On the first week of my vacation - the twenty second of December to be exact, my family and I headed out to Las Vegas. We drove down to Vegas to celebrate my brothers birthday which was the next day - the twenty third. Also because we were going to meet up some family members that live in Denver, Colorado. Too bad they were already running late because their car broke down back in Utah for two days. On the bright side, they were able to make it on the twenty third for my brother's birthday dinner, which, by the way, was great! We had dinner at the Rio Buffet, it was quite delicious. The inside was huge and they had a wide selection of food ranging from Italian to Japanese food! The lighting inside was slightly dim - not too dark- not to bright, but it was just right. The smell was a strong scent of oils and different foods cooking in the kitchen, and the sounds... were all sounds of people chatting and plates clattering and people chit chatting here and there. We were a party of ten people and we were seated at a long table next to the section where the Italian food was placed.
My first plate of food was actually not a plate, but a bowl of Japanese style - hot and sour soup. It was delicious. The smell was mouth watering, for a soup. It had diced pieces of tofu and seaweed along with egg and whatever else they put in it. It was fantastic. The name may throw off some people but to be honest, yes, it is kind of hot as in spicy, but it is not "sour", at least not to me. My next plate of food was teriyaki beef and chicken kabobs sprinkled with some sesame seeds with a side of white, steamy rice and lots of sushi rolls! I love sushi. From what I remember, I had California rolls and crunchy shrimp rolls..that's not the exact name for it but I say crunchy because when you bite into it it makes a crunch sound. The crunchy rolls had- like most rolls.., seaweed and white rice and inside cucumber and a fried piece of shrimp... I guess that is why it is called a crunchy roll... because when you bite into it the fried shrimp make a crunch sound. Okay, maybe that was obvious why it was called a crunchy roll, ha but aaaanyways, after that I had two more plates of the same thing. Now not only was I hungry but the entrance fee to the buffet was about thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ... basically thirty-eight for each person! So I wanted to make the best of it, and not be stupid and get pizza and some french fries for thirty-eight dollars! That's just dumb as h*ll so that's why I went all out and tried different plates from around the world. Now I know I only described my Japanese food but I just can't seem to remember all the other food I ate. Point is I tried out different foods.
After dinner, we went out to walk on the Las Vegas strip and looked around the different stores and souvenirs shops that were there. My brother ended up going with his girlfriend to the casinos to play on the machines. My little sister, Patty, and I went to the Circus Circus Midway- the Midway is where they have a small stage and clowns come out and do shows and there's aerobics, and aerial skills shows, etc. They also have games to play and if you win you get a prize, the heat inside the Midway was horrible though! It was hot and packed I felt like I was going to faint in there, I was honestly super annoyed walking around trying to get around the Midway, they also have an arcade where you play and you get tickets and then you turn them in to get a prize(s). I mean, I guess I had fun but not really because it was crowded with a bunch of little kids...and I'm 16 sooo you can only imagine being surrounded by a bunch of little kids and you're just there in the middle like "what am I doing here?" It was alright, not that bad like I made it seem but yeah, it was alright. Better than not doing anything at all!
Soon after my sister and I got bored at the Midway so we told my parents if we could go somewhere else and we ended up going to the Caesars Palace- there it's like a huge mall! It's very beautiful and they have many different stores here and there. Most stores are expensive, for example Louis Vuitton ...as a matter a fact, just think of it as the shops on RODEO DRIVE down in Beverly Hills. Yes, Caesars Palace is exactly like that but just way more bigger and with way more shops. I swear, you could get lost in there if you're not paying attention keeping up with your family members, or whoever it is your with. (Trust me, it's happened to me already) My mother and I were doing extremely late Christmas shopping for a couple family members we had left out on the list! Once again it was crowded but not as crowded like back at the Midway.
