Downtown Fremont Street Zip Line

If you think Vegas can't get any more daring, think again. Imagine being in the air soaring through the Fremont Street Experience, right underneath a colorful laser light show.

Once you take off, any anxiety you is immediately put to rest. The refreshing breeze and the perfect speed of the zipline (30 miles per hour) puts you at ease. While you're soaring (the four zip line cables run 800 feet in length), the wind twirls you around in your harness, giving you a dazzling 360-degree view. How can something be so exhilarating and relaxing at the same time?

Just imagine the "ooh's" and "ahh's" you'll get from the crowd below. Some people will even snap pictures. For a split second, you feel like a celebrity.

While rides are offered in the daytime, going during the evening definitely has its perks. You can admire the bright, psychedelic light show from the Viva Vision canopy, which pairs perfectly with the music. Once you land at the platform -- which is a very smooth landing, by the way -- the staff will help you out of your harness and you'll get your picture taken. You can order either this shot or the candid shots of you during the flight.


This ride you'll want to do every time you visit. This is one of nine total Zip lines worldwide for this company.


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I thought the zip line was an eight-inch distance from the belt buckle to the inseam on a pair of jeans, but what do I know. Until I was thirty, I thought a hooker was a woman who made rugs by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base.

 

The Venetian Casino, Hotel & Resort

The Venetian was built on the grounds of the old Sands Hotel where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. - known as the “Rat Pack” - held court nightly; singing, dancing, drinking, and joking to packed houses.



The Venetian Casino, Hotel, & Resort cost one and one-half billion dollars to build
and looks identical to Venice, Italy
with its replica of Piazza San Marco (St. Marks Square)




With its canals




Its atmospheric outdoor dining
and
Marble authentic marble columns





In addition, a painted fresco of
Michelangelo's Last Supper
Although it looks like the buffet at
 Caesars Palace 





The Venetian
Worth the effort to stroll inside and enjoy
The beauty of the Venice of America
Sip a glass of Italian wine, enjoy a biscotto, and take a five-minute vacation to Venice, Italy courtesy of the Las Vegas Casino, Hotel & Resort
A biscotto is a crisp cookie or biscuit of Italian origin that is flavored usually with anise and filberts or almonds —usually used in plural (biscotti) and literally means baked twice.
 

Luigi Garrabaldi closed his deli at noon and went to church in his little town of Vasto, Italy. He sat next to Mrs. Cuccina.
She looked at him and said, “Luigi, your deli is open!”
“No, Mrs. C. I closed at noon so I could come to mass.”
“Ah, escuse me, Mr G, but your deli is open,” she said more emphatically.
“No, Mrs. C. I told you we closed at noon,” he said in frustration and he got up and walked out in a huff.
As he was leaving the church, he looked down and saw his zipper was down.
He felt bad and returned to the pew and sat next to Mrs. G. He sheepishly leaned over and asker her, “Excuse me, Mrs. G., but when my deli was open, was my salesman in or out?”

Bellagio Fountains





Steve Wynn already opened Mirage, with its erupting volcano and South Seas theme, and then a few years later opened Treasure Island, where next to the sidewalk all the passersby could see the full-sized pirate ship Battle of Buccaneer Bay every half-hour. Inside the highly acclaimed property is a casino resort with a romantic tropical theme. The Cirque du Soleil show at the Treasure Island was the first permanent one in Las Vegas.

Then the luxurious Bellagio casino and resort, considered among the world’s most spectacular hotels, drew the attention of all the visitors of Las Vegas, costing an unbelievable $1.6 billion. At the time it was built, Bellagio was the most expensive hotel in the world. Today, visitors line the street in front of the hotel to watch the “Bellagio Fountains” shooting streams of choreographed water “dancing” to music on the hotel’s 8.5 acre man-made lake. The Bellagio started a new spree of luxurious developments in Las Vegas; among these developments are The Venetian, Mandalay Bay, and Paris Las Vegas.

Wynn vacationed in Italy and that is when he decided to call his new casino the Bellagio, after the Italian region of Bellagio, considered the most beautiful place to vacation in all of Italy. The unique color of the Bellagio Hotel is inspired directly by the colors of the homes in the Mediterranean region.



THE LOBBY

Upon entering the lobby, one looks up at the 18-foot ceiling to see the Dale Chihuly extraordinary glass sculptured chandelier called “Fiori di Como”. This exquisite exhibit consists of 2,000 hand-blown glass blossoms. “Fiori di Como” translated means “Flowers on Como” referring to Lake Como the region where the town of Bellagio is located.

The Golden Nugget

These 1980 commercials, with Steve Wynn - owner of the Golden Nugget - and Frank Sinatra, ran on television and were a big hit. Steve later sold the Nugget and became the catalyst behind the mega-resort casinos on the Las Vegas strip.

We will highlight the casinos Steve Wynn built in blogs to come, along with others that make Las Vegas the Numero Uno Entertainment Capital of the World.

Frank


“Towels” Featuring Frank and Steve Wynn


Frank and Dean


Egg Rolls


Frank and Steve Wynn


Class and Dignity

Viva Las Vegas

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Bradley Bright

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Hi. Either I am on my way, at, or just back from Las Vegas and the next six blogs are all about the city. Each blog has a video of Vegas, a short informative narrative, and some comedy. Enjoy the blogs; tell your friends to visit the site, we have some very unusual and entertaining upcoming, non-political videos for you to enjoy. Visit the site twice weekly for new blogs. Thanks and leave a message on the contact page, if you wish.

 

McCarran is the 8th busiest airport in the world serving in excess of fifty different air carriers and averaging 980 flights a day.

Temperatures average 101 degrees June through September with July being the hottest at 106 degrees.

There are more than 900 cabs and in excess of 300 limos in Vegas. You must go to a hotel to pick up a cab as it is unlawful to pick up a passenger other than at a hotel.

Las Vegas boasts 4,000 table games, 130,000 slots, and almost as many sluts. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census)

Open liquor is allowed on the street but intoxicating behavior is not tolerated.

Times are financially tough in Vegas as well. Last time I was there, I saw a “Lady of the Evening” outside my hotel with a sign that read, “No payments until 2014”. I think it was the “Lay-a-way” Plan.

According to the Chamber of Commerce, there are more than 500 places of worship in Las Vegas and, if they prefer, in lieu of cash, visitors are encouraged to put casino tokens into the collection baskets during the services. On Monday, the monasteries send religious personnel to all the churches to collect, sort, count, and redeem the tokens for cash at the appropriate casinos; the couriers are known as the Chip Monks.

Last time I went to church in Vegas they asked me to join in the choir. I have such a bad singing voice, the first time I sang two hundred people changed religions.

The services I attended in Vegas were held at “The Church of Pair-of-Dice” presided over by the Reverend Double Down.

The slogan, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” is not true. While your memories come home with you to share with family and friends, your money usually stays in Vegas.