We all arrived late Thursday night and met in the airport bar for a drink. Krista then drove us to the strip to have a drink and plan the weekend. It was crazy to finally see in person. So many lights, so many people, so much to take in!! We then went back to Krista's house to catch up more and hit the hay. We all woke up pretty early on Friday (too excited to sleep) and ended up hanging out and chatting all morning long. Once we finally got at it, we headed over to the strip.
We started off with lunch at Burger Bar at Mandalay Bay. While we were waiting for our table we popped next door to a bar for a drink and what do you know, the Dayton basketball game was on TV! It was a sign! We then went to lunch, which was awesome (http://www.mandalaybay.com/dining/burger-bar/). After lunch we went to a bar called Minus 5 (http://www.minus5experience.com/). This place was my heaven. The temperature is actually minus 5 degrees (although Mary and I weren't sold on that). When you get there, they give you jackets, boots and gloves and you enter this room where everything is made of ice, the tables, the chairs, the cups, everything. It was so crazy and the drinks were awesome.
Since Mary was on vacation he made it her goal to do the VIP experience throughout the weekend and she started that at Minus 5 by purchasing the upgraded VIP package which included a long fur coat and hat (as opposed to the traditional parka) and a picture. Totally worth it.
Wish my eyes weren't closed, but it's a good pic of the Ice Queen
After Minus 5 we went over to New York, New York where we walked around the casino and rode the roller coasted (twice). There's something about attractions and tourist traps that really gets my group of friends going! We are suckers.
After NY, NY we went to check in at your hotel, the Cosmopolitan which was insane and super swanky! Krista pulled some strings and got us an awesome room that looked over the strip and the Bellagio fountains! When we got in the room the girls surprised me with a little pre-bacholorette bachlorette party! We popped the champ, I wore a veil and we played some bachlorette party games (they had Neil answer questions ahead of time while I tried to guess his answers). They are so sweet and thoughtful and I even got to wear a sash and veil all night!
We continued to push our dinner reservations back the longer we stayed in the room from 6:45, to 7:45 to finally a 9:30 dinner. We left our room and went to a bar in the hotel called the Chandelier Bar which was so beautiful! We met some Australians and had a drink before heading to dinner.
We had tapas at Jaleo for dinner and every single plate we ordered was awesome! We had food in a shoe and were served Sangria by our little tiny waiter, Donny all night!
Donny, cute as a button
Food in a shoe.
Group shot at dinner.
Krista and I
After dinner we went to Comme Ca for a drink outside that overlooked the strip, it was so cool!
On our way to the next bar we walked past the Bellagio Fountains
We then went to Hyde, a club at the Bellgio. It was definitely an experience! None of us are "clubbers" but it was really cool to see the scene and see what it's all about. We then walked around a bit, Mary Kate and Krista hit up Secret Pizza to bring back to the room and we all crashed.
In the morning we headed over to Paris to eat at Mon Ami Gabi. We sat outside and watched the fountains and everyone walking up and down the strip. I also saw my favorite sign that I think should be at every public building in America:
After brunch we walked all up and down the strip hitting every casino and drinking along the way. I didn't realize that Donny and Marie have a show at the Flamingo. I'm obsessed with Donny Osmond. Mary Kate looked at tickets and they were ridiculous so instead I stared at every sign we saw.
Love you D.O
After dinner we went to Comme Ca for a drink outside that overlooked the strip, it was so cool!
On our way to the next bar we walked past the Bellagio Fountains
We then went to Hyde, a club at the Bellgio. It was definitely an experience! None of us are "clubbers" but it was really cool to see the scene and see what it's all about. We then walked around a bit, Mary Kate and Krista hit up Secret Pizza to bring back to the room and we all crashed.
In the morning we headed over to Paris to eat at Mon Ami Gabi. We sat outside and watched the fountains and everyone walking up and down the strip. I also saw my favorite sign that I think should be at every public building in America:
I think my favorite building, besides the Cosmo was the Venitian. It was gorgeous! We toyed with taking a Gondolla ride, but the line was a bit too long!
After walking all day we headed back to Krista's to get ready to go to Old Vegas. We sat down to recoup for a bit and have some apps, and the next thing you know we all slowly put on our comfy clothes and then Mary came up with the bright idea of soaking our feet (which we really needed after walking so much). So we sat around the tub with wine, listening to Christmas music.
It was great catching up together and Joe, Krista's husband was around as well so we got to chat and hang out with him!
Bright and early Sunday morning Mary and Laura left to get their flights. Krista and I ended up lounging around a bit in the morning then Joe, Krista and I headed to Old Vegas to check it out. It was very... interesting! Definitely cool to see and not like anything I've seen before! It's cool to have older bars and then a brand new place right next door to it. Most of the trip I was literally speechless because there was so much to take in and see.
Thanks so Krista for putting together such an amazing weekend for us all! I had an amazing time and can't wait to do it again. You and Joe are so nice to have us all take over your house for the weekend!
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