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Casino gambling and Vegas hotels will be doubly busy this month when the consumer electronic wars invade Las Vegas.

Yes, the terrestrial battle on who will take control of your home entertainment system, your cellular controlled lifestyle, or your gadget hungry obsessions is on.

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) happens in Vegas this month where the gigantic electronics industry players will show off tons of new flashy stuff we don’t really need.

C’mon, think people! These companies are creating needs that only program us to purchase things that doesn’t really do much forus except turn us into anti-social droids that walk around town with handy PDAs or mobile phones stucked to our ears pretending to make a connection with the rest of the world.

Hey man, that mp3 player is really as slim as a pencil! I bet half of the songs there are copyright infringed. And yeah, I’ve made hundreds of friends online too. But I don’t intend to sit down and have coffee with them anytime soon ‘coz, you know, I wouldn’t know what to say to them. IM-ing is one thing, making interpersonal chat is another.

Nah don’t worry. I’m not a tree hugger of…

Classy brands in campy stores? We don’t mean surplus outlets but shopping in Las Vegas.

The paradox of shopping is that even the most stylish products find themselves housed in malls, which in trying too hard to look upmarket, are deadly boring and generic. Not with Las Vegas casino hotel shopping, where even chic shops best left alone get a fashion makeover in their choice of themes — Parisian, Venetian, New Yorkish, Europeanesque, Ancient Arabian or Roman or Egyptian, et cetera.

Often the result isn’t cheap, literally and figuratively, but an amusing kind of kitsch that offers some of the best Las Vegas shopping deals. In the same shopping trip, for example, you’ll find panties perfect for a honeymoon and for strip poker. Shoppers get to play dressup, and so do the shops.

Best of Las Vegas Hotel Shopping

Aladdin, Bally’s, Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Circus Circus, Harrahs, Hilton.

Hooters, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Mirage, New York-New York, Paris Las Vegas.

Rio, Masquerade Village. Spread out underneath Masquerade in the Sky, said to be the best Las Vegas free show, the shopping arcade is designed like a quaint northern Italian hamlet, down to Italian décor, marble, and sandstone. Some 26 specialty shops and six restaurants, mixed in with gaming tables, include…

Half these places have a fake sky, and that isn’t the only crazy thing about shopping in Las Vegas.

If it’s any mammoth Las Vegas casino hotel shopping complex complete with themed performers and props for your amusement, then it’s likely they also took the trouble of putting a fake sky for heaven knows what. Aladdin’s Desert Passage, The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, Le Boulevard in Paris Las Vegas, The Grand Canal Shoppes of The Venetian — oh, yeah, look up and see.

Hey, I’ll take it, painted clouds and all. Whether going for the ultimate poker babe or fashionista look, hotels have some of the hottest Las Vegas shopping deals. Plus it’s doubly fun to shop in the company of Venetian human statues, Parisian mimes, animatronic Roman deities, and Arabian belly dancers.

Best of Las Vegas Hotel Shopping

Aladdin, Bally’s, Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Circus Circus, Harrahs, Hilton.

Hooters. There is no big deal about a pair of gift shops within hotel premises, but any girl with a big pair of best friends will find something to love here, not excluding the invisibly necklined tank tops and visibly short shorts famously worn by Hooters Girls.

Luxor, Giza Galleria. Music videos reassure me black-eyelined punks wearing blinding metallic and aping Queen are never out of…

It pains me to mention that the very undressed Britney Spears and Paris Hilton shop in Las Vegas.

Thankfully, shopping needs no defending. But I would note that the whole point of Las Vegas casino hotel shopping is to get properly outfitted before venturing out into the world.

If you know where to look, hotels have some of the hottest Las Vegas shopping deals: a Hooters tank top, Cirque du Soleil strappy blouse, or Binion’s Poker baby tee, depending on who you want to pick up or get picked up by. And go get some pleasant lingerie, too, in case those strip poker pictures find their way on some Internet sex tape or other.

Best of Las Vegas Hotel Shopping

Aladdin, Desert Passage. One of the best shopping complexes on the Las Vegas Strip, it is 475,000 sqft worth of over 170 specialty shops, from Betsey Johnson to Urban Outfitters, and 15 restaurants, like Godiva Chocolatier. You can take a pedicab tour of what is designed like ancient trade routes to the Arabian desert from the coast of Spain or northern Africa, complete with indoor rainstorm, acrobats, jugglers, and belly dancers. Open 10 am to 11 pm, or midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

Bally’s, Avenue Shoppes. Its over 20 shops and boutiques offer browsing options that aren’t the usual fashionista fare, including Las Vegas Harley Davidson, Le Grand Jewels, and Marshall Rousso. Open 9 am to 11 pm.

Bellagio, Via Bellagio. There are over 10 specialty shops…

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