My earlier posting about the 'Berlin Buns' struck a note with a number of people with a interest in techie matters (What are you doing reading this blog, you should be working? – Actually, what am I doing writing this bog, I should also be working!) as it appears that cakes, pastries and sundry bread products play an important part in their lives. So, I thought I would dig out another cake-related photograph – taken with a pretty basic point-and-shoot digital automatic. The picture was taken in the shopping arcade of the Wynn Hotel, which is currently the top venue for weddings in Vegas, and shows a wedding cake that appears to be decorated with icing-covered donuts. Here is a haibun I wrote about the trip...


Honeymoon in Vegas

They always tell you Las Vegas is the wedding capital
of the United States – if not the world. On my short
trip I encounter two brides. The first, clad in traditional
long white dress and veil, is standing in the queue for
a cab outside the Bellagio at midnight on a warm June
evening.

The second is when I’m on my way back to the airport.
I’m standing outside the Wynn, waiting for another cab.
But, there’s a delay and a plane to catch so I order a
limo – not as flash as it sounds as they are cheap to
hire. A couple, waiting in the queue next to me, ask
if they can go dutch and share the limo as they too
need to get to the airport in a hurry. “No problem,”
I say. Turns out they have been in Las Vegas to get
married and took a honeymoon suite at the Wynn that
had a floorspace of 1800 square feet. “That’s bigger
than many people’s homes in the UK,” I say. “That’s
bigger than many people’s homes in the United States,”
they reply.

Vegas honeymoon – in a bridal suite
bigger than the home they’ll share.



(Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas, 20:24pm, June 26th 2007, f 2.8 - 1/60 - ISO 200)