Weekend and Day-trips

The view from our room at the Paris Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.

That’s the Bellagio Hotel and its amazing water show. Performances to music are every 20 minutes.

Before we left on Sunday, Dawn and I walked the strip from the Paris to the Wynn and back, photographing just one side of the street. Las Vegas is a joy to photograph; everything is so colorful!

Outside the Paris Hotel.

Green balloon.

Caesar’s Palace.

A show we didn’t see…

The colorful landmark Flamingo Hotel & Casino.

Jimmy wasn’t in town.

Rita Rudner was performing at Harrah’s.

Gondolas at the Venetian Hotel & Casino.

If you’re a Monty Python fan and get the chance, you’ll want to see this hilarious show! It was sold out when we arrived but we lucked into a cancellation: four seats in the 6th row center! The French spoofs alone are worth the price of admission.

Wow! They deliver them to your door by the truckload these days!

Steve Wynn’s latest hotel casino venture, a beautiful property.

Window shopping. We almost bought the bottle of cognac dressed in red…

Three coins in the fountain…

Napoleon’s Cigar Bar at Paris where we all enjoyed camaraderie, good cigars and a fine single malt scotch.

At Napoleon’s Cigar Bar.

Sisko and Michael in the hall entering Spamalot.

“I’m not dead yet!” Look closely; that’s Sisko, third from the left. (You’ll have to see the show to get this.)

The long entry to the show…

There was even a cigar store at the Las Vegas airport. But after you’ve enjoyed some of Michael’s finest, these weren’t even considered.

The colorful entry floor at the Wynn.

Inside the Wynn Hotel & Casino. We noticed similarities to the Mirage, but the Wynn is much nicer.

…while Dawn and I ordered the salmon stuffed with crab and shrimp with a hollandaise sauce that was “to die for.”

Everyone else had the prime rib, the house specialty…

Doug Roberts treated us all to dinner at Lowery’s The Prime Rib Saturday night after Sisko’s big day at the Speedway. The service was attentive, the food delicious and the company of good friends unbeatable.

Another angle.

At the entry to the Wynn after the show…

Yup, that’s Dawn, my trophy wife, along the hall to the Spamalot show…

The long entry to the Spamalot show…

Eiffel Tower in Autumn..

Académie Nationale de Musique.

The Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.

Arc de Triomphe.

The grand portico at the Paris Hotel.

Another view including the beautiful Eiffel Tower.