Yesterday I shared a lot of pictures from my time at Stampin’ Up!’s Leadership event in Las Vegas (if you missed those experiences, you can see them here). When I decided to break up my photos into two days, I didn’t realize the second half of my photos were just vacation. 🙂 Still, I’m happy to share some fun photos with you today. Most are just of Jeremiah and me eating in different places – but Emma makes an appearance at the end. I’ll make something to share with you tomorrow. ♥
When Jeremiah and I visited Las Vegas in 2008, we stayed at the Bellagio Hotel, which was lovely. This time, we wanted to experience the traditional Las Vegas style, so we checked in at The Flamingo Hotel after leaving the Red Rock Casinos where Leadership was held. The Flamingo was both gaudy and gorgeous – we loved it!
Here’s where our multi-city tour of foods began. We had dinner at Mon Ami Gabi, a French bistro at the Paris Hotel. The melted brie and warmed baguette were an excellent starter.
We walked to Milk Bar, a famous New York City dessert shop for the most incredible cookies and ice cream.
We were stuffed, so we needed to walk off all that food. We stopped by the canals at The Venetian during our walks.
The next day, we made it to Gordon Ramsey’s restaurant for delicious fish and chips
Jeremiah is no fan of heights, so I had to move swiftly to get us on the High Roller observation ferris wheel that overlooks the Las Vegas landscape. The pods were large enough for a crowd, but we had one to ourselves. What an incredible experience!
Here we are at the highest point, overlooking Las Vegas. Jeremiah looks settled in this picture – he only looks that way. 🙂
Las Vegas offers MANY entertainment options, too! At Emma’s suggestion, we booked tickets to see Mat Franco at the Linq. Franco is a magician who won a year of America’s Got Talent. It was easy to see why he won. Every part of his act was MIND-BLOWING – just incredible. I snatched this photo from Emma (Jeremiah and I were much further back in the theater).
At the suggestions from demonstrators at Leadership, Jeremiah and I also picked up tickets to see The Wizard of Oz at The Sphere, a 367 foot sphere that features immersive entertainment that can’t been understood until it’s experienced. Before the show, Jeremiah and I visited the poppies at The Venetian.
I snapped a quick photo from our seats inside the theater – this doesn’t begin to explain the experience:
It truly felt like we were in the middle of every scene in the movie. The seats jiggled, the wind blew leaves all over the theater during the movie’s cyclone. I am so glad we experienced this – it was worth every penny.
Friday night was our last night in Las Vegas. For the big night, Emma met us for dinner at America’s Diner, Denny’s. I’m always up for a good breakfast!
I was so excited to see that we’d be in Las Vegas during Kelly Clarkson’s Studio Sessions residency at Caesar’s Palace. As a huge fan of Kelly’s, I immediately snatched up tickets for Jeremiah, Emma and me to attend her concert. I’ve been looking forward to this for months!
I didn’t know it at the time, but we had box seats to the concert. What fun!
We had a grand time and we consistently in awe of Kelly’s vocal skills. Such an incredible performance and a wonderful experience!
Thank you for letting me share these photos with you. ♥
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
What a great trip, Brian. So happy for you.
Have a blessed day.
Thanks, Nancy! I am a real homebody, but this was a wonderful trip. ♥
Adore seeing J and you having such a terrific time!
Thanks, Mary! We had SO MUCH FUN!
Ooh, Brian, you’ve made me want to go to Las Vegas if only to see the Wizard of Oz. The special effects sound amazing – especially the leaves during the tornado scene. This was my daughter’s favourite film when growing up so I’d love to take her. Thank you for sharing.
I couldn’t have imagined going to Vegas JUST for the show, but it was worth it. We met several people who flew in for the show. It’s playing through next year, so maybe you can get there with your daughter? ♥
Wow what a great several days of events and food to end your Vegas trip! Thanks for sharing your photos.
So happy to share. Thanks, Dawn!
How fun! I love this for you!
Thanks so much, Liz! I wouldn’t have planned any of this if it weren’t for the Stampin’ Up! event in Las Vegas.
You guys crammed as much fun into your time as you possibly could. It was great sweet Emma could join you. Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos with us. Enjoy your day!
Thanks, Hilda! We absolutely crammed a lot into a short trip – we tend to do that. We slept well each night. 🙂
Wow! That was quite the vacation! I stayed at the Flamingo and it was so cool. I loved it.
It was really great! We loved it there, too.
Sounds like an amazing time in every aspect. (Jeremiah, I’ll sit out that ferris wheel with you, eeeekkk). Thanks for all these pics, what great relaxation and memories!
I’m sure he would have enjoyed getting out of it. Overall an A+ trip.
I very much enjoyed your description of your vacation. I had the same experience at the beginning of October. We stayed at the Flamingo, ate breakfast in Paris, toured the canals, took lots of pictures at the Wizard of Oz photo spot, and went to the Sphere to experience the movie. I loved the immersive part, but was very disappointed in how they butchered the movie itself. One of the best parts of our vacation was watching the outside of the Sphere. The window of our room had a great view of it. My favorite clip was the stained glass desert scene.
It sounds like you wrote the script for our experience, Susan! We walked the same path! 🙂 I think we were so immersed in the experience at The Wizard of Oz that we didn’t really pay attention to the changes in the movie. Watching the outside of the sphere was a fun pastime for us, too! 🙂
I want to se the wizard of oz at the sphere.
Glad to hear it was worth every penny!
Melly – it was incredible! I’m happy to see it is still playing all next year. If you make it that way, please put it on your itinerary. It wasn’t on ours, and I’m happy it was added. ♥
Thank YOU for sharing! It looks like a good time was had by all!!!
Such a fun time!! I’m so excited about the Wizard of Oz at the Sphere. My favorite movie since I was a kid…a very long time ago. 😉 I wish I could get there to see it. Vegas is a favorite place to visit because there’s so much to see and it changes all the time. I’m so glad you and Jeremiah got to experience this. Thanks for sharing.