You know how sometimes after that fourth beer, people will accidentally say something that reinforces a known stereotype, and at first everyone gasps in horror (if strangers are around- I mean, what?), but then someone goes “Well, stereotypes exist for a reason, after all,” and at some point in history that became an entirely valid argument for being just a little bit racist or bigoty or whatever your judgment of choice is?
Well, I would like to extend this same courtesy to clichés.
Look, clichés exist for the same reason we’ve decided to consider all Jews funny, and all Latinos passionate lovers with pimped out Civics, and all white people as horrible dancers (unless an 80′s beat is involved and The Sprinkler is a bona fide dance move).
Partly because it’s just plain funnier that way… but most of all, it’s EASY.
Think about it. You go to a new place for the first time, you don’t know what the hell to do. So, you go dance on the piano key steps of FAO Schwarz, or have dinner on top of the Space Needle, or visit the Kendall Jackson winery in Napa, or lead a parade through the streets of Chicago singing “Twist and Shout”.
Wait, maybe not that last one.
My point is, what’s so wrong with these things? Just because millions of people do them every year, we’re supposed to look down on them? It’s so WAY TOTALLY COOLER to come home and brag about how you got off the beaten path and found this local bar with a local band playing and and drank the local beer the local bartender recommended and got to talk with the local people, man!
Well, you know what? You were probably annoying the hell out of them, and they all made fun of you as soon as you walked out the door.
(Really, you can’t blame them. You *were* wearing a scrunchie.)
All I know is that when I’m in Vegas in nine days, we will take a totally cheesy picture in front of the Bellagio fountain. We will scream “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, except herpes!!!” about eleventy billion times, and someone will most likely get married by an Elvis impersonator.
And that’s? Okay.
It’s okay to go out in Adams Morgan and end up at a Jumbo Slice every once in a while. Hell, ride a segway around Penn Quarter, for all I care. Do whatever makes you happy! Life is too damn short to not see the ball drop in Times Square or show your boobs at the Mardi Gras, just because zillions of people have done it before.
Because after all, is there ANYTHING more cliché than some hipster or otherwise pretentious d-bag saying, “Oh, that is so cliché” *condescending hand wave* ?
I think not.
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I <3 cliches. They make life fun.
Grab 'em by the balls!
I think cliche is probably a woman. Not a lady… but a woman.
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Agreed. I love the tourist things and the cliche things. Even here where I live, I’d totally overpay to see some orcas or take a tour bus. It’s interesting. The only cliche tourist thing I hate is the khaki outfits and the camera around the neck/fanny pack look. WHY DO PEOPLE DRESS LIKE THEY’RE ON SAFARI when they’re on vacation? I just can’t understand this phenomenon.
I’m totally guilty of bringing a Lonely Planet to my hostel and doing some of the crap they suggest.
Truth: most of our first trip to Costa Rica was guided by a Lonely Planet. No shame.
It’s not even fit that Vegas is happening NEXT FUCKING WEEK.
I don’t even know what to do about it.
*cue anxiety attack from TOO MUCH AWESOME* on the horizon
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I don’t mind being a cliche when I am on vacation. Usually I’m too lazy to search out the cool non touristy things to do. And that’s perfectly alright with me. At least the first time around.
Agreed re: first time around. The second time, maybe you branch out, even leave the cheesy $10 “I heart wherever” t shirt at home.
You do every cliche thing you can think of, and don’t give hipster douchebags another thought. Most of our good friends can be that way (most of the time), but I’ve learned that I don’t care what they think. Have a great time! (jealous that I’m still here in school and can’t do anything about it)
I’m sure there will be a next year… if we survive.
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Damn Segways….The fucking scurge of my workday. I love working in the Penn Quarter, but if I see another ‘Segway-ing for Jesus” tshirt I’ll fucking scream.
When I went to Seattle in in ’08, you best believe I went to the Pike Place Market, the ‘original’ Starbucks, rode the S.L.U.T. and spat off the space needle….why even visit the city if you’re not going to do SOME of the normal touristy things? I mean, they are popular for a reason.
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T. The Destructor Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 9:19 am
@T. The Destructor,
Also….what’s Jumbo Slice? Should I hit the Woodley Park metro stop and hunt it out? Let me know, DC girl!
