Feb 14th - 17th was a three day weekend.
We decided kind of spur of the moment to go down to Vegas. We had received a letter in the mail from the Wynn that gave us an awesome discount on a suite, free show tickets, and a free buffet meal.
We decided we really needed to go do something fun. This year has been a bit of a downer for us so far and I was finally feeling well enough for a long car ride. So we hit the road.
The first night we got there was Friday, it also happened to be Valentine's Day. Stephen and I aren't really huge Valentine's Day celebrators but we decided we wanted to have a nice dinner. We called the all the restaurants in the hotel, but of course they were all booked. We walked the strip a bit and every restaurant we came upon was booked. We had passed a "Hot Dog on a Stick" earlier and we were joking about how that could be our back up Valentine's dinner if we couldn't find any other place. Part of me kind of wishes we would have eaten there because it would have been funny, but the other part of me is happy we found a restaurant. We ran across an Outback Steakhouse which was hidden away in the strip. It was delicious.
Saturday we decided to be tourists (even though I lived in Vegas for several years) and walked the strip. We decided then and there that we aren't very good Vegas visitors. We don't gamble, we don't drink, we don't really shop or spend unnecessary money... we're just kind of there... taking up room. But... Vegas is AWESOME for people watching, drunk, slutty people galore. Also, we saw lots of fun street performers.
Saturday night we went to La Reve at our hotel. It was amazing. I was thrilled that they let us take pictures. The lighting situation was difficult, but I did what I could.
Sunday we checked out of our hotel, met up with my best friend in Vegas (Amy and her husband Montana), ate some yummy food, hung out in her apartment watching TV and painting our nails (Stephen and Montana excluded), spent the night, woke up Monday morning, played with some puppies, ate some breakfast and hit the open road. It was a quick trip, but much needed for us. It was nice to go down there and enjoy Vegas as tourists, we never get to do that (Sorry family and friends we didn't visit).
Now enjoy a slew of pictures.
Wait, quick side story: (You probably don't care about this, but I thought it was funny and I wanted to write it down, so, deal with it.) There were LOTS of super fancy shops in our hotel. We passed one several times a day with a modest fancy dress in the window. The first time we passed it I got really excited and told Steve that he should find me a fancy occasion to which I could wear the dress. Without even skipping a beat he said, "the hunger games."
May the odds be ever in your favor.
The show even impressed hard to please Stephen ;)
This one was my favorite.
We decided kind of spur of the moment to go down to Vegas. We had received a letter in the mail from the Wynn that gave us an awesome discount on a suite, free show tickets, and a free buffet meal.
We decided we really needed to go do something fun. This year has been a bit of a downer for us so far and I was finally feeling well enough for a long car ride. So we hit the road.
The first night we got there was Friday, it also happened to be Valentine's Day. Stephen and I aren't really huge Valentine's Day celebrators but we decided we wanted to have a nice dinner. We called the all the restaurants in the hotel, but of course they were all booked. We walked the strip a bit and every restaurant we came upon was booked. We had passed a "Hot Dog on a Stick" earlier and we were joking about how that could be our back up Valentine's dinner if we couldn't find any other place. Part of me kind of wishes we would have eaten there because it would have been funny, but the other part of me is happy we found a restaurant. We ran across an Outback Steakhouse which was hidden away in the strip. It was delicious.
Saturday we decided to be tourists (even though I lived in Vegas for several years) and walked the strip. We decided then and there that we aren't very good Vegas visitors. We don't gamble, we don't drink, we don't really shop or spend unnecessary money... we're just kind of there... taking up room. But... Vegas is AWESOME for people watching, drunk, slutty people galore. Also, we saw lots of fun street performers.
Saturday night we went to La Reve at our hotel. It was amazing. I was thrilled that they let us take pictures. The lighting situation was difficult, but I did what I could.
Sunday we checked out of our hotel, met up with my best friend in Vegas (Amy and her husband Montana), ate some yummy food, hung out in her apartment watching TV and painting our nails (Stephen and Montana excluded), spent the night, woke up Monday morning, played with some puppies, ate some breakfast and hit the open road. It was a quick trip, but much needed for us. It was nice to go down there and enjoy Vegas as tourists, we never get to do that (Sorry family and friends we didn't visit).
Now enjoy a slew of pictures.
Wait, quick side story: (You probably don't care about this, but I thought it was funny and I wanted to write it down, so, deal with it.) There were LOTS of super fancy shops in our hotel. We passed one several times a day with a modest fancy dress in the window. The first time we passed it I got really excited and told Steve that he should find me a fancy occasion to which I could wear the dress. Without even skipping a beat he said, "the hunger games."
I couldn't get a picture of the pink lady without someone posing by her... hence the tourists.
This was my dad's last project as a construction manager in Vegas.
