las vegas trip 2-3 to 2-5
it's only been a week of work and i've already taken vacation time! i left for vegas bright and early sat morn, got there in 1h. jody/heeyup (J/H) and radu/i went to venetian for breakfast buffet--it was pretty good esp the muffin! afterward, we wandered all over the strip for awhile, shopping at the Forum, seeing Mac King Live comedy show at Harrahs (free show with purchase of a drink) which was hilarious and magically entertaining, more walking and shopping all the way to Fashion Show mall. We were EXHAUSTED by 5pm since we we only slept 4h the night before (i was at co-workers bday party and we had early flight from SFO), and waited for J/H to pick us up. We were starving for some real hearty food, so I decided on Italian for pasta. Jody wanted to get reservations for Norma's off the strip, but it was booked 'til 10pm and I was too hungry! fortunately, jody introduced us to Danielle's Snowy Popcorn for a snack, and i devoured that thing! we ended up going to this other fancy italian place at Mandalay Bay, but the menu sucked, and we actually walked out after being seated! hehe, we're bad! Instead, we went right next door to Burger Bar, where believe it or not, they have a $60 burger made with "Kobe beef, sautéed foie gras, shaved truffles, Madeira sauce, on onion bun". No kidding!! Radu and I tried a turkey burger (i know, i know, but i usually love turkey burgers!), Jody had salmon burger, and Heeyup had his usual Kobe beef burger. The only person who was satified fully was Heeyup. Oh well. Good thing was they had Chocolate Swan right next door, so we had a Kahlua cheesecake for dessert! I know we should have tried the Big Daddy Chocolate Eclair, but i wasn't quite in the mood. We saw a couple of Bellagio fountain shows, and were just too tired to stay out any longer. Home to a wonderful house (housing is sooo affordable there!! i'm jealous!), and to bed!
Sun-Superbowl Sunday!! J/H up early to prepare, R/N sleep til 11! =) Jody made us banana panckaes, YUM!! the party was great--so much great home cooking, i'm very very impressed and inspired! time to learn to cook! we had jerk chicken wings, teriyaki chicken wings (all sauces homemade), fresh salsa and guac, fig jam with prosciutto on baguette, creme puffs, cheese and chocolate fondue with fresh brownies, the list goes on forever!!! ate soo much i felt quite ill. =P didnt' really care about the game--but met lotsa J/H friends from vegas. felt we needed to burn some kcals, so borrowed jody's car and went out to the strip again. We wanted to see all the free nighttime shows since it was our last night. We started with Sirens of TI, which was slutty and sucked, then went to Mirage for the even crappier volcano which should be eliminated by now. We passed Ceaser's and Bellagio (still my fav) and got to Excalibur (4 miles walking now), played some Midway games . Then we walked all the way back to Wynn (4 more miles) to see "Lake of Dreams" which was the WORST show EVER!!! We were sooo exhuasted and walking so far to see a dumb frog sing was beyond disappointing. At least our car was only about 1/2 mile away, so we finally drove home at 1am, dead as can be.
Mon-last day! woke up at noon! took taxi to strip as J/H had to work bright and early. we started at circus circus (i love midways!) and lost money playing midway and blackjack. boohoo. we said that if we won at blackjack, we'd take a taxi all the way to bellagio (about 3-4miles) to indulge in the buffet! but unfortunately, we both lost, and with no extra money, had to walk on over. it was a good idea tho 'cuz the weather was a FABULOUS 70's, and we ended up eating SOOOO much that we were thankful we had walked earlier! i never had such tasty prime rib, roasted veggies, jumbo shrimp cocktails, etc. We shared TWELVE desserts! my fav was the tiramisu in a pure chocolate muffin cup. yum!! anyhow, we walked out promising we won't eat for days (but of course we ate again later that night!). jody picked us up, and we went to get some of that Danielle's popcorn that is only in Vegas. Got to airport at 8pm, only to find out our flight was delayed 'cuz we didnt' have pilot. (?) after we were on plane, they said maintence papers needed to be signed, and we were held up again. 30 min later, they said a part was missing on the plane and it needed to be flown in from Phoenix!! so 1.5h later at midnight, we finally re-boarded (thank goodness they let us off plane). we got to SFO at 2pm, home at 3:30am, and bed at 4am....with work starting at 8am the next day!! i was sooo pooped, but what a great trip!! thanks J/H!!! =)
Sun-Superbowl Sunday!! J/H up early to prepare, R/N sleep til 11! =) Jody made us banana panckaes, YUM!! the party was great--so much great home cooking, i'm very very impressed and inspired! time to learn to cook! we had jerk chicken wings, teriyaki chicken wings (all sauces homemade), fresh salsa and guac, fig jam with prosciutto on baguette, creme puffs, cheese and chocolate fondue with fresh brownies, the list goes on forever!!! ate soo much i felt quite ill. =P didnt' really care about the game--but met lotsa J/H friends from vegas. felt we needed to burn some kcals, so borrowed jody's car and went out to the strip again. We wanted to see all the free nighttime shows since it was our last night. We started with Sirens of TI, which was slutty and sucked, then went to Mirage for the even crappier volcano which should be eliminated by now. We passed Ceaser's and Bellagio (still my fav) and got to Excalibur (4 miles walking now), played some Midway games . Then we walked all the way back to Wynn (4 more miles) to see "Lake of Dreams" which was the WORST show EVER!!! We were sooo exhuasted and walking so far to see a dumb frog sing was beyond disappointing. At least our car was only about 1/2 mile away, so we finally drove home at 1am, dead as can be.
Mon-last day! woke up at noon! took taxi to strip as J/H had to work bright and early. we started at circus circus (i love midways!) and lost money playing midway and blackjack. boohoo. we said that if we won at blackjack, we'd take a taxi all the way to bellagio (about 3-4miles) to indulge in the buffet! but unfortunately, we both lost, and with no extra money, had to walk on over. it was a good idea tho 'cuz the weather was a FABULOUS 70's, and we ended up eating SOOOO much that we were thankful we had walked earlier! i never had such tasty prime rib, roasted veggies, jumbo shrimp cocktails, etc. We shared TWELVE desserts! my fav was the tiramisu in a pure chocolate muffin cup. yum!! anyhow, we walked out promising we won't eat for days (but of course we ate again later that night!). jody picked us up, and we went to get some of that Danielle's popcorn that is only in Vegas. Got to airport at 8pm, only to find out our flight was delayed 'cuz we didnt' have pilot. (?) after we were on plane, they said maintence papers needed to be signed, and we were held up again. 30 min later, they said a part was missing on the plane and it needed to be flown in from Phoenix!! so 1.5h later at midnight, we finally re-boarded (thank goodness they let us off plane). we got to SFO at 2pm, home at 3:30am, and bed at 4am....with work starting at 8am the next day!! i was sooo pooped, but what a great trip!! thanks J/H!!! =)
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