Team Valkyrie!
If you haven't seen the BattleBots show check out this 2 minute clip of Tombstone vs. Bronco. We took a road trip with The Neighbors to see it taped live! Amazing! So. Much. Fun.
I think this is the best sign, so if you see it on tv, we are right there!!
Team Huge!
We made the best signs!
We were in the front of the line to get the best seats!
Team Free Shipping!!
It was a super intense couple of days where we lived and breathed BattleBots and then went home :( One guy used his whole 2 weeks of vacation to attend every taping-now that is a Life Goal!
I then I went off on a girls trip to Vegas
:)
We did a little bit of everything and ton of things I'd never done before.
First off, I walked from the airport to the Hard Rock hotel. This seemed kind of crazy and it took me three tries to get out of the airport complex to someplace with sidewalks. The employee parking lot looked promising, but no sidewalks-boo. Free shuttle to the rental car center, but it is on the wrong side of the airport and now I was 5 miles away instead of 1.2 miles away. Finally I took the free shuttle to the long-term parking lot and was able to walk out to Paradise Blvd no problem! Why would I do this? I wanted to know if I could, I had the time and it wasn't blazing hot summer!
We ate great food off the strip, which I have somehow never managed to do before? Why not? Don't know!! It is soooo good! First was some hot pot Korean. Just head west on Spring Mountain Road and a ton of great food appears.
Saw the show Absinthe just outside Caesars. Not for the prudish, cool intimate venue and amazing performers. Tap dance? Check. Roller skates, check.
End the evening at the Bellagio
With a Manhattan at my favorite little corner bar. The best people watching, cheese plate and a piano.
The Bellagio always has a nice display.
This is for Chinese New Year. So many flowers!
The chocolate fountain at the Bellagio shops.
Chairs outside the chocolate shop remind me of those in Animal Crossing-too cute!
We take the little tram ride and check out the fantastic fountain at the Aria and the tiny Turrell art piece in the mall.
Breakfast is out and about to Babycakes. Local (maybe?) Filipino breakfast chain where one should always add a fancy pancake to whatever else you want to eat. Crazy good options like s'mores and peanut butter/banana. Holy cow that was great!
Something I've never done is lounge by the pool all day
In a cabana. Where we really do nothing but eat and drink and chat with an occasional dip in the pool. I thought I would get more reading done, but there was so much to do - lol!
One last decadent evening meal. The Oyster Bar at Palace Station. It is only a bar with ~20 seats and it is never not popular. We wait in line an hour and a half. And it is totally worth it!!
Damn that was a good trip!
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