Hang on to your sweaty baseball cap: There's a museum in Las Vegas. Fear not, there are no geriatric docents with scripted speeches, no blue-blazered security guards judging you and your potential for wall-touching. For a break from boozing, losing, and cruising, make your way to the fabulous Neon Museum just 15 minutes north of the strip.
The entrance is housed in what used to be the lobby for La Concha hotel. It was saved from demolition in 2006, gutted, and moved to its current location. One of the things that made me feel great and old at the same time is that I stayed at La Concha hotel twice way back in ye olde nineties. It was across the street from ye olde Stardust - see my 20-something granny bathing suited self by the Concha pool below.
The rooms were around $40/night. You could drink for free all night at a penny slot machine, and eat steak all day for $9.99. Las Vegas was a stressed and starving student's salve. Present day Vegas is a lot more expensive. Or maybe it's my lady of a certain age tastes that have inflated the prices... EITHER WAY, the Neon Museum captures vintage Las Vegas and its simpler times in a sophisticated way. It is beautifully arranged, well-managed, and a welcome respite from all the sin down the street.
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