Vegas Trip - Day 2

Ok... let's see if I can remember it all. We did have a couple of those hurricane drinks walking down the strip going through different hotels. lol.

So after we got back from Hoover Dam, our bus took us all over town dropping off people at their respective hotels. But since we're staying at the end of the strip, we're the last to be dropped off. We got tired of going round and round with the bus and decided to get off at Ceasar's Palace.

We found Bobby Flay's restaurant the Mesa Grill inside Ceasars and ate there. There was a dress code but the food was reasonably priced. The restaurant itself wasn't as big and fancy as I thought it might have been. The food was excellent to say the least... very Bobby Flay style.

Of course we walked around the forum shops after we ate. Chris wanted to find where the poker rooms were at every hotel we stop at so we did that too. I couldn't resist granting him that little wish. After all, he didn't plan on playing at all while we're in Vegas. We really wanted to spend every minute together. He's such a good hubby.

After Ceasar's everything just kinda blended together. We walked into the Bellagio and took time walking around inside the hotel. Chris mentioned last week that he wanted to show me the glass ceiling in the hotel. I was thinking, how great can it be? It's just glass, right? When I saw it, I was blown away.

This piece of art work is called "Fiori de Como". These 2,000 blown glass flowers were individually hand made by Dale Chihuly. World famous glass sculptor who has his work displayed all over museums, schools, hotels, and exhibits everywhere. I am especially impressed by this because I love multi-colored art work like this. My bridal bouquet was made from individual seed beads of all different colors. This in a small scale would have been a perfect representation of our wedding.

We also visited the Bellagio's Conservatory Gardens. A small area inside the hotel where they have exhibits of the season's florals. It is absolutely brilliant and breathtaking. Right now the display is called "Spring Celebration"

From the Bellagio Conservatory website: To ensure the Conservatory & Botanical Gardens maintain magnificence 365 days a year, 140 expert horticulturists theatrically arrange gazebos, bridges, ponds, and water features uniquely for each season.


These adorable lady bug and snail are made from all roses and other botanicals.

These glass flowers are see throughout the garden. They are enormous, probably 6 to 8 feet diameter each.

After that Chris and I just made our way down the strip towards our hotel. We stop at random places to see shops and picked up souvenirs. Mostly checking out poker rooms though. If he can't play, he can at least enjoy the sound of people playing with their chips at the table. lol.

For dinner that night we walked into the Luxor to check it out. We didn't really find anything too spectacular there. Parts of the hotel was under construction so it wasn't really appealing to us to stay there. The inside infrastructure of the hotel I had never seen so I at least wanted to check that out.

Here are some random photos from our hotel and the walk down the strip. There were a ton of people with babies ... never a good idea to bring kids to Las Vegas. To us, it's an adult playground and where parents go to take some time off from home life. Having kids in Vegas is really hard to find things to do. Where can they go, really?