Vegas Weekend

Took a long weekend , went to Vegas. We stayed off the strip the first night, it was the weekend of the VMA awards and rooms were going for $300. So we ( my sister and I) stayed at the La Quinta Inn, while my daughter and her hubby stayed at the Platinum Hotel. It is a non-smoking Spa and Hotel no Casino. The second night we ( sister & I) moved to the Monte Carlo, room rates had dropped to $99 on Sunday & Monday night. Now they had a Casino. Funny though I was not in a real gambling mood . Sunday night my son-in-law had tickets to see "Monty Python's Spamalot". He has a classmate from high school, who is the lead actress ( The Lady in the Lake), in this production, so we had good seats and got to meet her after the show. It was at the Wynn. We did gamble at the Wynn and it was nice. Not a lot of folks, a few smokers and the slots were paying off. I won two nice jackpots on the dollar machine. Back at the Monte Carlo I won some more and so did sister. On Monday we headed to Henderson,NV while my son-in-law worked the Travel Agency Trade Show. He works for a company that supplies software to the airline/travel agency industry. The 3 ladies got a much needed manicure & pedicure. It was lunch time now and we found a great seafood bar & grill and had wonderful lunch. My daughter found a Target Greatland and we had to stop there. I found a Sonic and we had to stop there. For they uninitiated Sonic is a drive in soda/burger place found mainly in the southeast. We returned in time to rest and head out to a community called Red Rock. My son-in-laws friend ( who lives there) had recommended a restaurant the "Kona Grille" and a new Casino that had been built out there. It was about 30 minutes from the strip. The food was great, it had a Hawaiian flavor mixed with oriental and the location of the grille was in one of those trendy shopping malls with boutique stores. The Casino was about 10 minutes from there. Again it was very nice, new shops and restaurants, with a few smokers and loose slots. In fact sister won 400 quarters on a bad machine after it had been repaired. It hit 2x- 7 -x5, which paid off 400 quarters, she was happy . Then back at the Monte Carlo I played a little more with $92 I had cashed out the night before, but left it there. Tuesday morning it was time to leave. I left with a nice taste in my mouth I think I will go back again.