Las Vegas

Last weekend we went to Las Vegas. I thought I might enjoy the high rolling life, alas, I did not. Vegas is just too much. Too much money, too many brides everywhere, too much glitz and glam- trying to replicate places that already exist (i.e. Cesar's, New York, Eiffel tower). I like the way Kyle puts it - "Las Vegas is a giant turd rolled in rhinestones" - it has that stinky feeling.

We were there for a wedding - so I guess I should not complain to much - there was an agenda that could not be avoided. It's was way to expensive - we paid 60 dollars for breakfast one morning and didn't get a lot of food. A carafe of orange juice cost 20 dollars. This was the Four Seasons so I guess I should have expected to spend a lot there...whine whine whine.

It also doesn't help that we took the worst flight to get there. We flew Austin to Minneapolis, then Minneapolis to Las Vegas - awful! And Northworst..er Northwest Airlines suxs- it's no wonder why that company is bankrupt!!!!!!! Never again! On the return flight, I brillantly booked us for the 1 am red eye - so sleep sucked, my ass hurt, and Kyle sat in first class while I sucked it up in coach (I let him sit first class because he was going to work when our flight returned and I was not - President's day or Colombus sailed the ocean blue day or something- anyways aren't I just so sweet).

I did enjoy Sunday in Nevada hanging out with my aunt, uncle, cousin, her Navy Seals boyfriend, and Kyle. We went to see the Hoover Dam, which is quite amazing.
It is one of those great engineering projects. And don't our new Walmart sun glasses look so spiffy? In the end, we gambled a little, broke even, and kicked back as much as we could. The food at the wedding was delicious - sushi for the rehearsal dinner, beef tenderloin for the reception entree, two chocolate fountains - couldn't go wrong there.



Yummy







So easily distracted by food.

We also saw the fountain dance at the Bellagio to the tune.."I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is now your in the world" (Elton John maybe?) I wondered if that was a person's job to choreograph the fountain spigots. What an interesting job that might be.

I don't know if I'll ever want to go to Vegas again. Maybe when I have a lot of money that I don't care about to drop...but that's not likely. I'd much rather go back to Europe.