Catching Up
May. 8th, 2011 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
multipurposegoddess As more or less expected, re-entry into normal routing after Vegas is taking some adjustment. It's kind of silly - 3 days and two nights vacation shouldn't take more than 3 days to come back to normal from, but my routine, such as it is, is more week-based than day-based, so it was easier to just kind of take the rest of the week off than shift everything. And actual daily stuff like feeding the critters and getting the mail and like that did happen on schedule.
Anyway, the point is, Vegas was a whole lot of fun.perkins is totally awesome to travel with. We ended up with a nice suite at THEhotel (or is it theHOTEL? one of those), my award-miles flight on JetBlue was longish but fine and essentially free, so most of my vacation budget was available for fabulous dining and a fantastic spa day.
So much good food, y'all. We hit the ground running with Red Square where I had salt and pepper calamari, pelmeni (my favorite! And hard to find), Chopin vodka (my other favorite, and not often consumed for different reasons (namely, price) but that's what vacations are for), and a dessert/coffee cocktail called Anastasia's dream that was delish. We split an order of apple piroshki which reminded me of Natchitoches-style fried pies. The next morning was breakfast at THEcafe with Kathy A where I enjoyed a Sausage Fest (maybe 85% because the name amused me) with a Smoky Bloody Mary (bacon garnish is great but the over all smoky flavor was not as sharp as I like my bloody marys). Then I spent some time basking in the sun at Mandalay Bay Beach, which I quite enjoyed, before sushi at Mizuya. There may have been some gambling and/or napping after that, it's kind of a blur. Then off to Vdara Spa which I just loved. Just for the steam room and heated recliners would have been worthwhile, but the hot stone massage was fantastic. Capped off the day with dinner at Fleur which was not at all what I expected but very tasty. We planned on having dessert later on but I kind of fell asleep. Ah well.
So, brunched at Red White and Blue which I really liked. I have such fondness for diners. And Bloody Marys. Then it was time to come home.
Vegas is always so surreal - the lights everywhere and the endless interiors and small details like the patterns of the carpets and the lack of clocks somehow all conspire to make the whole experience outside of normal life. Makes for an intensely vacationy vacation, even when it's short. Maybe especially when it's short.
I haven't done much since I got home - baked bread, made chopped liver, made a bit of a dent on the freezer. The bees look good but I still need to get the queen cage out of the hive, I hope it is not entirely encased in wax already. Picking up the second hive body on Wednesday, I am so excited to expand!
Anyway, the point is, Vegas was a whole lot of fun.
perkins is totally awesome to travel with. We ended up with a nice suite at THEhotel (or is it theHOTEL? one of those), my award-miles flight on JetBlue was longish but fine and essentially free, so most of my vacation budget was available for fabulous dining and a fantastic spa day. So much good food, y'all. We hit the ground running with Red Square where I had salt and pepper calamari, pelmeni (my favorite! And hard to find), Chopin vodka (my other favorite, and not often consumed for different reasons (namely, price) but that's what vacations are for), and a dessert/coffee cocktail called Anastasia's dream that was delish. We split an order of apple piroshki which reminded me of Natchitoches-style fried pies. The next morning was breakfast at THEcafe with Kathy A where I enjoyed a Sausage Fest (maybe 85% because the name amused me) with a Smoky Bloody Mary (bacon garnish is great but the over all smoky flavor was not as sharp as I like my bloody marys). Then I spent some time basking in the sun at Mandalay Bay Beach, which I quite enjoyed, before sushi at Mizuya. There may have been some gambling and/or napping after that, it's kind of a blur. Then off to Vdara Spa which I just loved. Just for the steam room and heated recliners would have been worthwhile, but the hot stone massage was fantastic. Capped off the day with dinner at Fleur which was not at all what I expected but very tasty. We planned on having dessert later on but I kind of fell asleep. Ah well.
So, brunched at Red White and Blue which I really liked. I have such fondness for diners. And Bloody Marys. Then it was time to come home.
Vegas is always so surreal - the lights everywhere and the endless interiors and small details like the patterns of the carpets and the lack of clocks somehow all conspire to make the whole experience outside of normal life. Makes for an intensely vacationy vacation, even when it's short. Maybe especially when it's short.
I haven't done much since I got home - baked bread, made chopped liver, made a bit of a dent on the freezer. The bees look good but I still need to get the queen cage out of the hive, I hope it is not entirely encased in wax already. Picking up the second hive body on Wednesday, I am so excited to expand!