May 26, 2010
Well I can tell you this much, Dianne is in SUNSHINE!! Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!! Poor Rich isn't,what can I say? Drizzle in Monroe with rain to follow. OK, I feel a little sorry for him, just a little ;).
So far nothing has happened that I have to 'leave in Vegas' but the trip ain't over. I have to have a few memories that will stay amongst my traveling posse. Speaking of them, there are three of us; Maureen 'Mo' Rogers who many of you know and Kay Francis. Kay and I have known each other since we were both pregnant with our daughters. Kris is just 3 weeks older than Kay's daughter Renee. Kay flew out from Michigan to join us. Her daughter Renee lives here and she has been our tour guide, driving us everywhere, basically taking care of the elderly and doing a mighty fine job.
We have been having a great time; pool, tanning, retail therapy and just a wee bit of the slots at this time but more to come. There has been a lot of good dinning though.
We had a fabulous Italian dinner Monday night. Prior to being seated we had a little libation to begin the evening. Did you know that Bellini's are refreshing and don't taste like they have liquor in them??? Trust me, they do. Both Mo and I had one (mine emptied before hers, she is smarter than yours truly) and then I ordered a Cosmopolitan. The Bellini hit before I could stop them making the Cosmo. Fortunately I ate copious amounts of bread to soak up the Bellini so I could drink the Cosmo! Wow, almost a disaster!!
Tuesday morning at the pool reading, floating and just enjoying. Then an afternoon of shopping. We were going to the strip but ended up having dinner at a great sports bar called Shuckers (as in oysters) north of town. Looking at the menu I spotted a hamburger called 'The Big Mother Shucker'. So glad I was drinking water at that time! Anyway, this is a one pound (yes, I said ONE POUND) stuffed hamburger! Couldn't resist so Renee and I decided to split one. Well, this monster arrives with a cleaver sticking out of it (OK, a steak knife but it was ginormous). I am sorry I didn't take a picture. I managed to eat half of my half and it really was amazing!
My only regret is that my daughters, Gina & Kris, were unable to join me on this adventure but next time my loves, next time!
May 28,2010 Vegas
Well, one more day and I wish it was going to be longer - having a great time. The weather is just perfect, not too hot although a bit windy (by a bit I mean whipping your clothes around you-if I had a skirt on I could have set sail for Miami!).
Yesterday began with a good cup of coffee, my book and sunglasses out on our enormous deck. As Kay and Mo stumbled out to join me, we decided to take a few pictures. Not classic cheesecake but at this age anything will do.
We decided to take the shuttle into the strip at 10am for a bit of touring and slots. Having never done this before (me), it is really something to walk this Vegas strip. Our destination was Aria and although it wasn't that far from Cesar's Palace, it did take awhile due to craning our necks for the skyward views.
Mo said that I needed some racier stories to add to this blog. Kay was afraid that meant talking to any guy laying sprawled on the street or gutter, lamenting on his losses from the night before and/or dealing with a lost love, humongous hangover, or vomiting. Frankly I was shocked and appalled that she thought I would stoop that low. I mean Really!! I told her I would only accost those in an upright position!
On to Bellagio which is in and of itself AMAZING! I decided that going into Tiffany was a must, really wanted one of those gift boxes. They were gracious, let me try on a couple of rings and only had two armed guards standing by! I was really pleased considering it was obvious from my expensive attire that I was more suited to be shopping at Walmart. Gutless wonder that I am, I didn't ask Hector, (yes that was his name and he did have a great tan and accent), if there was anything for about $20 I could buy so I could get a gift box. He did give me his card and asked for my name. He may have thought I was shopping incognito and was really someone with bucks. Poor guy,lost again.
A little snack then on to Aria and Crystal Tower. The slots were up and down for the three of us but we had fun. You now what the 'but we had fun' means. We decided to take a cab back to the condo to get ready for the evening.
Now, here is the night ahead of us. Renee and Brian, Kay's daughter, live across the street from one of the performers in 'O' at the Bellagio. She got us three tickets to sit in the control room for the show! It only has 10 seats and seeing the show from that angle was incredible.
For those that aren't familiar with it, 'O' is the cirque show with the pool. The pool floor is controlled by the technicians in the control booth and goes from 0 to 17 feet in depth MANY times during the show. When you see the performers dive, tumble or jump from 30' up you really hope that they are spot on with the depth. We can't thank Renee, Brian and Isabelle (the performer) enough for a very special memory. OK, I do have to tell you that we got a bit dressed up for our evening. (Gina, remember that leopard print 'thingy' I bought when we were visiting? Wore it and looked amazing and I felt pretty 'hot' for a 64 year old Grammy!) This description does have a point. I am getting to it, promise.
We played the slots after the show and finally got home around midnight. It was really windy but the air was so wonderfully clean that I mentioned to the girls that I wish I could leave the sliding door open from my bedroom to our deck while I slept. Mo said "well, why don't you"? "Isn't it obvious?" said I. Some hunk could come in and ravish me!! They both looked at me as if I had lost my mind! Mo replied with a bit of a smirk, "how the hell would a 'hunk' get on this deck?!"
We went on to the deck and although it even looked improbable to me I wasn't about to loose this battle. I looked over the edge and almost thought I saw a moat. OK, that wouldn't work. But then I looked up and told my audience," he could repel down from above" (I think I was inspired by 'O'). Do you have any idea what it does to ones ego when your friends react in this order?: Mo was laughing so hard I thought she was going to pee her pants and Kay's mouth was hanging open and her eyes were as wide as if she had a magnifying glass to them. Then she too went into a fit of laughter that seemed more like apoplexy than anything. I mean REALLY!
(Did I mention that I thought I looked hot?). With as much dignity as I could muster, I said "well, I look pretty perky tonight, right?". (OK, you men might not get this but the ladies will. I bought a new bra on Tuesday and what can I say -the girls are where they had been 20 years ago).
I refused to call 911 for those two, they now were rolling on the floor hysterical and had tears flowing down their faces and I wasn't going to tell them about the mascara streaks, served them right! OK, the three of us were laughing so hard at this point we couldn't talk. Every time I opened my mouth to defend my position (which was even ludicrous to me, I shrieked even louder. When we got our breath back, stopped looking at each other (that caused more hilarity) we went to our respective bedrooms. Good thing we weren't sharing rooms, we would have had a hard time not cracking up.
I want you all to know that the above happened without one bit of alcohol but copious amounts of chocolate.
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