Las Vegas: Part 2

I was so glad to be going to Las Vegas with a girlfriend. J. and I went out there quite often but always concentrated on gambling. C and I did some other stuff.



On Friday we went to Mon Ami Gabi for our favorite brie cheeseburgers and champagne.
Mon Ami Gabi sits across the street from the Bellagio hotel so while we were eating/drinking we watched the fountains go off - it was the first time we had ever seen that! All in all it was the perfect lunch.

Saturday night we had tickets to Bette Midler. To go along with that we made dinner reservations at Bradley Ogden's restaurant in Caesar's. It was another perfect meal. The service was perfect - they seemed to know exactly when you might want something and never rushed us. We shared two appetizers, the crab cakes and a blue cheese souffle (I am not sure I am saying that right...). They split the appetizers in the kitchen and, I can't stress this enough, the service was impeccable!

I ordered the chicken (sounds boring, I know) and C ordered scallops. The chicken was incredible. It was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Amazing. Dessert for me was a cheese plate. The cheese plate was fantastic and it was obvious that they had put a lot of thought into choosing the cheeses. They were not run of the mill - each was very interesting and came with its own accompaniment.

All in all, dinner was a 10.

We walked over to the show. Bette Midler was AMAZING. Our only complaint was that the show was too short! At 90 minutes long we could have used a lot more Bette! She was bawdy and dirty and rowdy and carefree. She was just so perfect for Vegas.

Incredible night.

I bet you're waiting for the epiphany. After our meal and before the show started Carla and I were sitting in our seats and I was overcome with this feeling that THIS is my life. My life is incredible. I'm young, single, make enough money to do what I want to do. Life is meant to be lived fully, out loud, without regrets, without fear. I have never understood the saying "what would you do if you couldn't fail." I now get that saying - I can look back at my life and see there were times that I would have made different decisions if I didn't believe I could fail. Generally these were in my personal life as I have always made good, solid decisions professionally.

So take care dear readers, I am taking this tiger that is life by the tail and I'm going to swing it around as hard as I can. I am living my life as though I can not fail.