And the heat wave continues. Las Vegas is opening more ‘cooling centers’ today. Bill left about 9:30 to go to the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop, the home of the TV show “Pawn Stars”. When he got there, he found a place to park and went in. He got a Pawn Stars DVD, a pawn shop T-shirt, and a bobble head that turned out to be Chumlee and not the Old Man. So he is taking that back some time to exchange it. When he left, the parking lot was full, and there was a line to get in the store. Taxis were dropping people off, and it was a zoo.
He also drove down the Strip just to see what there was and where to park. He got back here about noon. I stayed here, slept in, and worked on processing photos.
At 3:30 we headed down to the Strip. It seemed to take forever because of the traffic downtown. We pulled into the Bellagio valet parking and made it in. There were many things I wanted to see there. First we saw the beautiful blown glass flower ceiling in the lobby before we went out to watch the fountain show. This glass ceiling was done by Dale Chihuly as well as a beautiful piece in the Baccarat Bar. Bill then went to play blackjack while I wandered through the Conservatory. The flowers were beautiful, especially the hydrangeas. There were flowered covered lady bugs, frogs, and snails.
When I went back to find Bill, he had won $180 which was a good thing as our dinner at Le Cirque was rather expensive. They didn’t have our reservation, but they seated us anyway. Bill’s amuse bouche was an oyster with caviar and mine was a lovely gazpacho. For appetizers, I had a radicchio risotto and Bill had lobster bisque. Both were quite good.
My entrée was beef tenderloin, sautéed foie gras, Smoked Serrano Potato Croquette (fancy tater tot!) and fresh asparagus with a sweet onion compote. Bill had paupiette of sea bass wrapped in crispy potatoes with braised leeks and a Pinot Noir reduction. The atmosphere was quite elegant, and the service couldn’t have been better. For dessert I had a chocolate soufflé with crème anglais and vanilla ice cream. Bill had an amazing chocolate ball with vanilla ice cream in the middle and gold leaf on top. The waiter poured a warm chocolate sauce on it which made it immediately disintegrate. Quite amazing!
We had some time to kill, so I went outside to see the fountain show at night. It was quite pretty. We had a drink in the Baccarat Bar until it was time to see Cirque du Soleil “O”. We had great seats, and it was an awesome production. It had many of the standard Cirque components, but there was a great pool of water as the stage. The could cover the water with a floor without the audience even noticing and even vary the depth. It was everything I wanted it to be and more.
We got home about 1am. The drive down the Strip at midnight was rather awesome with the traffic still heavy and the crowds thick!
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