08 15 2003 Photolog of Matte Elsbernd Back to Index
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  neon (vegas) skies - nothing is subdued in the neon capital of the world
 
  1 Aliens have landed. The new MIB ride. No, it's the Fashion Show Mall and their new attention-grabbing front entrance. No more yellow submarine themed restaurant. (No one cared for the Onion Ringos.)
  2 I think they're gonna do all sorts of video and light projects off of it so that you can't miss it as you pass by on the strip.
  3 This picture had Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" playing in head. So naturally, I had to buy the song at the iTunes store.
  4 Steve Wynn is trying to top his Bellagio with a new $2 billion dollar casino. It's right across the street from the mall, so even if the casino turns out to suck, you can go shop to forget about it.
  5 The St. Louis Arch casino. No wait, it's just a new McDonalds.
  6 Lunch was provided for the crew of Matte Elsbernd's photolog by McDonald's which asks "When was the last time you deep-fried your dinner?"
  7 Bally's already has an odd-looking front area, but with the clouds, it just looks weird.
  8 On my walks home down Newbury Street in Boston I used to pass by the Burberry store. For some reason, I've always found myself calling the Barbary Coast the Burberry Coast. They don't exactly have ANYTHING in common.
  9 Hey look! Milli Vanilli are playing a concert in the lounge at the Barbar Hotel & Elephant Casino. You can even pick the songs for them to lip-synch from the karaoke catalog.
  10 You'd think I was being paid, I'm showing so many pictures of this hotel. But alas, I have never even been in it during the 7 or so times I've been to Vegas.
  11 Tragically, a young British girl died in the Flamingo's pools while I was there...
  12 Reflections of me. Yes, you can see my hair, not storm clouds up in the top right. I cast a big shadow and carry a stick.
  13 The glamorous power lines that help the city of neon turn on the lights to begin with.
  14 That's the Eiffel Tower, part of the new Freedom Fry themed casino, or Paris Paris as the tourists like to mistakeningly call it.
  15 This picture makes that big, ol' expensive hotel look kind of like a bat with it's wings outstretched, ready to drink your blood...
  16 Sometimes I just like to walk and take pictures when it doesn't look like I am and when no one expects it. Of course, I never know what I am gonna get or how it'll turn out. Most didn't. Those are the Giorgio Armani mannequins as I walked by.
  17 Their faces have been blurred to protect their identities. (Or should that be just "identity" or perhaps they have multiple personalities. Both of them.)