Photo essay of the Las Vegas Strip
I’d no desire to visit Las Vegas, Nevada. I don’t gamble and I imagined it as a loud, crass, cheesy place. When I visited for the first time to attend a family wedding, I learned how much fun it can be. Yes, it is loud and it be crass and cheesy. But it is also lighthearted, energetic, fantastical, beautiful, and amazing. At times, I found myself wondering how many hungry people could have been fed with the money spent on over-the-top construction, yet couldn’t help but smile at the playfulness of this other world I’d stepped into. I share a few photos from The Strip.
Las Vegas Strip in front of The Venetian
Caesars Palace
Bellagio lobby, chandelier by Dale Chihuly
Chihuly art in the Bellagio
Gardens at Bellagio
Bellagio gardens decked out for Christmas
Palazzo lobby
Grand Canal Shoppes: hard to believe this is inside and underground
Carport at Venetian: where else but Vegas would you find a fresco on a carport ceiling?
My favourite spot on The Strip: Bellagio’s dancing fountains
Do you have a favourite spot on The Strip?
2 Comments
Anonymous
January 29, 2014 at 10:41 pmI’m with you … I can watch the fountains at Bellagio over and over.
If you look past the gambling, Vegas is just a giant, adult amusement park.
Eva
Jason Butler
February 4, 2014 at 4:15 pmI love the fountains. I also love watching the Volcano erupt at the Mirage.