LIB'S LABYRINTH: Hello, Las Vegas 2003 Madame Tussaud's

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hello, Las Vegas 2003 Madame Tussaud's

ALT OFFICERS IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 2003
[ 10 Years Ago]

Nevada (Spanish for snow-clad) gained its statehood in 1864. Carson City is the capital since 1861. Large gambling casinos, especially Las Vegas and Reno, and gay night life attract visitors, conventions, boxing matches, big party bashes, and happenings of all kinds from all over the world. Forms of gambling for highrollers are slot machines, blackjack, poker, roulette, and dice. Many restaurants and casinos never close, and breakfast is served all day. Popular performers of TV, stage, screen appear in floor shows at hotel and casinos. I've seen the shows of Johnny Carson, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Tom Jones, Andy Williams, Siegried and Roy, Folies Bergere and some. Just fabulous! One of the interesting places to see is the Hoover Dam, the highest in the United States (726 feet above the bed of the Colorado River). It was completed in 1936 when America was in deep depression. In 1900's, Nevada had adopted laws that made it easy for a resident (three months) to get a quickie divorce. Today, drive thru places are in for quickie wedding. Viva Las Vegas!

Biggest Aloha Shirt in the World

Bellagio

Venetian
It's a short walk from Imperial Hotel to the Venetian. We had Krispy Kreme donuts and coffee for breakfast. We looked around the Grand Canal Shoppe for a while and then got our tickets for the Gondola Ride ($12.50). Olivo, our gondolier sang O Sole Mio and Santa Lucia.

I love the geometic floor. It's like an illusion. Mila and I joined the Players Club and we got free spending money of $5. The slot machine ate it in seconds. Best tip is start right away with $20 at the slot to get rolling and begin winning.

The Vegas Venetian version of St. Mark's Square

While walking around we were invited to look at Timeshare promotion to be held in one of the buildings at the Strip and in exchange we got to choose stage shows. In one of the film promo ads was "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. The slogan caught on and was in everyone's mouth later on. As far as I know, the original saying was that Timeshare promo ad.