heya al... yeah i did (also) see the Lanai Express... a lot of bowls of some kind of gosh knows what. Looked like fish stew. Not my cup of tea!!! Seemed that each of the little clubs along Fremont had a snack bar of sorts.
Yesssss, mermaids, that was the one. Very loud music to boot. The waitresses were dressed in something just short of a bikini. They had the little 99-cent (like i said) cups of daquiri, or the hourlglass plastic 'yards' of daquiri if you wanted it. I got neither... this was due to only one gal keeping up with the line of people. Otherwise, i'm sure the booze is 'so so'.... but oh well.
Yeah... downtown has a lot to offer. I even noticed some gift shops that didnt look like 'trashy' $2 t-shirts and 17 postcards for a $1, etc. Some, actually nice ones... i.e. they had one with native american art. Kind of a nice change. The GN is still the 'gem' down there like i talked about... but even in there - you have to struggle to make it thru an aisle of machines being played.
mK
Al... have you stayed at most of the hotels ?