Fremont Street

This was my first Fremont Street Experience. To be honest, I felt awkward about the place. I mean, It should have been my favorite thing about Vegas since it has everything I could want. It was gaudy and kitsch filled with Neon lights, street performers, cheap margaritas, photo-opt attractions, and a city block television. The conflict I have in my soul is what comes with those attractions. On the strip, I see people blowing there money and I think "suckers!" But on Fremont street, I look around and see people who probably can't afford to be here throwing money away.  On top of that is the drunken idiots running around wanting to fight everyone and anyone. Nevertheless we had fun wandering around, checking out the TV and seeing all the old neon signs being restored. 

On "The Duece"

Under the Largest Television Screen in the World.

Drinking cheap Margaritas

Street Performer or Prop

 At Starbucks looking up

The Burger Bar

My wife and I love Top chef! So, one thing we wanted to do while we visiting Vegas was to try some of the judges and guest judges restaurants, yet try to do so on a budget. The first place we ate was The Burger Bar created by renowned  Chef Hubert Keller. The most expensive burger on the menu is roughly $75- a kobe beef sautéed with foie gras and shaved truffles. Sounds tasty, but a little out of my league for a bite at lunch. It's been about eight months a go, so to be quite honest I'm not to sure what I had on my burger. You can pick and choose what you want or they have some prepared suggestions. I'm pretty sure  my wife had something with blue cheese on it and scrumptious sweet potato fries. By the looks of the picture a buffalo burger with jalapeno  bacon, spinach, bell peppers, provolone cheese, and topped with aioli sauce. Yeah, it was good! My mouth is salivating just thinking of it. 

On top of that they had an extensive beer selection. I can't remember the name, but I do remember having a very tasty local ale.

The Headless Lenin

What is the ultimate insult to communism? How about taking a statue of Lenin, decapitating his head and placing it in the most capitalistic-mutated city in America! That's how the "Red Square" vodka bar in Mandalay bay decided to honor the communist leader. As if the degradation can't get any lower, I hear they have the head on ice, that you can view for a lofty fee.