Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Bellagio blogging
Speaking of my room, the place was overbooked when we arrived late last night. Rather than confront the potential of my decompensating rage, the delightful desk clerk gave me an upgrade to a suite. This was a pleasant surprise, since I had had quite a long day, starting at 5:30 a.m. on the east coast.
As you can see, it has excellent conditions for blogging, including high speed internet coming up from behind the couch, which faces a large-screen television.
I rarely get to stay in such places on somebody else's dime, and I'm way too self-denying to spend my own money on such extravagance. Fun, nonetheless.
You have to be careful in such digs, though. The Bellagio warns its guests at check-in that the minibar operates by a motion detector. If you touch something, you own it. Jostle the nice arrangement of salty snack foods, and you just bought $40 of chips and peanuts. This strikes me as punitive. I asked the clerk whether this system pissed off a lot of guests, and she conceded in subaudible tones that it did. She said that if I picked something up but didn't eat it I should call the front desk in real time and they would correct it. At the Bellagio's prices, that's a fail-safe I do not want to test.
I had to hop out of bed early this morning to get to a 7 am breakfast meeting. Here's the sunrise view of the Strip from my window:
Wish you were here.
4 Comments:
By 
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Wed May 18, 02:02:00 PM:
Hight-speed internet in your upgrade suite. How suite it is.
Sissy
By , at
Wed May 18, 02:29:00 PM:
For an upgrade suite, that place looks pretty cheesy. Looks like it could use a velvet Elvis to round out the decor. It might play well with the blue-haired types, but dang!
Next time, use the other guy's dime and go for the Wynn's.
By 
Josh, at
Wed May 18, 03:21:00 PM:
Looks really nice! I've never gotten to stay at the Bellagio, but it looks pretty comparable to the Venetian.
But $1 on #22 Red for me. ;)
By Jimmy K., at
Fri May 20, 12:14:00 AM:
It is a conspiracy. I took my wife to Caeser"s Palace. They were over booked or made a mistake and said O.K. we will make it up to you and gave us a suite. After that my wife would not have anything else. So the Casino knew what it was doing and I have had to pay for a suite ever since. :)
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