Vegas: Act Four

Okay, so I lied. I suck.

So, I finally got to Vegas! Squee! Mr. danny, danny, and I went through arrivals, and then we split up, becuase we were staying in two different parts of town. I took the shuttle to the Mandalay Bay, and got a beautiful tour down the Strip at night.

(Side note: I hate the concept of tipping. Not that I'm cheap, but I never know when or how much is appropriate. Wait staff, bartenders, cabbies, stylists - sure. But when I'm travelling, I often don't carry small bills, and there's no worse feeling than "I probably should've tipped that guy." I wish hospitality establishments would just pay their employees a decent wage and raise their rates already.)

Anywho, I got to the Mandalay Bay, which was beautiful, and checked in with ease. I so enjoy hotel staff who really know what they're doing. Got to my room - gorgeous. My room looked out over the Strip, and the MBay marquee, which was (Squee!) rotating a giant INXS concert sign. I'm not sure why they were advertising so much, since it had long-since sold out, but it was awesome to see, nonetheless.

danny and Mr. danny came by and picked me up for supper, and we headed out to find the Burger Bar. We got to the lobby on the Casino level, and there were INXS posters! Squee! There was no one around, so we stopped to take each other's pictures in front of the posters. Of course, that apparently sent up some sort of signal, and people started coming out of nowhere. Oh, well, we'll never see them again! After a great deal of confusion, and after passing many more INXS posters, we finally found the restaurant.

(Okay, another side note: tourist cities - signage is your friend! This is a town where almost no one is a local. Over and over again, I encountered a lack of signage, confusing signage. C'mon, people!)

We had fun at the Burger Bar, making fun of our waiter, sitting in the "smoking section", which apparently consisted of our waiter bringing over an ash tray to our table and declaring it so. The burgers were good, we got to know each other better, we squeed for Jason. Good times.