Yes, I realise I am yet to update this page with my Canadian adventures, but I figured I still have three more days of that to go, so expect a Canada related post during the week. In the meantime...Vegas!
When I came here at Christmas there were two shows I really wanted to see that were on break, Celine Dion, and the Donny and Marie Osmond show. Given Vancouver is only a 2 hour flight away, I decided what the hell and came here for the weekend to catch up on what I had missed out on.
When you are buying just the one ticket to a show, I have noticed that 9 times out of 10 the seat you get is on the aisle. In New York this drove me mad at interval with everyone getting up and back down again, but it turned out to be beneficial here in Vegas.
Saturday night I went to see Donny and Marie Osmond. They sang everything from Rogers and Hammerstein to Pink to their own music. Yes, Donny sang "Puppy Love" and Marie sang "Paper Roses" (10 points to anyone under 50 who knows either song). As with any good Vegas lounge act, Donny sang a song wandering through the audience and if you were on an aisle, well you got a hi-5. So, in a win for the aisle seat I was hi-5ed by Donny Osmond. Oh, and there was some b grade star spotting as well. I had thought the chick at the next table looked familiar. Marie introduced her during the show, she had been a finalist on American Idol (back in like season 3 - Diana Diguamo I think her name was. I just know I have spelt it wrong!).
Sunday night was the winner of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Ms Celine Dion.
Show was good. She had a large orchestra behind her on stage, and she sang all the hits - including an impressive water themed finale for the Titanic song that I suspect is what Jedward had been aiming to achieve at Eurovion this year. They used lots of cool technology as well including a Princess Leia-esque 3D projection of Celine on stage so that she could sing a duet with herself (she is a little...kooky). Anyway, those of us on the aisle got a little talking to as we took our seats before the show and were warned that Celine would walk past us and that we were not to stand of attempt to touch her. Ooookay. Where I was sitting however she didn't just wander past. She stopped there for a verse and sang to each of us on the aisle (she was about 30 centimeters from me, I had to crane my neck to look up at her). Yes, Celine Dion sang to me.
Oh and interestingly, one song was in both shows. The title song from Beauty and the Beast. Celine sang it as of course she was on the original soundtrack. Donny sang it as he had the lead in it on Broadway. Both did a pretty good job of it, would be cool to hear them sing it together. Celine also belted out an Adele song. Kinda put Adele to shame (which is a hard task given how big her voice is!).
Being in Vegas did make me wonder why I had spent all this time and money traveling the world. It is all here on the strip. The Trevi fountain is at Ceasers
There are Venetian gondola rides and St Marks Square at The Venetian...
There are even pirates...
And what's that out here in the desert? Is that...a mirage???
I stayed at the Palazzo this time where there was a carnivale theme for the month of July. Hard to miss really...
Oh, and how did it take me three trips to Vegas to work out there are actual Flamingos down at the Flamingo hotel?????
Got some nice looking fake ones too...
Oh, and we have another contender for the weird food award - spotted this tonight in a gift shop (did not buy or eat it, sounded too gross even for me).
Back to Vancouver tomorrow.
When I came here at Christmas there were two shows I really wanted to see that were on break, Celine Dion, and the Donny and Marie Osmond show. Given Vancouver is only a 2 hour flight away, I decided what the hell and came here for the weekend to catch up on what I had missed out on.
When you are buying just the one ticket to a show, I have noticed that 9 times out of 10 the seat you get is on the aisle. In New York this drove me mad at interval with everyone getting up and back down again, but it turned out to be beneficial here in Vegas.
Saturday night I went to see Donny and Marie Osmond. They sang everything from Rogers and Hammerstein to Pink to their own music. Yes, Donny sang "Puppy Love" and Marie sang "Paper Roses" (10 points to anyone under 50 who knows either song). As with any good Vegas lounge act, Donny sang a song wandering through the audience and if you were on an aisle, well you got a hi-5. So, in a win for the aisle seat I was hi-5ed by Donny Osmond. Oh, and there was some b grade star spotting as well. I had thought the chick at the next table looked familiar. Marie introduced her during the show, she had been a finalist on American Idol (back in like season 3 - Diana Diguamo I think her name was. I just know I have spelt it wrong!).
Sunday night was the winner of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Ms Celine Dion.
Show was good. She had a large orchestra behind her on stage, and she sang all the hits - including an impressive water themed finale for the Titanic song that I suspect is what Jedward had been aiming to achieve at Eurovion this year. They used lots of cool technology as well including a Princess Leia-esque 3D projection of Celine on stage so that she could sing a duet with herself (she is a little...kooky). Anyway, those of us on the aisle got a little talking to as we took our seats before the show and were warned that Celine would walk past us and that we were not to stand of attempt to touch her. Ooookay. Where I was sitting however she didn't just wander past. She stopped there for a verse and sang to each of us on the aisle (she was about 30 centimeters from me, I had to crane my neck to look up at her). Yes, Celine Dion sang to me.
Oh and interestingly, one song was in both shows. The title song from Beauty and the Beast. Celine sang it as of course she was on the original soundtrack. Donny sang it as he had the lead in it on Broadway. Both did a pretty good job of it, would be cool to hear them sing it together. Celine also belted out an Adele song. Kinda put Adele to shame (which is a hard task given how big her voice is!).
Being in Vegas did make me wonder why I had spent all this time and money traveling the world. It is all here on the strip. The Trevi fountain is at Ceasers
There are Venetian gondola rides and St Marks Square at The Venetian...
There is New York New York, and the Eiffle Tower...
There are even pirates...
And what's that out here in the desert? Is that...a mirage???
I stayed at the Palazzo this time where there was a carnivale theme for the month of July. Hard to miss really...
Oh, and how did it take me three trips to Vegas to work out there are actual Flamingos down at the Flamingo hotel?????
Got some nice looking fake ones too...
Speaking of fakes, know how to tell a high end casino from a not so high end one? Well a high end casino, like say Wynn has a Tiffany and Co on site as it's jeweler. Go to Treasure Island and they have this shop (me thinks the pirates took all the treasures and just left the cubic zirconias behind).
Oh, and we have another contender for the weird food award - spotted this tonight in a gift shop (did not buy or eat it, sounded too gross even for me).
Back to Vancouver tomorrow.
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My goodness girl you are a money spending machine (but love the blog anyway)
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