06-14-2024, 09:22 PM
The limo took us to this crazy Golden Tiki bar, decorated with all manner of tiki kitsch, shrunken heads, pirate skeletons, brass dildos in the ladies room, swords, complete with a Dean Martin impersonator. It was outrageous fun. We all got stupid drinks. I got a flaming one. Syl got a flight. Super fun as we all got soused.
Then it was over to the containment area near old town, which I knew well from LiB. There’s a whiskey bar there. We got more soused. An espresso whiskey drink was the fav, but I sampled Heaven’s Door, Bob Dylan’s brand, which is roughly complex and enjoyable but I doubt I’d invest.
From there we went to a burnt out seemingly abandoned strip mall that concealed a surprising Asian fusion restaurant with over the top elegant decor called Saffron. It was delightful and delicious.
Then it was back to the casino. Dina continued her winning streak on a wild penny video poker machine at the bar on some crazy Egyptian slot game that none of us understood but she won $1K overall on it. Raz, a stalwart video poker player, asked for my ‘lucky finger’ to draw 4 aces, a $400 payout. He gave me $50 for the luck and I played with that for an hour or so, whittling it down to $20. I got a huge shot of Jack that I couldn’t even finish. I left that and some Gatorade lite behind.
Monday morning we got breakfast again at the Bellagio, but this time with Raz & Leigh. I had a $20+ bagel with lox. It was arguably one of the best bagels I’ve ever had but at that price, it’d better be so. We split a cab with Syl to the airport and were home by the afternoon, thoroughly spun by the Sphere.
What a great hella expensive weekend! Viva la sphere!
Then it was over to the containment area near old town, which I knew well from LiB. There’s a whiskey bar there. We got more soused. An espresso whiskey drink was the fav, but I sampled Heaven’s Door, Bob Dylan’s brand, which is roughly complex and enjoyable but I doubt I’d invest.
From there we went to a burnt out seemingly abandoned strip mall that concealed a surprising Asian fusion restaurant with over the top elegant decor called Saffron. It was delightful and delicious.
Then it was back to the casino. Dina continued her winning streak on a wild penny video poker machine at the bar on some crazy Egyptian slot game that none of us understood but she won $1K overall on it. Raz, a stalwart video poker player, asked for my ‘lucky finger’ to draw 4 aces, a $400 payout. He gave me $50 for the luck and I played with that for an hour or so, whittling it down to $20. I got a huge shot of Jack that I couldn’t even finish. I left that and some Gatorade lite behind.
Monday morning we got breakfast again at the Bellagio, but this time with Raz & Leigh. I had a $20+ bagel with lox. It was arguably one of the best bagels I’ve ever had but at that price, it’d better be so. We split a cab with Syl to the airport and were home by the afternoon, thoroughly spun by the Sphere.
What a great hella expensive weekend! Viva la sphere!
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