Posts Tagged ‘botanical garden’
Where do two foodies go on vacation? To a place with ridiculous amounts of fabulous restaurants, of course! There are probably several destinations that fall in that category, but for us Las Vegas is the closest so that’s where Pete and I spent our ten year anniversary last week. When we arrived we found out it was also Restaurant Week, how perfect! We stayed at the Bellagio, and ate several meals in the hotel restaurants which turned out to be my favorites of the trip. The first morning we went down to have breakfast and chose the Cafe Bellagio, where we had an incredible Bellagio Classic omelet stuffed with lobster and asparagus. It was sumptuous; I could definitely get used to this every morning. The coffee was very good, dark and strong but not bitter. And they served real cream. Yum. We’re off to a great start.
Outside of the Café is the botanical garden so after breakfast we walked around and checked it out, along with the pretty birds in the aviary – click here to see the Bellagio photo album. The animals they made out of flowers and plants were so cute! Then we were off for a walk around the Forum Shops @ Caesar’s. It was the first time for both of us, and we had a great time looking at everything; all the shops and restaurants, the blue sky ceiling, and even the moving statues show on the third floor. Yes, it’s a bit corny and the “statues” are more like moving mannequins but it was entertaining nonetheless, and the fire explosions at the end of the show were pretty damned big for being in what is basically a mall. Our favorite was a store called Villa Reale; it was filled with things that Pete and I both loved. We started talking to a sales man and when I mentioned that the store reminded me of Arte de Mexico he told us that it is a division of Arte De Mexico – I nailed it. Not surprising though. Arte is one of my favorite home stores in So Cal and a place I frequented often while decorating the NoHo house, and I never missed their annual sale. Anyway, after the Forum Shops we walked over to Treasure Island to see if the statue I posed for years ago was still there – and it was! That story is for the next post, along with photos and more tales of good eats.
