{"id":791038,"date":"2016-01-01T18:24:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T18:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=791038"},"modified":"2016-01-01T18:24:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T18:24:16","slug":"vegas-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2016\/01\/01\/vegas-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas, Baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My love had business to tend to in Vegas and invited me to join him! It was my first time, but not my last. \u00a0Yes, there’s some unsavory elements, and it can be a bit overwhelming, but there are positive elements too, and I choose to focus on those. We were only there two nights, and we maxed our time exploring.<\/p>\n

We stayed at the Paris<\/a> hotel. The convention hubby had to attend was there, and was perfectly located on the strip. We arrived around 7pm, and after we got settled in our room, we went to find some dinner. \u00a0Waled across the street to Bellagio, but ended up walking back to the Paris and had an incredible dinner at Gordon Ramsay Steak<\/a> restaurant.<\/p>\n

The next morning, I got up early and met with Lisa from my running club. She was coincidentally in Vegas with her family. We both had a goal of running 100 miles for the month of November and she was two miles shy of meeting that goal. \u00a0We decided to run those two miles together in Vegas!<\/p>\n

While David was at the convention, I spent the rest of the day exploring the Strip. Went through many properties. They were all changing from Autumn decor to holiday.<\/p>\n

That night, we went to the interactive dinner theatre, Tony and Tina’s Wedding<\/a>. You are the “guests” at the wedding of two dysfunctional east coast Italian families. It was hilarious!<\/p>\n

A nice morning walk with David, and a delicious breakfast at Mon Ami Gabi<\/a>\u00a0(also in the Paris hotel), and we headed for home.<\/p>\n

I walked through so many properties, I can’t recall where many of these photos were taken. \u00a0This was an Asian Noodle restaurant that had rows of goldfish tanks. I was impressed at how clean all the tanks were. A serious filter system. Fish poop, but you did not see any of it.<\/p>\n

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We are breakfast outside at Mon Ami Gabi. The little birds lined up for any crumbs that might have found their way to the ground…
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\nOur promo shot from Tony and Tina’s Wedding…\"IMG_0764\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This was inside the mall connecting the Venetian and Pallazzo hotels…\"IMG_0738\"<\/a>
\nThese two photos are actually inside!
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Outside, in front of the Venetian…\"IMG_0730\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After running with Lisa, I decided to keep going and ran to the Las Vegas sign.\u00a0\"IMG_0715\"
\n<\/a>Inside the lobby of the Venetian…\"IMG_0726\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This was the entry to an asian restaurant. The tubs lined both sides.\"IMG_0728\"<\/a> \"IMG_0729\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Running past the New York, New York…<\/p>\n

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Me and Lisa getting ready to run in front of the Paris….\"IMG_0709\"<\/a> \u00a0\"IMG_0706\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our amazing dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s. The photos imported backwards, so you see here, dessert first…<\/p>\n

This was a sticky toffee pudding that we shared. You poured a cream over it, and the “butter” was actually an incredible ice cream…<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Filet mignon and sides…
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A variety of breads and truffle salt butter…
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Caesar…
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\nFisherman’s Grill…
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\nBellagio’s fountain at night…
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A fancy, chocolate fountain inside the Bellagio at Jean Phillipe<\/a>…
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The Strip at night…
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\nInside the casino at the Paris…
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\n<\/a>Outside the Paris…\"IMG_0682\"<\/a> \"IMG_0681\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Couple time at the airport!\"IMG_0680\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My love had business to tend to in Vegas and invited me to join him! It was my first time, but not my last. \u00a0Yes, there’s some unsavory elements, and it can be a bit overwhelming, but there are positive elements too, and I choose to focus on those. We were only there two nights, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-791038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thisnthat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791038"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791073,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791038\/revisions\/791073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}