Originally Posted by
Chaz_12
Just finished my stay at the Grand Sierra, and had to post a photo.
This is the pattern embroidered into the couch in my room. I am mildly ashamed to say that I was kind-of "into it".
No need to be ashamed; it's cool in an "early '60s boy's bedroom cowboy motif" kind of way. At least it shows that GSR interior decorators have some sense of whimsy... unlike the main casino floor, which looks for all the world like a very conservatively decorated bank lobby. Granted, the "bank lobby" look is an improvement over the "retro bordello" riot of color that was the Hilton's main casino floor, but I think the ideal look would be somewhere between those two extremes.
Originally Posted by
tom911
You're really not far from Virginia City where there is still some flavor of the old west with saloons, gambling halls and old tombstones in the cemetery. I'll post one photo here and the the link for the rest.
Tom in Shanghai today
Yep, Virginia City is always worth a day trip from Reno, as is the
Nevada State Museum in Carson City. If you start early you can make a big loop and see both in one day, but that would most likely be an entire day's worth of sightseeing.