Vegas Recap Day Three

Tuesday started out much the same as Monday did with some time by the pool. I did a 45 minute yoga flow (which totally cancelled out the fried twinkie sundae, right?) before heading down. It was much more comfortable by the pool because of the high wind gusts. 

I downloaded the Undisclosed podcast because I'm clearly ready to let go of Serial and Adnan, so this was a delight to listen to while getting some vitamin D, pool side.

Dominique and I met up for lunch and went to the Hexx Kitchen in Paris for some food. We decided to take lunch a little lighter and shared a hummus crustini and I had some amazing crab cakes. And champagne, because bubbles/vegas/etc.

On our way back, I was distracted by this adorable little pug in a shop. I somehow avoided spending $19 on a pug that barks (I HATE BARKING DOGS, WTF VEGAS!).

I headed back to the pool when I got back and wasn't there for long. The winds really picked up, to the point that I was getting debris in my eyes while wearing sunglasses, and pool staff were sprinting around the pool area chasing down flying items, including a piece of glass that blew off a table top. That was my cue to leave before I was impaled.

The dust storm was actually much worse than this photo captures. 

Before too long, Dominique was back and it was time for dinner and our last night out, already. :(

Finally a good selfie. Geez.

Since we were all sequined out, we had to take some photos to document the sparkle before we headed out. 

We went to the Palms since Dominique had an industry event there in the evening. I had never been before. Just a light breeze, huh?

We had dinner at the Simon and I ordered the martini with pop rocks on the rim, because I'm a kid.

Truffle mac and cheese? Obviously. (And obviously killed my stomach, but so worth it.)

And more sushi rolls. Mmm.

And complimentary cotton candy? Sure, why not. Have at it Dom!

My go to, cotton candy stash.

After dinner we headed up to the Ghost Bar for the event. It was a huge bummer that it was so windy because that was the whole point of the venue selection. The view was insane, but I felt really unsafe out there with the winds, so I only went out there for a minute or two.

Photo booth? Of course!

The trip was fast and furious and such a blast. Miss you already Dom!

Vegas Recap Day Two

Monday morning, I slept in until 8am (ha!) and eventually made my way to poolside with iced latte and fruit in hand. It was really nice in the morning, and I spent a good hour and a half by the pool. I reapplied sunscreen 2x during this 90 minute period and still left the pool looking a little red. Harumph.

I don't know why, but I'm obsessed with palm trees. They're just so pretty.

I met up with Dominique for lunch and we wandered around for a little bit before ending up at Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen + Bar.

And then I ordered the most delicious sounding burger of my life: bacon mac and cheese burger. 

O

M

G

Shockingly, the real star of the show was the fries! They were seasoned to perfection and I didn't leave a single one behind on my plate. 

When I came back to the hotel room, the last thing I wanted to do was lay by the pool showing off my burger and fry baby, plus it started to get HOT. 90+ degrees and I'm sweating, dry heat or not! I hung out in our room for a little bit and eventually made it back out poolside for maybe 30 minutes.

I showered up and before too long Dominique was back and we were ready for dinner!

One of those silly selfie sticks would've really come in handy during this trip. Surely they would've had one at the NABS conference, right?

Since Dominique has a newfound interest in sushi, we made our way to Nobu for dinner. We tried a few different things and finally left a meal not being stuffed to the gills.

Since we weren't stuffed from dinner, obviously we had to seek out dessert. At Serendipity 3.

Dominique got something boring, so I ordered the fried twinkie sundae and made her help me with it.

So good, I can't even handle it. I actually wish I could have a bite right now. With the two of us eating it, we didn't even level it off to the portion under the top of the glass rim. 

Heaven.

We had grand plans to go out and enjoy the night life in Vegas, but our food coma led us back to our rooms for an "early" night in. Yay for being responsible adults!

Vegas Recap Day One

Last Sunday I left for the airport after some significant pug snuggles for my flight to Vegas.

 Kyle and I stopped for dinner first, since my flight wasn't until 9:30pm, and despite leaving at what I felt was the perfect time, I ended up at the airport crazy early. I had already checked in online and paid for my carry on, and upon arriving to security there were zero people in line. 

This is what airport bars are for, right? (I wasn't aware there were two sizes and ended up with the JUMBO SIZE....ooops.)

I got in to Vegas around 10pm local time (earlier than expected!) and shuttled my way to the airport to meet up with Dominique! Dom and I have been running/blogging buddies for years and she was kind enough to let me tag along on a work trip last year and this year! 

We had planned to be as well rested as possible upon my arrival so we could take the city by storm a bit, since our time was limited in Sin City!

I'm a sucker for all the cool light fixtures/ceiling installments in Vegas! 

We made our way around the strip and ended up at the Bank nightclub for the second year in a row.

And ended our night at the Sprinkles cupcake ATM again. Sadly it wasn't nearly as good as last year and I ended up spending $5 on a cupcake I took one bite out of. :(

We ended our night at way too late o'clock and my sweats have never felt better.