Well, it was my birthday last week and so Nagy and I decided to leave the pets with Nicklaus (middle son) and go off to Las Vegas. Because it was a last minute trip, the cheap air was all gone so we went on the GOTO bus. It wasn't that bad. You drive downtown, across the street from the flower market, and get on the bus. It makes one stop, in El Monte, and then goes straight to Las Vegas with a 10 minute rest at a gas station with lots of bathrooms. You end up at the Stratosphere. You leave at 7:45 am and get there at 12:30 pm. Cost: $50 roundtrip. Not too bad. We just had one small duffle bag, so we had no problem on the bus and went down to the Monte Carlo. My favorite hotel site is agoda.com. They have the cheapest prices all over the world, include tax and then you can build credit to use in the future. I love it. Our room with tax at the Monte Carlo was $70 a night. It was big and lush and overlooked the pool area. Another thing it has is a train that you can ride for free and it takes you to the Bellagio. The train runs every 3 minutes and it is like being in a futuristic movie. When you get to the Bellagio, you can walk through it and look at all the stuff you can't afford in the beautiful store windows. There is some pretty beautiful art in there, but the most beautiful thing is the cascade of chocolate at the pattisere. How can you deny molton chocolate flowing from one glass lilypad onto another and in milk and white chocolate. It must have been 15 feet tall and it was amazing.
The best thing that happened to me in Las Vegas was at the Monte Carlo. Nagy was off to play poker, and so I took $20 and went off to my place at the penny machines. I was playing one called "Slotsky", which features Donald Duck characters dressed like Cossacks. It makes lots of noise and is really fun. I put in $5 dollars and had spent about half of it when I hit a small jackpot, but something got caught, and it kept going and going and going up to $59! I knew it was stuck because I got paranoid, smacked it, and it stopped immediately. Now, that may not seem like much if you are playing with quarters, but when you put 9 cents in and get that back, you are a happy camper! So, I cashed it out because I thought it might take back what it gave out and went to another machine, featuring Vampires, which we all know hold a special place in my heart. Believe it or not, on the first 9 cent bet, I hit a $35 jackpot and was now wealthy in pennies. I played about 3 more hours, went to bed with $50 and woke up to find that Nagy had a good night, too! We got back on the bus the next day at 10:30, got to L.A. at 3:30, beat the traffic and got home safely. It was a good time. We found the bus great because we didn't have to deal with airport security garbage, the price was right, and we didn't have the stress of driving. It may not be for everyone, but it was kind of fun, and really economical. Have a great weekend
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