comment #1

Geoff says ...

Very cool.

I've been fortunate enough to have something like this happen to me at the MGM a while back and it made all the difference.

comment #2

Dr. Smith says ...

Jeff, what song is that in the background?

comment #3

gruver1 says ...

"You Set The Scene" by Love (Arthur Lee).

comment #4

Movie fan09 says ...

Bad Asssssss.
the whole experience feels like a Tarantino tracking shot.
(if that's bad..and probably is..sorry.)
I like it.
who's the band?
love the Everybody Loves Raymond on the Plasma Screens.

comment #5

kessler11 says ...

I remember those suites when it was the Aladdin. Had my bachelor party there. Just don't try to take the stairs down. I got lost for an hour in the bowels of that place.

comment #6

lazarus says ...

Speaking of bowels, I love how Jeff ends with a shot of the crapper, encapsulating his feelings on this accidental night in splendor.

comment #7

CinemaPhreek says ...

Lazarus - I was just thinking the same thing, hoping that it was not an accident that it ended with the shot of commode, like you might see in countless home videos.

comment #8

Mgmax, le Corbeau says ...

Wells has a tux.

Let that soak in. Wells, in a tux looking like OSS 117.

Better yet, Jeff, change your picture at the top to one of you blogging in a tux. That would totally rock.

Really, I'm not making fun. Well a little, but I never would have guessed that anyone in Hwood wore tuxes any more, except maybe the over-80 set at a Simon Wiesenthal Center banquet. I'd totally go for that blogging in a tux image, if I were you.

comment #9

DarthCorleone says ...

Excellent - swank to the extreme!

comment #10

Walter Sobchak says ...

Only thing missing is a fat line of blow on that glass table and an unconscious hooker on one of the beds.

Nice pad. Cool "Forever Changes" vibe.

I used to loathe Vegas until I started getting set up nicely at Caesar's for The Comedy Festival for ten days every year. Not quite the above pad but still pretty decent. If nothing else one can't help but be impressed with the enormity of it all.

There's a great two-part "American Experience" on Las Vegas that runs on PBS now and then. Check it oot.

comment #11

Carl LaFong says ...

Wretched excess. Proof positive why the terrorists hate us...

comment #12

Aris P says ...

Not really sure what your point is CARL LAFONG, except that you like making pathetic, passive aggressive, hip-to-make-communist comments. They have hotel rooms like this all over the world, including the countries where these terrorists are born.

comment #13

supertaster says ...

I hate to sound like a shmuck tourist from Emporia , Kansas

...having 'Everybody Loves Raymond' on TWO tvs isn't helping matters.

One is an accident -- maybe you left the tv on. Two is proof. I'll always have to read your reviews with a grain of salt, now knowing what questionable. pedestrian, plebeian taste you have in tv sitcoms.

comment #14

gansibele says ...

How many different chairs in the room, Jeff?

comment #15

nemo says ...

"Speaking of bowels, I love how Jeff ends with a shot of the crapper, encapsulating his feelings on this accidental night in splendor."

My thoughts exactly.

"Only thing missing is a fat line of blow on that glass table and an unconscious hooker on one of the beds."

My thoughts exactly.

"I hate to sound like a shmuck tourist from Emporia , Kansas"

"...having 'Everybody Loves Raymond' on TWO tvs isn't helping matters."

"One is an accident -- maybe you left the tv on. Two is proof. I'll always have to read your reviews with a grain of salt, now knowing what questionable. pedestrian, plebeian taste you have in tv sitcoms."

My thoughts exactly. Reminds me of the news that when Dick Cheney travels, he requires that Fox News be playing on the tube the minute he walks into his hotel room.

Not sure what constitutes hip high-thread-count taste TV sitcoms.

I especially like the wet bar next to the marble table with the view. And the sliding door in the wall behind the bathtub, so you can slide it open and hold a conversation with your guests in living room while you're soaking in the bath.

And that view of the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower out the window! All you need to make it complete is the German Army marching by.

comment #16

Carl LaFong says ...

Aris P, you're absolutely right and I passive aggressively apologize to luxury hoteliers the world over. It's a lovely well-appointed room, which I think Jeff addressed effectively by titling the piece "Pig Out".

comment #17

Mgmax, le Corbeau says ...

I thought it was funny, Carl. Don't give in to those who don't get the joke, then the terrorists have won.

comment #18

thatrader says ...

Poor Jeff. If you ever stayed at the Mansion at the MGM Grand, I think you'd have a heart attack. They have 300 thread count sheets and a private, indoor pool in each room. Cost is $5000/night.

What kind of low thread count hotels do you usually stay at in Vegas?

comment #19

gruver1 says ...

Wells to Mgmax: I don't own a tuxedo or have one hanging in the bedroom. The tuxedo belonged to the late George Burns. It's a design signature of Planet Hollywood -- you've been to one, right? -- to display famous wardrobes from movies in sealed glass cases, as if they're ancient Egyptian or Greek artifacts. Say goodnight, Gracie.

comment #20

gruver1 says ...

Wells to thatrader: If I allow myself to become deluded enough to drive to Las Vegas for some reason, I'll make a point of staying in Boulder City -- a nice quiet little town where there's no gambling and no Jabba couples or Jabba families walking around in T-shirts and flip-flops and baseball caps. Or I'll bring a tent and drive out to camp in the Valley of Fire.

If I have to stay in Vegas for some reason on my own dime, I'll make a beeline for the oldest and dumpiest and most character-rich motel I can find. As long as it has a.c. and cable and a soda machine and an ice dispenser and clean sheets, I'm cool.

I would rather give my money to a homeless alcoholic who will promptly spend every last dime on booze for himself and his friends than pay to stay in one of the big swanky casino hotels on the Strip. I'm fine with Las Vegas if (a) I'm being comped and (b) it's only for two or three days, but I hate it if I have to spend anything.

comment #21

Monument says ...

I can't stand Vegas, every other person you see on there looks like they were just punched in the stomach.

comment #22

T. S. Idiot says ...

Wells should tell us more about his musical tastes. Would be quite fascinating.

comment #23

Tibu0083 says ...

Jeff, I'd always think that critics live the poshes life in luxury. No? I'm just wondering, where does the money come and go. And also, I'm a fan of the blog. Keep up the good work!

comment #24

Midwest Doug says ...

Love the tracking shot! But here's the thing. For the final toilet in question, you don't see the neat triangle that any half-decent hotel puts on the tp to show they've been there and serviced the room. So, the tp has been used. By Jeff. In that toilet. Somehow, I feel as close to him as when we saw the tinfoil underneath his heating elements on his electric stove.

comment #25

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