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Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:50 PM

Vegas is Funny

Brian Braiker
So I'm staying in the Las Vegas Hilton, which is directly across the street from the convention center. To get from my 7th-floor far-east-wing room to the center of the action, I only have to walk 12 miles. You see a lot of stuff on that journey--slot machine zombies, frozen in time; some fairly righteous facial hair; despair. By far the most excellent thing I've noticed so far is the Las Vegas Hilton Barry Manilow gift shop.

The Hilton, of course, is where Fat Elvis performed 837 consecutive sold-out shows,  performing before a cumulative 2.5 million people. The Vegas Hilton is the site of greatness! The King's castle!

And now, well, there's this:



Yes, that is a fridge stocked to bursting with Barry brand agua. Refresh. Re-hydrate. Manilow. I don't know about you, but nothing evokes the quenching power of cool, fresh mountain spring water like the He Who Writes the Songs. Drink deep of Manilow, America. Savor his essence. I know I will.
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