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y custard with hints of coconut and other spices it was rich and creamy and amazing david had the red fire another classic of their flavors dark chocolate ancho and chipotle chilies and cinnamon yum they were both amazing we also bought some goodies to take home with us including the comfort food tower and a mini chocolate bar set we left the forum shops feeling alive and decadent we promptly rushed home to change for our evening plans we hadn t even been out that long so we didn t have to deal so much with the draw of the big comfy bed we changed and headed out to our first stop of the night the sirens of ti this is the free show at treasure island i guess they revamped it recently as it used to be more of a pirate battle now it s trying really hard to be soft core porn the special effects and sinking ship were cool though the lighting and fireworks of course would ve been better had we seen it at night after that we caught a cab to the hard rock hotel we had dinner reservations at nobu we got there a little early and had time to wander around and play some slots where we won 50 perfect timing as we were heading into the most expensive restaurant of our trip i almost wish i had taken pictures but i let myself hang out and enjoy the experience the food was incredible it was very possibly the best meal i ve ever had we started with yellowtail sashimi with jalapenos and the black cod with miso wow the black cod was indescribable our server told us it was marinated in miso for three days it was served warm and it melted in my mouth we also had an order eggplant with miso because why not it was good but not as good as these signature dishes after that we moved on to some tempura and got a couple pieces of asparagus and avocado tempura the avocado was so interesting we love avocado but to taste it with a crispy outside and a hot creamy inside was certainly different we couldn t eat at nobu without eating sushi i think our server was wondering how much we were going to eat but we ordered anyway we got an assortment of fish like salmon and scallop but the big momma of it all was the toro if you ve ever had real toro you know what i m talking about this is the fattiest cut of the tuna pink tender and melt in your mouth i think it was 18 per piece it was worth it it may have been the most amazing thing i have ever eaten we left in euphoria how could we go home to milwaukee after this i m so glad we chose nobu for our fancy dinner our bill was just under 200 after tip including that toro i think we would ve been well over 200 if we had splurged at one of the other restaurants we were considering like le cirque or aureole we floated off to a cab and let it whisk us away to the stratosphere our night was only just beginning we played penny slots and got a little tipsy on free alcohol before our show time we had paid a little extra for up front seats they were right next to the stage so bite you should see it if you re ever looking for that kind of entertainment in vegas with the 50 off coupon it was cheesy but it didn t take itself to seriously the dancing was acrobatic it was like a cross between a strip club a cheerleading competition and cirque du soleil with a classic rock soundtrack it was long too props to those girls for dancing forever the topless part wasn t really that much more exciting but whatever the girls were athletic and fun and some of them had major kickass attitude we had a good time after that spectacle we waited for a bus to take us to the old downtown freemont st the buses are nice but we had bad luck with them whichever way we weren t going we d see several buses pass before having one come on our side that was lame and we ended up getting downtown after midnight i think the giant light display must shut off then so we didn t get to see the crazy stuff there we played some slots at some of the classic places like the golden nugget and binions it was kind of dead though and we weren t really winning much so we went to catch the bus back after a couple hours i might have gotten us a big lost and we waited for the bus on a very deserted part of las vegas boulevard i was totally creeped out even though we didn t see anyone or anything scary we probably only waited 15 minutes for a bus but it felt much longer it was a relief to get on that bus and head back to our hotel we went right to bed as we had a full day of plans we were going to use our last day in vegas to the max i ll recap our final day in my next entry i want to go back so badly posted in food travel vacation vegas 1 comment alive april 13 2009 has it really been almost a month since i left for las vegas it seems like just yesterday i was enjoying myself in the city of sin we left work a couple hours early on monday and headed straight to the airport i used to not care much about layovers on flights but it s starting to not be worth it fortunately our layover in houston was quick it was agonizing to be traveling all day when we were so excited to be in las vegas already we were staying at my aunt s timeshare and she had been there for a few days already with another aunt they were leaving as we arrived and they met us in the airport with hilarious fanfare we got directions to the hotel and with that we were off into the vegas night we took a cab to our hotel which was at the far end of the strip near the riviera and circus circus and made it there around 11 30 we were tired but wanted to go out and explore a little bit we got changed and wandered over to the riviera and then slots a fun we lost about 11 and ate a giant hotdog before deciding to head back for some sleep as we were standing outside slots a fun we saw the greatest thing a hooker getting arrested now i agreed with the s a f cocktail waitress who said let the poor girl make her living but it was quite the welcome to vegas that s nothing i ve ever seen in milwaukee it s also weird that prostitution is not legal in vegas for a city that essentially sells sex along every street they won t let you actually consumate that deal legally anyway anyway we got up kind of early on tuesday and went to the circus circus buffet at about 10 45 we timed it out because i like breakfast and david likes lunch and they switch to lunch food at 11 the food was pretty good and cost less than 25 for the two of us mmmmmmmm breakfast it was st patricks day and they had cream puffs with green filling it was cool we ate a lot as we weren t planning on eating until dinner that s the way to do it our hotel was not on the strip but it was close here s our hotel as seen from the strip it s the middle height blue building in the middle of the picture royal resort it was very clean and comfortable and the staff was very nice we started at our end of the strip and walked east i think checking out hotels as we passed we also wandered the malls as i was very curious to see shops that i don t have access to fashion show mall had the most peculiar design and made me think of the size and design of the malls in bangkok huge outdoor escalators awesome we gambled a bit in treasure island and i tried to take pictures of everything but i was too busy having fun we played penny slots most of the time and i occasionally remembered to take cheesy tourist pictures like this we crossed the street and checked out the venetian which was just so beautiful we put in a few bucks and won back some money on this awesome star wars slot machine we were wandering around