Thur - Fri Feb 23 thru 24, 2006

Woo-hoo!!
My first couple of days as an official retiree were spent in Las Vegas!!

We left for Las Vegas yesterday morning and got there a little before 1 pm. Had lunch at the brand new Dan Marino Restaurant (their salmon salad was great as well as the almond basket delight for dessert) with Heather at the Hooters Casino (formerly Hotel San Remo) then went shopping at the Las Vegas Outlet Stores (formerly Belz Outlets). Before we left for the outlets, Donna reserved a couple of show tickets for us for KA the new Cirque de Soleil show at the MGM for 7:30. Got me a pair of jeans and Donna picked up a set of china to be used in the Philippines. It was around 6 when we got back. I changed while Donna got some sushi so we won't be so hungry during the show. We walked to the MGM, which is just across the street from Hooters and picked up our tickets at the box office. The show was pretty good, a lot of special effects, typical Cirque gymnastics. Almost two hours later, it was done so we went back to the Hooters and had some Japanese dinner - my usual sashimi dinner and spider roll for Donna. I brought up our stuff to the room and Donna watched the long programs of the Olympics figure skating on TV then she went down to play.

The make over that was done by Hooters of the Hotel San Remo is not quite complete yet but the transformation is basically black and white. They hired a lot more employees and they now have 4 restaurants. The whole casino floor has been renovated along with the hotel rooms. And of course the world famous Hooter girls are all over the place as cocktail waitresses, dealers, and the Hooters Restaurant waitresses.

When I got up this morning, Donna was already downstairs. I packed up our stuff, brought it to the truck, then we had brunch. Faye talked with us a little bit before our order came. I had our account settled then we checked out. This evening Nido and family treated us for dinner at the Sushi Samurai.