You are only 35 once right? Well we did it up for my 35th!
We stayed at the Bellagio.
It was so nice and our room was great. We could see the fountains and the strip. The Bellagio is nice and centrally located too.
They had all this glass hanging from the ceiling and the conservatory was all decked out for Fall. It was beautiful!
Our Room
Now that's a minibar!
Please don't think I am snobby because who complains about a hotel being nice? Especially one as nice as the Bellagio? Me apparently - but hear me out. It was almost too nice. Most of the hotels have a food court or just a place to grab a slice of pizza before bed. Not $20 gelato or a $15 fancy sandwich. And the crowd, especially by the pool was a tad old. No good music pumping or anything. I almost wanted a younger scene but not too damn young. I don't want to party with young tan barbies. OK I will shut up now.
We went to Sammy Haggar's place Cabo Wabo Cantina where I had some delicious margarita's. We laid out by the pool and then got all ready for Britney. In case you didn't know I am in LOVE with Britney. And her show was amazing!! She "sang" 20 songs, all the faves! and danced her little booty off. Where the show takes place is not big and we had awesome seats. I saw her up close and she is gorgeous and tiny! Her show had smoke, fire, water, confetti and lights and it was fan-flippin-tastic! Even the hubs liked it. I caught him singing Hit me Baby One More Time in the shower the next day.
It's Britney people - you wear a party dress!
Get it - It's meatball at the Meatball Spot :)
The next day we checked out other hotels. We went to New York, NY and rode the roller coaster. I did not want to but meatball insisted. It was terrifying, not exhilarating.
A 35 year old should take it easy and I was worried about the new hooters:) Speaking of Hooters, we had lunch there and it was even better than I remembered when Buffalo had one.
20 wings Hot and breaded....yum! We saw the sharks and turtles at Mandalay Bay, too. I won't bore you with animal shots but I did think the turtles were cool and the saw shark.
Then we went back, laid in the hot desert sun for a little bit and then had dinner at BLT Steak. I swear best steak of my life and saw a comedy show at the Riviera (scary) entitled "40 is NOT the new 20". Very funny!
The 3rd day my actual birthday I woke up to a card from my hubs and a little present. The Kate Spade bow bangle in silver. I have the hardest time finding bangles in silver so I love this one!!
Then we checked out the dolphins and lions at The Mirage and shopped. It was great. I went to Kate Spade, Tory Burch, Christian Louboutin and took a little Gondola ride at The Venetian with the meatball.
And we had lunch at a really good Mexican restaurant recommended by a friend and you guessed right - more margarita's!! More relaxing in the sun and then we went to see Tony & Tina's Italian Wedding.
It was a dinner show and it was very funny. It was a lot like meatball's family :) Then we got back to our hotel and the hubs surprised me with my favorite chocolate covered strawberries in bed.
Our last day we had breakfast in bed and then went out shopping a bit more. Of course we ended up at the Harley Store.
Back to the pool to soak up the last of the sun. And we headed to the airport to go home and see our babies.
And since I have naturally curly hair, I take into account the hairdryer when rating hotels. I am happy to report the Bellagio had an awesome hairdryer. That dryer and some S Factor and my hair was good to go! Have I told you about S Factor? Its amazing and it smells like strawberry shortcake.
Did I tell you I flew Southwest? Yup I did, its the major airline flying in and out of Las Vegas. I am a Jet Blue girl through and through. What can I say - I'm a New Yorker. And I'm a bit of a control freak so I like to have seats. Also Meatball is obsessed with plane crashes. So he likes to pick the back of the plane because apparently it is safer. The dude watches way too many shows entitled "Air Disasters." I like my tv and map in the seat in front of me so I will be back to Jet Blue with our next vacation :)
Thank God for facetime!! I got to see my babies everyday and talk with them. I loved Vegas but that plane ride was soooooo long. And it reminded me a lot of NYC. So maybe next time we will hit up NYC again. I am so thankful for the trip and the time away with just the 2 of us. Now let's not wait another 3.5 years to do it again :)
