Sin City Report: Day 2

Today we’re off to explore the rest of Fashion Show Mall (where I highly recommend Ethel’s Chocolate Lounge for a cocoa and a sweet nibble) so I can get a new case for my laptop.

If you’ve never been to Vegas, here’s a little tip you MUST know: wear the most comfortable shoes you own. No kidding. I brought my favorite, most comfy flip flops, and I had to buy new Crocs by the end of day 1 because my feet were not happy campers.

BTW, did you know the wonderfully creative folks at Crocs are now making Mary Janes for adults, and little ballerina flats? Now why is it that I live in Colorado, where Crocs come from, and I don’t know these things??

But I digress.

The weather here is perfect, and although the streets seem pretty crowded to me, my mom and sister say this is not crowded at all. Good to know.

Though we’ve walked through a lot of casinos (you have to walk through a casino to get to ANYTHING – they don’t even put refrigerators, mini bars or coffee pots in most of the hotel rooms, because they want you to venture through the casino in hopes that you’ll sit down and stay awhile) I haven’t yet gambled. Still planning to conduct our little experiment (lots of folks have written me to say they’re participating but for some reason, unable to post a comment in my earlier post RE: Visualization Experiment) but haven’t yet felt inspired to choose a casino or a game. But TONS of people were able to post comments, you can read them by seeing yesterday's post...

It seems the casinos with higher ceilings have a lower “residual smoke smell” factor. Being a non-smoker myself, I tend to notice these things. Meanwhile, the Aladdin’s casino makes you want to hold your breath and bolt through as fast as you can. Our hotel room is free of any smoke smell, but the second you walk out into the hallway, the stench of stale tobacco hits you like an invisible brick wall.

We’re also off to explore the many shops of Caesar’s Palace as well.

This trip is fun, but not giving me much time at my computer. I suppose that’s a good thing now and then.

More to come…