Paris in Las Vegas....

Grand Canyon was our last stop in Arizona before heading back to Las Vegas for the final 3 nights at The Paris Hotel. This pic was taken from across the street at the Bellagio where we were the first week.

We were on the 24th floor facing the strip. The view was wonderful again. Thats the Bellagio across the street.

The front foyer and check in was lovely with these chandaliers.

Our room was very sweet...

Directly below us was the pool. I took my book out there for a couple of hours each afternoon, relaxed and took in the sun and swimming....

The main hotel area and casino area had beautiful washrooms with these beautiful sinks....

closeup...pretty....

The hotel was set up as if you were walking Paris streets....

There were shops and restaurants and this one was a lovely bakery. It was called Madeleines. You should have seen the lineup right out the door each morning as peope stopped by to pick up pastries and coffees....

Some of the shoppes looked like this...there was much french writing to point out Les Toilettes, Le Cafe etc... French music played everywhere....we got so that we would dance together in the elevator (when we were alone). I bought a French CD from one of the shops...

This is part of our hotel we took while having a walk...

In Vegas you don't just cross the street....you don't and you wouldn't dare with all the traffic. Instead they have escalators that go up or down and then a walkway across the streets....

I caught picture of Marc travelling down....

I am waving goodbye to you from our suite bathroom. Thank you for letting me share my special vacation with you. This is my "Bathroom Diva" picture. I'll take it over to Shelia at Notesongs for her Gallery of Bathroom Diva Pics.

If you have taken a Bathroom Diva picture be sure to take it to Shelia at Notesongs....

Have a wonderful day! Judi xoxo

Some More Fallness...Not Ready Yet...

Fall has come with its mix of warmth and coolness its beauty, its colour, its harvest......and now the beautiful coloured leaves have mostly dropped. This is at the lake.

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crispy, juicy apples...

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because I missed posting the past few weeks I thought it was only fair that I post some fall pictures I had taken for you.
Gourds 5 for $1.00

These pictures were taken when we were in Vegas in September. They are at the Bellagio hotel.

Fun aren't they?

Know why despite all this beauty I resist fall? Well...tonight we had hail...and snow showers...which I'm so grateful melted shortly after but *sigh*. I'm not ready for winter....

Have a wonderful day... Love Judi xoxo

Happy Birthday Vegas Style

We had a fabulous Las Vegas trip! The surprise 80th birthday trip for my mom was absolutely everything I wished it would be for her.

She didn't have any idea about the plans we had to travel (you can read my post from last week on the details I gave her). She wondered why we were taking a taxi at 5:00 a.m. Friday instead of taking a car from the hotel. She was bewildered to see it taking us to the airport and not until we were at the check in for Vegas did she realize. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Priceless just as I had hoped.













We stayed at Treasure Island and we really enjoyed our stay there. It was not as centrally located as where we usually stay but it really was a nice hotel.













My mom was excited to see there were so many entertainers appearing all around us.

Do you watch America's Got Talent? A year or so ago I remember watching a very talented Terry Fator competing each week on the show with his cast of many many puppets. I remember his sister was not well and was the one who encouraged him to audition. He seemed to be doing it for her and he won. He is still entertaining at Vegas and his picture seemed to be everywhere including on buses and atop taxis.

Here is my mom with Whoppie Goldberg so lifelike made of wax and in a spot approachable by anyone for pictures. Thank you Whoppie.













This sign for Cirque de Soleil's "Mystere" was part of the view from our room window. Mystere was performed at the Treasure Island and we had fabulous seats on Sunday night to watch this spectacular performance. We could see the facial movement on those cute painted faces. One of them actually jumped onto to the back of a chair in front of us and grabbed a popcorn. Following the show part of the cast was available to answer questions and they allowed picture taking with them. I was so mad at me because had decided to leave my camera in the room when we went to see the performance. I did buy a CD and one of them autographed it for me.

We enjoyed very yummy meals. They had such delicious buffets, our first one was a champagne brunch.

Doesn't this seafood dish look delish?

The Las Vegas view is beautiful at night when all the lights are on.....

and its very colourful during the day as well. The colourful one with the red and blue cone tops is the Excalaber hotel.

You do a lot of walking on the Las Vegas strip as you travel from one beautifully themed hotel to the next themed hotel. Each one has beautiful landscaping and waterscapes.

We found a lovely spot to rest at during the 101F and 102F temperatures. We loved it though. Do you know it was only 47F back at home today??? brrrrrr...way too cold...

I thought of Shelia as I took this Bathroom Beauty Diva picture of myself in one of the luxurious washrooms we "had" to stop in as we toured the hotels. I loved some of those bathrooms....can you love a bathroom? You bet your tiny cheeks you can... *s*... right Shelia?

This is a picture of the 3 of us. We all had such a good time. My mom said she was really getting into the routine of this lifestyle and then it was time to go home. I'm so very happy for this special memory we were able to create for her. Happy Birthday to you today mom....Love you... Judi xoxo