You say you work here, and you don’t know what Jumbo Slice is??? NO COMPRENDO.
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T. The Destructor Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 9:58 am
@T. The Destructor,
Holy mother of God. That is a seriously huge slice of pizza. That’s like the volume of a small child. No wonder people say you have to be drunk to eat it. There is no way in hell I’d attempt to consume that sober.
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If you don’t embrace cliches you aren’t living life to the fullest! Drinking it in! Carpe Diem!
Oh, and you have to drink a six foot tall margarita in Vegas. They hand them out as you get off the plane.
I very well may never leave.
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So lucky. I want to go to Vegas and get fucked up and married and do cliche stuff all weekend. Jealous.
All are welcome, my dear.
A-freaking-MEN!
I always feel a little offended when some way-too-cool hipster sneers at some of the things that have made my life so exciting: going to NYC and going to the Empire State Building, for example. So what if everyone knew I was a tourist? I appreciate the cliche’d and cheesy stuff. The older I get, the less I care about what others think about me. And you can bet your ass I’ll be in that photo at the fountain with everyone. I’d kill myself later with regret if I didn’t.
You mean you’ll be IN the fountain, yes?
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I’ve renamed my penis ‘cliche’ in the hopes that people will start embracing it based on this post.
Men…keep walking. Nothing to see here.
“Nothing to see here.”
Too easy.
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Maxie Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 5:18 am
@moooooog35,
twss on both “nothing to see here” and “too easy”
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I’ve noticed this a lot while reading wedding blogs, everyone wants to be unique and God forbid you do something cliche like a candy bar or a garter toss (I’m not doing either of course b/c they are cliche…duh!).
People don’t garter toss anymore?? What prudes!
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Wait, you’re getting married? By Elvis? PERFECT! (As long as its to B, not another Elvis)
B won’t be there, so we better hope it’s NOT me that ends up married…
Although that’d be better than the herp, I suppose.
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I wholeheartedly agree with this post! Thanks for sharing and have a great time in Vegas!
I promise.
Hehe, I am so one of those cliched tourists. I visit somewhere, tell someone else what I did, and always get the “Psssh, you didn’t REALLY see the city” answer. I can’t help it, I love that shit.
It’s deliciously tacky. The world is our Hooter’s!!!
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You MUST go to downtown Vegas ONCE. And only ONCE. And then wash.
You must pull a slot machine lever while yelling “BABY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES!!!”
You must, must, MUST take a cheesy action photo in front of the giant bronze heads of Sigfried and Roy.
You know me better than that. We’re STAYING on the strip. Balls to the wall, per yoosh.
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I are jealous. Your Vegas trip sounds like it’s going to be a ton of fun!
Or else!
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I do the things I want to do. Period. Screw people who are going to make fun of me. They’re boring anyway.
A-freaking-men, ladyfriend.
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I’m so jealous that you’re going to Vegas. I wanna go to Vegas. And I expect it to be exactly like a mix of ‘The Hangover’ and ‘What Happens in Vegas’ – like to the tee. Bradley Cooper better be ready to make out. Because that’s WHAT HAPPENS. But I’m not even going. So I’ll live vicariously through you (which is very much a cliche saying anyway!).
Chica, I would do anything for you to come!!! Send cupcakes and I’ll pass them out in your honor. It will be almost like you’re there…
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I guess you should think fondly about this post next time you want to scream at “those fucking tourists” who get in your way when you’re speed walking home, eh?
It’s probably a good thing I live in a city that doesn’t really inspire any kind of tourist industry.
HA. I was waiting on someone to call me out on that. Should’ve known it’d be you.
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I definitely think you need to do something to get yourself on Photo Cliches. The boob flashing might be it.
Fine. But no nip.
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AMEN sista … if you went to Vegas and DIDN’T take a picture in front of that fountain, I’d be shocked. Things that millions of people go to see every year are MEANT to be seen, hipsters be damned. I hate how we have to fit some sort of mold – you’re not any more or less cultured if you decide to not to do the apparently ‘touristy’ or cliche things … just beeeee yourself I say!
And can I also say, I’m immensely jealous you’re going to Vegas. VIVAAAAA LAS VEGAAAAASSSS… hehe, I wrote ASS. lol
I love that you are five years old.
You know… just like me. xo
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I come from Latin America… where do I pick up my pimped out Civic?
