I am still recovering my trip to Vegas, which by the way was lots of fun. Of course, I would have had more fun with Hector or some of my friends but my mom & I got along okay. We left around 1:15pm Friday afternoon and arrived in Vegas at 6pm which wasn't too bad. I haven't been to Vegas on a weekend forever and was expecting a huge mob of people travelling on the road and in town but surprisingly, it was good. It helped that we were staying off the Strip behind the Wynn hotel/casino so I drove on Paradise to the Flamingo to park and walked everywhere I wanted to go.

Gambling was okay...overall I gave it all away but I had some luck hitting 4 of a kind on a few video poker machines that kept me entertained. I would play for a bit then walk around to Caesars and Bellagio to check out the mall and conservatory. At the Bellagio I was mildly surprised to see a banner in Chinese over the entry and I assumed it said Happy New Year. Inside they had red ball-like things all over the place and the conservatory had a pagoda and red bridges. They had interesting signs that explained feng shui, zig zag bridges and flowers.

Here are some of my pics including the beautiful glasswork of Dale Chihuly that is displayed in the Bellagio lobby.