Vegas Purge

The remaining vegas shots.
In the stratosphere's shadow is the side of vegas that I like better than the strip. It seems less manufactured and more real. Depressing too, but that's an important element of authenticity. I like the fact that the International House of Pancakes didn't change their signage to IHOP when the corporate mandate came down. I remember when Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC and thought they were trying to hide what differentiated them.

Tattoo parlor within a gift shop. Saw a annoyed looking girl leading a drunk boyfriend in there. He didn't seem to keen on getting a tattoo. I wonder if he had talked a big game earlier in the evening and she was pissed and was making him follow through or if she was trying to get him a tattoo with her name because she had already gotten one with his.

A line of motels across the street from the stratosphere and the tattoo parlor. No matter how much I like this area, I think I'd have to draw the line at sleeping at one of these. For one, I'm sure there's a lot of prostitution in this area and I'd have trouble sleeping thinking about the amount of splooge that the bed has probably soaked up over the years and I'd be too hypersensitive to what smelled like chlorine.

There were a few wedding chapels on the street too. This couple were in a tuxedo rental shop right next to one.

People do this I guess. I see it in movies and in sitcoms which tend to make light of a vegas wedding. I bet there's a significant number of poor people who get married here and take it seriously.
Peek-a-boo shot of a couple in a photobooth.