May The Stars Light Your Way
  Wendy & I wanted to take Doug & Kelly out for a nice meal to thank them for hosting us this week. Based on my previous (breakfast) experience, we decided to take them to Bouchon, a classic French bistro and oyster bar, in the Venitian…
Tonight’s dinner was our ‘date night’. Based on the recommendation of Jean-Robert, we ate at Le Cirque in the Bellagio Hotel & Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas Nevada. This ‘jewel box’ of a restauarant seats 80 guests and overlooks the fabulous fountains of the…
We met Scott & Emily for dinner tonight at Bradley Ogden in Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas Nevada. Wendy & I arrived a few minutes early and happened to spot Chef Bradley Ogden in the dining room. He chatted with us for a few minutes after Scott & Emily arrived before we made our way to our comfortable corner banquette and settled in for a fine meal. We ordered a variety of different appetizers & entrees, including Seared Foie Gras; Slow-Roasted Muscovy Duck; Bison; and more, and paired wines. It was an awesome example of refined American cuisine.
In Las Vegas Nevada, we joined Scott, Emily, and Sarah for dinner at 9 Fine Irishmen in NYNY Hotel & Casino. We dined on a variety of different dishes — a Sausage Pail, Salt & Pepper Prawns (gigantic!), Sheppard’s Pie, and I had a roast…
Tonight’s meal wasn’t really a meal at all. We were told by our friend Tracy that we simply had to sample the tiramisu at Caesar’s Palace, under the artificial sunrise and sunset. We made our way to Bertolini’s and sat ‘outside’ near the giant, beautiful (noisy)…
Tonight, we were on our way from Cincinnati Ohio to Columbus Ohio to Chicago Illinois and on to our final destination of Las Vegas Nevada. Dinner was on the fly in the airport between flights… Just a cheese pizza from one of the nameless, faceless food-stall clones lining the airport in Chicago.
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Since we were packing for our upcoming trip to Las Vegas, tonight’s dinner was a hunker-down simple meal of Ravioli and a cheese quesadilla.