Have you ever experienced nostalgia for something you’ve never had? I’ve got a bad case of the “faux-stalgia”(yep, just made it up) going these days. Someone once told me that the feeling is a remembrance of a past life, or even a peek into a future one.
I hang out with a lot of hippies.

It happens often when the holidays begin to roll around. I “remember” pulling vegetables out of my garden to roast for Thanksgiving dinner, or driving into the forest to cut down the family Christmas tree. I “recall” fetching kindling for the fireplace, or watching the season’s first snow fall from the porch, hands warming around a mug of cocoa.

You might be asking yourself, “What does any of this have to do with Las Vegas?” You know, if you’re the kind of person who reads blog post titles.

The truth is that I can recollect pulling into the city limits on a summer Friday around sunset, top down on my Chevy, warm desert wind whipping the hair around my face. I drive down the Strip and Nancy Sinatra comes over the airwaves and sings that her baby shot her down. 

The air is hot and there might be a pistol in the glove box.

Night falls and I pull into the Wynn Las Vegas and the valets scatter with my bags and I head up to the room to wash the desert away. I sit in the marble bath and contemplate what to drink.

By the time Monday morning has come, I’ve dined and I’ve gambled, I’ve drank a little too much and laughed a little too hard, my skin is crisp from days spent poolside, and I’ve had the kind of Las Vegas weekend that one is prepared to hold on to for old age. I slip my boots on, go down to my car, and drive for the northwest. I don’t have plans for what comes next.

Maybe I should call these supposed memories for what they really are – daydreams – but they’re so vivid, so radiant and brilliant and gleaming in my mind, that they’re more valuable than simple castles in the air. Really, our dreams are the bricks to our existence.

I’m off to chase them now across the booking platform.

Photography Credits: One and Two.

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Given just how many amazing casinos there are in Sin City, no one can reasonably expect to visit them all in a single trip, so it makes sense to pick a few of the very finest places to play casino games, and focus on visiting those select few during your visit. There are Vegas casinos to suit all tastes and styles, and folks who want to focus first and foremost on straight-up gambling perhaps will find the Wynn Las Vegas to be a fantastic option.

The glass façade of this fifty story building shines like an enormous diamond when the sun catches it, and inside, the casino is one of the best you can find anywhere in Vegas. Featuring all the games your little gamblin’ heart could desire – not to mention the luxurious decor and atmosphere – this is a place any casino goer could love. 

The Wynn isn’t the last word in glamour though, because both the Bellagio and MGM Grand have out of this world opulence practically dripping onto the sidewalk. The gambling at these establishments is a tad on the high-roller side, but with gorgeous pools and other entertainment like concerts, sporting events, and fine dining, you don’t have to spend all your time (or money!) in the casinos.

Another casino/hotel in Vegas which offers top class dining is the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, styled after Carnival in Rio. This is one of the brightest and friendliest casinos on the Strip, and perfect for those who like to meet new people and make new friends while they play.

For couples on a romantic getaway, the Venetian Casino offers a chance to combine casino gambling with a gondola ride through a painstaking reproduction of Venice, Italy – perfect for anyone who says casinos can’t be romantic. That definitely beats playing at an online or android casino, even though those can be enjoyable, too.

{All photos courtesy of the United States National Archives. Article by Brian Jensen, a Danish freelance travel writer. Thanks for contributing to Of Revolt, Brian!}

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