I love Vegas. I never have a bad trip there. It definitely helps that my friend Aaron lives there, and I typically think that it's more fun to go on vacation to visit a friend instead of going to a random place. (As long as that friend doesn't like in some God-awful place like New Mexico or... nope, New Mexico is pretty much the only God-awful place I can think of.) Anyway, this trip was extra special because my friend Deanna, who lives in Colorado, flew to meet me in Vegas! Here are some highlights from the trip:
The Big ONo not that. Gosh. You perv.
O is a Cirque du Soleil show at the Bellagio. It was quite the experience. I had never seen a Cirque show before, and it was... overwhelming, to say the least. It was just so inhuman! These people do things that I could barely take in with my eyes because it was just so unbelievable. Sometimes there were like 10 different amazing things going on and I didn't even know where to look! The show incorporates a ton of water - there is a full on pool onstage which morphs throughout the show. Anyway, amazing. I want to see more Cirque shows now.
Gooooood foodWe all know that Vegas is all about the food. I had the BEST french onion soup and steak at
Mon Ami Gabi in the Paris hotel, the BEST Mexican food I have ever had (and I love Mexican food) at
Isla at Treasure Island, the champagne brunch at the Bellagio, a great homecooked meal with a wonderful apple salad made by the famous Chef Aaron, and awesome sandwiches from one of my favorite sandwich places,
Firehouse Subs. Oh, and some
delicious cupcakes.
OneRepublicHave you guys heard of this band? Well, you have, even if you aren't aware of it. They sing a couple of big hits like "Stop and Stare" and "Apologize". Well, Aaron was awesome enough to score us some free tickets to their concert at
The Pearl in The Palms hotel. Now, I hadn't heard much of their music before (just the two popular songs), but I looooved the concert! I don't really have one style of music that I prefer over another - I just like interesting music. If a band can break free from formulaic music and hold my attention, then I love it. OneRepublic absolutely did that. (And you gotta love a band whose lead singer is also the pianist, in my opinion. And he has an amazing voice. Ooh, and sometimes their bass player plays cello. Love it.) Check out their music. If you don't want to buy the whole album, try "Mercy" or "Stop and Stare" or "Prodigal". Those are my personal faves.
Gambling!Deanna and I spent hours gambling one night (and the following morning), and we absolutely fell in love with a few slot machines. Normally I play table games and not slots, but I really enjoyed playing slots! We found nickel machines, so we could play for hours on very little money. We were obsessed with the Deal or No Deal slot machines, and there was this other fun game (penny slot) that was driving us NUTS. If you get the bonus symbol on the first 3 reels, you get to play the bonus round. When you get the bonus symbol on the first reel, the machine plays the 6th of the scale that the music is in, the second reel plays the leading tone, and then if the symbol DIDN'T come up on the third reel, not only did you not get to play the bonus round, but you were left feeling very unresolved because it never finished the scale!! Musicians should not play that machine. It's just wrong.
Hooray for vacations!!
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If you loved me, you would have brought me cupcakes.
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We also went to this place called the Candy Chemist. You would have died. DIED, I TELL YOU, DIED!