What Happens There - Believer Magazine
1. One summer, when sixteen-year-old Levi Presley jumped from the observation deck of the 1,149-foot-high tower of the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas, the local city council was considering a bill that would temporarily ban lap dancing in the city’s strip clubs, archaeologists unearthed shards of the world’s oldest bottle of Tabasco brand sauce from […]
essays January 1st, 2010 | Issue sixty-eight What Happens There ASIDE FROM HEART ATTACKS, STROKES, AND THREE TYPES OF CANCER, THE THING MOST LIKELY TO KILL YOU IN LAS VEGAS IS YOURSELF. DISCUSSED The World’s Oldest Bottle of Tabasco, The Problem of Teen Suicide, The Most Stressful City In Which to Live, The Perfect Suicide Hotline Call, Cultural Criticism v. Pro-Business Pandering, What Might Upset the Tourist, Chocolate Coffins, The Maximum Air Speed Our Bodies Can Reach, The Tallest Dick in Las Vegas, TV Land, Johnny Pot Roast, A Wave Goodbye by John D'Agata Lisa Kereszi, Las Vegas at Night,
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