Fat City
I just found this article naming Las Vegas as the fattest city in the US:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-08-2007/0004523813&EDATE=
It seems fairly apt, since I had my first visit to Vegas this weekend, and if my experience is at all typical (which it may not be, since I'm not much of a gambler, brothel frequenter, or fan of Barry Manilow), I spent most of my time eating and drinking, or recovering from the eating and drinking, or thinking about/planning the next time I'd be eating or drinking. My vegetarian identity from the distant past would be absolutely dying - I don't think I've EVER EVER EVER consumed so much meat in a 48 hour period.
Beyond putting large amounts of consumables in my belly, I'm not sure I actually did that much (at least that much of what people seem to do as tourists in Vegas) - didn't gamble (by choice), didn't see any shows (also by choice). That said, I feel like I SAW a lot - the strip is quite a fun and chaotic place to be and the chintzy themed hotels are amazing to look at. I've never thought of myself as terrible passive or voyeuristic, but I was content to walk around (with an enormously full belly) staring gape-mouthed and saying "ooooh shiny!" The big kittes at MGM were actually awake and actively terrified of the large plastic balls that the trainers were trying to make them play with, and the choreographed water fountain thingies at the Bellagio were incredibly entertaining.
The one thing that I *did* in Vegas was go to the pinball hall of fame. I'm not sure my compatriots were quite as thrilled about this as I was (especially since getting a cab back from the rather distant and non-strip-located strip mall almost made them late for dinner). But OMG Squeeee! So many pinball machines in such a small space. This guy has something like 120 of them, many of them really old school and nifty. I threw down over $10 in quarters and could have dropped many more given time, energy, and less money worries. I got to play my favorite board of all time (LOTR), I got another go at the Pirates board, played Monopoly and got 2 replay scores, played Super Mario Pinball for the first time, a funny musical pinball board from the 70s and some old school bowling pinball (plus some others that obviously weren't that memorable). So much tasty pinball! I want to go back!
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-08-2007/0004523813&EDATE=
It seems fairly apt, since I had my first visit to Vegas this weekend, and if my experience is at all typical (which it may not be, since I'm not much of a gambler, brothel frequenter, or fan of Barry Manilow), I spent most of my time eating and drinking, or recovering from the eating and drinking, or thinking about/planning the next time I'd be eating or drinking. My vegetarian identity from the distant past would be absolutely dying - I don't think I've EVER EVER EVER consumed so much meat in a 48 hour period.
Beyond putting large amounts of consumables in my belly, I'm not sure I actually did that much (at least that much of what people seem to do as tourists in Vegas) - didn't gamble (by choice), didn't see any shows (also by choice). That said, I feel like I SAW a lot - the strip is quite a fun and chaotic place to be and the chintzy themed hotels are amazing to look at. I've never thought of myself as terrible passive or voyeuristic, but I was content to walk around (with an enormously full belly) staring gape-mouthed and saying "ooooh shiny!" The big kittes at MGM were actually awake and actively terrified of the large plastic balls that the trainers were trying to make them play with, and the choreographed water fountain thingies at the Bellagio were incredibly entertaining.
The one thing that I *did* in Vegas was go to the pinball hall of fame. I'm not sure my compatriots were quite as thrilled about this as I was (especially since getting a cab back from the rather distant and non-strip-located strip mall almost made them late for dinner). But OMG Squeeee! So many pinball machines in such a small space. This guy has something like 120 of them, many of them really old school and nifty. I threw down over $10 in quarters and could have dropped many more given time, energy, and less money worries. I got to play my favorite board of all time (LOTR), I got another go at the Pirates board, played Monopoly and got 2 replay scores, played Super Mario Pinball for the first time, a funny musical pinball board from the 70s and some old school bowling pinball (plus some others that obviously weren't that memorable). So much tasty pinball! I want to go back!