{"id":3977,"date":"2013-05-04T00:32:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T00:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3977"},"modified":"2013-05-05T21:39:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T21:39:23","slug":"las-vegas-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3977","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bing and I will make it a point to go to Vegas yearly ( I didn&#8217;t go last year) Well.. we usually go to Vegas because we have a good deal. We started planning for this trip late last year and was looking forward to it. It&#8217;s such a bummer that I was ill half the time \ud83d\ude41 I was also worried about the disgusting silverfish problem we have at home.<\/p>\n<p>It ought be be such an enjoyable trip.. since we managed to get everything ( flight, hotel, food, show) for FREE!!! I just did not have as much fun as I thought I would \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><strong>28-30 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mirage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3978\" alt=\"mirage\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mirage.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mirage.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mirage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mirage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mirage-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mirage is a so-so hotel. The rooms are very nice and looks updated. However, the walls are very thin. You can hear people talking\/yelling along the corridor.<\/p>\n<p>The weather was really good when we were there. Vegas is beautiful. It&#8217;s warm ( not hot) but I was cold most of the time \ud83d\ude41<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3979\" alt=\"view\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/view.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/view.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/view-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/view-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/view-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our first complimentary meal worth $150 was at a rather posh restaurant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CDEQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.excalibur.com%2Frestaurants%2Fthe_steakhouse.aspx&amp;ei=LUiEUZWsH-70igLUmoHQBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGcjOJ_IlB3ZFlUpWqLDr5-MUGxwg&amp;sig2=TlkyNW9TGRQ3OuSndTAozQ&amp;bvm=bv.45960087,d.cGE\"><em>Steakhouse At Camelot<\/em> &#8211; Excalibur<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The food was not bad considering that it&#8217;s FREE! Would love some alcohol but I was not feeling well \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1st.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3980\" alt=\"1st\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1st.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1st.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1st-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1st-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1st-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Had my best steak ever. This cut, Filet Mignon is indeed the King of steaks.. so tender and flavorful! Totally forgot about taking pics of BH&#8217;s steak as it came later .. haha<\/p>\n<p>After dinner.. I felt sooo bad that I went back to the hotel room to sleep. Of course, BH went to the casinos!<\/p>\n<p>The next day.. I felt a little better&#8230; we went to Bellagio for brunch buffet! Food was good BUT buffet isn&#8217;t good for me because I don&#8217;t eat THAT much..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bellagio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3981\" alt=\"bellagio\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bellagio.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bellagio.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bellagio-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bellagio-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bellagio-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walked around Vegas.. and spotted this really interesting chapel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com\/explore\/popupweddingchapel.aspx\">Pop Up wedding Chapel at Cosmopolitan\u00a0<\/a> &#8211; Can consider this in future! Vows renewal maybe?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chapel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3982\" alt=\"chapel\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chapel.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chapel.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chapel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chapel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chapel-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walked to Aria and ate the most delightful cakes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arialasvegas.com\/dining\/restaurants\/jean-philippe-patisserie\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Philippe<\/a>.. omg.. the best so far&#8230; I want more!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3983\" alt=\"aria\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aria.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aria.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aria-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aria-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aria-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230; the highlight of the trip&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Before we watched Terry Fator , which is amazing by the way.. we decided to play some slots&#8230; and&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3984\" alt=\"clue\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clue.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clue.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clue-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clue-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clue-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a>I didn&#8217;t have a CLUE &#8230; don&#8217;t even know what I was playing for&#8230; I only had $6 left&#8230; and I suddenly won the progressive jackpot of $221 for solving the mystery!! wah!!! \ud83d\ude00 BH lost all our winnings at Blackjack later though \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>Talking about slot machines, I also saw a Corgi! How cute!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/corgi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3985\" alt=\"corgi\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/corgi.jpg\" width=\"408\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/corgi.jpg 408w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/corgi-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>dinner was at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninefineirishmen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nine Fine Irishmen at NYNY \u00a0<\/a>Their Chicken pot pie is super HUGE and delicious!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WP_20130429_016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3986\" alt=\"WP_20130429_016\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WP_20130429_016.jpg\" width=\"325\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WP_20130429_016.jpg 325w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WP_20130429_016-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next morning&#8230; we had more food again&#8230; It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.signaturemgmgrand.com\/restaurants\/\" target=\"_blank\">Delights @ MGM grand<\/a> The food was really good! Love such breakfast. The $50 voucher was so worth it. we even had enough\u00a0 for us to takeaway sandwiches for our flight home \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/delights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3987\" alt=\"delights\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/delights.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/delights.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/delights-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/delights-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/delights-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see&#8230; this trip&#8230;we ate MORE than we should.. I was soooo full&#8230;. Wish I was feeling better then :\/ Vegas.. till we meet again&#8230; Hope it&#8217;s soon!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bing and I will make it a point to go to Vegas yearly ( I didn&#8217;t go last year) Well.. we usually go to Vegas because we have a good deal. We started planning for this trip late last year and was looking forward to it. It&#8217;s such a bummer that I was ill half &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3977\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Las Vegas 2013&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3991,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions\/3991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}