Friday, August 20, 2010

Viva Las Vegas

Life has been so busy recently that I barely have time to update my blog! The summer is short on the north here in Wisconsin, USA so we have to make the best use of the warm weather while it still lasts. As a a matter of the fact, some plants/trees have started to lose leaves even though it is still around 80'F (25'C). That's most likely due to the gradually shorten daylight. We went to visit Las Vegas last week to get away from all the work stuff and run into the heat! LOL. We stayed at the brand new hotel/casino, "Aria" in city center at Las Vegas. It is a very modern design building. As you can see from the picture, the roof of the lobby almost looks like a UFO at night time. And we were so lucky to encounter one of the few rainy days when we got there. Talking about luck.

Besides the usual casino tour, we also went to visit the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. It was the 10th anniversary of the place but everything inside was almost exactly as I visited it 10 years ago. Quite a waste of money to me since there is nothing new to see. At least, they still have those big jellyfish! If you have never been there, it is still a place worth visiting, especially, for kids. We also went to see the Circus de Soleil show, "Le Reve" at Wynn. It was very good and had some amazing stage designs. But overall, it was not as good as the other show, "O", since both were using water as the main components. Overall, it was a great vacation. Now, back to work! :)

6 comments:

Moby said...

oooh Jellies! Boing, boing....boing...boing, boing, boing!

lol

Ice John's World said...

LOL, I did not that you love Jelly fish so much, Moby!

Mary said...

Wow, that is so cool! I've never seen Jelly Fish like that before. I bet Las Vegas was a lot of fun! I 've never been there yet, but everyone says it's a lot of fun. Did you see any shows too?

Ice John's World said...

Yeah, I saw a Circus de Soleil show, "Le Reve" at Wynn. It was great!

Jeff said...

Sounds like a lot of fun. A coleague of mine returns to work tomorrow after a few days in Las Vegas. I'm looking forward to her report.

Jim said...

I've been so busy lately and had no change to check much of everyone's blogs. You were in Las Vegas? Too bad we missed you. It would have been fun to meet you and maybe have dinner together. I hope you had a good time. Did you like staying at the Aria? We keep hearing good and bad things about it. I still don't know if I like it or not, lol.