A conversation with Seattle
You don’t have to party to enjoy Vegas. People-watching provides lots of entertainment, and you can enjoy plenty of over-the-top pleasures as well. That includes great food from hole-in-the-wall to fine dining.
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But for context, as you shakily mop your brow, consider Ellensburg, over in eastern Washington, which on Saturday saw both a high of 95 degrees and thunderstorms with hail that provoked flash flooding.
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For the flâneur who hopes to beat the desert heat, the Grand Canal shops provide an arcade oasis, with unending window displays, ever-changing Venetian vistas, and ceaseless people-watching. Las Vegas, it turns out, is a people-watching apotheosis: You have everyone from the bachelorettes stilting around in heels and slinky dresses, to the families in T-shirts emblazoned with place names, to packs of conventioneers feigning camaraderie, to bleary-eyed slots junkies blinking at the enormity of St. Mark’s Square while they spoon their minestrone.
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