I can see your Vegas!

Julie and I spent 4 days in Las Vegas. Miriam came to watch the kids while we went with Jay and Dad. This was Julie's first trip and my second. We had a great time - pictures are online on our website. We ate a lot of great food, saw some great shows, and had an awesome hotel room.

Probably our most memorable meal was at Circo at the Bellagio. Aside from the terrific food, we had a full view of the fountain show. Other terrific restaurants were Il Mulino, Joe's Seafood, and Shibuya.


We saw two awesome shows. On Friday night, we saw Spamalot, which was hilarious. Having a lot of Monty Python knowledge was very useful, and it seemed like most of the audience was pretty into it. On Saturday night, we saw Cirque du Soleil - the Beatles Love show. It was pretty mind-blowing.






I guess the most memorable thing from the whole trip would be staying at the Four Seasons. The first two days, Jay booked us in THEHotel at the Mandalay Bay, which is the upscale all-suites tower. That room was amazing - big and beautiful. We were supposed to move to the Four Seasons after two days, but Jay only had a small room booked there (for $200 more a night). Since my Dad was with us, we wanted to keep this bigger room, but the Mandalay Bay was booked. My dad got on the phone, and somehow got us a $2100/night suite at the Four Seasons for basically the same price as the regular room. Awesome.

Everything about The Four Seasons was amazing - from the service to the room to the pool. I could get used to living like that. I guess it is the height of hedonism and consumerism when someone comes around to put cucumbers on your eyes and spritz you with Evian water.

Then it was back to reality - Southwest Airlines home to Boston. Austin was nice enough (as usual) to pick us up in Providence. The house looked great, as Miriam had cleaned it up for the Open House. Unfortunately, no one showed up... wah wah wah.

Monday, all four kids had camp - all starting at different times. It looks like it is going to be a summer of short driving trips. In typical summer-of-Miriam form, her flight got canceled, and she spent an extra night on 18 Ridge. We are so grateful to her for spending a week watching our kids, so we could have a trip.