Over the Victoria Day long weekend, a group of girls and I went to Las Vegas for my friend’s bachelorette bash.  Well, you know the saying, “Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.”  So, I’m not allowed to disclose any details in this post, but I will share with you some of the things that I loved…food and shopping!

We stayed at the Caesars Palace.  They had pretty decent rooms and the hotel did not seem old at all, considering the deal that we got on the rooms.

For our first meal in Vegas, we enjoyed some Mexican food at La Salsa just outside of the Forum Shops.  I really enjoyed my fish tacos and margarita!  Mexican tastes extra good when you are hungry!

On our first day, we explored the many different hotels along the strip.

The new Louis Vuitton store by Aria looks just like the ROM.

The first night of clubbing was spent at TAO at the Venetian.  This was a very Asian infused club with near-naked ladies dancing in bath tubs.  The girls enjoyed cabana hopping and free drinks all night long!

Second day was outlet shopping.  We visited the Las Vegas Premium Outlets and look at all my purchases:

Our splurge meal of the trip was at Bouchon Bistro at the Venetian.  A restaurant creation by the infamous Thomas Keller of the Michelin 3-star The French Laundry.

The food was wonderful and the staff was very attentive, but I wonder if it was because of the fact that the waiter couldn’t keep his eyes off of the 6 sexy Asian chicks all at one table.  We ordered the octopus appetizer, seared halibut, and trout served whole.

We tried to make our second night of clubbing a little easier by going to the club right below the Caesars called Pure, but it was totally an older crowd and pretty dead when we went at around 11pm, so we decided to go to XS at Encore.  I wish I could provide a more accurate description of how pretty the club was, but all I could remember was that the hotel was very red…red carpets and red walls everywhere…

I was surprised that everyone was able to wake up for our spa treatment at Qua the next morning at 9am.  I guess it’s true when they say Vegas never sleeps.  There was a promotion at Qua and we ended up paying only $99 for our 50min Swedish massage, while being able to enjoy the rest of the facilities for free.  Compared to spas in Toronto, the facilities at Qua are unparalleled.  They had a hot tub, a cold tub, a body temperature tub, another hot tub, a sauna room, a steam room, and an Artic ice room.  Very relaxing indeed.

Lunch was at Payard at the Caesars.  We each enjoyed a $19 3-course prix fixe lunch of lobster salad, salmon, and choice of dessert.

Our last night in Vegas was spent at the Wynn buffet and Le Reve.  I’m not a big fan of buffets but I must say that The Buffet is much better than the one at the Bellagio and exceeded my expectations.  Le Reve, however, did not.  I wasn’t sure if it was because I had just had a big meal or if Le Reve was just plain boring, but I found myself dozing off throughout the hour and a half synchronized swimming show and display of acrobatics.  Definitely would want to catch a real Cirque du Soleil show the next time around.

A third night of clubbing was too much for me, so I let the girls go off on their own and went back to the hotel to pack for our noon flight out.