The Family Unit

"Put your unit in our pool"

Any Day Now

We're still waiting, daddy

Back side view of the unfinished Echelon.

Strippers

So that's where they keep them.

Roman Santa

• Roman Santa makes elves out of the tears of bad children.


• Roman Santa's belly shakes like a bowl full of greek fire


• Roman Santa's Naughty/Nice list is chiseled in granite


• Roman Santa's favorite reindeer is a wolf


• Roman Santa doesn't live at the North Pole, he winters in Sicily


• Roman Santa delivers live, born-again lions to the homes of born-again Christians


• Roman Santa actually doesn't give a shit if you've been naughty or nice, he just wants to know if you've paid this month's tribute

Chang Fart

Checking out the image stabilization on the new camera.

A visitor to the strip was happy to oblige by climbing up on the horse in front of PF Chang's at the Planet Aladdinwood.

Dry Gulch Excalibur

Another in a continuing series.

All the major properties on the Strip must, from time-to-time, drain their various water features for maintenance.

...and, of course, to rake up the tons of coins.

Why We Ride

This is why we ride bikes. So we can ignore signs like this.

Thou May Turn Now

Strip Sleepin 11 #6

Strip Sleepin' 11 #5

The summer is slipping away, but it's still warm enough to catch a few early morning winks next to the ancient Venetian canals.

What More Do You Need

This place has it all!

There's even a dumpster so you don't have to throw your syringes and Hostess™ wrappers on the ground.

...and parking!

Strip Life

Koolsville

It's where I'm at.

Well, it was where I was at earlier today.

Lacking the 3G gadgets the kids have, I can't update from the bike seat.

Hell, the kids don't even have blogs anymore. They have twitters and gircles

Blogging is so... 1999

Strip Sleepin' 11 #4

Accommodations

This is (what's left of) the sign of the Happi Inn which is being destroyed to make way for a ferris wheel.

Happi No More

The Happi Inn is making way for a ferris wheel.







Keep in mind this is right next door to the short-lived "Balloon Ride".

Maybe they'll have better luck.

Trust Jesus, but Obey the Police

These people were driving down the Strip Friday evening, using the contraption on the top of their mini-van to exhort the crowds to abandon their drinking, gambling, adulterous ways - right in the middle of their friggin' vacations no less - and follow JayZus!

Unfortunately, the blue lights accompanying the loudspeakers were apparently too much competition for Metro. The followers of Babby were forced to remove the device and put it in the back of the van before they could proceed.

New Construction

Who's afraid of a silly little recession?

Not Las Vegas!

There's new construction on the Strip.

In the shot below, going up next to the P-Ho on the Blvd at Harmon, is a new Walgreens!



Yay! Let's go to Vegas and visit the Walgreens!

Ain't nuthin' but a Pharmacy, baby!

Further north, next to the confused abomination that used to be the TI, is a Starbucks!



Bet you didn't see that coming, didja?

Dry Gulch Venetian

Times are tough.

They drained the canals at the Venetian so they could scrape up the loose change for the mortgage.

Hooker on the Strip

She's ready for action.