The Bestest Xmas ever (please pronounce the X)
Lady Ensign and I enjoyed our trip to Vegas very much. She had an enjoyable Xmas and birthday, and there was much celebration. Good Omens abounded for this trip. Lady Ensign had loaned out my gameboy games to a friend of hers 2 weeks beforehand, and assured me I would get them back for our trip. I still haven't gotten them back. But my brother game me Final Fantasy III for the DS! Take that 2 hour flight, 1 hour layover, and 4 hour flight! I would have a fully functional anti-boredom device.
We stayed at the Tropicana, which we hear will be going through some renovations. In my estimation, it sorely needs renovations. The Trop The rooms were clean, and that's as nice as I can be. Their showers built by elfen people with no respect for the tall. And by "tall" I mean people over 5 foot 5. The Trop, as we were to discover, also had the subpar food (exception: their Hibachi place was super yummy).
So what did the Trop have going for it? It was cheaper than most the rest of the strip, and you could walk to the MGM Grand, New York New York, Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay inside of 5 minutes. Nowhere else on the Strip offers easy access to so much. (although upon further research New York New York, Excalibur, and Luxor are rather reasonably priced). For buffets head to the rather ritzy Mandalay Bay. Super YUMMMY!!!!!
The view from the walkway over Las Vegas Blvd betweent the Trop and Excalibur:
Christmas night we went to the MGM Grande to eat at Wolfgang Puck's Bistro and then saw La Femme. Mmmmmm.....classically trained dancer boobies on Christmas. Awesomeness plus 10!
The 26th ended up as more of a recovery day. I don't think we left the Trop that day, but we did hit the Hibachi grill. We also hit the Bodies exhibit. Corpses preserved and stripped down so you could see just the skeleton. Or just the circulatory system. Or just the nervous system. It was a crazy cool anatomy refresher. I highly recommend this. Lady Ensign went to the Comedy Store (located in the Trop) that night. Jimmie Walker was more of an emcee, but did do some standup. Lady Ensign was not impressed.
Lady Ensign's birthday was the 27th. I didn't give her her present until we got home, as it was a painting of a castle and bridge in Rome we saw on our honeymoon, and would have been cumbersome to get through security. We headed down to the Venetian that day on the Monrail. I think our monorail car wanted to assimilate me. Resistance seemed futile.
The walk to the Venetian included walking by an emcee leprechaun:
The Bellagio showing their respects to President Ford (I really like this pic for some reason):
We walked up and down this section of town, and took in the sights, which were all over the place. In the Venetian we came across a wedding (yes, this picture is indoors).
We ate at a Super awesome-o Italian restaurant in the Venetian and then saw the Blue Man Group. Verdict on the BMG? Worth the price of admission. Funny and talented lot they are. I think they got some art direction from Rob Zombie too. I searched high and low and never saw David Cross/Tobias. Oh well. I did find this guy though:
So that's my Vegas tale. I also won some moneys at poker ($1/$2 NL Hold em), lost some at slots and and Blackjack, and bought an awesome jacket. Lady Ensign had such a good time she wants to make this an annual tradition. I'm for it!
Sorry I got extremely lazy writing this entry halfway through. Oh well.
We stayed at the Tropicana, which we hear will be going through some renovations. In my estimation, it sorely needs renovations. The Trop The rooms were clean, and that's as nice as I can be. Their showers built by elfen people with no respect for the tall. And by "tall" I mean people over 5 foot 5. The Trop, as we were to discover, also had the subpar food (exception: their Hibachi place was super yummy).
So what did the Trop have going for it? It was cheaper than most the rest of the strip, and you could walk to the MGM Grand, New York New York, Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay inside of 5 minutes. Nowhere else on the Strip offers easy access to so much. (although upon further research New York New York, Excalibur, and Luxor are rather reasonably priced). For buffets head to the rather ritzy Mandalay Bay. Super YUMMMY!!!!!
The view from the walkway over Las Vegas Blvd betweent the Trop and Excalibur:
Christmas night we went to the MGM Grande to eat at Wolfgang Puck's Bistro and then saw La Femme. Mmmmmm.....classically trained dancer boobies on Christmas. Awesomeness plus 10!
The 26th ended up as more of a recovery day. I don't think we left the Trop that day, but we did hit the Hibachi grill. We also hit the Bodies exhibit. Corpses preserved and stripped down so you could see just the skeleton. Or just the circulatory system. Or just the nervous system. It was a crazy cool anatomy refresher. I highly recommend this. Lady Ensign went to the Comedy Store (located in the Trop) that night. Jimmie Walker was more of an emcee, but did do some standup. Lady Ensign was not impressed.
Lady Ensign's birthday was the 27th. I didn't give her her present until we got home, as it was a painting of a castle and bridge in Rome we saw on our honeymoon, and would have been cumbersome to get through security. We headed down to the Venetian that day on the Monrail. I think our monorail car wanted to assimilate me. Resistance seemed futile.
The walk to the Venetian included walking by an emcee leprechaun:
The Bellagio showing their respects to President Ford (I really like this pic for some reason):
We walked up and down this section of town, and took in the sights, which were all over the place. In the Venetian we came across a wedding (yes, this picture is indoors).
We ate at a Super awesome-o Italian restaurant in the Venetian and then saw the Blue Man Group. Verdict on the BMG? Worth the price of admission. Funny and talented lot they are. I think they got some art direction from Rob Zombie too. I searched high and low and never saw David Cross/Tobias. Oh well. I did find this guy though:
So that's my Vegas tale. I also won some moneys at poker ($1/$2 NL Hold em), lost some at slots and and Blackjack, and bought an awesome jacket. Lady Ensign had such a good time she wants to make this an annual tradition. I'm for it!
Sorry I got extremely lazy writing this entry halfway through. Oh well.