Ostentatious: adjective
- Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others.
The hot new hotel in Vegas right now is the Cosmopolitan, we took a wander around earlier today looking for lunch. In real estate talk the Cosmopolitan would be described as “compact”. It’s on a small plot of land sandwiched between other projects and is rather confusing inside with stuff spread over many floors, but in the middle of the building is a bar surrounded by three floors of crystals on strings.
There must be millions of them, it’s not a subtle look and reflects the rest of the hotel nicely. The whole hotel does not have much of a theme (trendy in Vegas today, which when one of your biggest hotels is shaped like a pyramid and has a giant concrete sphinx outside it’s a little tricky to de-theme), and I mean that a a complement. From the massive video displays in the lobby with bubbles floating around on them to the white leather lounge furniture. It’s all very much what you expect from Vegas, and really I quite liked it.
Onto lunch, there are plenty of “fusion” restaurants around, and Vegas has more than it’s fair share. However today we discovered something that sounds a little stranger than most.
Chinese/Mexican… Yep, a Chinese Mexican restaurant, with tacos and dim sum on the same lunchtime menu.It took a couple of moments to get out collective heads around that one.
Having said that, it was very, very good and just what we needed prior to touring some very affordable real estate for a couple of hours this afternoon. House prices are not where they were a few years ago, they have recovered slightly, but only slightly and we were told today that well over 50% of the market still has negative equity. It’s interesting looking at a job that really only needs an internet connection and close proximity to a major airport, it really does open up a lot of options.
A lot to think about and it’s time to get on an airplane. Thank you for the upgrades Delta.
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Pretentious, but in a city full of the extraordinary and built on conspicuous consumption.
The cosmo is small, but such a good hotel with a lot of great places to sit and watch. We had a great time last month and the draped crystals is very cool when sitting in the bar looking out.