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Las Vegas In Review
by ALMIE ROSE VAZZANO
Rooms at the Venetian Hotel: A
Casino at the Venetian: B+
Elevator music at the Venetian: D
Indoor Venetian canal at the Venetian: A
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum inside the Venetian: B
Wax Figure of Larry King: A+
Wax Figure of Nicolas Cage: A-
Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man: A
The entire Venetian Hotel: B
Buffet at Caesar’s Palace: B-
Buffet at the Wynn: A+
Kobe beef carpaccio at Japanois at the Mirage: A
“Love” show at the Mirage: A
Beatle themed drinks at the Mirage: C+
Beatle gift shop at the Mirage: A-
The Beatles: A+
The casino at the Mirage: B+
Free drinks at every casino: A
Getting carded for everything: A-
Repeatedly being asked if I am old enough to be in a casino: C
Open liquor Law in Vegas: A
The traffic on both strips: F
The Vegas Episodes of Friends: A
Joey’s “Vegas, Baby!” catchphrase: A-
What everyone thought about me using said catchphrase at least 10 times a day: D
Ordering room service at 3 AM because it’s, “Vegas, baby!”: A
The way I felt the next morning: C-
Selection of movies in the hotel: B
Alec Baldwin’s fat little hairy body in It’s Complicated: D-
Alec Baldwin’s body in Beetlejuice: A
Beetlejuice: A
Everything Tim Burton Has Done Since (Not Including Ed Wood): C
Las Vegas: B+
Almie Rose Vazzano is the senior contributor to This Recording. She is a writer living in Los Angeles. She blogs at Apocalypstick.
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Reader Comments (2)
A- for the wax figure? What gives?
Friends episode of Vegas: A++
Agreed with the F....F-ail Vegas Traffic.