-tailed it out of there at dawn. Never been back. The Vegas deadheads were too much for us.
I nearly spit my tea across Oxford Street. Mitchell and I have been musing about a trip to Vegas, as he's never been and a city central to my memoir. But it'll be a hard pass for us after reading your travelogue.
Love your descriptions of Las Vegas. I commuted now and then to a startup I was working for in Reno, which is a nice small town but also stuffed with casino hotels. I remember checking into one (because there were hardly any other places to stay) and eating a quick dinner when a table near me erupted in the most vulgar drunken scream fest I had ever heard. I couldn't wait to get home, either.
Thank you for your wonderful, vivid description, and for going there so I don't have to. It really is the belly of the beast.
Ha! The only time I've been to Vegas to do anything other than rent a car was many years ago when my girlfriend and I were passing through on out way to Grand Canyon etc. The Dead were playing in Vegas that night, much to our chagrin and every hotel room in Vegas was booked. The streets were full of Volkswagon vans. This was like late 1980s. We stayed at a very grungy creepy way-off-the-strip motel, and hi-tailed it out of there at dawn. Never been back. The Vegas deadheads were too much for us.
Firms my resolve to never ever go to Lost Wages.
I nearly spit my tea across Oxford Street. Mitchell and I have been musing about a trip to Vegas, as he's never been and a city central to my memoir. But it'll be a hard pass for us after reading your travelogue.
Love this article- we saw Santana there as well 10 years ago. Vegas is not my jam but hey Santana’s music is🥰🤣
Love your descriptions of Las Vegas. I commuted now and then to a startup I was working for in Reno, which is a nice small town but also stuffed with casino hotels. I remember checking into one (because there were hardly any other places to stay) and eating a quick dinner when a table near me erupted in the most vulgar drunken scream fest I had ever heard. I couldn't wait to get home, either.