Month: May 2014

Competition: Grand Canyon vs Las Vegas You know the big difference between the Grand Canyon and Vegas (besides real vs fake, deep vs tall)? Free vs FREAKING EXPENSIVE. That’s the difference. Grand Canyon The economizing began as we descended into the Flagstaff airport. It was a gusty day and a small plane. I usually like…

Competition: Titanic: The Artifact Museum vs Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum vs the Auto Museum You wouldn’t expect Las Vegas to have many museums, but I suppose they need to cater to those of us who don’t lay out by the pool. Titanic: The Artifact Museum Grave robbery, is that what you said? Well, yes, and…

Competition: Michael Jackson: One vs Love We saw three shows in Vegas. Two Cirque du Soleil shows: One (Michael Jackson) and LOVE (Beatles), plus an Ingrid Michaelson show. (You just can’t compare Ingrid to Cirque, since she doesn’t bounce off of trampolines, so I’ll leave her out of the competition.) My decision to hate all…

Competition: Tovar vs Maswik vs Mandalay – Hotel Throwdown We stayed at three hotels during this vacation. One night at the home of the buffalo above: El Tovar (on the rim of the Grand Canyon), five nights at the Maswik Lodge (a very short walk from the Grand Canyon), and six nights at Mandalay Bay,…

We saw many animals on vacation, some wild and some caged. This post will begin with the Best Animal of the Grand Canyon, and end with the Best Animal of Vegas. Grand Canyon The Best While at Mather Point (aka Point of Death) on the last day, I noticed a group of people in a…

So, we are not allergic to the American Southwest. We both really enjoyed the first few breaths of damp Saint Louis night air when we got in. Then we coughed. Gary coughed in the car and then choked out “Urg! Ack! I coughed up something in my mouth that’s like an EAR.” Still, since then…

Let us say you are on a plane that has been delayed a hour. Let’s say the delayed plane lands in Phoenix at 12;10, which happens to be the same time your connecting flight to Saint Louis takes off. There is hope: another St Louisian talked to the gate agent earlier, and, since there are…

You know, cronuts sounded great. Donuts: good, croissants: good. In actuality, a cronut is a croissant which has been left in the deep fryer, absorbed all the oil, then iced. I couldn’t eat more than a bite. I’m ashamed of myself.