Vegas, Baby!

I've never really been big on Vegas. I don't gamble, and I've never really gone with a large enough group of people to split a nice hotel room. Still, when Drizzle visited, she said she wanted to go to Vegas because people were always telling her how great it is. So we went, and we looked around a bit. We didn't stay long, since neither of us gamble, but we did get some good pictures. She got a lot more, of course, but here are some of my own offerings.

The Bellagio went all out to celebrate the Chinese New Year, including erecting a Chinese garden scene, complete with Fortune God, in the Botanical Garden.

Bally's and Paris look beautiful from the Bellagio Fountains.

The water show runs once every quarter hour during prime time at the Bellagio Fountains, and is a must-see in Vegas.

The night before Superbowl Sunday, Luxor (and all casinos, really) was quiet late at night as everyone rested up for the next day, which was expected to be a busy gambling day.

Drizzle and I stayed at Excalibur.


New York - New York on a gray Superbowl Sunday.

The Forum Shops is always a shopper's paradise.

The French Toast Napoleon at the Cheesecake Factory kept me full for the entire drive back to California, and then some!


Driving back to California meant driving into the clouds as a storm system loomed.

Nothing happened in Vegas that needed to stay in Vegas, but I managed to have fun anyway. Maybe next time, maybe next time!

[Cross-posted from Between Worlds]