DINNER 59: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Since we had rehearsal tonight, I grabbed a quick Bacon & Ranch salad from the local McDonald’s before heading to our rehearsal space for some quiet time.
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DINNER 58: Monday, February 27, 2006
Tonight, Angel (one of the cast members of DINNER WITH FRIENDS, the show I’m directing for Falcon Theater) and I ate at Chicago Gyros in Clifton, very near our rehearsal space. We enjoyed the gyros, fries, and baklava, despite the total lack of ambience in the…
DINNER 57: Sunday, February 26, 2006
This evening’s dinner was with our friends Dave & Robin. We enjoy spending time with them. Tonight we ate at Jade Garden, a good Chinese buffet near our homes. A variety of Chinese & Asian-style foods were on display, and we sampled many of them.
DINNER 56: Saturday, February 25, 2006
Tonight’s dinner was a quick drive-through of Burger King before we saw Vance Gilbert in concert at Miami University Hamilton. Â Â Vance is an amazing singer/songwriter. He takes the stage armed only with an acoustic guitar, his wit, and immense singing talent. It’s the…
DINNER 55: Friday, February 24, 2006
Tonight’s dinner was actually lunch before our plane ride home from fabulous Las Vegas. We ate airport food while waiting for our plane. Nothing special.
LAS VEGAS: February 2006, part 2
VEGAS PICTURES ARE HERE.Â
Wednesday February 22 was another early day, dropping Wendy off at her conference before heading to Cravings, the buffet at the Mirage Hotel & Casino. I met “Big Al” on the tram. Al is an elderly gentleman who was a dealer for 25 years and now spends his time navigating his walker around the casino as a self-appointed goodwill ambassador. He showed me the shortcuts to getting to the buffet (not all of them were successful) before unceremoniously ditching me in line while he zipped in the VIP line. I greeted him inside the buffet and it was as if he’d never seen me before. Since I was in Vegas, I figured I had to eat at a buffet, and Cravings has been highly reviewed, though since I arrived while it was in ‘breakfast buffet’ mode, I felt like I didn’t get the full ‘buffet experience’. Still, my breakfast (pizza, Eggs Benedict, cottage cheese, cereal, juices, and more) was fresh, hot, and tasty and fueled me for a day of walking around the Strip and into most of the casinos, just for a visit.
Some observations about the Strip at Las Vegas… The older casinos have lower ceilings and are somewhat smokey, close places. The newer casinos do not have these issues. Everything in Las Vegas is huge. The scale is just incredible. Wendy’s convention — 12,000 veterinarians — was in one wing of the Mandalay Bay (along with a realtor’s convention (6,000 people) and a couple smaller (approximately 2,500 people each) conventions in the same wing!). Buildings in Las Vegas look close together, but they’re not — they’re just huge. It’s critical that you wear good walking shoes. I wore gym shoes and they were fine and comfortable for a week’s worth of walking. Vegas is clean, well-lit, and not at all seedy. I’m sure there are seedy spots, but we didn’t see any of them. To go to Vegas and do anything except fine dining or gambling is pretty affordable, and only tourists pay list price for anything. There are ALWAYS ways to get discounted or free tickets to anything.
LAS VEGAS: February 2006, part 1
From Saturday, February 18 through Friday, February 24, 2006, Wendy & I were in fabulous Las Vegas Nevada. Wendy went to attend the Western Veterinary Conference, the largest veterinarian convention in the United States, and I tagged along with her. Our friends Doug & Kelly…