Is there any travel term as pejorative as “tourist trap”? It disses the attraction and it disses the doofuses (doofi?) who go there. Yeah, well, “tourist trap” is in the eyes of the beholder. We’d like to tell you about some places that others may scorn but we gladly allow to trap us. The signs [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Liberace’
Some People Call These Tourist Traps
Posted in Kitsch Factor, tagged Elvis Presley, Graceland, Las Vegas, Liberace, Liberace Museum, Memphis, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, South of the Border, Tennessee on August 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Kitsch City, U.S.A.
Posted in Kitsch Factor, Uncategorized, tagged Buddy Holly, Floriday, Graceland, Illinois, Las Vegas, Liberace, Oklahoma, Superman, Texas, Weeki Wachee Springs on June 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I certainly understand why some readers took exception to my assertion in a recent post that Las Vegas is among the must-see sights for Americans. Vegas is, indeed, a very silly place. But that silliness is what makes me love it—I have a very deep affection for all things kitschy, and Vegas is an entire [...]
