Potemkin East Village coming to Vegas
East Village in Vegas!
Now we can savor the delights of downtown Manhattan in Vegas -- Mark Advent is proposing a "retail complex": but what will they be selling? I hope some smack and clean needles to make it really authentic.
But the really, really sad thing about this story is that ever since we've moved to SoCal, I have felt the call of Vegas -- CHEAP family vacation, especially since I've gotten a load of what it costs to live here, what my extra-academic, humanities degree bearing peers are making in media...I've been feeling very, very, very poor. So don't be too surprised if yo find yours truly juggling a four year old, sunblock, a bucket of quarters in that City in the Desert on her next vacation.
Now we can savor the delights of downtown Manhattan in Vegas -- Mark Advent is proposing a "retail complex": but what will they be selling? I hope some smack and clean needles to make it really authentic.
But the really, really sad thing about this story is that ever since we've moved to SoCal, I have felt the call of Vegas -- CHEAP family vacation, especially since I've gotten a load of what it costs to live here, what my extra-academic, humanities degree bearing peers are making in media...I've been feeling very, very, very poor. So don't be too surprised if yo find yours truly juggling a four year old, sunblock, a bucket of quarters in that City in the Desert on her next vacation.
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Its worth visiting. They have sexy, talking cars parked on the sidewalk, suggesting that you take them for a ride and insisting that you two would look "really really good together." The gas powered stripper is right next to an outdoor air-conditioned escalator and not too far from frozen margaritas to go. Plus, most of the buildings are knocked down and replaced every decade or so. Its an amazing testament to the absurdity of capitalism.
I've been to Vegas on drive throughs, when it was a natural pit stop between Los Angeles and Minneapolis, but now that the Midwest is no longer on our list of destinations, we are going to have to consider making Vegas our only goal.
I remember the circus performer they had at this very fancy restaurant whose wine cellar consisted of a climbing wall of wines that extended deep into a cellar, but behind a wall of glass. The lovely gymnast was suspended on a trapeze that would take here down to the appropriate bottle when a customer ordered and then she would be pulled back up after to hand the bottle to the sommelier.
Then again, maybe I just made that up! I honestly can't remember. Was there really a fake lagoon and swimming pool in the shape of a giant meandering chlorine stream? Did they have fish filet restaurants swimming on it in little baskets? I really don't know, but I DID live in the East Village, so I'm available as an authenticity consultant.
I know that gymnast exists somewhere but for some reason I think I saw her on tv.
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