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My favorite part of Las Vegas has to be Fremont Street.
I am not sure why, but I loved it.
There are a few reasons that come to mind.
-It was the first thing I really "did" in Las Vegas
-It is iconic in that many of your Vegas thoughts live, for me it's the home of the U2's "Where the Streets have No Name" video.
Part of it probably goes to the fact that it feels like the future I was promised in science fiction. Movies from Blade Runner on (Total Recall, Fifth Element to name a few others) promised a neon world that seemed decades away, but lives and breaths in Las Vegas 2012.
I probably should hate Vegas, but i can't. There's such an optimism in the air- that truly anything can happen, and maybe I will end the night rich, a star, in love, or any other outcome you might be looking for.
The urban legend is that the casinos are pumping extra oxygen (which is sadly untrue), but there is a tangible energy in the air. Although, the Strip is the heart of modern Vegas (where the multimillion dollar hotels are shoulder to shoulder) , it's old school Fremont, I liked most.
There is nothing on Fremont (or In Las Vegas, really) that doesn't already exist anywhere else (indeed, Des Moines's casino would rival many of LV's), but Las Vegas gives the most and the best for as far as the eye can see.
So, Fremont Street feels like the coolest tourist traps (like Virginia Beach) AND the variety of a state fair AND a musical festival AND the uniqueness of Bourbon Street AND the unusual restaurants and shops of a big city AND a theme park AND the excitement of a college town on a Saturday night.
There were three bands playing (all covers, natch, including Bonfire, an AC/DC tribute band), plenty of casinos, shops, and restaurants (my favorite being The Heart Attack Grill, which advertises diners who weigh 350 pounds or more eat free and features food rought out by servers who dress up as sexy nurses. They even have a scale outside.
Of course, it is the characters on the street that give Fremont
I counted five Elvises (Elvi?) at least and three Michael Jacksons (Jacko is the new king, apparently). There were various other characters. in Vegas, if you want to make an extra buck, you can buy a big suit and charge people to have pictures taken (I suspect these people make more than I do during a day).
Plenty of these characters are along the strip too (as long as the requisite street performers, singers, and show girls), and I found myself forking over hard-earned dollars to pose with Elmo, Bert, and Buzz Lightyear.
Still, the people along the Strip didn't compare in my mind to the characters on Fremont. Costumed or not, Fremont Street, for my money may be the world's best people-watching experience.
I tried to sneak in some photos, but couldn't quite accomplish some achievements , like capturing Thriller Michael Jackson talking to Black and White Michael.
Still, the ones I did get were awesome.
Superman, Elvis, Jakco- there's so much going on in this picture.
I am not sure why, but I loved it.
There are a few reasons that come to mind.
-It was the first thing I really "did" in Las Vegas
-It is iconic in that many of your Vegas thoughts live, for me it's the home of the U2's "Where the Streets have No Name" video.
Part of it probably goes to the fact that it feels like the future I was promised in science fiction. Movies from Blade Runner on (Total Recall, Fifth Element to name a few others) promised a neon world that seemed decades away, but lives and breaths in Las Vegas 2012.
I probably should hate Vegas, but i can't. There's such an optimism in the air- that truly anything can happen, and maybe I will end the night rich, a star, in love, or any other outcome you might be looking for.
The urban legend is that the casinos are pumping extra oxygen (which is sadly untrue), but there is a tangible energy in the air. Although, the Strip is the heart of modern Vegas (where the multimillion dollar hotels are shoulder to shoulder) , it's old school Fremont, I liked most.
There is nothing on Fremont (or In Las Vegas, really) that doesn't already exist anywhere else (indeed, Des Moines's casino would rival many of LV's), but Las Vegas gives the most and the best for as far as the eye can see.
So, Fremont Street feels like the coolest tourist traps (like Virginia Beach) AND the variety of a state fair AND a musical festival AND the uniqueness of Bourbon Street AND the unusual restaurants and shops of a big city AND a theme park AND the excitement of a college town on a Saturday night.
There were three bands playing (all covers, natch, including Bonfire, an AC/DC tribute band), plenty of casinos, shops, and restaurants (my favorite being The Heart Attack Grill, which advertises diners who weigh 350 pounds or more eat free and features food rought out by servers who dress up as sexy nurses. They even have a scale outside.
Of course, it is the characters on the street that give Fremont
I counted five Elvises (Elvi?) at least and three Michael Jacksons (Jacko is the new king, apparently). There were various other characters. in Vegas, if you want to make an extra buck, you can buy a big suit and charge people to have pictures taken (I suspect these people make more than I do during a day).
Plenty of these characters are along the strip too (as long as the requisite street performers, singers, and show girls), and I found myself forking over hard-earned dollars to pose with Elmo, Bert, and Buzz Lightyear.
Still, the people along the Strip didn't compare in my mind to the characters on Fremont. Costumed or not, Fremont Street, for my money may be the world's best people-watching experience.
I tried to sneak in some photos, but couldn't quite accomplish some achievements , like capturing Thriller Michael Jackson talking to Black and White Michael.
Still, the ones I did get were awesome.
Superman, Elvis, Jakco- there's so much going on in this picture.
