This was the third Thanksgiving I have not been home for, in 30 years. But thanks to my awesome grandfather, I had a great traditional dinner at home the day before I left, with the entire family. So I got my fix.
We spent a few hours walking up the strip and checking out New York New York, MGM, Monte Carlo, and a few others. The one thing we would not do was go into Paris- we are planning a trip back to Vegas for a few nights in February and plan on staying there, and want to be surprised when we see it for the first time. While I have been to Vegas a few times, it's been about 7 years or so, and there are a lot of new things to see!
A few of us had dinner reservations at McCormick and Schmick for 8:00 (I found a great website that told me all of the Thanksgiving specials in town). They had a full turkey dinner for $18.95! However, once Darrel and I sat down and saw all of the steak and seafood options, we of course threw the turkey idea out the window. Dinner was perfect- old friends, and our "road family".
Next of course was the swanky Bellagio. We planned on getting a drink there, but the PRICES!! Oh my!! You would think they would want you to spend your money gambling! So we walked around and checked it out, then went to the new Planet Hollywood hotel for drinks instead. After a few, it seemed like a great idea to throw some of our hard-earned money into their slot machines- I lost $22 and Darrel lost $20, but it totally entertained us for a good half hour. (I thought by talking to the machine and telling it I really wanted the purple Louis Vuitton purse I had seen at Ceasar's that it would definitely pay me out, but I guess not).
They must really pump oxygen into those casinos, because I was up until 5:30am the first night, and 4:00am the second night. It was so fun, and a great town to enjoy Thanksgiving away from home in!
Luckily for us, we got to spend our night off for Thanksgiving in Vegas, with no show!!! I got in on Wednesday around midnight with the crew, and we just hung out at the Hooter's Bar because that's where we were staying. I really didn't want to go off and do too much without Darrel, because he had never been there before and I wanted to explore it with him. He arrived with the cast on Thanksgiving around 2:00pm, and it was off to the races!
We spent a few hours walking up the strip and checking out New York New York, MGM, Monte Carlo, and a few others. The one thing we would not do was go into Paris- we are planning a trip back to Vegas for a few nights in February and plan on staying there, and want to be surprised when we see it for the first time. While I have been to Vegas a few times, it's been about 7 years or so, and there are a lot of new things to see!A few of us had dinner reservations at McCormick and Schmick for 8:00 (I found a great website that told me all of the Thanksgiving specials in town). They had a full turkey dinner for $18.95! However, once Darrel and I sat down and saw all of the steak and seafood options, we of course threw the turkey idea out the window. Dinner was perfect- old friends, and our "road family".Next of course was the swanky Bellagio. We planned on getting a drink there, but the PRICES!! Oh my!! You would think they would want you to spend your money gambling! So we walked around and checked it out, then went to the new Planet Hollywood hotel for drinks instead. After a few, it seemed like a great idea to throw some of our hard-earned money into their slot machines- I lost $22 and Darrel lost $20, but it totally entertained us for a good half hour. (I thought by talking to the machine and telling it I really wanted the purple Louis Vuitton purse I had seen at Ceasar's that it would definitely pay me out, but I guess not).They must really pump oxygen into those casinos, because I was up until 5:30am the first night, and 4:00am the second night. It was so fun, and a great town to enjoy Thanksgiving away from home in!
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