Observations from the Las Vegas Strip

I rarely make it down to the Las Vegas strip (for reasons too numerous to include in this blog). However, I made it down this weekend since I had friends here from out of town.

The good news is that the strip was PACKED. I know there was a UFC fight Saturday night and the Super Bowl today, but it was so good to see the city so busy. It's been awhile since I've seen that many people in town, so hopefully the city isn't doing as poorly as we think it is.

The rest of my observations, unfortunately, are rants:

1. In most instances, pedestrians have the right of way. For example, when I went running this morning and that gold Hyundai Santa Fe almost ran me over when it was turning right and failed to look either way? Yes, I had the right of way in that situation and you almost hit me, you idiot. But I do not feel that pedestrians should have the right of way on the Las Vegas strip because they are so stupid. When there is a little green man, it means that you are supposed to walk across the street. When there is a red hand, it means to not walk across the street. No, it is not Satan's hand beckoning you to come hither. It means STOP! I do not understand why these dumb tourists feel that just because it's Vegas, they can cross the street whenever they want. Traffic on the strip is already horrible, and you crossing the street when the cars have the light does not help! I know you are busy drinking your 3 yards of margarita, or my personal favorite, a plastic football of beer, but that doesn't give you an excuse to be dumb. You hear these stories about drivers that smash right into a crowd of people on the street, and you wonder why it doesn't happen more often.

2. Since when have there been so many Cardinals fans? I watched football from a local bar almost every week of the season, and I saw maybe two Cardinals fans all season. Now all the sudden they are in the Super Bowl and you are the biggest fan ever? Where were you when they sucked?

3. I know I'm going to offend some people, but there's just something weird about guys wearing super designer jeans. Mainly True Religion jeans. Now, I love my True Religion jeans. I got a few pairs several years ago before everyone and their mom bought them. And yes, I'm serious about people's moms wearing them. I saw a woman at least 60 years old wearing a tight pair of hip hugger True Religion jeans on the strip. It was not okay for Jessica Simpson to wear mom jeans, so it's definitely not okay for moms to wear jeans that were made for 20-year-olds. But even worse is when I see a guy wearing the jeans. They might as well have the word "douchebag" tattooed on their forehead. And usually with the jeans comes an Affliction or Ed Hardy t-shirt. Ugh, just the site of any of the above makes me want to scream, yet every other guy I saw on the strip this weekend was wearing them.

4. I'm sure this observation isn't unique to the Vegas strip, but this is the only place I've seen this lately. Why are people still wearing those creepy shirts with Obama's face on them? Okay, yes, we get it. He won. Enough already. The lady I saw this weekend was wearing a white t-shirt with his face in gold. Yes, gold. Really?