As I may have mentioned (around four hundred times before…) I am currently away in Los Angeles. Actually, at this time of typing, I am in Las Vegas. We came here for a holiday within a holiday, as L.A. is part work, and it was €53.00 return to fly to Vegas from L.A…so…here we are!

It’s my first visit to Las Vegas, and all the warnings of the mentalness have proved true. It’s demented here. No complaints though.

I am a huge fan of typography, so couldn’t resist a visit to the renowned ‘Neon Graveyard.’ This lot on the outskirts of town is filled with rusting hotel & casino signs from the last century. Many of the designs are just astounding - one, for the Moulin Rouge, was the actual handwriting of the renowned designer Betty Willis.

it’s a short tour - the place is smaller than expected, but it’s enough. You are in the desert after all, and the 11am heat can be overpowering, but I am so glad we went…I have a feeling the studio signage will be changing dramatically once I get home!

More posts from L.A. to follow…I want to live there.

xBlanaid

P.S While I took the above photos, the Neon Museum restricts any commercial use of these images - I have to tell you so now you’re done told! : )