What the F is UP with that? Grrrrr..... Anyway, go Bombers, you can beat those TiCats!!! C'mon Blue! The Vegas line is...I forget, but it favored Hamilton...gee, I wonder why.
Back to Vegas - yowza, it is truly the city that never sleeps!! I recall one year walking back from a show at the Tropicana, stopping for a Fat Burger and strolling with our drippy, juicy burgers back to Bill's Gamblin' Hall (called Barbary Coast at that time, beside the Flamingo). There was barely anyone on the streets at that time (3 a.m.) Not this time! We arrived, got to Bill's about 12:30 a.m. Monday...regrouped (read had a quick Margarita and a beer) and went out on the Strip. It was teeming with people...for a Sunday night! (Monday morning) and it wasn't even Cowboy Week (December). We did Casino Royale for $1 Michelobs & strolled for a long time. We love Vegas...it's just so...cool. I think we just feel free there...unencumbered...do whatever we want and go wherever we want whenever...and the shopping is the shit! You can always spot the first-timers...their heads are on a swivel...left/right/up/down/OMG!!! Plus, they're walking around with their loser mile-high, plastic bottle Margaritas from LaSalsa Cantina, or their souvenir Eiffel Tower frickin' drink from the Paris. Oh well, they'll learn. One dollar Michelob, in a bottle! All I'm sayin'... Frozen margarita with a goodly amount of tequila for 99 cents at Bill's. Get a clue people! You don't have to spend alot to drink in Vegas. Idiots.
Here's a sign from Bill's:
They have lots of old wood & stained glass...when they tear it down and they will eventually, we have dibs on the elevator sign!
So we shopped our asses off, buying treasures for ourselves and Xmas gifts for our peeps. I got lots of Xmas shopping done, yay! I cannot reveal what it is for fear my darlin' dotter may actually read my blogs, but I found granddotter S the absolute most amazing thing ever!!! From FAO Schwarz (the toy store from the movie Big) the most amazing toy store in the world. Here's a tiny portion of Schwarz:
That is all I can say until Boxing Day...I will at that time unveil a pic of the most incredible thing I ever bought (well, except my new Corolla, which is the shit).On the way to the Galleria shopping mall in Henderson, we spotted this street that bears the name of our granddog, Spencer:
This mall is Awesome...take it from me, I've been to alot of malls! Here is but one picture (palm trees everywhere :-)
Hoover Dam was awesome, amazing and...humbling, for the many men who lost their lives building this engineering marvel, even more so given the time it was built (1931-1935) with crude tools, pick-axes, ropes and cement blocks...oh, and dynamite!
It is completely amazing...but the scenery is breath-taking. And the bridge they are building between Nevada and Arizona over the river channel...they have completed the 'road from Nevada' and the 'road from Arizona' portions leading up to the chasm, and have to join the two over the chasm (which is f'ing huge). They've built a huge, steel arch from one end to the other, on which will rest the rest of the road, no play on words intended here.
On the left, Arizona and on the right, Nevada. You can see the wires in the sky from which descend a crane, also on wires...and there are guys working on the arch as I type...it is quite the engineering marvel (I never tire of that phrase). Oh, and Hoover Dam itself (a small portion):
Anyway, some people may say "ah, Hoover Dam, big deal" but it IS a big deal and the scenery alone is worth the trip and the price of admission, which is only $7 for parking. Yes, they built a frickin' parkade in the middle of the mountains! I am always amazed by the shit they can build in the mountains. Little bit of dynamite and we're off to the races...amazingly cool. If you go to Vegas, you really must "do the dam"...you don't need to buy a tour, just walk around...all day if you want. We walked and then drove over the dam into Arizona (yes! now I can say I've been to Arizona) picked up a few 'souvenir rocks' and went back to Nevada.
Oh yes, and here's a small portion of Lake Mead...it's the hugest lake I ever saw, next to Lake Superior and well, the ocean:
We drove to Boulder City to have lunch at the Coffee Cup Cafe and...wouldn't you know it, the Griswold Effect kicked in. We arrived at 2:40 and they had closed at 2!! Hubby saw this cafe on Triple D (Diners, Drive ins and Dives). Anyway, a litte ways down the street was Mel's Diner and we ate lunch there. We didn't see Mel, Alice or Flo, but the waitress was a friendly little cutie and the food was delicious. A quaint little place (Boulder City). We were baked pretty crispy after 'dam day'. But we were not complaining!
We partook of the "Graveyard Special" steak & eggs for $8.99 (only $3 more than the decent steak & eggs at Bill's after midnight, which we had several times). Anyway...this was the best steak & eggs we have ever eaten...it was like country-fried steak with gravy which was delish. Even the scrambled eggs were to die for..Yum-Oh!!!
I'm ready to go back...it was hot & sunny, 80 degrees every day. We spent Friday leisurely, then relaxed with a few brews by the Flamingo pool (Bill's doesn't have a pool, but the Flamingo graciously allow Bill's patrons in...damn decent of them).
Footnotes: Went to Margaritaville, had a few drinks, went out on the balcony to people-watch, but that got boring pretty quick. We tried to see the car show at Imperial Palace, so we took our two free admission passes and went down there, only to discover they were closing (close at 6 p.m.). So, only two Griswold Effects, we can't complain. Our flights home were uneventful and crash-free, given the stinky weather in the 'Peg (wind & snow) I think were lucky to land at all.
And so, we're back to reality. Oh yah! We're going to see Russell Peters tonite, yay!!!
"Somebody gonna get a hurt reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal bad!"
Can't wait, it'll be great (hey, that rhymes).
Bombers winning 21-0 as we speak...Come On Blue, you can do it!
Love & Peace,
CFM
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