The Surreal World: Las Vegas
The conference was quite good. I thought our Learning Labs went over
really well. Informal learning was the topic of the hour, with blogs,
wikis, and Web 2.0 being the instigators. Now that I’m home, and rather
snowbound at that, I’ll be blogging a little more about the conference
over the next few days. In the meantime, here are a few photos and videos of the city that never ever sleeps until I get around to the actual "learning" part of the trip.
Las Vegas is nothing if not surreal. Since our last trip about 4 years ago, a lot has changed. My favorite new thing on the Strip? The Wynn Las Vegas, which has moved my previous favorite, the Bellagio, into second place on my list. The Wynn is insanely classy. I love it there. I love the wine list; I love the bar; I love the use of water everywhere.
We saw Le Reve at the Wynn, which was created by the Cirque du Soleil guy (Franco Dragone) and might as well be Cirque. This show was a marvelous use of dance, acrobatics, swimming, and diving. It was mesmerizing and I loved it.
But by far, the best thing at the Wynn is the Waterfall. Every evening a series of light shows plays across the waterfall, including a giant frog who sings "It’s a Wonderful World."
I also enjoyed downtown Las Vegas/Fremont Street. We hadn’t made it down there on previous trips, and this time we took my friend David. We all had a blast. Fremont Street is the older, cheesier side of Vegas where they still liberally provide free drinks and the coffee shops still have $5.99 steak dinners. The Golden Nugget has been remodeled extensively, turning it into a very classy, old-school Vegas hotel. The pool alone is worth a visit – a twisty, turny water slide tunnels right through a salt water aquarium.
Photos from Las Vegas are here: Flickr Photoset
Video is here:
* Wynn Waterfall Frog
* Bellagio Fountain Dance
* Fremont Street Light Show
