Sin City Part 2 ~ Other stuff....

Vegas continued....

Las Vegas Weather

Who knew Vegas would go from Hot & Sunny to Overcast & Muggy quickly followed by rain... then harder rain, thunder and lightening. Oh yeah, there was also flash floods on the streets.






The Bellagio Hotel

I really wanted to go see the Bellagio Conservatory because in the past I've always enjoyed the display. This time however it was quite an unfortunate experience. I'm really not even sure what the theme was.

There were trains
Hot Air Balloons

Huge animatronic baby eagles (???)

Thank goodness this 'Tree Spirit" didn't talk or move...

I really don't know what to say about this display... I was disappointed with this whacked conglomeration of all kinds of weird stuff but hey that's just me.

Belly Dance

As previously mentioned we went to Vegas to attend the Las Vegas Belly Dance Intensive: shows and workshops. I don't have any pictures from the workshops but I do have pics from the two shows we attended. I will post a few of my favorites soon but I need to just complain slightly about this meat head of a man that was in the front row on the Sat night show... See his head here?!

Well this dudes huge gum-drop shape head ended up in almost all my pictures... now I have to edit it out as much as possible!

Burlesque Girls

I've been to a few burlesque shows before, but I've never been to the Ivan Kane's 40 Deuces. I was really looking forward to it but maybe it was a quite night because it was a Sunday eve.... I'm not really sure what was going on but it really took quite a bit to get the crowd riled up.

The club is really REALLY small and the stage consists of an L shape runway against the wall and the whole bar 'runway'. Against the wall are strands of pearls which become a strong 'rope' so the dancer can hold on and swing and lift themselves doing all kinds of amazing moves. Above the bar runway area there is a bar in the ceiling and the dancer will use that can hold onto it and lift herself up. One of the dancers that night did a handstand and used the ceiling pole to walk on her hands across about half of the bar - & yes, it was impressive!

There were two dancers but what was really odd was that there wasn't an MC and the two dancers weren't announced. Not sure what was up with that.. hmmmm.? But I'm glad we went, but I'd like to see if it's busier on a Fri or Sat night.

Leaving Las Vegas

Due to the unexpected thunderstorm on Monday all flights leaving Vegas were delayed and we spent about an hour and a half on the tarmac with another 40+ planes praying that we'd actually get to leave ~ Though I didn't want to go to work the next day I really needed to...

Here is a slightly blurry pic of Vegas at night from the plane

as we finally got in the air...

And there we go Vegas 2008... Thanx & Good Night!

Leather & Music

Today I took a trip up to the City this afternoon to go see a favorite band from my youth.. Berlin was one of the headline bands at the Folsom St. Fair. It's been ages since I'd been to the Folsom St Fair but hardly anything has changed.

Leather, chains, latex, bare-butt chaps, and quite a few men wearing nothing but shoes & a cock-ring & maybe a chest harness to top off their "outfit". (I always wonder how these guys actually get to Folsom St?!? Do they walk, take the bus, catch a cab? & where do they keep their money? No clothes = no pockets.....)

The English Beat was also playing today but sadly I just couldn't be two places at once so I chose Berlin as the band to attend. So made my way to the 7th street stage weaving in and out of the foot traffic on the street and sidewalk, careful NOT to accidentally brush up against the guys in just shoes and cock-ring...

I made my way to a front row space and enjoyed the show ~ and what a show it was!!!

Here is Terri waiting to come on stageThe roar of screams and applause was intense!

A quick change (removal of her over-dress) made her even more sexy!

This Hunk showed up to 'help' Terri

Because those of us at the front were there early, we were told that Terri was going to be taken into the crowd and this guy became her 'vehicle'

Terri then invited anyone that wanted to get on stage to get up there and rock out with her and the band

Berlin played for an hour and so many of us in the crowd sang along the whole time. Here are a couple shots taken during their signature song "Sex (I'm a....)"

They say a picture is worth a thousand words......

That was a really GREAT show! I'm so glad I went.

This speaks for itself.....

Weekend WrapUp *pictoral*

Golden Gate Park ~ Tea Garden & De Young Museum: Chihuly Exhibit

Treasure Island Music Festival

Free Bio-Desiel Shuttle from SF to the Island

NO clue what these things are!?!

And in the Anything Goes Fashion Catagory:





Thanks, and back to the Music Festival....

Vampire Weekend

The Raconteurs close the show

Cupcakes runneth over

.... over in into Northern California that is....

The famous Southern CA Cupcake purveyor Sprinkles has opened a shop in the very trendy and popular Palo Alto, CA.

Considering that the Executive Pastry Chef, Candace Nelson's roots are in the Bay Area (I was surprised to find out) this is the first location here.... They do not have gluten free options for those of us with wheat sensitivity so while I might choose to imbibe once Sprinkles will not be on my To Do list. But the Chai Latte flavor is calling...

Who's Shocked?!?

I'm not.

I'm sure your not shocked either...

Making headlines today: Clay Aiken has come out of the closet

Shocker Shocker Shocker

Is this really news????