Chap 8: "What Happens in Vegas, Stays In Vegas!"

I went to Las Vegas this last weekend for one of my girlfriends 40th birthday party. Holy @!&$#!!!!!!! is about all i can say about that place in two words... well... with a side of "OMG" i guess. Vegas is truly one amazing city, and wheres a more perfect place to go while attending a mass media class in college. Not only is Vegas built on Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n'Roll, but the entire city is in some way or another driven by pastiche. I mean where else can you go and visit Saudi Arabia, Greece, Egypt, Italy, New York, and Paris all in one city?
On the subject of pastiche, its hard to find a better example thatn Vegas. I went there with my girlfriend and 5 other couples. On Saturday night they all wanted to go see a show. My girl and I had planned on going at first, but upon futher intoxication from the free cocktails at the blackjack tables, we decided to split from the pack and go have a nice romantic dinner somewhere. So we left Egypt, which was where we were staying, and "hit the strip!" By the way, if anyone reading this hasn't ever been to Vegas, or hasn't been in the last 5-6 years, I HIGHLY recommend going. So we leave Egypt, walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and on the way past New York, and as we aproach the Parthanon in Greece, we happened to look up and see the Eiffel Tower peircing the neon sky. So I asked Jenn, "You wanna go to Paris and have a few glasses of wine and a nice romantic dinner?, and then we'll go kiss atop the Eiffel Tower?" Whats a better way to spend the night? Granted we are in Vegas, but the minute we walked into Paris, it truly felt like we were somewhere else. Everyhting in there was made to mimic everything in Paris. We went to an amazing french restaurant in Paris, shared an awesome bottle of 2003 Pinot Noir, and ate a filet minon that was out of this world. What made the night even better is on our way out we decided to put a $20 bill in a "wild cherry" $1 slot machine. Played down to 4 dollars and then hit $360. We sat and played and drank and laughed for the next 2 hours, and ended up winning $1200 dollars. Paris was good to us that night, and so was the Eiffel Tower.
Thank God for Pastiche!!!!