9/11/06

Onwards and upwards :)
peace
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Viva Las Vegas!!

Well, not quite. Atlantic City, a little closer proxy up in these parts. Sin City Lite. Me and MasAnna made a daytrip, and that proved more than adequate! It was interesting but exhaustive to see, and there's no rush back anytime soon (kinda like D.C., imho ;)
AC was a mix of nice beach, old-school tacky Boardwalk with sideshows and cheap crap for sale; and somewhat pathetic wanna-be cool casinos with a serious blibg-bling overload. We thought that once you've seen one, you've seen them all. Not so, there are differences. Surprisingly we found Mr. Donald Trump's humble edifices to be the most pleasing. All the casinos, however, had thousands of slot machines, which emit a very annoying, mid-level hum, underneath the shiller ding ding. Too much bling-bling and ding-ding is a bad thing.


Here's some views from the Boardwalk. There's some 'romanticism of decay' in the air. Goes well with the uber-bling >;) Should've taken me swim suit with, because the day was a beutiful summer day right after Ernesto pummeled through...


Daddy needs new shoes!
Disclaimer: no games were played during the filming of these shots. All I played the whole day was 2 games of pinball, and I didn't even win. Anyhoo, on right you'll see drinks called "Egomaniac" and "Me, myself & I". They're part of the theme at Mr. Trump's Ego Bar, at Taj Mahal. The Trumpster does have a sense of humor and self-decrepation...
Good night, and good luck, Atlantic City.

peace
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