Las Vegas Baby
Weekend in Vegas
One thing I’ve learned about going to Vegas is you’ve got to have a plan….if you don’t, you end up just wandering the streets and watching the fountains in front of the Bellagio with every other drifting tourist.
So this time, I got tickets to a few events a couple of months ago. We started our weekend in Vegas on Friday afternoon with dinner at Margaritaville.….not so much for the food as for the outside table overlooking the strip. People watching in Vegas is an extreme sport and we were not disappointed — European tourists, exhibitionists, lots of flirting, and tons of tattoos.
After our dinner we went to the Donnie and Marie show….and, you know what, it was fun, upbeat entertainment. Its nice to see people our age looking good an putting on a great and wholesome show. I’d go again. Because I planned so early, we had some great seats and, as you can see below, we got a few souvenir glasses).
On Saturday, we drove out to Mesquite to visit my 85 year old father and had lunch with him at his favorite place there, Peggy Sue’s.
From there, we drove back into town and went to the Mob Museum.
We grabbed our favorite Bobbie sandwich at Capriotti’s.
After that, we headed to the north end of Las Vegas Boulevard (the Strip) to the Neon Sign Boneyard for a night tour. We love this old stuff and had a great time.
This giant guy has a rebar mullet….oh yeah…and from all the orbs in this photo, there must be some paranormal activity around this particular sign.
On Sunday morning, we got up and headed up Sahara to a little restaurant called The Egg and I and had split two breakfasts, a ham and cheese crepe and some stuffed french toasts….
We got lucky on the drive home and found an Angel’s baseball game just starting on the radio. The game ended just as we hit San Bernardino. The Angel’s won and it just felt like a day at the ballpark….now that was a great weekend.
