The four days in Vegas that we shared with Sybil were filled with a variety of activities, but eating was the focus:
- Tuesday night, after collecting Sybil at the airport and getting her checked into both hotels, we had a late night dinner at Rock & Rita’s, a barbeque restaurant at Circus Circus. I wasn’t hungry, but I did take one of their margaritas (ok, nothing special). And of course I had to eat the pulled pork sandwich that Jett couldn’t finish.
- For Wednesday lunch we dined at American, a deli-style restaurant in (where else?) the New York New York hotel/casino. We chose this establishment because it offered breakfast all day, which is what Jett wanted. I had a very nice Reuben. We dined near a huge bas-relief sculpture of the continental US that hangs from the ceiling. It made us realize how far we have traveled – Massachusetts was waaaaaaaaaaaay over near the kitchen.
- Thursday evening, after basking in the sun for a while (and enduring the gusty breezes) we tested the dinner buffet at one of the Fremont St casinos – can’t remember which one. It was a very fine buffet for $15 each. Sybil liked the crab legs. We all had prime rib. Jett said their fried chicken was superb – a close second to the chicken we had at Dollywood earlier in the trip.
- Friday lunch was at the Bellagio buffet. This was simply stupendous. We stayed for two hours and sampled maybe 10% of the offerings. Their scallop ceviche was wonderful and the carved flank steak and turkey breast were both very nice. Jett gushed over the breakfast sausages. I really like the bread pudding and caramelized peaches that I chose for dessert.
Obviously, we didn’t starve.
Another activity was gambling. As I noted earlier, we are not big-time gamblers, but we did our bit to keep Las Vegas afloat. But to illustrate how small-time we are, I offer this little anecdote.
After putting $10 in a slot machine at the Wynn and losing half of it, I went to the cashier to redeem my $5 voucher. She looked at it, looked me straight in the eye and with a deadpan expression said “Would you like large?”
We also enjoyed the usual assortment of street performers.
One of the “statue” street performers
Sybil with Elvis
Bas-relief map at New York New York
Inside Luxor
Mandalay Bay
Sybil basking in the (almost) warm sun
MGM pool
Sybil pool photo op
The Fremont Street Experience
Faux Eiffel at Paris
Bellagio lobby
Bellagio water show
The girls at Bellagio
The girls inside Bellagio
The Wynn
Sparky and Sybil at the Wynn
Poker room at the Wynn
Wynn lobby
Wynn interior courtyard
Wynn restaurant and courtyard
Sybill in the MGM lobby
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