the main casino floor and i wanted to find the canal shoppes so we started going up on an escalator we were chatting and i looked forward and saw the shopping area which took my breath away we probably spent half an hour wandering in this little courtyard taking pictures and watching the gondolas we realized that we had to get going if we wanted to get back to our hotel in time to change for our show that night penn teller live at the rio first i was able to fondle the shoes at barney s though i m kicking myself for not trying any on why do those shoes and sales people intimidate me so the window display was so cool a shoe made out of clothes hangers we caught the end of the living fountain show on our way out another thing to check out on our next trip the 30 seconds we saw was pretty cool we wandered through the palazzo wynn and encore on our way back to the hotel i liked these places too very swanky and we won some more money i think at this point we were only down about 10 the penny slots were nice to us we d lose 10 then win 20 then lose 20 then win 30 that made this day even more fun i was loving the feeling of being in vegas we had saved up money and sticking cash in slot machines wasn t stressing me out we had no responsibilities and were enjoying our time with each other so much as if it could get any better we were seeing penn teller that night we changed and walked to harrah s to catch a shuttle to the rio we got there early thanks to a super nice bus driver who decreed david as the last person in line allowed on that bus but let me sit on his lap and we wandered we picked up our tickets lost a few bucks at slots ate at an overpriced and undertasty chinese restaurant and showed up at 7 00 for p t s 8 00 show bonus while waiting to get into the theater david got a call from the director of noises off back in milwaukee someone had to drop out and he was now in vegas is lucky there s a jazz duo secret penn is the bass player and some fun activities before the show the jazz was great but i couldn t wait for the show to start it was incredible david loves penn teller and he was not disappointed i was constantly amused at how they would show us how a trick is done and then somehow do it differently and blow us away i was totally amazed we had great seats and they put on a great show what a night oh and there s no way i d forget to mention that they hang out in the lobby after their shows they sign autographs and pose for pictures they were super nice david was in heaven i had to get in on the action too we were exhausted from our long exciting day and had planned to go to the old downtown but we couldn t we went back to our hotel and slept in fact we didn t wake up until after 11 on wednesday i ll recap the rest of our trip in the next entry i feel like this is way too long already posted in crazy excitement food party pictures shopping travel vacation vegas 5 comments bonus march 13 2009 i got a paycheck and a bonus today i had enough to pay one credit card off completely and still have the other half of our vegas money left over of course then i d pretty much have no money for when we got back and need to you know eat so i bumped it down a little bit to have a buffer for when we get back but look at how close i am to paying off the first and the largest of my credit cards i ll have a balance of 216 before going to vegas wow does that feel good who knows maybe next month i ll be able to click that button for pay current balance except now i m totally thinking well maybe i could buy a pair of awesome shoes in vegas posted in money 4 comments nerves and debt march 12 2009 on tuesday i auditioned for noises off at sunset playhouse i was so nervous that is my favorite play and it has been so long since i ve auditioned for anything there were about 20 ish people there but i heard that there were around 50 the night before wow i got a callback which is an accomplishment in itself as only about 1 3 of the people got called back david and i both went to callbacks last night and it was the strangest experience i ve had at an audition first of all the talent that was in one room was amazing there s no reason that this show won t be awesome i was put into a group of four to read a scene two women two men we went into the auditorium and read and the director had us switch parts and read the piece again i felt pretty good about my reading for poppy the frazzled stage manager we went back out to the lobby and waited a couple people were told they could leave this of course does not mean these people aren t cast but as actors we never want to be the first to leave a callback audition i sat around for a long time while other groups read finally the remaining people still a large number was split into two groups to read a full cast scene some people in these groups would swap in and out of roles to give readings for different characters there were four women leftover not in these groups i was one of them the stage manager for this show walked around and let three of them go not me she s a friend of mine so i gave her a look like wtf at this point i feel like i m going to pee on myself why am i the only one left sitting here is that good is that bad i asked her if the director was going to walk out of the theater and see me sitting there and say oh yeah you re still here you can go home of all the things at this audition i did not want to be forgotten about she said she couldn t tell me yet if i could go home or not that she wasn t sure okay so i sit there one of the big groups goes in to read and the other stage manager comes out and says that i can leave okay now really wtf i started laughing because i was just so confused i talked with one of my friends trying to figure out what this could mean i went in to read once then waited for about an hour then was told i was done i thought maybe they waited because of course david and i drove together and he wasn t done reading yet except he still wasn t done reading when they told me to leave so now i get to sit awkwardly in the lobby knowing i m done but unable to leave until david is done after a short while the director comes out to get another group a group of two men and sees me sitting there and asks since i m still there if i can come in and read two random lines in the middle of these dudes scene one line is a man s line one is a woman s line my job was just to stand on stage and say these lines so these guys could get through their scene smoothly i know i was stuck there and not doing anything but part of me thinks why would he pull me up there if i was out of consideration for any part the director is also an actor and i know he probably doesn t take any joy in causing any of us additional stress i didn t read for the part i really wanted but i also don t have the ideal body type for that part i would love to be poppy and i think i would do well and make that role funny to its fullest but i am just so confused normally i can leave an audition and say eh i don t think i got it or go me i did awesome but everything going on in this audition has just left me at a loss there s no point in overanalyzing of course but i have checked my phone and e mail so many times today even though we might not get an answer until sunday i won t even be heartbroken if i don t get it i ll be sad for about 10 seconds but not being in rehearsals and shows for two months opens me up to more activities including furthering 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