542. Walk the Vegas strip

The Strip was not exactly what you might expect from watching random movies that occur in Vegas.  Although, we did go check Circus Circus to see if they still had that rotating bar from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.  There is now a non-alcoholic snack bar there.  But, speaking of alcohol, it is legal to drink in public there, so every time I went out, I would see at least one woman walking down the sidewalk, holding a tropical drink in her hands, giggling, and looking furtive.  There are also huge numbers of people handing out postcards advertising hookers.  The postcard guys are on every corner.  Prostitution is not legal in Vegas, but I guess that doesn't stop them.  I also saw one pregnant young woman handing out the postcards.  I guess the look on her face is what people mean when they say someone looks dead inside.  There were also a lot of people dressed as tv and movie characters and panhandling.  There was Batman, Bumblebee the Transformer, Homer Simpson, Dora the Explorer.  It was kind of weird.  Also, Harrah's is terrifying.  There are huge harlequin statues on the outside.  They look they might reach down to the street, pick you up, and bite your head off.  There are a lot of statues on Caesar's too, but they're just plain white Roman-looking things.  Treasure Island also had their pirate show closed so everybody could go on vacation.  I haven't seen the real Eiffel Tower, either, so I can't tell you if the one in Las Vegas is any good.