I spent last weekend in Las Vegas! Vegas is one of my favorite cities; I have a ton of great memories of going there with my family while I was growing up. I’ve probably been there more times before I turned 21 than after! Of course, going to Vegas as an under-21 is quite different than going as an over-21!
My boyfriend and I made the 5-hour drive on Friday. We checked into our hotel room at the Luxor (a hotel that I’d always wanted to stay at but never had) and then walked around the area for a while. I seem to recall that those foot-long maragaritas had been popular a few years ago; you’d always see people walking around holding enormous plastic things in various shapes filled with margarita (actually, having gotten one of those myself during a previous trip, I’m not entirely convinced that it’s real margarita... maybe just the mix. It wasn’t so great.). This trip, however, I noticed that jello shots were much more prevalent! Every corner seemed to have a table or booth selling little shots of vodka, rum, or tequila jello for a dollar or two. Needless to say, we sampled quite a few jello shots during our stay there.
On Saturday, we went to the Bellagio to see the Cirque du Soleil show, O. It was pretty awesome! There were so many amazing acrobatic stunts, and the entire stage area, which could change from solid floor to water rapidly, was beautiful. I’m a teeny bit afraid of water (with the whole drowning potential and such), so seeing the performers underwater so much was truly impressive.
For one of our meals, we ate at the Burger Bar at the Mandalay Bay. I had this amazing candy cane martini, because I love peppermint. It even came with a candy cane garnish!
My boyfriend and I made the 5-hour drive on Friday. We checked into our hotel room at the Luxor (a hotel that I’d always wanted to stay at but never had) and then walked around the area for a while. I seem to recall that those foot-long maragaritas had been popular a few years ago; you’d always see people walking around holding enormous plastic things in various shapes filled with margarita (actually, having gotten one of those myself during a previous trip, I’m not entirely convinced that it’s real margarita... maybe just the mix. It wasn’t so great.). This trip, however, I noticed that jello shots were much more prevalent! Every corner seemed to have a table or booth selling little shots of vodka, rum, or tequila jello for a dollar or two. Needless to say, we sampled quite a few jello shots during our stay there.
On Saturday, we went to the Bellagio to see the Cirque du Soleil show, O. It was pretty awesome! There were so many amazing acrobatic stunts, and the entire stage area, which could change from solid floor to water rapidly, was beautiful. I’m a teeny bit afraid of water (with the whole drowning potential and such), so seeing the performers underwater so much was truly impressive.
For one of our meals, we ate at the Burger Bar at the Mandalay Bay. I had this amazing candy cane martini, because I love peppermint. It even came with a candy cane garnish!
We had a champagne brunch buffet downtown at the Paradise Garden Buffet at the Fremont Hotel and Casino. I love a breakfast buffet because I love breakfast food, and unlimited amounts of it is the perfect amount. There was almost limitless champagne, which was also pretty great. Tiny little glasses, but it was never less than half full thanks to roaming waiters with bottles of champagne. We had planned to do the zipline across Fremont Street, but after all that food, it seemed like a less than ideal situation.
On the drive back to LA, we encountered snow!! Not a lot of it, and not pretty fluffy snow, but even slush on the side of the road is more than I've seen in many years!
