Holy!
So we've been in Vegas since last Wed... it was AWESOME!
Let's see if I can remember everything that we did...
Wed we got there and checked into our hotel (the Stratosphere)... nice rooms... went for our first Vegas buffet to the Sahara (ghetto, cool roller coaster, close to our hotel). It was soooo yummy!
After dinner the boys were on a treck to find the convention center to go listen to Bill Gates so Morgan and I decided that we were going to try and find an outlet mall. So we find this map by the bus stop and the mall doesn't look that far away.. so we start walking. We stopped by a 7-11 after walking for about 20 min and a bus driver told us that we weren't that far away, that it was just down the road. So we keep walking.. 20 more min and we still don't see it! So we stop into a Quiznos (after passing 3 more 7-11s) and they tell us we just have to go down the road about 5 more min.... so 20 more min later we then find a mall... pfft.. that isn't an outlet mall! It was so lame! But at least there was a bunch of cops there with the mall security. It was like watching COPS because they had this car surrounded and the one officer was standing going "DON'T MOVE!" It was AWESOME!
We caught a cab back to the hotel to meet up with the guys and the driver told us the street we were walking on is so seedy they normally won't pick people up on it! EEP! lol.. nice to know AFTER THE FACT! lol.. it was funny though because we both got an East Hastings vibe from it.. so we weren't THAT surprised.
Then we gambled for a bit.. hung out with the guys and then crashed for the night.
The next day the guys went off to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and Morgan and I found the REAL outlet mall!!! (one of them) It was a ton of fun! I'm glad we went..got some good stuff. Then we dumped our stuff and went to the buffet at our hotel with the guys. OMG! IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! There was salmon and all the desserts and everything.. omg! It was the best thing I've ever seen. Then we went down the strip for a while... then we went home.
Friday we had breakfast at Dennys :), the guys went back to CES and met Cal Ripkin Jr, and Morgan and I went to AVN... aka the porn convention! LMAO! It was hilarious and we got some good pics/autographs for the guys. It was funny.. some pretty crazy people there let me tell ya!
Then we went to Sephora.. I wanted to get this lipgloss that Jehn has.. but the kind they had wasn't in the squeeze tube like I wanted so I got this other cool one that's a minty lip plumper.. good stuff! We got makeovers and met up with the guys and watched the Treasure Island Sirens show.. it was really cool! We also saw the volcano at the Mirage and the water show at the Bellagio! Later we went back to the hotel and each did our own thing. Ry and I went and bought our tickets for Celine!!!!! OMG!!!! (for the following night) we did the ride at the Sahara, wandered around, walked around and did a bit of shopping at Caesars, and went back.
I just have to interject that OMG time FLIES down in Vegas!
Then Saturday we ended up going on the gondola ride at the Venetian. It was soooo cool! We had a gondalier from Venice and he sang to us and everything! Ry and I met up with his friend Crystal from Toronto (who's moving back to Vancouver soon). She had a lay over in Vegas on her way to Cabo and her flight was delayed so it ended up being a lot of fun because she came to Celine with us. Before that we went for dinner at this restaurant in the Paris.. it was amazing because it was outdoors and the whole time we got to watch the water fountain shows at the Bellagio. They go every 15 min and it was great! Let me just say that the Celine concert was the best show I've ever seen! Her voice is amazing.. as I'm sure you already know! There were dancers and it was just incredible! I can't really describe it!
After that we went up the eiffel tower at the Paris and did a bit of gambling and we split a daquiri in an eiffel tower mug! It was good times! Long night though.. (for us old people)... we didn't get back to the hotel til after 1.. closer to 1:30.
The next day we went for brunch to the Bellagio.. OMG! That was the craziest meal I'd ever had! It was pasta/sushi/breakfast/desserts/cereals/salmon/meats.. OMG! It was soooooooooo good! we were all so stuffed! lol.. then Morgan and I went to M&M World, the Coke Museum (LAME!) and a few other shops. Went home and changed and off to Excalibur for the Tournament of Kings show/meal. That was awesome! The food was fun to eat with our hands.. the show was killer... we all had sooooooooooo much fun.. did a couple games and such. Then we did the luxor and then the New York New York roller coaster! HOLY! That was fun!
Wandering around the hotels was fun.. it's cool to be able to go to Italy, NY, Greece.. all those and more in one trip! :)
Monday we didn't feel like eating much.. so we just had a light meal at the Roxy Diner in our restaurant.. super fun 50/60's style diner where they sing to you while they're working! It's really neat!
Then a few last minute gifts, went to the Blue Man Group.. pretty good.. then, OMG! Dinner at the Top of the World Restaurant on the top of our hotel. It was incredible! Super expensive but the best meal I've ever had! The dome is rotating so we got to see the whole strip while we ate :) It was soooooooooo good! romantic and fun! Then we took a few pics on the observation deck. .. did some gambling and had our final Vegas daquiris in our Stratosphere cups.
It was so great because we didn't have a lot to drink and we didn't gamble much.. came out with more money.. Morgan won $200 on penny slots! Ry won $80.. good stuff :) Got to see pretty much all that we planned on seeing..
I'll post some pics when I get them from Ry...
I hope that wasn't too boring.. had to mention the food because it was so good!
I'm glad we went.. I'm glad we didn't go for a shorter time b/c it just goes so fast!
Have to say all the hype over the Wynn hotel.. ya it's amazing from the outside.. nice inside but I prefer the Bellagio (interior)... everything there is just so MASSIVE!
Wish we'd had time to do the Canyon and Hoover Dam.. but pfft.. we barely squeezed all we did in without passing out from exhaustion! :)
Glad to be home with our puppy (who is so pooped after puppy daycare walks/hikes) and kitty, who was soooooooooo lonely apparently ;), and glad we went during all the rain! Hehehehe..
Love you all!