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Last week Trevor and I enjoyed 5 days down in Las Vegas.  We try and make it down to there at least once a year to visit our favorite spots and to soak up the sun.  This time around we stayed at the Monte Carlo since it was next to City Center.  I am so happy we did–City Center is awesome!!  Our favorite out of the bunch was Aria.

The hotel is beautiful and there are endless places to eat, drink and be merry.  Our favorite restaurant out of the bunch was Julian Serrano.  Trev and I both love tapas style eating and my usual go-to place, Cafe ba ba Reeba, has closed.  So to my wonderful surprise, we found this gem at Aria.  It blew us away.  Every single dish we ordered was so tasty it lasted maybe 3 minutes on the table.  Our hands down favorites were the white esparagus and the stuffed piquillo peppers.  It makes my mouth water even thinking about them now.  And to top it all off, the white sangria is oh so delicious.  Bottom line, if you go to Aria, you must eat at this place.  I can’t wait to go back and try it all out again.  We also checked out the Cirque du Soleil show Viva Elvis.  I have always enjoyed the music of Elvis, but I have a new appreciation for him now.   The show was a blast and as usual the performers were great to watch.  I have to say that we liked LOVE at the Mirage more, but this one is entertaining too.  You can’t go wrong with Cirque du Soleil.

Beyond City Center we had lots of fun shopping and checking out the other hotels.  Another favorite ended up being Encore.  The food was delicious of course and the shopping was incredible!  We found a Rock & Republic shop, my favorite jeans in the whole wide world.  Being in there was like a kid in a candy shop, I wanted everything!  But since I have not won the lottery, Frankie (the awesome and very fun store manager) helped me pick out a pair of jeans and some fun shades.     

So with shopping and sight seeing under our belts Trev snuck in a thrill ride and then we visited the Bellagio gardens.  On our way to the gardens we stopped by Jean-Philippe and gawked at the World’s largest chocolate fountain.  I just wanted to jump right in!  After sampling some of the yummy chocolates, we headed back to the hotel and relaxed the rest of the time poolside and enjoyed a bit of sunshine.  It was nice to have a few days to kick it with the hubby and enjoy each other.  Vegas we love you and look forward to our next visit!

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