Anyway, as Ryan Bingham says in “Up In The Air”, stereotyping is just faster. And it isn’t wrong (unless you’re a police officer). Clichés are also fun, and they’re not wrong, unless the only things that come out of someone’s mouth are clichés, in which case they need a life.
You know who you are.
Agreed. “Saying” and “doing” are two whoooooole different worlds.
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I am so jealous that so many amazingly cool people are going to Vegas in less than two weeks but I’m not.
Ugh.
There’s always next year!
Sure there is!
If we survive…
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All I can say is I hope you have an amazing time extending your cliche influence on the strip!!! ;o)
Thanks, darlin!
my dad will be taking me to vegas later this year for my *gasp* thirtieth birthday. i did warn him: dad, you are prepared to watch me do body shots of strippers and get married TO or BY elvis…right? cause…well, that’s what happens in vegas…
he’s cool with it. cliche’ away baby! just don’t do the cameron diaz slide OFF the end of the bar…all the rest is good.
Can’t it be “to” AND “by”??? Don’t limit yourself!
I say live up the cliche. There’s a reason so many people do it and you’ll probably kick yourself later for thinking you’re too cool for school.
And what better place to live it up than Vegas?
If there’s a better place, I don’t want to know about it.
Mostly because it would probably kill me dead to go there.
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I’m jealous.
Is that a cliche?
Have a great time over there!
Haha! Thanks so much! I have a feeling I will.
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I love this post!
I hate when my friend’s won’t stand next to me cause I “look like a total tourist”- well my friend, it’s probably cause I AM a tourist!
but I also liked that I figured out if you stand really close to the subway train in NYC and look like you could care less if you would accidentally fall onto the tracks- people think you are a native.
YES. Genius. I would totally buy that.
Also, if you don’t flinch at the rats crawling around the tracks.
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I <3 cliches, whole heartly. =) And have a fantastic time in Vegas! Someday I'll get there.
Make it happen, lady!
there is something AMAZING about those damn fountains.
I plan on swimming in them, so I’ll let you know when I get back.
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Such a good point. Honestly, there is nothing wrong with being cliche! ESPECIALLY when you travel. I think sometimes we all worry so much about being original that we miss the essential experiences that make us all so human!
Exactly. As long as you leave the fanny pack at home, have at is, tourist-hoss!
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Love your philosophy. A comedian I saw once provided this gem: I hate to stereotype…but it does save time. I use this all the time.
Have fun in Vegas!
Exactly. And if I’m anything, it’s lazy.
Here’s the beauty of getting older — you don’t think about cliches and just have fun. I really don’t give a rat’s ass what people think of me AND one day I’m actually going to be a tourist in NYC and see it from a totally different viewpoint.
Love it.
yep, yep.. perfectly said i think!
Why thank ya, my dear!
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I got stuck on the first part and have to share a funny (perhaps offensive) song with you. It’s called Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist and it’s from Avenue Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbud8rLejLM&feature=related
YESSSSS. I have always wanted to see that!!!
I do whatever the heck I want on vacation and if it’s cliche then so be it. Viva living life, cliche or not!
Exactly. It’s VACATION, after all. Isn’t the whole point to do whatever you want in a place where nobody knows you?
Grace´s last blog ..Oh, that sounds like a good show! I’ll check it out.
The first time I went to Vegas I partied like a rockstar (well actually not the first time because I was like 10, and that would be kinda fucked up so I guess technically the second time).
Aaaanyway, last time I went was to visit my dad so it was a low-key, not-so-touristy vacay and was awesome, but THIS time?!
This time will be EPIC
AND full of cliches
and that’s so perfectly fabulous
Yes, yes it is. Can’t wait!!!
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For some reason, I kept hearing that terrible country song about going to Vegas while reading this.
I wonder if it’s a tumor causing this? *=-P
Anyhoo.
In the words of the immortal and previously mentioned Elvis (or Elvis impersonator) Viva Las Vegas!
I will make sure that song is on my iPod before I go. Trust.
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So I like fried chicken. Kind of want to go get a bucket of original recipe right. now. out of spite for anyone telling me that admitting that means I’ve turned in my black card. Actually, kind of want to go get a bucket just because it will be delicious.
Might even dance well on my way down the street to KFC.
