I've been called many things in my day, but never a "Blogger-slacker". Now that the cold wind of shame has pricked up the hairs on my neck, I will blog. BLOG dammit BLOG. I have no good excuse for my absentia except to say that I have felt a bit uninspired, even to write and, as I think anyone who blogs feels sometimes...is anyone reading anyway? But, since December was full of unemployed adventures, I shall blog. Anna and I went to Las Vegas for 4 days to spend time with two of our dearest NY friends, Randy & Roger and to see spectacular theater. We had no idea such exciting things were happening in Vegas. I used to travel there as a kid - my dad was producing Circus of the Stars which took place in a circus tent pitched on the grounds of Caesar's Palace and my mom and brother and I would take a week every summer to swim and run around this lavish hotel while my dad worked. My Vegas memories are good ones, but they are very limited in scope. This time, my first time back on about 17 years, I realized that Vegas is truly Disneyland for adults. We ate incredible food, saw 5 beautiful productions and spent endless hours watching the choreographed fountains outside our Bellagio room. The four of us fell in love with this...installation and caught it as often as we could. We would plan our meeting times around the fountain schedule and would run back to the lake from the street every time we heard the heavily piped music kick in. We had a great escape and enjoyed our time with the gracious gents immensely.
The following weekend we drove up to Cambria to visit Anna's dad and his wife, Margaret. They are retired and have built a lovely home on a cliff in the Cambria hills and have turned the lower two rooms into a B & B. Which means that whenever we stay we get to have the cute little guest room with the fireplace and special breakfasts made for us. Can't beat that. The next day Anna's sister, Sandy and 4 of her 6 children came over. Anna and I have always adored the Rivera kids (who range in age from 11-28) and have watched them grow up in our 16 years together. Venus, the oldest, is now married and 8 months pregnant! We are still not sure how that happened, considering she's only 15 in our heads, but it sure did. We got to meet the adorable hubby and Galaxia's boyfriend as well. All good people. We played silly board games, ate pizza and sundaes and had a great time taking over The Frog Palace as if it were our own.
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