Black Jack, Craps, and Horses Oh Yes!
Sunday, December 17, 2006
DG and I just got back from Vegas baby. We stayed at the beautiful and lovely Paris, oui, oui. I learned how to play Craps and it was so much fun. Lost over my limit on day one at the black jack table. I know better than to play first base. It's never good to me. But then I took a break and went to watch horses. My first race, I picked the trifecta box, holy crap! I actually picked the first 3 horses that won. $6 turned into $70. That was exhiliarating. Jinnie got us on the guest list to Tao a hot club in the Venetian. We got to walk in front of the 100's of people in line. At the entrance, there are bath tubs filled with water, rose petals and naked ladies. Our only star siting was Robin Leach, though Jinnie was trying to convince everyone that Joaquin Phoenix was supposed to be there. The next day, I had another star siting at the Forum Shops in Cesar's Palace. This totally hot guy walked by me and I actually did the full open mouth stare, as it was Jeremy Sisto, someone I recognized from "Six Feet Under". Later that night we ate at Bobby Flay's restaurant, Mesa Grill. Great food, as you would imagine. I'm going to have to do some research and see if I can find his pumpkin soup recipe. Bowl licking good. Now it's off to cuddle with the babies and maybe take a bath as our house is still 55 degrees and warming slowly.
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4 Comments:
Sounds like a blast. Hope the babies aren't mad at you for leaving. Did you at least bring them back some fuzzy dice to chew on?
Just checked our cookbook library for Flay's pumpkin soup, but Flay is not one of Dan's favs, so we only have "Boy meets Grill". If you ever eat at Charlie Trotter or a Maria Batali place, we got you covered.
The babies went to doggy day care and they were not pleased when they got the drop off! Oh they looks I got, the piteous "Don't leave me" eyes.
So does Mario Batali have a restaurant? And I'm not sure that I've heard of Charlie Trotter.
I think Vegas is as good a place as any for the holidays! I have been there several times, but I think it would be so much more exciting with you!
Happy Birthday to Dave!
Mario's got about six restaurants, but I think they're all in NYC. Trotter is a Chicago chef, but he has a place at the MGM Grand too, $150 per person dinners.
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