What do you do when you live in Utah and have a three day weekend? Go to Las Vegas!
Eric has always wanted to go see Phantom of the Opera, we had a planned on going to New York while we lived in Iowa, but with our sudden move to Utah the New York trip was cancelled. So we decided at the last minute to go to Las Vegas.
We drove down on Friday and stayed at the Venetian where the performance was being hosted. I was surprised and how in expensive the rooms were at under $270 per night. I guess compared to a Motel 6 it is a bit pricey but I expected the rooms to be a lot more.
There is a beautiful inner court yard about 10 floors up. It had swimming pools there too. I thought it was too cold to swim but there were people doing it...
We ate often at the Grand Lux Cafe inside the hotel. Camille and I decided not to worry about what we ate. People loose money in Vegas without trying, maybe it works with weight too!
We had the day to spend so we went for a walk down the strip to see what we could see... It is amazing what you find in this one little area... Greece, France, Rome, Italy... and M&Ms


We spent a lot of time at the M&M store...
By the way, do you know how many colors of M&Ms there are? This store had 22 of them, but I believe there are 25.
We visited the Lions at the MGM Grand
Had our pictures taken with street actors
We spent some time at the Bellagio and saw the water show
And then rested before going to the Phantom of the Opera. We had center front row seats in the "Golden Circle" I enjoyed the presentation but not as much as I enjoyed the San Francisco version. I found that this was an edited for Vegas version. It was only 90 min long so they cut out a lot of the story. This was Eric's first time seeing it so he loved it. (Sorry, no pictures were allowed)
I should also mention that I was on medications when I saw Phantom in San Francisco. The doctor said that the meds would "put me in touch with my feminine side" ... it was the best show ever and I even cried during it... sniff sniff