Las Vegas was a blast. The husband and I got in Thursday night. We had a slight issue with the hotel when checking in but that was quickly remedied and they upgraded us to a suite to make up for the inconvenience. We gambled a little bit that night and went to bed.
Friday we hit the pool and it was packed. By 1 PM we were frying. The temperature hit 115 degrees- but it was a dry heat thank god. I don't know why anyone thinks that makes it feel any better- 115 degrees is still freakin' hot. We gambled some more but this time we played single deck blackjack and holy shit that was hard. But we had a dealer who'd been doing it for 30 years and she gave us a lot of good advice. That night we and the other two couples went and saw Cirque du Soleil O at the Bellagio. It was an amazing show. Afterwards we had dinner at one of the restaurants and I had my first brush with B-list fame. Cory Feldman was eating dinner at the table next to us. He is a lot shorter than I expected. He also had this huge bodyguard. I have no idea why he would need a bodyguard but he had one.
Afterwards we went to a gay club at one of the casinos. Sometimes I get fairly annoyed at how clever my team thinks it is. The club name was krave- seriously why not spell it the right way and use a capital letter? Our server was hot and shirtless though. I was staring the entire time.
The next day we went to the adults only pool at our hotel. It was quite the scene and there was a lot of eye candy. We then proceeded on our Showgirls tour. We had lunch at Caesars Forum and stopped at Versace. We took pictures too. Then we went to the Liberace Museum and I use the term museum loosely. IT was kind of sad since it occupies 2/3 of a strip mall and the people there take themselves so seriously. On the plus side I got to view the world's largest rhinestone. It was dusty and smudged with fingerprints which should give you an indication of the state of the museum. The husband and I then went back and gambled some more. That night we went and saw show that was so bad it was good. It involved vampires and boobies to a '70s and '80s classic rock soundtrack. There was no dialogue thank god. We then went to the top of the Stratosphere. The view of Vegas at night was amazing.
After the Stratosphere we tried a different club- also with a name that was too clever by far, Piranha. This place had some smoking hot go-go boys and they actually had a tank with man eating fish. The music was so loud my shirt was vibrating if I stood too close to the speaker.
Sunday we made the drive out to Hoover Dam. We did the tour and it was pretty amazing. It was stunning to find out that the whole project got done two years ahead of time and under budget- during the Depression no less. It also is fully self sufficient ans pays for itself. Probably one of the few projects the Federal government did not screw up.
Sunday night we went to the Bette Midler concert. It was a really good show and I am amazed she is 62 years old. She moved around on the stage like she was 30 years younger. I have not followed her career much so had no idea who Delores DeLago was but it was hilarious. After the concert we went and gambled bit more and went to bed.
We got up Monday and hung out by the pool, gambled a bit and then caught our plane back to Newark. This is where we had our second brush with B-list fame. Steven Baldwin was on our flight and much like Cory he is shorter in person than he appears on the cheesy SciFi movies. He also had serious ink on his arms. We went home and went to bed. Tuesday we took the train out to Sayville, picked up the kids and went out to the beach. The weather pretty much sucked- it was overcast and rained the entire time. Of course Friday as we were leaving it was a beautiful day. We got home, met with a realtor and started looking at apartments. The husband looked at 6 while I went down to pick up the boys. He winnowed the 6 down to three for me to look at today. There was one that had stunning views of the NYC skyline and he really wanted it. The catch is in that building each apartment is allowed only one dog. He was crushed. I think though we may have found a new place.
We took the boys to see Wall-E tonight. They loved it and it was a really good movie. Tomorrow morning my oldest and I are playing tennis. Then we are going to see Space Chimps.
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