For President’s Day weekend, my wife, Christina and I, jetted off to Las Vegas. The flight was delayed by an hour and I was cranky at the airport
We got on board and yes, that is a fake smile on my face
How many bags of luggage do 2 people need to spend 61 hours in Las Vegas? Apparently 6…
This is my wife being a goof as we arrive at our Limo to take us to our hotel
Santa Claus, our Limo driver, was a great guy
The ride to the hotel was smooth and pretentious, like a good scotch.
We stayed at the Nobu Caesar’s hotel in an amazing suite, complete with pool table
Technically, this trip was our one year wedding anniversary to each other, so we went all out
Not only was the room huge, it was as quiet as it gets…we heard nary a peep of anything or anyone at anytime
The room had 4 different rooms and TV’s, including a media room
Fantastic bathroom with a steam shower and over-sized tub
Christina was obsessed with this chair, which sat outside the elevator on our floor
Friday night, after long days and travel, we just headed down to the Gordon Ramsay pub for some dinner and an obnoxious guy seated near us that Christina couldn’t restrain herself from hating
How do two people who have a pool table end a Friday evening in Vegas in their suite? Duh…by playing pool!
On Saturday morning, Christina wanted an old school Vegas buffet, not one of these new fancy-dancy ones…so we headed to the mirage and got gross
All buffets come with a discard bowl…y’know, the things that suck. The country gravy was gross, and so was the chicken apple sausage so it wound up here with the discarded shrimp tails
On our way back to Caesar’s, we walked through the closed Forum shops and saw something you never see…An EMPTY Apple Store!
Saturday was spent shopping at said Forum shops…we made a killing
After shopping, we relaxed by playing Jenga…yes, Jenga. You shut up.
Saturday night we got all dressed up for dinner and Mariah Carey in concert
After dinner at the Homestead steakhouse, we made our way to Mariah Carey
Mariah was amazing as usual
After a night on our feet at the concert, we found out the hard way that Christina’s new Le Boutin shoes need to be stretched, which apparently can be done by looking deranged on our sofa.
On Sunday, we did a little more shopping and eating
Including finding me a new tux and sport coats for charity events, expertly fitted by a tailor, of course.
Sunday night, we got dressed up for our last night out in Vegas
And apparently we decided to be goofy?
Dinner was at the amazing Nobu sushi/seafood restaurant
Try as she might, Christina still couldn’t teach me to properly use chopsticks, something I’ve never mastered. ‘Merica
After dinner we made our way to the Montecristo Cigar bar for some drinks and a smoke
It doesn’t really get any more Vegas than this
Ya’ gotta love a woman who enjoys a good cigar
Even if she doesn’t appreciate getting caught in the act
This sign haunted us all weekend…we kept thinking we could get authentic Hawaiian Poke, only to find out a burned out “R” was playing tricks with us!
We were supposed to head to Dogwoods resort when we landed Monday to pick up our pups but Theresa texted us photos and told us not to bother as the snow was sticking and the roads weren’t clear
Which I think was fine with Christina who needed all the rest she could get after our weekend in Sin City