Vegas, Continued...

So let's see, where did I leave off on our Vegas trip. Oh yeah...Juan was taking a nap while I wrote the first blog online. hehe

After his short nap, we got dressed up for the night. Juan was looking way more "fierce", as he'd put it, than I was. I regret not having packed something nicer to dress up. hehe Lots of people were looking all nice and fancy dressing up for the night out on the strip. But then again, a bunch of them end up drunk and wasted by the end of the night looking like total messes. lol Anyway...the plan was to check out the Madame Tussauds wax museum out at The Venetian, then have dinner near there and hit a bar or club after.

Since we had Juan's car there, he decided he'd drive it that night. Our mistake was taking Las Vegas Blvd to get to the Venetian at the other end of the strip. We were staying near the southern end while the museum was located at the northern end. Trying to get to that traffic on the strip took a long time! We had to make it before it closed at ten, and we had just over an hour left. Once we finally got the the Venetian we missed the parking lot entrance (it was confusing...so many cars, people, lights, turns, etc.), so we had to work our way back again. In the end we figured it was too late for the museum but we'd go in and park anyway, at least to get dinner. After we parked we walked over to the museum to at least know where it was at, hoping we could visit it the next morning. But fortunately, turns out the 10:00 closing time I saw online was wrong! They closed at 11:00 that day, so we still had time. We went in and had a fun time taking pictures with all the celebrities, including the one and only Buffy! hehe

After the museum we grabbed a bite to eat (and shared at Margarita) at a Mexican place in the food court. It was pretty good. We then just went back to the car and drove to one of the gay clubs nearby. We ended up going to the Piranha / 8 1/2 Lounge. I guess it's two clubs in one or something. Turned out the cover charge was $20, which kinda seemed a bit too much since we weren't sure if we'd even like the place. Just as we started to walk away from the line, this black drag queen diva calls to us, asking us why we were leaving. "Is it the price? A bit much?" Juan tells her that we at least want to check out a few of the nearby free spots first. So she says, "We run the place across the street too (Gypsy), but look at our line and look at theirs. Trust me, you'll be back. And when you are, I can get you in for $10 each." We take her up on the offer and go check out Gypsy. The diva was right! Place was dead empty. We walk right back out and go back to her club. She takes us to the front of the line and gets us in as her special guests. She was so nice! The place itself was pretty cool. We just danced a bit and chilled. Didn't drink anymore so we wouldn't be feeling out of it the next morning, especially since Juan had a long drive ahead. After the club we just decided, to call it a night. Juan was especially tired so we went back to the room and had our final good night of rest in our comfy bed.

We woke up at 10 the next morning, Sunday, and right away went down and hit the pools for one final time. Even at 10 in the morning they were already full of people and the water felt so nice and warm. We took a few pictures and chilled then just went back to the room at 11:30 to shower up and pack. Check out time was 12:00, and it was a breeze to check out, quick & easy. Overall, our stay at the Four Seasons was definitely a wonderful experience. Very clean, beautiful, friendly staff and overall warm welcoming environment. Definitely would recommend it if you ever want to stay there, especially for a romantic couples retreat! :)

After we checked out we hit the lunch buffet one more time, at Excalibur, and then hit the road back to L.A. We left at 2 and arrived to L.A. by 7, this time not stopping at all. (Thanks Juan for driving us!) The road trip itself, even during traffic jams, is a nice experience. Just spending time together, enjoying the music, conversations and views.

It was tough having to see the weekend come to an end, but I truly enjoyed every single second of it. And here comes the lovey mushy stuff, so those of you not into that, tune away... lol Despite the nice hotel, relaxing pools, soothing sauna and all the goodies...what truly makes this, and every other vacation, so memorable is just getting to spend the time with Juan. That's what I love most in the end and means so much to me. Which is why seeing it end and having to part ways with him for a while is always tough. But I always look back on these memorable trips and feel happy, looking forward to the next ones, wherever they may take us. Love you sweetie!