Holla.
Darlin, your stankey legg transcends all stereotypes.
I love doing the tourist thing. I have no shame. I do whatever makes me happy.
Shame is for SUCKAS.
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Act like a tourist, do things that others think are cliched — whatever makes you happy. And tell the haters where they can stick it
Have a WONDERFUL time in Vegas!
Up their BUTTS! Boo yah!!!
Jess´s last blog ..My Mom Rules
I think some things are too cliche to be cool, like the Eiffel Tower, for example. But then again, I guess that’s just because I don’t like France. But there’s nothing wrong with wanting to get the whole tourist thing going on. In fact, get herpes… uh, I mean, see Las Vegas like a tourist. Otherwise you might end up being a local. Or some kind of weird Jedi mind fuck bullshit pyscho babble. You should know by now that I don’t make any damn sense.
What’s “sense”?
Those “hipsters and otherwise pretentious d-bags” fit perfectly into the cliche of people who don’t know how to have fun. There’s no escaping cliche-dom so everyone might as well embrace it. Have fun in Vegas!
With open arms, my friend. Vegas, here I come!!
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I always think it’s funny when you talk to a local person who has never done the cliche things in their own city that actually have value. I live 20 minutes from NYC and have friends who will brag about never having been to Ellis Island. So you mean you are ignoring learning about you’re history because you are cool?…right…I’m totally impressed.
I’m pretty sure bragging about never having been to Ellis Island is racist. BAM. Just tell them that!!!
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As far as stereotypes, I think that you must make sure your mind is open to them being wrong. I for example am a sports-hating, non-beer-drinking Australian.
As far as cliches, I think of course, who wants to go to someplace awesome and deliberately avoid the most well-known awesomeness about the place? I mean maybe if you’ve been before, there’s no need to do those things twice, but come on. Hipsters, stfu.
Oh, stereotypes are only good for jokes, as far as I’m concerned.
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those are always the fun things and make for awesome pictures!
I try to do at least one “cliche” or “touristy” thing every time we go somewhere.
damn the world.
Make cliches sexy.
That could be a rap song.
See?? Stereotypes at work!
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i totally need that cliche touristy picture whenever i go somewhere new. otherwise it’s like i wasn’t even there! and y’all will be in Vegas the same weekend as a joint bachelor party for 2 of our college friends. so if you see my hubs and 20 guys in polo shirts dead on the side of the road…don’t be surprised.
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Yay! LiLu, I LOVE this article. Like, want to keep it in my pocket and pull it out and kiss it multiple times a day love it. So many people out there are so wrapped up in not following the status quo that, guess what?, they’re becoming the status quo!
This is my new mantra: “Do whatever makes you happy! Life is too damn short to not see the ball drop in Times Square or show your boobs at the Mardi Gras, just because zillions of people have done it before.”
Now I don’t have to feel about about wanting to hit up the biggest tourist trap anywhere I go!
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Oh, I’m SO not afraid to be that person. I got married in Vegas, took pictures in front of the sign AND the Bellagio fountain.
I’ve also been to Graceland. Twice.
I’m going to Seattle in July for a wedding – guess who’s going to the top of the Space Needle?
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“Jewish girls give the best head.”
“Don’t buy the cow without trying the milk first.”
Cliches I live by…
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I am a whole room full of cliches. A walking cliche. And I like it.
I agree with all of this except the part about the ball dropping in Times Square. Times Square is literally hell on Earth. Sure, everyone needs to see it at least once, but it’s not the place to go on New Year’s Eve. I think just about anyone who has braved the cold and tried to elbow their way to a spot where they could sort of see the ball at all could probably attest to this. Luckily, I’m not one of those people. I thought about trying it this last year since I was about to leave NYC, but thought better of it. There are a million cliched New York activities that are easier and more fun to do than that.
BeckEye´s last blog ..Happy MacPhisto Day
I’m all for doing the tourist thing when I travel, but I have to say it annoys me when people visit California and want to go to Disneyland. Disneyland sucks, but I only think that because I’ve been an million and two times.
But also, I’m white and a pretty good dancer if I do say so myself.
I wish I was going to Vegas! Drink one of those yard-long pina coladas for me (such a cliche but SO GOOD!)
