The World As I See It...: Vegas Baby!: Part 2 (Sunday)

Sunday was my favorite day of the trip. It was jam packed with activity. Because Dan and I are incapable of sleeping in, we were up at 6:00 so we decided to head to the breakfast buffet in our hotel. This was the most gigantic breakfast buffet I have seen and I swear I ate everything:-)

After breakfast, we met up with the rest of the gang and decided that the guys were going to go to the Sports Book to watch some of the Eagles Game and the girls were going to head to a Pool Club called Liquid. I have never been to a pool club and didn't really know what to expect. A pool club is essentially a night club but at the pool...really loud music, lots of people dressed in very little and very expensive drinks. I LOVED it! We were the first one's at the club that day so we had it to ourselves. We rented fancy lounge chairs (though admittedly spent most of our time in the pool), drank the most expensive drink I have ever had in my life (A super large strawberry mojito...worth every penny), had a light lunch and just spent some time girl-talking. The guys decided that they were missing out so they did end up joining us (believe it or not the Eagles actually won!). We had a great time hanging out and doing some serious people watching:-)

Dan and I chillin at Liquid

A view of the empty club:-)

Yummy drink!

After lunch I was signed up for a class called "Night School for Girls". It was a burlesque dance class and we also learned a chair dance and some pole tricks. I had a great time! There were probably 10 of us (girls only) in the class and it was a "girl's night out kind of atmosphere". Everyone was drinking, laughing and just having a good time. I probably should not admit this but I had so much fun learning to do pole tricks...and such fun photo opps:-)

After class it was time to get ready for dinner (can you tell I like to eat? I talk about food A LOT!). We made reservations for all six of us at a super fancy steakhouse in Bally's. Everything about this dinner was perfect! The food was amazing! Everyone ordered fun appetizers. I had lobster bisque and Jim ordered escargot which everyone sampled...well not me...I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to snails;-) Everyone ordered steak except for me and I got Lobster Macaroni. The steaks were ginormous and my lobster macaroni was one of the best things I have ever tasted. Our waiter picked up on our personalities right away and spent the entire time joking with us not to mention giving world class service. The best part was truly the company though. We were all completely relaxed (well...except when Dan was bugging me but that's another story) and laughed until we cried. I can't remember the last time I have laughed like that and it felt so good!

Escargot (am I spelling that right?)

Dan's dinner

The whole gang:-)

We finished dinner just in time to attend the show Jubilee. Jubilee is a classic Vegas show complete with showgirls in sparkly costumes and giant head-dresses. Dan and I had actually seen it the last time we were in Vegas but I swear I could watch it over and over...but you know how I love sparkles and dancing. I'm sure that Dan could watch it over and over again too but that may be more related to the fact that some of the dancers are topless.

All dressed up for dinner/Jubilee

After Jubilee we went outside to watch the dancing Fountains at the Ballagio. It's pretty impressive and one of those touristy things that everyone who goes to Vegas has to do. By this time we were all getting pretty tired and decided we had to up the energy or we were all going to crash. We had VIP tickets (not because we are important but because we paid for them) to go to a couple of nightclubs but they weren't open yet so we went to The Ballagio (or maybe it was Cesar's?) while we waited for them to open. We wasted the time by having drinks at a place called Shadows (very cool place where they have girls dancing behind screens so all you can see is their silhouettes) and did a little gambling.

The fountains.

At shadows watching the dancers. We were watching a girl who looked more like she was having a seizure than dancing...hence the looks on our faces:-)

We decided to use our VIP passes to go to a nightclub called PURE. None of us had ever been there so we had no clue what to expect. We waited in the VIP line (which had as many people as the regular line but I guess ours moved faster). We went through security and then were escorted upstairs. We go up several flights of stairs and end up on a rooftop lounge. It was AMAZING! We had no clue that we were headed outside and were stunned by the views. Such a fun place to hang out. There was a DJ who was so much fun and we spent the next few hours breaking it down on the dance floor and taking pics. We eventually gave in to exhaustion (and sore feet) and went back to the hotel to crash.