They enjoyed themselves very much and one of the restaurants they were at, they had to leave as the dress code changed over at 7:00 p.m., no jeans allowed. They had fun trying out different restaurants throughout their trip, ranging from every-day dining to fine dining, especially on our Daughter-in-Law's birthday. They also enjoyed several shows, a favorite being Penn and Teller. They have gone there each time they have been in Las Vegas.
I think this is their third trip now but I need to ask. This person below was a magician. I have forgotten the details but that is an interesting outfit.
Added note: thank you Sandra of Madsnapper who identified this magic act. I can always count on my blogging buddies. Her comment in part reads:
"that is Piff the magic dragon and the dog is Piffles . He won Americas Got Talent a few years ago and has his own show in Vegas, the show girl is his wife. he is a funny magician...."
Audience participation.
Not sure who this was, part of the same act and is that a puppy she is holding? After reading Sandra's comment, it is a good feeling to know that they made it and have their own show in Las Vegas.
Moving along, in one of the places they were able to get cookies and milk (milk poured inside a cookie cup) served by a robot.
Below we are back in the Bellagio. I had told them about the ceiling of Chihuly glass, and could they take a few photos? I had seen it before on our last trip several years ago. It is located in their front lobby and debuted at the Bellagio in 1998. Dale Chihuly's inspiration was apparently found in Italian fields during the spring. The 20-ton piece of art is valued at $3 million at the time of the article's writing in February 2020.
I do remember being mesmerized by it all on my visit. (You can read a biography of Dale Chihuly at this link.) The sculpture is called “Fiori di Como” which means Como Flowers.
As a side note, the Bellagio Hotel is modeled after a hotel on Lake Como in Italy. I found this out when I read the information at this link.
This sculpture consists of 2,000 hand-blown glass blossoms that weigh about 40,000 pounds. They are supported by a 10,000-pound steel armature. Every morning between 2 and 5 a.m., a team of eight to 10 engineers cleans and maintains the sculpture. There is a surrounding catwalk up there.
Later my darlings found out about the secret Alpine Bar, by previously listening to someone on YouTube who tells you all about the places in the city.
A penguin visited their table. They took it all in good fun. I probably would have fallen out of the seat trying to get away.
Now outside in the bright sunshine.
The collage below shows Gordon Ramsey's restaurant. They went to one by the same name in Washington DC on Brad's birthday last year, and wanted to compare. However, the waiting time was unbelievably long and they didn't want to waste any of their time when there were a zillion restaurants to choose from, many of them with excellent dishes as they found out during their trip, and a lot less waiting time for a seat.
They saw the newly opened Sphere as they crossed one of the walkways.
It is located at The Venetian - this link tells you all about it.
Looks very impressive close up, at night is when it really shines I would think, as you'll see from this photo I found at pixabay.com.
That's all the photos from their trip. I enjoyed looking through them again, and I hope you have enjoyed the ones I have shared today. With many thanks to my Darlings who gave me the okay sharing their photos.
Thanks for looking and I hope your day is a great one.
Not much narrative here. Still plodding along though things seem to be taking a turn for the better. Fingers crossed! I will sort it all out soon hopefully, and there does seem to be a ray of hope! Fortunately, I got a good head start on this post before my laptop went into conniption mode! I have one more post from their trip to Las Vegas after this, which I will share as soon as I can put it together.
In the meantime, here are more of their photos.
If you go to this link, it will take you to the Boston Ballet's website. On that page is a synopsis of The Nutcracker Suite. I have never seen the ballet performed live, and it's one thing on my bucket list for next season. I am hoping it would be local but it might even be nice to get tickets and do a little road trip somewhere. We will just have to wait and see.
It has been a while but I am having trouble with my laptop. It is getting rather ancient but like an old sweater, I love it and I do hate change. It has been a bit finicky before but has come back after leaving it alone for a few days. However, the screen remains dark and still has the shaking of the image, though I can see the outline of the start-up page. No arrow to start it off even if I could see the screen properly. I have my iPad but I am an awful slowpoke on this thing and much faster with my laptop. Thank you for all the lovely comments. I will be plodding along on my iPad catching up with your blogs. I seem to be getting slower and slower returning comments, and apologies for that! I miss my laptop as I'm pretty fast on it. I’ll get there eventually though. I already had this post started off and a few more already set up, just a little finishing up here and there. Enough winging on my part, now for the fun stuff!
In a post a few days ago, I finished off saying that it was our Daughter-in-Law's birthday on December 27th. They have been before and decided to go back to Las Vegas to celebrate. They are not gamblers but they do enjoy the shows, going to a variety of fun restaurants, and walking up and down the Strip exploring. They also met up with a good friend who was in town this time. Here are a few photos to be going on with. I will put together others soon. They are very sweet letting me share their photos. The first three is of their hotel, 'New York New York Las Vegas Hotel and Casino'. It has a whopping 2,025 rooms including 104 suites. There are 12 towers ranging from 26 to 45 stories. There are 84,000 square feet of casinos, featuring 60 plus casino table games and over 1,000 slot/video machines. It has 23 restaurants from fine dining to casual. The roller coaster ride is a view from their bedroom. It is called The Big Apple Coaster and there is also an arcade.
Next shows part of "The Hotel Paris Las Vegas"
These decorations are in the Bellagio Conservatory. Their theme is the Nutcracker. Just a little look as I have others to share that are as delightful as this.
I will be sharing more of their photos next Tuesday.
