eh, Vegas

Our friend Rolin turned 30 and we surprised him (with the help of Becca) in Las Vegas at the Bellagio buffet (which is absolutely splendid.) Word of advice; when you get to the buffet the line is horrible. There's a 2nd line to the right...walk on past all the folks waiting & say you're going to sit at the bar instead of getting a table. Hopefully there will actually be a space at the bar, but if not, just pay for the buffet and wander the almost endless displays of various types of food while waiting. Bottomless champagne comes with. Very yummy.

The stunning colored glass ceiling in the Bellagio.

And they have this neat faux farm-forest display in the... I'm not sure what it's supposed to be called but it's like an indoor arboretum. It has all these fountains dripping onto metal sculpted trees and running into a little river past dozens of real flowers and other plants.

The world shines on Jason.

And of course Becca has the gift of making trees smile at her. Yes, the display includes two animatronic trees.

Then it was off to wander a sculpture gallery of nude bronze acrobats and the Cirque du Soleil gift store. I'll drink Becca's mad hatter tea anytime. I'm wearing the SAW XV: Cirque du Soleil mask. Really, doesn't it look like it?

No one will ever guess my real secret identity w/ this! Possibly a cousin of Minnie Pearl? (And yes, there are 3 digits on that price tag before the decimal point.)

Becca eyes!

Yes, when I get 3 hours of sleep, drive 5 hours to Vegas, eat a huge breakfast w/ endless glasses of champagne, I'll just start dressing up in stores.

The boys almost pull it off better than Becca & I.

I guarantee you that if you buy these shoes you have too much money. Plexiglass + gilded lion + leopard print = HOT! And I forgot to take pictures of the Barry Manilow gift store!

This is some weird hybrid room of Star Trek and Star Wars in the Hilton where we stayed. Such heresy! We went out walking on the strip; We wandered in & out of so many casinos, I barely remember them all. But we did get to see an excellent Michael Jackson impersonator, a rather good rock band, and lots of top-on dancers all for free. $1 Margaritas were somewhere in there along w/ going to some giant arcade place for Jason & I to have our next face-off in air hockey.

The Michael Jackson impersonator w/ his "sister" Janet in the background. Dude could dance.



Paris Las Vegas is really pretty but all faux sky w/ the clouds messes w/ my mind as to the time of day.



These guys were really fun and would play any rock song request from audience. There was some audience among the empty chairs...we were just all hiding in the back.



Even Elvis needs a taco sometimes.



Jason's face as "Mario" for Mario Cart.



The shimmering endless chandeliers at the Hilton.

And it's time to leave. One last slot...just one more...

Just like LA will start to show its ugly belly after the sun goes down, Las Vegas shows its shortly after the sun rises. But the sun rising onto the mountains is just a spectacular sight. Vegas isn't really my sort of town but it is still incredibly interesting.