This was a sad day, as it was Sunday and our good friend (and adopted little brother) @DaNo413 had to go home…

BUT! Not till after another fabulous brunch! We headed over to the Miracle Mile Mall at Planet Hollywood and figured we’d just find something. We found deliciousness at Lombardi’s Romagna Mia After some good food we parted ways with our friend Dano and began to SHOP. This was Richard’s fave mall on previous trips so Joelle and I knew we had to let him do his thing. I hung out for the power shopping while Joelle agreed to meet us later.

After 23 shoe stores I was finally allowed to leave the Miracle Mile and even got to pick our next Vegas Adventure. Of course I went with Monorail because I was gonna see the Stratosphere if it killed me… So we walked to the Official Looking Monorail Entrance: Bally’s. Big mistake yo. The Monorail is like 22 miles away from those blue circles and escalators. Anyway, after trudging thru the old casino, lobbies, halls, a very dying mall area, and more halls we finally reached the rear of Bally’s and got on the Monorail… We headed strait for the Strat. Or at least the closest stop.. The Sahara. Poor little worn out thing. This is actually the “seedy” side of the strip. We ran thru there pretty fast and began the small hike to the Strat. On the way you can’t help but stop in at the World’s Largest Gift Shop. It was delightfully tacky and trashy and huge. We literally spent like an hour in there. *time suck* LOL! When we finally got to The Stratosphere, after stepping over the homeless and dodging the drunks barf, we looked at going up the tower for a quick peek. Turns out there was a LOUNGE with LIVE MUSIC. Helloooo Level 107 Lounge! What a great venue! We sat and cocktailed (2 for 1 from 4 to 7 Martinis!) and listened to live music (a great cover lounge act). In fact when Joelle and Mike saw where we were we were instructed not to move, as they were coming up!

HAHA! After a couple more hours there enjoying the music and amazing views we headed to The Strip once more, this time to The Cosmopolitan. OMG. O. M. G. This place was unreal! Our destination was The Chandelier, where you are literally inside a giant crystal chandelier. It was amazing. The drinks and service were exceptional. A fave for sure. We dined at Holsteins, an unlikely choice as I am not a burger man, per say, however the salmon burger was amazing! Then it was back to The Chandelier for a night-cap before heading home.

Another terrific day with Joelle and Mike in that little town in Nevada, Las Vegas…

My name is Daniel Phillip and I approve this blog post.

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What a day! You know when you plan something so far out that you kinda forget about it? That’s how it was with Wicked. We bought the tickets, when? Like April?! Something like that. So when Richard announced this past Sunday that “OMG we go to the play on Wednesday!” It was like being excited all over again!

So today was the big day, obviously. I was told to leave work early (my man likes to have plenty of time before an event like going downtown), which I did. Only to sit home waiting for HIM to leave work, which he did, LATE. But whatevs. In the meantime I ate all the leftover Tai food. Ha! Ha ha! I was already dressed, so had a bit of time. I felt really cute in my all black outfit that I wore last year to Dine Out For Life, which is important because those little pants fit again… It was what I wore to work too. LOL. Anyways, so he got home, we freshened up and were out the door. When we finally got downtown (it’s a long 6 miles yo!) we were like an hour and a half early. We even found free parking! But that early, it was like… Now what? Richard surprised me with a side trip to The US Grant Hotel, where we had a cocktail and some delightful nibbles. Chilled prawns and some chicken fritters. Ya gotta love half off apps!

So the food took kinda long and we ended up rushing the block up to the Civic Theatre but made it right in time for seating. The folks in front of us getting in, bless their hearts, had apparently come to the wrong show. Theirs was last night. O.U.C.H. The wife was visibly seething. So that was entertaining. LOL. We get inside and our seats were really close. Far left aisle, but really, really close. It was great! The seats are weird. It was a lot more leg-room that I remember in the Golden Gate Theater in SF, but it may have been the section. They are really narrow tho. Like in that commercial with all the kids in their football pads that can’t lean back at the same time, only no one has pads on. It was a relief when the older gentleman and his granddaughter moved over into the vacant seats. Except for when an hour into the show the owners of those seats ended up next to me.

Dude. PDA overload. First they were an hour late. I say you bar the doors after 15 minutes. But whatever. So they stumble in and sit, then they make out and giggle for like 10 minutes. Ew. And he’s all in my space, touching me with all the contorted groping he’s doing to her. I swear I could have reached around and been another set of hands and he’d not have noticed. Also, he stunk. It was either bad cologne or her perfume landed on him and soured. Either way, ew. Finally I moved and cleared my throat enough and they settled down and we watched the show. But after intermission, it was drama. First they discovered that gramps had stole their seats. LOL. She (the bitch!) decided not to say anything and stay where they were (hate her!). Later I swear he fingered her. As in… Yeah, like that.

However, in public you expect filth. In this case I sat next to it. I did not let that spoil my fun.

The show must go on! And what a SHOW! OMG! OMG! OMG!

Love. LOVE! I loved it! Go see it. Really. So. Worth. It.

tagged: richard omg bitch fun ew cocktail outfit wicked downtown
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daniel · evening · say it · ping it

A completely new vodka!

I kid! Although that is a fun idea… *wink* So srsly, I was able to acquire this at an amazing price:

Recession? What recession? LOL, no, even at the price I got it for it still hurts my bank account. But sometimes you gotta grab while the grabbin’ is good. Is it not amazing? Now as long as I don’t get fired it’s all good… I kid again. It was all on the up & up yo. (But you know how I stress aboot things, so… yeah)

The funny thing is, I haven’t even used it yet and I am coveting the next Kitchenaid small appliance. I think if I had the blender, I might blend things…

tagged: dreamy red mixer kitchenaid multi-use

daniel · early evening · 3 comments · ping it

It’s not easy. Sigh.

I spent my morning going thru the bills I neglected the last few days. It took all my blogging time! Oh well. Maybe later.

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daniel · late morning · say it · ping it

We finally got WiFi in the house. No there’s still no laptop. It’s for the phones. Heh. Erm, yeah. 2 iPhones suddenly justified WiFi. In the form of a Time Capsule. Because that also offers 500 GB of storage. 2 birds one stone and all that. (Can I justify spending or what?)

Anyhoo, it makes me laugh how now there is always one of us at the desktop and another surfing on the phone… Instead of you know, being impatient. LOL. After 12 years together it is clearly the little things that give us joy.

tagged: richard blogging online wifi

daniel · late afternoon · 1 comment · ping it

...but it’s me, me, me!

Absolutely Everything has arrived. All seasons of Ab Fab (and then some) all in one handy and fashionable silver lame’ organizer. I can’t stand it! LOL!

tagged: ab fab absolutely fabulous dvd series

daniel · early evening · 2 comments · ping it