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Like music videos, unfortunately it’s all been done before. What’s not Cliche though is trying to be as Cliche as possible…. that’s right, your head just exploded.
Kelly´s last blog ..Quick Update from TLSP
I think one of my most irritating characteristics is that I’m SO CLICHE. Like, I’m the asshat who takes a trillion pictures and wants the “Experience” of everything. But you know what, I’ll never be a hipster anyways, so I EMBRACE IT.
Also, NINE DAYS.
So your saying the locals weren’t really going to be my BFF’s for life?!? *tear* YOUR A DREAM KILLER LILU!!!
But anywho, I totally love doing cliche, touristy shit….how do you think those places get all there damn money.
Vegas is SOON!! And you guys and my coworkers and my friend are all going… separately… at the same time. It’s going to be TUMBLEWEEDS around here, so I expect you to bring me back lots of colourful photographs and embarrassing stories
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i’ll probably be the one getting married by an elvis impersonator. it’s my goal to follow in my father’s footsteps.
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I fully support any and all jumbo slices consumed in Adams Morgan.
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That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
That’s a cliche, right?
If it’s not, just ignore this comment and slap me when we see each other in Vegas.
AH!
Ali´s last blog ..My Sister’s Kiiiind of Talented
I think cliches act as lamp-posts that help light our way through the world. Sure, they are over-used and well-worn… But they always hold a kernel (or twenty) of truth. They help us measure our experience against others’ – help us navigate situations we’ve never been through.
Sure, when you’re writing, it’s nice to be able to turn those cliches on their heads… or illuminate them in some fresh way. But on the whole, I say embrace the cliche!
The day I go to Vegas, I’m ALSO doing all those Already-Been-Done Vegas things.
Who goes to Vegas and tries to get off the beaten path? You’ll probably just get robbed and mugged by out-of-work Cher and Neil Diamond impersonators.
J´s last blog ..I Don’t Even Like Tomatoes Anyway
Cliches exist for a reason yes there is a cheesy factor but, in the end you have to join the bandwagon of the tourist. Hell, when we got back to Vegas I told my husband we are renewing our vows in front of Elvis.
Although some cliches are better than others. I suspect that the reason people kiss the Blarney stone in Ireland is for some dirty old man to kind of feel you up as you lean upside down to help with your balance!
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yep, cliches and stereotypes are around for a reason.
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Fuh Reals! Whoever poo-pooed cliches needs some poo-poo in their face.
I can’t believe I just typed poo-poo, and again! This is what Mondays do to my brain.
I wanted to get married by an Elvis impersonator but my mom vetoed it. Someone needs to get married by an Elvis impersonator so I can live vicariously through them is what I’m saying.
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Go for it!!! Tourist cliches are the best and it’s totally liberating, cos at home, you have to act like’cool’ and like ‘a local’, but abroad you’re FREE to do all the ridiculous ‘so been done’ things….which are ‘so been done’ because they’re AWESOME!
Rambling crazy there, but hopefully you get the point!
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I think you should be a tour guide. Yep, that’s the job for you. Part way through your tour you should do a trust fall. Then lead your group around the city doing trust falls.
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Sometimes I want to do things that are cliched on purpose, just so I can say, “Hey I did that!”
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I love this post. I agree! The FAO Schwartz big piano is amazing. I would go there all the time, and I lived in NY.
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HA HA HA
Twist N Shout….
LiLu believe it or not I know 3 people that were in the marching band for that song!
Torn
I am a huge fan of cliche’s and stereotypes!
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Speaking of showing my ta-ta’s at Mardi Gras, I need to add that to my “Things to do before 30″ list…
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Civics was a typo, right? What you meant to say was Escalades. That’s ok. I forgive you. Anyway, I am not even aware enough to know what is touristy so I end up just doing whatever I feel like wherever I go. And thank’s to all of you who commented about Vegas. My son is moving there in about a month with his wife and kids. Shit, now I am worried. Daughter-in-laws sister was a stripper. Do they really give out those margaritas? Even to my 6 yr old grand daughter? What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? Does that mean that whenever I call my son, he won’t be able to talk to me??? Like it’s all a secret? Seriously,….ENJOY!
Life is way better when your having fun that when you are worried about being cool.
The bigger message I get out of this: Do whatever the hell you want and don’t worry about what everybody else thinks. It’s not a matter of it being ok or not ok- it’s a matter of doing WHAT YOU WANT.
