Late Nights and Neon Lights

View from a Vegas skywalk

Wow!  CC and I had a great time in Vegas! It was better than I imagined it would be.  CC covered the highlights in his blog but I will fill in the blanks.  :)

I left work around 11a.m. on Wednesday to take the Son to the airport.  He went to stay with my Dad in Orlando while CC and I were away.  I drove straight to Nashville from the airport and got there pretty early.  We  met up with a friend of his from work at Eastland Cafe.  I had a wonderful time.  Food was good and Nicole was very nice.

Thursday finally arrived and we were off to Vegas!

After a lengthy plane ride we finally arrived.  Although we had lunch at Gerst Haus before we left, I was starving!  (CC reminded me we ate at 11 CST and it was around 7 CST when we landed so it was okay to be hungry).  Whew!  LOL!
A short cab ride later we arrived at the Luxor.  Pyramid shaped hotel.  Not bad but it was at the end of the strip.  Needless to say, we were able to walk off our Mexican with the distance between the Luxor and the Venetian.  Blue Man Group was great!  I was able to get my picture taken with one of the "Blue Men" afterwards.

Unfortunately, I had not used my camera since we went to the Chihuly exhibit and the camera was still set for taking pictures at night.  Sooooo - we're a bit fuzzy...

We hiked back to the hotel afterwards and about died.  I was up about 5 hours past my bedtime!  The one thing I should have mentioned is that the people with the cards on the street drive me crazy!!!  It was so very annoying to have all of these people wave these cards at you.  UGH!

The next morning after a breakfast of coffee and a scone, we went and bought tickets for two more shows and then back to the hotel.  We decided to kick back at the pool.  Special of the day was Red Stripe buckets of beer.  Dinner was at a restaurant called SeaBlue.  It is a Mediterranean restaurant in MGM and very good!  We walked from there to New York New York where a bit of gambling was done prior to the start of Zumanity.  We had excellent seats, second row!  The row in front of us was made up of love seats which was pretty interesting to say the least.  The show was great! I don't know where they find so many people who seem to have rubber joints.  Talk about flexible!
Our walk back to the hotel seemed quite a bit longer than our walk to the show.  Needless to say, lack of sleep, alcohol on board and very tall heels made me quite cranky.  My shoes were giving me fits and blisters on the balls of both of my feet and I had a melt down.  :(  I'm quite embarrassed about it but feel the need to apologize in a somewhat public manner.  So, I'm sorry baby.  I behaved badly and will not do that again.

Saturday came and we decided a laid back afternoon was in order, so back to the pool!  Today's special... Heineken!  CC looks very relaxed doesn't he?  ;D
Lunch was poolside as well.  I ran inside and grabbed some yummy sandwiches and it was a picture perfect afternoon.  We returned to the room for a bit of a lie down and to secure reservations for dinner.  Sgt. Pepper Live featuring Cheap Trick was an early show at Paris so we needed to get  reservations quick!  The winner was  Mon Ami Gabi.  French!  It was yummy!  Not long after dinner it was time for the show.  Great music and great company.  You just can't ask for any more than that!

We were up early to catch our plane.  The flight was uneventful and before too long, we were back in Nashville.  We picked up the girls. They were very excited to see CC!  We spent a low key night at the house just watching some television and cuddling on the couch.  Monday came too soon and I left to go back home, making a pit stop at the airport to pick up the Son.  In less than two weeks, CC will be making So. Indiana his home too.  I can't wait!