We have been to the top of the Eiffel Tower - the one in Las Vegas! What a view. It is 50 stories high and the elevator has a glass front so the ride up and down is just as thrilling as the view from the top. "Paris" was being built last time we were here (1995). It is quite a contrast to drive from ghost towns to glass castles. Appropriately enough I am just finishing the book, The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls. It is a gripping memoir about her life with non-conformist parents who with 4 children lived a nomadic life in desert towns of the US. Her father's mission was to built a "glass castle" for his family. The story is fascinating and especially intriguing because it is about the author's life. Her parents become street people (by choice) after their children are grown. She never looks at street people in the same way again.
Las Vegas is a place of many contrasts too - the beauty of glass, the marvellous shows of fountains and waterfalls, the gorgeous sculptures, volcanoes and pirate ships. And then the street people, the addictions, the cards handed out every 10 feet offering "hot babes". The push and shove of people in the heat.
The glass castles of Vegas - a little trip out of the real world - fine for a time.
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Hello Joyce and Rip,
ReplyDeleteYour thoughts are always inspiring and levelheaded reminders. "The Glass Castle" is a good read but even better was the interview with Jeanette Walls, along with her Mother, by OPRAH on her show "Secrets Revealed." Both the book and the show remind me of a saying (by whom I am not sure) : "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."
BiG HuGs, Love, Evelyn