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In my wanderings downtown, Las Vegas, last week, I did take a bunch of photos that I thought you’d want to see if you’re into ‘old’ Las Vegas. I do find ways to amuse myself when waiting on a friend.

I got new photos of the standard casinos and some of the other businesses down there. I even stopped to take a photo of a young couple who were vacationing from Hungary. They had asked me to take their photo with their camera. Because I have a spanking new, super duper camera, I offered to take another photo with mine and email it them. They were a bit suspicious of that at first, but eventually realized I wasn’t going to make them pay me for it.

I do think the casinos and shows taking your photo for tips or pay is getting a bit overdone now, don’t you? So I’m fighting back. I’ll take your photo and email it you for nothing. Of course, you run the risk of appearing on this blog, but that’s the chance you’re going to take. I do try to keep those photos off the Internet, but if it is a particularly interesting one, well….

The videos on the canopy are now a mix of the standards they’ve been showing for a while and some new ones. One thing I noticed on this last trip is that the Fremont Street Experience is selling advertising space on the video overhead.

There were not a lot of ads, but there were a few mixed in. I’m not sure I like that, but who am I to complain? Did I pay to go watch it? No. So, it makes sense that they would do this to help with the production costs. I’m dealing with my disappointment.

Halloween is the theme this month, of course. Even the roaming saxophonist, Carl Ferris, was in his Halloween best. He has his sax stand all decked out in skeletons and deadly decorations. He was dressed as, well, I’m not sure what, but it involved a cape and long, black wig.

The Golden Nugget is having a tournament this Friday and Saturday. It is the Spook-Tacular BlackJack Tournament. Click on the photo to see the enlarged size and you can get all the particulars on that.

The party girls from Wisconsin and I were going to sacrifice the Deep Fried Oreo Virgins over at Mermaids Casino. But two of them ran off back to their rooms before we were even beginning the party. The third one ran off… in fear, I think, when she caught wind of our plans.

That left just Julie and I, so we went ahead and braved the more than Halloween scary back end of Mermaids Casino, to get ourselves some Deep Fried Oreos.

There is something about heading to that counter that brings the episode “Soup Nazi” to mind, so the first order of business is to reminisce Seinfeld shows as you get into line. The “Chef” can get cranky and although I have never actually seen him say, “NO OREOS FOR YOU!” I can bet it has happened. Lucky for us, he was fairly relaxed when we were there. It was a slow night, it seemed, and we were the only people in line.

There is always something to see in Las Vegas that you have never seen on a prior trip. On this trip, Julie pointed out the sign. Was that sign always there? I have never seen it before. It lets you know that you must “Place Order Her.” Did they run out of room and just print it anyway? Did an engraved letter evaporate? Hey, this is Mermaids Casino. Don’t ask questions.

Mermaids is a class joint, I tell ya. Look! They are now offering a jar of Grey Poupon for the discerning hot dog eaters.

By the way, I guess the new, cleaner air in Mermaids was fairly short lived. It smells bad in there once again from the grease. It does have a way to go yet before my eyes will burn, though. It is still much better than it was last year, but I have faith it will get there again.

There is nothing quite like Downtown Las Vegas and Fremont Street for a little cheap fun. Splitting an order of Deep Fried Oreos was just the whip cream and cherry on top.

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