It was a lovely day. The temperature was only 96 today. I can’t believe I am saying ‘only’. I slept in, had coffee outside and then worked on photos for a bit of the day. I also got some reading done and just relaxed. Bill went back down to the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop to exchange his Pawn Stars bobble head. He had bought the old man, and instead when he opened it here in the RV, it was Chumley. They exchanged it and gave him an autographed photo of all the Pawn Stars. He also bought me a t-shirt.
We just relaxed most of the day, and left for the Strip at 4:30. We parked at New York, New York. It was an interesting (and as Mandy says, cheesy) hotel with a Brooklyn Bridge and large Statue of Liberty outside. My favorite thing was inside – a 10’ high Statue of Liberty made of jelly beans!
We walked across the street to the MGM Grand hotel since Bill wanted to ride the monorail. Yes, Las Vegas has a monorail. It goes behind all the hotels down the Strip. The round trip took about 30 minutes, and we saw the backs of all the hotels and a rather desolate area behind it.
The good thing was that when we got back to the MGM, we found a wonderful, rather fancy, Mexican restaurant called Diego. We had no trouble getting in since it is way back in the bowels of the MGM. We never would have found it unless we were going to the monorail station.
The chips and salsa were beautifully presented with 3 kinds of salsa – regular, tomatillo, and a spicy woody dip. It came with three small dishes of salt – also mild, medium, and hot – that were for our dinner instead of regular salt shakers.
We shared the grilled vegetable salad which was probably the best salad ever. It had roasted garlic, marinated grilled jumbo asparagus, baby squash, squash blossoms, petite rainbow chard, frisee, queso anejo, with a pickled morita chile dressing. Not only was it beautiful, it was really yummy. Bill had a huge filet of Chilean sea bass, and I had a chile rellenos stuffed with Chihuahua and Oaxaca cheese blend topped with grilled onions and leeks. For dessert Bill had a flan, and I had a most amazing chocolate tres leches. The cake was a rich chocolate with the creaminess and texture of a regular tres leches. A Mexican chocolate ice cream was on top with some meringue sticks. It was soooooooo good! That dish is tonight's photo. Our waitress was a delight, and it was a great meal.
We retrieved the car and parked at the Mirage. Unfortunately the Secret Garden and Dolphin Exhibit were closed, so we went next door to wait for the Sirens of TI at Treasure Island show out front. We were 25 minutes early and got the last good spots up front. The show started at 10pm, and it was 20 minutes of my life that I will never get back. It combined a ship of scantily clad ‘sirens’ and another ship of pirates. They sang, “danced”, had fake sword fights, blew up ships. It truly was horrible.
We walked across the street to the Venetian. This really is a lovely hotel, and well-done. I don’t think a gondola ride next to busy Las Vegas Blvd would be something I would spend bucks on, but the architecture was pretty. We watched the volcano show at the Mirage across the street from the Venetian, and it was rather neat.
After the show, we walked back across the street to the Mirage where Bill played blackjack for a bit. I went to a nice quiet bar and had a diet coke and a glass of water. The dry weather here is killing me.
We got home about 1am. It was a fairly relaxing day and a fun one!
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