Oh and one more thing...just wanted to mention my two favorite funny moments on this trip. One was when we were at the wax museum and met up with Johnny Depp. His figure had this stare going on, so I told Juan to stare him down, eye to eye, for the pic. But he looked almost way too real, especially the eyes, and it freaked Juan out a bit and he just didn't want to get up close to him. LOL Eventually he finally did, but it was just funny seeing him not want to stare him down, eventhough we knew he wasn't real. :) The other funny moment was of my own doing... We had arrived at our hotel's spa locker room, because we were going to hit the sauna. They gave us each a locker key and when I went to mine I saw a robe, towel, sandals, razor and a bag in there. I quickly closed it and said "Someone's stuff is in there!" To which Juan replied, "It's yours!" LOL Usually when I open a locker at the gym with stuff in it, it belongs to someone else that just didn't lock it. So I guess just by experience I didn't think right away that it was my stuff that they were letting me use. hehe

Greetings From Vegas

It's past 7:30 right now, Saturday night. I find myself here in Vegas for the third time, with Juan. I remember the first time we visited together we stayed at Circus Circus...probably the cheapest on the strip of the big hotels...and I did a lot of the touristy stuff, even buying souvenirs. lol I had a good time. The second time we went was for Juan's Bday and we were joined by some friends. Now this, our third time, was the first time we (well, HE) drove to Vegas rather than fly. We left Friday afternoon at around 2:30 and arrived around 7:30 (with a brief stop at a Barstow Baja Fresh to eat). It was a fun drive, we just listened to music and enjoyed the scenery (when there was some) and enjoyed each others company.

We're staying at the Four Seasons this time, 39th floor, located above the Mandalay Bay, which we absolutely love! The room is really nice, clean, beautifully decorated and has everything we could need! And the view from the floor to ceiling windows is sweet! We overlook the pools (both the Four Seasons and the Mandalay Bay) as well as the southern end of the Strip, an airport and the city view along the 15 Fwy and beyond. This isn't our exact room, but it's pretty much the same:



After we arrived we chilled in the room a bit, freshened up and then headed out for a lil walk along the strip. We didn't end up going to any clubs or stuff like that, so we just grabbed a quick McD's bite and picked up some water and snacks to bring back to the room. (We may be staying in a nice room but we ain't paying more $$$ for snacks we could get for 1/5 the price elsewhere! lol)

This morning we woke up and hit the Buffet over at the Excalibur. We had a nice breakfast which has so far fueled us along the whole day! It's nearly 8 now and I'm barely starting to feel hungry. (Wake up Juan!!! Time to start getting ready to head on out!!!) After we ate, we changed into our pool attire and went down to check out our hotel's private little pool. It was nice and all, but seemed to be more to just lay back in a chair and be waited on. Hmmm...don't know about Juan, but it's not really my thing. hehe So I suggested we just head over to the pools nex to ours, the Mandalay Bay, which we get to use for free as guests of the Four Seasons. They have a big wave pool, a lil river area, a hot jacuzzi, a regular pool, etc. We hit each of them and soaked in some sunshine. Loved it!!! Right after that we went to our hotel's Spa and freshened up in their Sauna area. So nice and relaxing. We felt all refreshed after that.

So now we're here in our room, planning what's up for tonight. I'm about to wake Juan from his trademark nap so we can see where we're heading to next. I want to check out the wax museum too, just for fun, then from there we'll see what's next...

Summer Holiday

Hello there, my sweet lil blog. Missed me?

Haven't had much time these past couple of months to dedicate to my blog entries. But I've tried to stop by every now and then. Such as now. :)

I'm looking forward to this weekend because Juan and I are heading out of town and hitting up Las Vegas! Woohoo! If my math is correct, this should be our third time going there together. We're staying at the Four Seasons this time, definitely moving on up! LOL So that'll be a new experience. From what we read, it looks like I should expect them to treat us like kings (or queens? loL). Sounds nice but I'm not reallly the type that likes to be waited on too much, sometimes I'd much rather be left alone until I call someone for assistance. So we'll see how that goes. The hotel looks really nice and fancy though, so should be a great time! I'm sure we'll be spending lots of time in the pools cooling off from the heat, too. We're also driving out this time, for the first time. We've flown the other times. So it'll be like a road trip, too. I can't wait! We'd been wanting to do a weekend getaway all Summer, especially Juan being on vacation for weeks, but it never panned out...until now!

Just have to make it through the final work day first and then we're off! I've asked to get out at 1:00 tomorrow, to be home no later than 2:00 and then we can head off, hopefully avoiding some traffic. I've packed most of my stuff already, but still can't help feeling like I'm forgetting something or I should pack certain clothes instead of what I did pack. I always hate packing...takes me forever and can be stressful in some way. LOL But once we're on our way, the point of no return, it's relaxing and I love it! The only bad part of it all...that moment when it's time to come back home. hehe

I've been going through some bad sleep patterns. Some days I stay up super late but then pay for it the next day when I can't stay awake at night and knock out super early. So tonight I'll do my best to go to sleep no later than 11. That's an hour away! Grrrr. Guess I should log off this too. I'll watch my next Smallville Season 3 episode and then go to sleep after that, assuming I don't knock out during it! I do that...a lot.