Thursday, July 10, 2008
Vegas Pt 2
Here we are at the Rio and the Penn & Teller Theater. This was what I was most excited about seeing while we were here.
So the show was awesome, of course. We were in the 7th row and it was just so cool to see Penn & Teller up close doing their act. If you ever go see them, make sure you go early for the Mike Jones Jazz Duo during the seating - you can't miss them!! Very cool and a nice surprise. After the show we got to meet Teller. He was very patient with the tons of people asking for autographs and pictures.
I was all bummed cuz I really had wanted to meet Penn Jillette, He's just so stinking cool. But as we turned the corner, THERE HE WAS!! I jumped in for a pic, too excited to wait to find someone to take a pic of both Collin & I. Oops.
He's so tall....I felt so tiny next to him!!
We found this poster and were hoping to buy it but it wasn't for sale anywhere. We had to be content with this picture:
And back to The Paris. Midnight is a perfect picture taking time in Vegas.
The fountain in front of the Paris...
...the beautiful Eiffel Tower. Collin did an awesome job with this shot...
...and the cool balloon all lit up!
And the nighttime view fromour 16th floor window!
Part 3 coming soon where I take you on a tour of our hotel room!! YAY!!
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So the show was awesome, of course. We were in the 7th row and it was just so cool to see Penn & Teller up close doing their act. If you ever go see them, make sure you go early for the Mike Jones Jazz Duo during the seating - you can't miss them!! Very cool and a nice surprise. After the show we got to meet Teller. He was very patient with the tons of people asking for autographs and pictures.
I was all bummed cuz I really had wanted to meet Penn Jillette, He's just so stinking cool. But as we turned the corner, THERE HE WAS!! I jumped in for a pic, too excited to wait to find someone to take a pic of both Collin & I. Oops.
He's so tall....I felt so tiny next to him!!
We found this poster and were hoping to buy it but it wasn't for sale anywhere. We had to be content with this picture:
And back to The Paris. Midnight is a perfect picture taking time in Vegas.
The fountain in front of the Paris...
...the beautiful Eiffel Tower. Collin did an awesome job with this shot...
...and the cool balloon all lit up!
And the nighttime view fromour 16th floor window!
Part 3 coming soon where I take you on a tour of our hotel room!! YAY!!
Labels: Pictures, vacation, Vegas
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// posted by Heather @ 3:15 PM 
Friday, July 04, 2008
Vegas Baby!! PT. 1
Okey dokey, here's the more in depth account of our Vegas Vacation! We drove through Utah which is so boring there's actually signs that say "Fatigued Drivers Pull Off At NExt Exit - NO FATIGUED DRIVERS!!" Well, if your state wasn't so boring, maybe we wouldn't get tired! There were some pretty parts though and this was the first cool scenery we saw:
Utah is not only boring but perverted. They're the Beehive State so all their road signs have beehives on them but they made them look like boobs:
Ahh, finally, after 11 hours on the road, there's the first sign of Sin City:
And then we're greeted with the craziest billboard ever:
Seriously, how did they get away with that??
We made it to The Paris and had a room on the 16th floor. We had a decent view - in this shot you can see The Bellagio between the buildings - through that hole we could see the dancing fountains.
And there's the other side with the Colosseum from Caesars.
Here's my artsy attempt - Collin in the mirror in our room:
Oh yeah - see the phone? Stupid expensive phone - Thursday when we got back there was a message from my Mom asking us to call her back. So I did. Dad was on the phone so it went directly to the message dealy and I called back 4 times only to hear the bells of the message. I hung up every time and every time we were charged $10 a call!!! GACK!!
The first night we went to the Rio to see Penn & Teller - Collin snapped a couple pics on our way out:
The balloon which is so very very cool....
....and the even cooler Arc de Triumphe.
On to Penn & Teller which will be Part 2! I hope you all had a fabulous & safe 4th of July!!!
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Utah is not only boring but perverted. They're the Beehive State so all their road signs have beehives on them but they made them look like boobs:
Ahh, finally, after 11 hours on the road, there's the first sign of Sin City:
And then we're greeted with the craziest billboard ever:
Seriously, how did they get away with that??
We made it to The Paris and had a room on the 16th floor. We had a decent view - in this shot you can see The Bellagio between the buildings - through that hole we could see the dancing fountains.
And there's the other side with the Colosseum from Caesars.
Here's my artsy attempt - Collin in the mirror in our room:
Oh yeah - see the phone? Stupid expensive phone - Thursday when we got back there was a message from my Mom asking us to call her back. So I did. Dad was on the phone so it went directly to the message dealy and I called back 4 times only to hear the bells of the message. I hung up every time and every time we were charged $10 a call!!! GACK!!
The first night we went to the Rio to see Penn & Teller - Collin snapped a couple pics on our way out:
The balloon which is so very very cool....
....and the even cooler Arc de Triumphe.
On to Penn & Teller which will be Part 2! I hope you all had a fabulous & safe 4th of July!!!
Labels: Pictures, vacation, Vegas
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// posted by Heather @ 11:56 PM
Monday, June 23, 2008
What happens in Vegas....
Ahh, it's good to be home.
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We drove to Las Vegas - - we left on Wednesday morning at 4 and got into Vegas at 2:30 their time. Not bad. It was 111 degrees when we pulled in. Bleck. Thank God for air conditioning!
We stayed at The Paris which was cool. The inside there was made to look like Parisian streets - very pretty. Our room was big - Collin took pics & I'll get them posted soon! The first show was Penn & Teller that night at the Rio. They were amazing!! After the show we got to meet them and get pics with them!! Yay!!
The next day was Mac King in the afternoon at Harrah's. He's very funny! And a great magician. We got to meet him afterwards as well. That night at Mandalay Bay was Mamma Mia which I loved! The performers were great and of course I adored the music!!
The last night was Cirque du Soleil's "O" - definitely my favorite thing about the trip! It was at the Bellagio which is a gorgeous hotel. We were front row and were in what they termed "wet seats." Yeah, we got wet! At least twice they kicked water straight at us! But the show was the coolest thing I've ever seen!
We walked everywhere the first 2 days. Then I ended up with a blister on my little toe that covered the entire bottom of it. So, we took cabs Friday. That was much nicer than dealing with the heat, the people and the porn card dealers. I'll write in a little more detail when I get the pics up.
Oh! And one more thing.
As of yesterday at about 1:30 pm, Collin & I are officially engaged!!!!! I'll post a pic of the ring as well. :D Hope you all had a fine weekend!!!
Labels: The Engagement, Vegas
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// posted by Heather @ 11:32 AM