Back in LA on the 24th of December we were all in a hurry because we were going to have people over later on in the evening. Honestly as I got older, Christmas wasn't as much fun as it was when I was younger. I enjoyed my family's company and a few close friends stopped by my house here and there to exchange gifts. My boyfriend came over for a little while, to him holidays are weird because his family doesn't really celebrate anything. They don't really care, but I think that's good you know it's less money that you spend every year! There was about 30 people in my house and my house is not big enough for all those people so it got annoying, especially the little kids they were running around here and there, screaming. Overall Christmas was alright, same with New Year's Eve. No big deal... New Year same stuff everyday.
My first plate of food was actually not a plate, but a bowl of Japanese style - hot and sour soup. It was delicious. The smell was mouth watering, for a soup. It had diced pieces of tofu and seaweed along with egg and whatever else they put in it. It was fantastic. The name may throw off some people but to be honest, yes, it is kind of hot as in spicy, but it is not "sour", at least not to me. My next plate of food was teriyaki beef and chicken kabobs sprinkled with some sesame seeds with a side of white, steamy rice and lots of sushi rolls! I love sushi. From what I remember, I had California rolls and crunchy shrimp rolls..that's not the exact name for it but I say crunchy because when you bite into it it makes a crunch sound. The crunchy rolls had- like most rolls.., seaweed and white rice and inside cucumber and a fried piece of shrimp... I guess that is why it is called a crunchy roll... because when you bite into it the fried shrimp make a crunch sound. Okay, maybe that was obvious why it was called a crunchy roll, ha but aaaanyways, after that I had two more plates of the same thing. Now not only was I hungry but the entrance fee to the buffet was about thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ... basically thirty-eight for each person! So I wanted to make the best of it, and not be stupid and get pizza and some french fries for thirty-eight dollars! That's just dumb as h*ll so that's why I went all out and tried different plates from around the world. Now I know I only described my Japanese food but I just can't seem to remember all the other food I ate. Point is I tried out different foods.
After dinner, we went out to walk on the Las Vegas strip and looked around the different stores and souvenirs shops that were there. My brother ended up going with his girlfriend to the casinos to play on the machines. My little sister, Patty, and I went to the Circus Circus Midway- the Midway is where they have a small stage and clowns come out and do shows and there's aerobics, and aerial skills shows, etc. They also have games to play and if you win you get a prize, the heat inside the Midway was horrible though! It was hot and packed I felt like I was going to faint in there, I was honestly super annoyed walking around trying to get around the Midway, they also have an arcade where you play and you get tickets and then you turn them in to get a prize(s). I mean, I guess I had fun but not really because it was crowded with a bunch of little kids...and I'm 16 sooo you can only imagine being surrounded by a bunch of little kids and you're just there in the middle like "what am I doing here?" It was alright, not that bad like I made it seem but yeah, it was alright. Better than not doing anything at all!
Soon after my sister and I got bored at the Midway so we told my parents if we could go somewhere else and we ended up going to the Caesars Palace- there it's like a huge mall! It's very beautiful and they have many different stores here and there. Most stores are expensive, for example Louis Vuitton ...as a matter a fact, just think of it as the shops on RODEO DRIVE down in Beverly Hills. Yes, Caesars Palace is exactly like that but just way more bigger and with way more shops. I swear, you could get lost in there if you're not paying attention keeping up with your family members, or whoever it is your with. (Trust me, it's happened to me already) My mother and I were doing extremely late Christmas shopping for a couple family members we had left out on the list! Once again it was crowded but not as crowded like back at the Midway.
Back in LA on the 24th of December we were all in a hurry because we were going to have people over later on in the evening. Honestly as I got older, Christmas wasn't as much fun as it was when I was younger. I enjoyed my family's company and a few close friends stopped by my house here and there to exchange gifts. My boyfriend came over for a little while, to him holidays are weird because his family doesn't really celebrate anything. They don't really care, but I think that's good you know it's less money that you spend every year! There was about 30 people in my house and my house is not big enough for all those people so it got annoying, especially the little kids they were running around here and there, screaming. Overall Christmas was alright, same with New Year's Eve. No big deal... New Year same stuff everyday.
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