Vegas, Baby!

Going to Vegas is never the same experience twice. Here's just a few of things that we had the opportunity to enjoy this time around:

- A fabulous meal at Bobby Flay's restaurant, Mesa Grill, in Caesar's Palace.

- A private tour of "The Boneyard" section of the Neon Museum. This was truly one of the highlights of the trip for me. The vintage signs were so beautiful, strange and somehow a little sad. I was captivated.

- The Police Reunion Tour at the MGM Grand! What an amazing show. I walked away feeling like they played every song I wanted to hear. Sing it with me.....ROOOOOOOOOOOXANNE!

- A spontaneous wedding. I got married. Again. To the same guy. Almost 11 years later. At 3:30 in the morning. At A Little White Wedding Chapel. Somehow it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. We drove until we found the first wedding chapel that was open and renewed our vows. It was surprisingly sweet and serious for a Las Vegas wedding and I got a little caught up in emotion of it all, somewhere between laughter, tears and the slight intoxication of too many Lemon Drops.

- The Beatles Cirque du Soleil show, LOVE....again. Yes, I saw it a second time. It was worth every penny. It is beautiful, brilliant and unforgettable.

Those were the bigger highlights.

The smaller highlights (although equally important) went something like this:

- Eating twice at In N Out Burger

- Seeing the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign

- Staying out till dawn

- Having a cold beer (openly) while standing out on the sidewalk on Las Vegas Boulevard.

- Visiting the World's Largest Souvenir Store (again) and picking out gifts.

- Collecting as many free, cheesy, tacky Vegas items as I could for a co-worker.

- Lounging in the cool water at the Luxor pool in the 100+ degree heat.

- 1.99 margaritas at The Frontier immediately after looking into the windows of Manolo Blahnik at The Wynn.

- Sipping a giant, strange, smoking drink at the Star Trek themed bar in the Hilton.

- Watching the drunk girls walking to and from the clubs at night, carrying their shoes.

- Laughing and exploring Fremont Street and the old section of Vegas.

- Making lots of great memories with friends.