Showing posts with label Celine Dion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celine Dion. Show all posts

Saturday, May 19, 2007

My Vegas Trip... 5/17/07 - Afternoon

5/17/07 - Afternoon

Yesterday was another awesome day! Since we were to see Celine at night, I wanted to go see the casinos around the Colosseum at Caesars Palace which is where the concert would be. We parked at the Flamingo and walked down to Casino Royale for their free $50 in slot plays.

So we did that then we went to The Venetian. Wow! This place is nice. Even their players cards are several steps above nicer than the other casinos. We played about $40 here and then had lunch at their food court. We grabbed lunch from Pizzeria de Enzo. It was yum-olicious! I didn't take a picture of this food court, however didn't feel like a food court. It was a great environment, comfy chairs, dรฉcor. Awesome!

We then took a stroll through the shops at the Venetian. There they have these human statues. Creepy with a capital C! They do have some real nice shops and gondola rides.

We then walked down going back to Flamingo as we needed to head back to change for the concert. We did a quick stop at Harrah's so I could sign up for their players card. They gave me a mousepad and a small cosmetic-like bag as gifts just for signing up.

After getting ready we headed to Caesar's Palace Colosseum. We took pictures at the entrance. The concert was awesome. I wish it would have been longer. There were some really hot guys and gals as her dancers/acrobats. Celine sang awesome and the dancers/acrobats were great. The dancers created a sort of abstract performance of her songs. Aaron got me a show program and he got a photo of us that they took when we were inside.

After the show we went to Lucky's Cafรฉ at the Stratosphere. That's where Aaron had won a free dinner from earlier in the week. It was really busy the food was good, but we were pretty full from the appetizers so we doggy-bagged most of our dinner.

It was now past midnight. We stayed at the Stratosphere playing several hours, but I was ready to go to sleep at 2 am. So I left at around 2:30am. Aaron said he would stay out playing and then get a taxi back to Desert Paradise.


I woke up at around 7:30 showered and went to see if Aaron was still at the Stratosphere. He had left his cell phone behind so I couldn't just call him. He was not there, so I figured he grabbed a taxi and went somewhere else.

I purchased breakfast to bring back. Aaron got in just a bit after I had gotten back. He brought breakfast. So I ate what he brought and he ate what I brought. We watched Family Guy as we ate breakfast. He had met some neat friends and went to the gay district. From his recount sounds like it was tons of fun! He went to sleep after breakfast. I too was still tired so I too slept in longer!

Today is just an up in the air day as tomorrow we fly back. Our flight leaves at 12:30 pm. I still need to pack and I hope it's not delayed this time.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Off to Vegas...

I am packing today as tomorrow I leave for Las Vegas! :) I'll be there from Sunday - Friday. The main reasons I am going for is to see Celine. I have been wanting to go see her for the longest time, Since this is apparently her last year doing her show in Vegas I just had to go. It's sort of my belated b-day gift for myself. The show is on Wednesday so the rest of the time I am there is up for whatever mood I am in.

I am not going without any idea of where I want to go. Food Network has done some neat shows of Vegas so I downloaded the guides from the shows $40 a Day, The Hungry Detective, and Food Finds. So you may find see me at these places for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and/or dinner:

- Palms Hotel - Sunrise Cafe
- Sam's Town Firelight Buffet
- Freed's Bakery
- Bahama Breeze
- Ellis Island Casino & Brewery
- Nora's Cuisine
- Joyful House
- Mermaids Casino
- Binion's Ranch Steakhouse
- Executive Sweets
- Big Mama's Rib Shack
- Selma's Cookies
- Aranda's Tortillas

Now for shows some that I am considering going to are:

- World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater at the V Theater
- John Stagliano's Fashionistas at the Empire Ballroom
- La Cage at the Riviera Hotel and Casino
- The Ultimate Variety Show at the V Theater
- Burlesque at the Flamingo Hotel

So excited! Now I just go need to finish packing. I am taking only the bare minimum needed so that it will hopefully fit all into a carry-on bag. Don't fell like having to wait for baggage. Aaron will be joining me there and he's been to Vegas before so I'm sure he'll have some neat places to go to also. Well off to finish. :) Have a good week yawl !!!

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

A New Day...


This may be that last year that Celine Dion does her Vegas show called A New Day... I thought I would take a trip to Vegas this year in March for my B-day, but after crunching some budget numbers that will not happen.. at least not in March...