In the end you are the only person you have to live up to.
Well said LiLu- can’t wait to see those Vegas photos.
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Dude there is NOTHING wrong with cliches. Especially in places like Vegas or Chicago or even New York. Sure some people may be embarrassed but I have to just say, “when in Rome.” So I’m jumping in a fountain and taking a sh*t ton of photos. And we need to document the amazing bear hug between us. FYI.
I dance on that GD piano every chance I get. The dumb asses that would make fun of me for doing that don’t even know why it’s a cliche. Born in 1990. PLEASE.
I agree! Clichés get way too much bad press.
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I think you’re expected to do all that shit in Vegas anyway so it’s all good.
Captain Dumbass´s last blog ..I’m Not Dead, It’s Just How I Look
what do you MEAN the sprinkler isn’t a bona fide dance move?
ExMi´s last blog ..Sage Advice From A Two-Year-Old
Although I do like to go off the beaten path every once in awhile, I whole-heartedly agree that cliches are cliches for a reason. I don’t think you should live your entire LIFE by cliche. But, every once in awhile, they’re just about the perfect thing.
Is it crazy that I’m already looking forward to stories about Vegas?
I’m jealous of everyone going to Bloggers in Sin City! I was hoping to go, but there is too much going on this summer, so maybe next year!
I’m looking forward to reading all of the tweets and/or blog posts about Vegas!
There’s nothing wrong with doing something cliched, but sometimes because so many people do it, the experience becomes unpleasant. Like in Vegas, you can sautee in three thousand other tourists’s sweat in Margaritaville in order to pay five times as much for blended KoolAid’n'vodka, or you can hike a bit off The Strip to Casa di Amore, a cool Old Vegas restaurant that no one ever goes to because it may or may not be a mob cover. You can pay through your nose to get to the top of the Stratosphere, look around, shrug, and come back. Or you can head to Madame Tussaud’s with your biffles and spend the evening taking pictures of you grabbing Tom Jones’s crotch.
I’ve got nothing against living out cliches, but it should be because you really want to — not for lack of imagination or because you haven’t researched some cool alternatives.
Anyway, as a Vegas native, I can assure you, the biggest Vegas cliche is the one most worth doing: drinking yo’ ass off. Have a great time at Bloggers in Sin City, dude!
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Ay-men. I was born and raised in what amounts to a giant tourist trap, and I still maintain that the best thing for Come-From-Aways to do is check out the beaches, the Anne of Green Gables house and eat some sort of seafood. Or at the very least have a beer in one of the ancient pubs. Nothing wrong with a good cliche.
(Says the girl who wants to have her birthday at Medieval Times. I might be biased due to my own lame-ness.)
Oh, I love doing the Cliche things and I have never been to Vegas it is on the list of things to do!!! Have fun doing all the CLICHES!!!!
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I like all the things I like specifically because I LIKE them. I say things like this all the time because I’m not “supposed” to like certain things (Miley Cyrus, Twilight, etc) because they are popular and cliche. But I like them. And I don’t care if 800million other peeps do as well. Enjoy the Bellagio and Vegas and I’ll be the cliche jealous person that didn’t get to go, with pride, here in Texas!
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Word! Can we add to the list people who go to a place FOR THE FIRST TIME and say “I don’t want to do touristy things” ? Because GUESS WHAT you are a tourist! Sheez.
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i say “cliche” it up. the bellagio pictures are gorgeous, screaming on the strip is always fun, and you know how those things became tourist cliches? someone did them once, they were fun, they told all their friends how fun they were, so the friends tried — and thus we have fun attractions. the end.
HAVE FUN IN VEGAS!! I SOOOOOO wish I was going.
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You’ll have SO much fun, it’s just going to be ridiculous.
My favourite was on my way to vegas last year there was a huge group of young guys getting on the plane, and after all of them had shouted and pumped fists about why they were excited to go, one burst out “I DON’T HAVE TO BE A DAD THIS WEEKEND! VEGAS!!!” and looked like he was so happy he could cry. lol The city does strange but wonderful things to people.
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The fountain at Bellagio is okay, but for full awesomeness I suggest the rides at the top of Stratosphere. There’s one that dangles you over the side. Awesome.
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