Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Bachey: Fabulous

Once again, I found myself in vegas for another bachey trip. It's weird ... I usually come back from Vegas feeling like I never want to ever step another foot on that strip but this time however, I came home feeling like I didn't get to see everything that I had wanted. So much has changed since the last time I visited. New hotels, new shopping areas. So you know what? I kinda wanna go back! I planned this little scavenger hunt thing for fabulous where she had to go to different places on the strip and pick up clues and small treats that I bought for her. There really wasn't much of a prize at the end. Her plane landed a lot later than was scheduled so it really threw off some of the things I had set up since most of the workers I had spoke with were done with their shifts. All I could do was hope that they had pass the message onto the next person. We were pushed for time since we had dinner reservations so I kinda hauled her from one place to the next instead of having her figure out for herself where she needed to go.

Right when she arrived at the hotel, she checked in at the front desk and I immediately gave her directions that she needed to go the lobby bar. Once there, the bartender gave her three shots that she had down right away. It was actually this pink martini drink that he split into three shots. When she was done, he handed her the next clue. Which weren't really clues since there wasn't really anything she had to figure out. It just said where she need to go next.

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Before we headed to the next destination, we showed her the tank tops that we made for her.

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2nd stop: Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bakery at the Venetian. I got her this assorted package of six macarons: vanilla, chocolate, passion fruit, coffee, pistachio and strawberry. We tried them all then and there. They were gooood. I think I had thought about going back to pick up more but I just never had the chance.

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3rd stop: Sugar Factory at the Mirage. I got her the Brittany Spears signature lollipop.

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Last stop: Serendipity3. What else would I get her but a frozen hot chocolate which we all shared. Yum! Here, she had to take her clues and assemble them into a you know what. The last piece of the puzzle was on the straw in the frozen hot chocolate. The drink was already sitting on the counter when she got there and it took her a while to spot it. But she started cracking up once she saw it. So funny.

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And then it was back to our hotel to get ready for dinner and then dancing! More fotos to come.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Musik Mundi: Jack Penate

Jack Penate
Album: Everything Is New (2009)
Song: Pull My Heart Away

*photo courtesy of amazon*



So the new year has been off to a slow start. Nothing good yet nothing bad as of yet. No resolutions were made although the one I made for 2008 was to be patient with big poppa when he's driving and that never happened so maybe I'll try that again? Haha. Honestly, it doesn't even feel like a new year. I'm actually kinda dreading this year. I think I'll just keep writing 2010.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Holiday: New Year's 2011

First post of the year! Well, not really since I'm back-posting all over the place. This year, big poppa and I decided to celebrate the new year in dallas and had expected a super low key event but of course that's never the case. We rode up and stayed with gau and queenie and I got to spend time with Tyler, their new bundle of joy. I didn't drink much nor did I take many fotos. I spent way too much time trying to create this twenties up do that never came to be. And then I decided to nosh before all the guests arrived and ended up eating myself into a food coma cos I wanted to eat a little bit of everything. Ugh. So full. And then I kept eating as people were bringing more dishes. I think I became a little diabetic that night. My energy amped up a bit when transam and mascara arrived with mylinh. She's so CUTE! But also super shy so it was kinda hard trying to interact with her cos she kept hiding in the safety of mom and pop's arms. The asian party wouldn't be complete with some gambling and karaoke. 2011, please be kind!


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