text: M I N YOU S one star because I got a nosebleed and there is no such thing as a no smoking section nnI L O V E the characters the history imagining all this desert has seen the indigenous tribal energies the sparkling lights the glitter the neon the feathers the memories the weirdness the tourists the resorts the attentive people everywhere you go the energetic constant vibe that says if you are not tired we are not either And most of all I adore that Las Vegas has a mobile mail truck in the middle of the desert A real USPS truck with a canopy that scoops up your missives and closes up shop to drive away like real country people I have got this thing about country people nnL A S V E G A S is Cowboy hats and short skirts chainsmoking cursing grandmothers beer bellies Marlboros and Virginia Slims blaring television advertisements glittering billboards slot machines dinging and hooting and hollering frat boys barking like a dog and a man who was drunk since am yesterday He lost his room key and cannot remember the number Families every nationality bottle blondes fake cowgirls and East Asian girls in barelythereskirts fake eyelashes and sky scraper heels Thumping house techno music and songs that were once not techno have now been turned into techno or bluesy standards sung in karaoke form and Michael Jackson and The Beatles recreated with Cirque du Soleil showgirls feathers and these plastic neon tubes of alcoholic drinks that you can sip andor guzzle all over the property Cigarettes cigars and general smoking permitted everywhere especially near the slot machines Wash your hands At the beginning I could not find a vegetable for the life of me Everything here is big greasy and decadent nnO F F T H E S T R I P For other Nevada adventures head to the Mojave National Crime and Law Enforcement Museum aka The Mob Museum the Natural History Museum or the Atomic Testing Museum You can also join an allday tour of Area Explore the Fremont Street Experience Take the Deuce for easy transport Or survey the cactus and visit the Shoshone tribal peoples monumentsnnT H E E Y E I N T H E S K Y You are always being surveilled Police are not visibly present but if something should occur they suddenly appear to remove the questionable characters or quell the disturbance Cameras are placed surreptitiously all throughout the properties This goes for the entirety of the Las Vegas Strip nnF O ARE T H O S E W H O K N O W Do not forget to toke your dealer F O ARE T H O S E W H O D O N T K N O W This has nothing to do with drugsnnG A M B L I N G The House always wins Well except for me on a couple of occasions All in the spirit of my pistolpacking granny Attached to the casino ATMs there are brochures that say When The Fun Stops to assist those addicted to the dice and cardsnnD O NT BE F O O L E D The mafia and questionable characters do still control some parts and bits of the Strip More than we know You can feel it in the energynnR A N D O M T H I N G S I L E A R N E D of the trash collected in Las Vegas and Nevada as a whole is buried in the desert Las Vegas and Nevada as a whole is th in the nation in regards to education The recycling company owns the landfill and because of this Las Vegas has trouble keeping up with recycling hopes set forth by conservationists You can rent a home for The predominant religion is Mormonism You can use Bitcoins on the Strip Cicadas are the most common critter heard chirping at night The desert experiences loads of flash flooding The taxi drivers hate Californians And in s Nevada all civilians wore dog tags in the event of a nuclear attacknnM Y L A S V E G A S board on pinterest httpwwwpinterestcomasliomurxlasvegasx