Vegas, Baby!

As you may know by now I recently went on a little vacation to Vegas

hubby had a conference to attend and I went along

It's funny because he travels a fair amount and almost always asks me to come along

of course he usually asks me a day or two in advance

nice advance notice, huh?

And I've got responsibilities like a job, and kids and mother guilt that hold me back from going

oh, and money

So I am rarely able to go

But this time he asked and I thought for a few minutes and said, ok I'll come

He was actually quite surprised!

But I figured I could probably find cheap tickets to Vegas 

We had some nice friends willing to help out with the kids

and he had given me a couple of week's notice this time.

It was lovely.

We stayed at the Venetian.

In the nicest hotel room I have ever stayed in in my life.

Seriously.

We had 3 tv's!

One of them was in the ginormous bathroom.

We saw the Bellagio fountains

that was one of the things I definitely wanted to do.

Frank was working a lot but we still enjoyed ourselves

(I REALLY needed my hair colored, don't judge)

For one of our dinners we ate at a hotel restaurant overlooking the fountains so that we could watch them at night.

While Frank worked during the day I walked around or shopped or read or sat by the pool

Fabulous!

I found  a huge mall near our hotel which was awesome on the rainy day we had.

It was also kind of bad, if you know what I mean.

One day I took the car and drove up to the LDS (Mormon) Vegas Temple.

that was a nice escape from the strip, which is kind of overwhelming with the sleaze factor

We went to two shows.

The Blue Man Group, which was playing in our hotel

(I had never seen it, but Frank had)

 And  a One Republic concert which was part of Frank's work event

is it just me or does my forehead look huge here?  Maybe I need bangs...

For our last meal of the week, we went to a restaurant off the strip that was recommended

I can't remember the name and it's driving me nuts!

it was a weird name

But anyway, I loved the industrial decor

We were there early for dinner, the place filled up before we left...

haha, looks totally empty in this picture!

It's known, apparently, for the food being good

And

for big portions.

OH MY HEAVENS!

Frank's plate was the size of a Turkey platter, no lie.

Frank is trying to show you how big this sandwich is.

ginormous, that's how big.

How in the world am I supposed to fit that into my mouth?

Not to mention, look at the amount of food...

I was very delicious.

I don't gamble and in general I find Vegas to be a sleazy sort of place.

not my favorite

But you can certainly find fun things to do there.

And I definitely had a good time!

When's that next business trip, honey?