We Heart You, Vegas

...but only in small doses. A weekend is about all I can handle there before I'm dying for my own bed and a smoke-free environment. :) Nikki and I still had so much fun on our last-minute getaway! It was an awesome way to cap off my birthday week and I'm so glad we did it.

So we drove there Thursday night, which was actually great because we left around 8, got there just about midnight and had almost no traffic. And like she promised, it was so much better waking up there Friday morning rather than driving that day! We slept in a bit and then headed to the Hash House a go go for some amazing brunch. It was so cute! There were at least 15 things on the menu that I wanted to try, but we both opted for the dish they're known for, the sage fried chicken biscuit benedict.

Holy mother, please don't hurt me now.

Us before, and after:

Hurts so good...there's also one in San Diego that we plan on hitting the next time we're done there. :) From there we did outlet shopping for the rest of the day and then headed back to the hotel to change for dinner. Nikki decided she wanted prime rib, and where else should you go except Lawry's?

All I can say is it was seriously one of the best meals I've had in a loooong time. I'm not a prime rib fan, so lucky for me the only other thing on the menu was lobster tails. Heaven.

The place was really nicely done in an art deco style, they had old music playing and fantastic service, including the old school carts that they bring to your table to cut the piece of prime rib you want. Worth every penny, I have to say.

How'd that Hash House photo get in there? I do apologize, my staff is getting sloppy.

Unfortunately Saturday was pretty much a wash for me because a migraine took me out, but Nikki was happy as a clam gambling all day (and staying even, too!). After sleeping it off I was in good enough shape to go out for dinner. To add insult to injury, however, the restaurant we decided to try - B&B Ristorante in the Venetian, Mario Batali's restaurant - was terrible. You know it's bad when Nik and I look at the dessert menu and don't want a thing. Save yourself the money and go across the way to Delmonico instead!

However the karma gods must've been smiling on me that night, as I actually won at video poker for once!! Usually I'm happy to put in my $10 or $20 and play until it's gone (as compared to Nikki, who knows all the rules and tricks and has the best luck), but this time I actually kept winning and then hit 4 of a kind! So I cashed out with my $77 after starting with only $10.

Love that "excited face" for me means "wide open mouth" (hold your jokes, please, I've heard them all before!). Oh well - what a perfect way to finish the weekend! Especially since we drove back Sunday and got home in the early afternoon, so I had the rest of the day plus Monday (I knew better than to try and go straight back to work) to relax and enjoy myself. Couldn't ask for a better getaway! :)

xo

Comments

[Jessica]

I am not sure how I found out blog - but I love it. Will be coming back for more. :)

[Nikki]

Yay for the best friend weekend. I had so much fun. I do indeed hope you can make it for SEMA show as it looks like everyone is going. Come on.. all the cool kids are doing it! ;)