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Las Vegas is a strange, strange town. It's bright and paved and blinking, with a surreal friendliness and more fake breasts than I have ever seen in my life. I'm always a little disturbed by a city not on water (or at least some other natural resource), but Las Vegas seems to be tapping a deeper vein, a non-geographically-bound unnatural resource that has something to do with gross American excess mated with whimsy and creation and here's where I sort of lose my train of thought. Anyway, it's weird. *handwave*

I've had a fine few days here, and I'm preparing for one more before we pick up our last passenger at the airport late tonight and head straight for the playa. [livejournal.com profile] aroraborealis and I cooked food for 15 people for a week in a tiny kitchenette with two wee electric burners burners and a counter about the size of a cookie sheet. I have to say that given our limitations (and given my unfortunate hangover after our fabulous dinner at SushiSamba with [livejournal.com profile] jnala) I'm very proud of what we cooked! Adding to the awesomeness of the week was the weird plot twist that led to us having two hotel rooms -- the food hotel, and the luxe hanging-out suite. I highly recommend this setup to anyone cooking food for 15 people for a week in a city they don't live in. Today: RV pickup, Home Depot/snacks run, four airport pickups of five people, a Cirque show, and then -- radio silence for a week and a half. Quick! Text me while you still can! Special bonus: I will have no idea who you are, since I didn't transfer my address book from my old phone to my new one.

Have a good day, folks! I'm off to conquer the world.

Date: 2008-08-22 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oonh.livejournal.com
I may send you messages with fictitious nicknames from the post-office thingy, just to make your life more interesting. (and anyone else who I know of is in your camp)

Date: 2008-08-22 04:06 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-08-22 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fengshui.livejournal.com
Watch out, I might start sending fake Obama VP Selection Texts:
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/08/22/pi-con-math-gender-glaubama/

Date: 2008-08-22 04:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starphire.livejournal.com
Perhaps some of that surreality also comes from the massive quantities of blinking lights - Vegas is the LED capitol of the world!

Also, Vegas originally existed on well water, a relative oasis in the desert - it's sitting on a basin, and there's groundwater underneath, fed by surrounding mountains. Just as there is under Black Rock City. Even today, the local water authority gets about half of its water from the aquifer underground, recharging it with water from the Colorado when it's more abundant. That means it also has whatever is seeping down into the aquifer from the city above. Don't ask me how I know all of this.

Cooking for 15 people in a kitchenette sounds challenging for sure!

Date: 2008-08-22 08:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] bluepapercup
I'm rereading a book right now called Last Call that's a novel about Vegas and poker and patter recognition and and the water and I think you might really like it.

Date: 2008-08-22 08:06 pm (UTC)
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Have fun :)

Date: 2008-08-22 08:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oonh.livejournal.com
The two times I was there (actually four, counting both ways from BRC), the airport was gaudy, there were slot machines, it just felt... kind of off.

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