bacchanal...

**sunflower display @ bellagio

we save the best for last....for our last day.  we decided to do another buffet restaurant.  this time we went to bacchanal @ ceasar's palace.  i was informed by a local vegas resident that this is the best buffet at the moment.  and for the price of $50.99 per person, it was worth it.  too bad that there's no kid price.  there goes my savings...

**grandma, em, and sis @ bellagio...yes, my niece likes to make faces...

**mini burger with dom at the background...

**the 1 hour waiting line to get in to bacchanal for lunch...and it's 2 pm...

**spicy italian sausage, andouille sauage (underneath somewhere), THICK brisket, and an old fashion mac&cheese...

left vegas at 9 pm.  arrived in los angeles at 1 am for a flight back to NYC at 7 am....

hoover dam, arizona, and wicked spoon...

venturing in a very humid nevada dessert, we all decided to take a short trip to hoover dam, NOT the vacuum.  it was great, it was big but it was just flippin HOT!!!!  i dropped everyone on the Arizona side (yes, I was another US state) and made them cross the bridge while i park the car on the Nevada side.

continuing the unbearable HOT tour, we went to red rock national park.  it's a sight to see but the fact that it was very very hot, everyone just want to go back to the car, get something to eat for late lunch and head back to the hotel.

the kids wanted to go to mcdonalds but i had something planned already.  i took everyone to wicked spoon @ the cosmopolitan hotel.  i know it's not a cheap lunch but what the heck, we are in vegas.

**didn't realized we went to another state, arizona...

**sorry but i just had to take a pix of this...it was hot but this bathroom as blasting AC...

**lake mead...

**art deco statue @ hoover dam...

**wicked spoon, cosmopolitan hotel, plate # 1...

**plate # 2...after that, i gave up taking pictures.  i just want to eat...

**not sure how many plates i had already.  by the way, that's gold leaf on top of the two desserts...

**my sis enjoying her selections of desserts...

**botanical garden @ bellagio hotel...

road trip from san diego to las vegas...

the 5 hours drive between san diego to las vegas was not a pleasant one.  it was hot, humid, and did i mention that it's 5 hours?  i am used to long driving but the whole trip rest on my daily driving....this was not vacation, it was work.

there's nothing much to see along the highway.  it mostly barren and dried mountains.  there would be small towns but nothin much to look at really.  luckily, there is the calico ghost town which was a few miles away from the main road and a good break from the driving.  

we left san diego around 9 am...we got to vegas around 4 pm (including rest stops)...

**sis inside the main lobby of aria hotel and casino...

 

busy sunday...

taking lessons from the show extreme couponing...

and instead of iron chef, ironing my clothes...LOL

i am sooooo tired...