Vegas v. Gatlinburg II

Shopping:  Gatlinburg has great shopping, a mixture of strip malls, outlet malls, and the most airbrush t-shirt shops (per capita) in the continental United States.  Vegas has the outlet malls, but also real shopping malls and plenty of high end boutiques to window shop in.  Plus, in Vegas, many of the malls have painted ceilings to make it look like you are seeing a beautiful sunset all day long.  It's creepy, but in a good way.  Winner:  Vegas

Vegas vs. Gatlinburg

I thought it was interesting that Kristina's parents were thinking they wouldn't enjoy Vegas.  Especially since they love Gatlinburg so much.  Vegas is essentially a tourist trap like Gatlinburg, but on steroids.  Everything Gatlinburg can do, Vegas can do better.  Think I'm lying?  Let's run down a checklist:

• Natural Beauty:  Gatlinburg has the Smokies.  Vegas has the Red Rock and Grand Canyons.  Winner:  Vegas

The Mighty Exacalibur

There are definitely three tiers of hotels on the Strip in Las Vegas.  At the top of the food chain, you have amazing places like the Wynn, the Bellagio, and the Venetian.

At the north end of the strip, you have a collection of hotels surrounded by people asking you if you want to buy crack.

The Excalibur is squarely in the middle.  It's main attraction is the location-it's right across the street from the MGM Grand, perfect for me because that was where the fights went down.  I had easy access at 1/3 the price.

All Hail Excalibur.  Thou art the cheapest of the South Strip Hotels!  Long May thee reign!

Vegas!

I was recently in Las Vegas to see a monster of a man named Brock Lesnar win the UFC Heavyweight Title from Randy Couture.  It was kind of like Barack versus John McCain, in the sense that it was a young juggernaut beating up an old guy with a military record.  Different in that Obama never got to execute his pimp hand, just his rhetorical one.  It was a good time---one I'll be chronicling here in a space most have probably forgotten exists.

A post a day for an entire week?

Yes We Can!

Yes We Can

I couldn't be more happy.  Time to take America back from the wealthy few that are holding us all down.