the rest of Vegas

here's a pretty picture of Z overlooking Bellagio's water fountain with Paris behind her.

Pam, Z and i went to see "Love" one evening at The Mirage. what an amazing show! (the dark pics are my illegal camera use before the show. it didn't take long before i was told to stop!)

random photo shots around the event. Z and i bought souvenier Eiffel towers that held 64 oz of margarita's. yikes! they were heavy and it wasn't long before my hand was freezing from holding it like a baby!

More pics of Bellagio's garden area and fountain show when Z and i stopped by after seeing Love. (if you look closely, there is a rare photo of me wearing my glasses)

one evening, Pam and her husband, Ben, took Z and i to dinner at Bolero inside the Wynn hotel. what an incredible meal! it was such a lovely evening and then got better when we were handed free tickets to see La Reve (the dream). i had no clue what we were going to see and sort of thought we were walking into some comedy club scene (which i despise!). however, i was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was a show very similar to "O". it was a beautiful show and i loved the whole aspect of their use of water. what a lucky night!

home from Vegas

wow, i was gone for a long time! my first leg of the trip started out with spending a few days with my dad. he drove to Vegas from Fallon, Nevada (about an 8 hour ride). We stayed at the Luxor hotel and had a great time. mostly we walked around, seeing the sights in the area where we were staying. lots of walking around! it gets tiring after awhile and wears you out. also, the self parking was so far away, it was always a another long walk to get the car too! finally we found a little parking lot off to the side of our hotel that was so close to the elevators where we were getting off from our room, so we moved the car there. much better! we checked out MGM, New York, New York, Mandalay Bay (very pretty!) and Excalibur. we also walked down to check out the new city center area, but did not venture in.

while we were there, President Obama flew in and we got to see his motorcade cross the freeway. we watched the whole procession from our hotel window and counted 26 cars and motorcycles in the convoy!

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also, i'm having a class here at Lemoncholy's Studio on Saturday, March 20th. you can read about it here. two spots are sold already!

So i Gathered.....

(enameled tintype by Stepanie Rubanio)

My talented art girlfriend, Stephanie Rubanio, is having a blog giveaway. Run over to her blog, So I Gathered, to enter for a chance to win a prototype of her new enameled tintype. I'm quite lucky in that i get to see Stephanie real soon in Vegas at Artnsoul. can't wait!

Also, if you don't mind, please send thoughts out to my art friend, JoAnna. her husband Ron is quite ill again and having a shunt put in on Monday. they've been thru so much. i hope this shunt puts an end to all these unresolved health issues he has had. Joanna was the art friend that i sent the angel, "Acceptance" to over the holidays.