Okay, now, I’ll tell you about it. It’s awesome. When we first got to Vegas, it was too early to check into our hotel, and we were both too disgusting to want to be in a casino, so we decided instead to waste some time doing laundry. THERE ARE SLOT MACHINES IN THE LAUNDROMATS. And in the supermarkets, and the gas stations, and built into bar counters, and just fucking everywhere. It’s ridiculous. Afterwards, we drove to our hotel to check in, waited on a really long line, finally got our room key, and were completely blown away by the room. We stayed at the Hotel at Mandalay Bay, and it was gorgeous. The room had two bathrooms, a living room with a big ass TV, an amazing bedroom with a super comfy bed, a beautiful view, and one of the bathrooms had a TV in it, along with a full bath AND separate shower. It was so nice, I wish we never had to leave. After that, we both showered and got dressed, and headed down to the casino to check it out a bit.
We didn’t have too much time to do anything, because we had to pick up our tickets to see The Beatles Cirque Du Soleil LOVE, thanks to Steve’s super awesome parents (THANK YOU!) for giving them to us for Steve’s birthday. The show started at 7, doors were at 6:30, so we walked around a little bit and had some tasty Chipotle for dinner (it was cheap, ok?).
Now I will attempt to describe the show, and I know already that I will fail. But here I go anyway: We sat down in our seats, FRONT ROW, (THANK YOU AGAIN MR. AND MRS. MCNULTY!) and tried to prepare for what we were about to see. The stage alone is really cool, it has long runways that run between the sections of seats, where the artists enter and exit the stage. A few minutes before it started, one of the characters began walking silently, but flamboyantly, up and down the aisles of seats, carrying a large gold teapot filled, I assume, with dry ice, because he kept pouring smoke on peoples heads. (Brigit: he reminded me of Voldemort from A Very Potter Musical, in the way that his makeup was done and his face)
The show started, and it was just a complete barrage of color, light, amazing sound, and incredible acrobatics and dancing. There was so much going on, and so much to look at, that it would be impossible to actually digest everything that was happening. Some parts slowed, and became serious and sad, and other parts were outrageous and whimsical, but it was all so unbelievably beautiful. There’s one fantastic part of the show where the artists are suspended in the air, and the pull a huge white sheet over the entire audience and stage, waving it so that it billows and flows on top of your head while waves of fog or smoke or something wash over from the center. It’s just awesome. Beautiful, mind-blowing , awe-inspiring, fantastical…I could just go on and on. I should stop though.
I’ll just say this: if you EVER have the opportunity to see this show, TAKE IT. It is worth the trip, worth the money, worth whatever you have to do to get tickets. You absolutely have to see it.
Moving on.
After the show we went to the casino to play some games for real. We tried roulette, which did not go well, and I gave the slots a go, which actually turned out well. After three dollars in a slot machine called “Penguin Pays,” I won $27 dollars. I’m not really sure how, because I didn’t see what I lined up, but the machine gave me money and I am not complaining. I figured it was time to call it quits, and cashed in my 27 dollar voucher, and we headed upstairs. We were both pretty hungry so we decided to use our $25 room credit and order some food up to the room. We got a tasty pizza and some French fries. And while both were delicious, let me just remind you that a small pizza and a plate of fries should NEVER cost more than 25 dollars, not matter how good it is. Damn room service.
The next day I finally got the opportunity to use the gift certificate Steve gave me for Christmas and get a massage and Massage Envy. SO GOOD. I have been needing one for a long time, and it was awesome. The woman was magic, I swear.
Anyway, after that Steve and I went out to explore the city. We walked from our hotel to the end of the strip and back, which took a fair few hours. We each got one of those giant tasty drinks, and stopped in basically every casino that we walked by just to get out of the damn heat. We saw some fun stuff, some ridiculous stuff, and had a good time. We ate an overpriced meal at some Italian restaurant, got some cheap beers at Hooters, and I won a dollar in video blackjack at the bar. All in all, it was an enjoyable day. I don’t want to bore with too much detail, you’ll see it all in the pictures.
The morning that we left, we ate breakfast at the ridiculously overpriced House of Blues restaurant in our hotel, because we had a two for one coupon. (A cup of coffee was 3 dollars, give me a fucking break.) It was however, delicious I had an omelet with cheese and smoked salmon, it was so damn good. Smoked salmon in an omelet, who would have thought?
Then we said our goodbyes to Vegas, our wonderful bed and glorious bathroom, and ventured off for more god-forsaken camping.
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