"O" and The Strip

I am not a gambler, I worked one season as a deck hand on a gambling ship out of Fort Meyers Beach, Florida and was frequently tipped but I was the only employee as far as I knew that cashed in my chips at the end of my shift, my fellow workers put them in the various one armed bandits. In the last six months I have visited two smaller gambling venues and now of course Vegas and my only wager was $20.00 on the Purdue basketball game last week end, which by the way I won as Purdue defeated Texas A & M to secure a berth in the sweet sixteen of the NCAA tournament, good luck tonight Boilers. We watched the game at the Hard Rock Hotel shouting our approval at every opportunity.

The strip in Vegas is a photographers dream, color, neon, freaky people and each casino vying for your attention and money. My experience in Vegas begins and ends with voyeurism, I mostly watch it all swirling around, do a lot of walking and chit chatting with strangers. When I go to Vegas for a show I am interest in current entertainers, a couple of years ago I went to Vegas just to see Jimmy Buffett and Cirque Du Soleil Beatles Love both of which were excellent. This trip Cirque Du Soleil, "O" was on the schedule and it did not disappoint. This was the fourth different Cirque show I have seen and the first for my friends. Cirque currently has seven different shows running in Vegas, the name means "Circus of the Sun" and a carnival atmosphere is certainly present is every show I have seen. I absolutely recommend one of their shows for anyone who has the opportunity, they are an event. My conclusion is that ex gymnasts and Olympians never die they join Cirque Du Soleil for true athleticism is on display at every show. Unfortunately no cameras are allowed at their shows. "O" is incredible since it is in water, the stage is so tricked out it is difficult to wrap your head around how they are doing half the stuff that is happening.

"O" is in the Bellagio Hotel and we walked from the other side of Cesar's Palace where we had dinner to the show, I snapped a few pictures of the strip along the way and a couple of the inside of the hotel. For our finale of the evening we caught the fountain show at midnight outside the Bellagio which is always awesome but due for an update if you ask me. I would be remiss in my Parrothead ways if I did not snap a photo or two of Jimmy's Margaritaville, one of his best stores and restaurants.