Trip 2005 - Las Vegas Round 2 (Night)

It wasn't until it started getting light out that I realized I had been out walking all night. In Vegas, time no longer plays a vital role, and nothing ever shuts down. Thankfully, Walgreens accepts debit cards, or else I would've gone hungry and thirsty.

Home

I was hurrying towards the wedding information, feverously trying to accomplish one of my Vegas goals - get married to a complete stranger in one of the chapels. Like my money, I lost that goal in Las Vegas. My losing streak continued. I did see this awesome cowboy smoking a cigarette though. That guy is a real man.

These baseball logos were on the wall of one of the casinos (I don't remember which one) but many of them are no longer used by the MLB teams. This just goes to show that the retro theme was all over the place in downtown Vegas.

It wasn't long before it was 6 am. I had been out all night gambling, drinking, and offering Peanut M&M's to random strangers who bothered me for change. See, I lost all my money gambling, so these "melt in you mouth, not in your hand" goodies were all I could offer. Luckily, the local Walgreen's, conveniently located in the heart of downtown Vegas, accepted debit cards, or else I would have gone to bed on an empty stomach as well as an empty wallet. I can't blame Vegas for my losses, because I actually gained so much, just not in monetary wealth. The night I spent walking the streets of Vegas, beer in hand, conversing with the locals and wandering through every casino within walking distance will always remain as one of my fondest memories...

The instant that I saw the Plaza Hotel, I knew that even though I had never been to downtown Las Vegas, I knew I had seen it before. Being the movie nerd that I am, it took mere seconds to realize that it was the casino that Biff Tanner had built on top of the courthouse in the alternate 1985 in Back to the Future Part II. I find great joy in the fact that I was able to recognize this. It shows that movies have made a lasting impact on my life, and I am that much wiser for having sat through this trilogy on countless occasions.