I love Las Vegas...in small doses. It is a really fun place with lots to see and do but it can also provide sensory overload. I can only handle it for about a day so I usually plan short excursions to Sin City. The reason for my most recent excursion was the U2 concert last Friday night but I got there early in the afternoon with some time to play. My base of operations was the MGM Grand and from there I ventured out to the famous Strip. I am a people-watcher and the people here put on quite the show but I soon become very weary of all of the hustlers on the street trying to get you to come to various shows (be careful about accepting any flyers from people, trust me on this!).
The Las Vegas Golden Knights have made it to the semifinal round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in their very first year in existence and the whole city is incredibly excited which was really fun to see. There were banners and billboards everywhere but my favorite show of support was the jersey on the Statue of Liberty at the New York, New York Hotel. By the way, now that my Colorado Avalanche are out of the playoffs I have temporarily transferred my affections to the Knights!
Of course, no visit to Las Vegas (or any other major city, for that matter) would be complete without a visit to the Hard Rock Cafe. I started the tradition of collecting pins at the first HRC I visited (in London) and now I have hundreds of them. I didn't get another one from this one because I have so many but I had lunch. My waiter looked like Daveed Diggs and he flirted with me outrageously! I continued wandering around for a while and then went back to the hotel for a quick nap.
The concert was in the brand-new T-Mobile Arena and it was pretty amazing (so was the concert). I especially loved all of the Stanley Cup Playoff banners all over the arena. I had a lot of fun on this quick trip (I will be back in one month to see Hamilton again) and it was just what I needed to make it through the final weeks of school!
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