15th Anniversary Trip to Vegas

15th Anniversary trip to Vegas

Billy and I had a great trip to Las Vegas for our anniversary. We didn't rent a car this time, so we just stayed downtown. We've done all the Vegas Strip stuff we care to do for now and just wanted this time to be simple. We walked around a lot and went to see some movies. We ate at some nice restaurants with really good food. We just had a really pleasant time there. We spent good, quality time together. I love going to Vegas. It kind of funny too, because I don't really drink much, I don't gamble, and I'm not into partying or the strip club thing. So, you might wonder why the heck I like it there so much. I don't really know why. I guess I just like the busyness of it all. I like to just look around and watch the people. I like to see the sites normally even though this time we didn't really go anywhere. I kinda like all of the chaos. I do enjoy going to the shows too. The relatively clean ones that is. :) It was definitely a shoe string budget trip. We should have planned better knowing that it was our 15th anniversary, but no matter, we still had a great time. I can't wait to go back.

We did see 3 movies while we were there. My favorite by far was the Last House on the Left. I love violent, get the bad guys kind of movies though. So if you're into that kind of movie, this is the one for you. I will probably buy that one when it comes out. We also saw Watchmen. I hated it. It was slightly pornographic if you ask me. I don't recommend it at all. It was one of those that you just keep watching and waiting for it to get better, but it never does. Although, I probably would have enjoyed it much more if the blue man wasn't walking around with his junk flopping everywhere. Keep your pants ON blue man. It was just disturbing to me. I mean really, people take their kids to see movies like this thinking it is based on comics. Just disturbing I tell you. I can't even remember the other one we saw, so it must not have made that big of an impression.

The restaurant we ate at for our anniversary dinner was absolutely delicious. It cost a pretty penny. Dinner for 2, $175. But it was totally worth it. The atmosphere was great, the service was great, and the food was exquisite. Yum, yum. I will totally go there again for a special occasion.

We found a cheap little diner in Binions. That is where they started the whole 'on t.v.' poker tournaments. Anyway, the food there was really good too. And they have a dessert called the banana royal. It was huge. One time Billy and I got our own, but always shared after that. It had a big brownie on the bottom surrounded by banana slices, covered in vanilla ice cream, whip cream, nuts and 2 cherries. For only $5 it was a great afternoon snack or after dinner dessert to share. I am a total ice cream junkie, plus I am quite fond of all the other ingredients as well, so it was right up my ally. I'm not the size I am for no reason. lol. I do like the food a little bit too much y'all.

We also saw a show. We saw the Rat Pack. It was a pretty good show, and since we showed our room key, we got tickets for only $8 each. The show wasn't at the hotel where we stayed, but at the casino/hotel across the street which owns both properties. The show lasted about an hour and a half, so it was totally worth the price. We both really enjoyed it.

One day while we were there, there was a Knight Rider convention or something going on. There were Kit cars all up and down Freemont street. It was kinda cool to see them. There were a few other kinds of cars there as well, like the DeLorian from Back to the Future. Billy took all kinds of pictures of the inside of that car. He loves that movie, the first one anyway.

We didn't really take a whole ton of pictures this time. I guess that's because we've been there so many times and have a ton of Vegas pictures already. But we had a fabulous time, and I look forward to going back again as I always do. :)

And in case you don't know, click on the picture at the top to see all of the pictures we took. Enjoy:)