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Now Traveling: Las Vegas, NV

Who doesn’t like traveling during the holiday season? Depending on which culture your holiday traditions stem from, this is the worst time of year to be traveling. Some cultures do this instead of the normal hullaballoo. As I am in a partnership now that is a combination of both cultures, I now squeeze in travel just before Christmas...

Tuesday 12/20: Left Cali around noon ish and did not get much traffic but way too many cops. Did a rest stop at Valley Wells and I love the desert landscape, its one of my favorites. When we got into town we went to Hash House A Go Go. 3 people split the chicken and waffles, and the eggs benedict. The portions are huge, do not order one plate per person. We then visited the new home builder sites, you know work trip...LOL. We stayed at the Palazzo this time, which is funny we finally ended up there for how often we stay elsewhere and walk over. The rooms are huge, you could easily share that with family or friends. The christmas decorations this year felt a little underwhelming. We ate at Grand Lux for dinner, and even their basic items like salads are excellent, but if you eat there go for the beef wellington. Drove to other hotels to walk around and see the other holiday decorations. There is a new ish hotel called Resort World by Hyatt and they had a cute hallmark holiday walk through experience. It was cold, but if you bundled up it was alright. After we went to Fremont St, for the Fremont Street Experience. How that got...trashier...I could not tell you. Finally got some sleep. I always find it hard to sleep in something other than my bed. 

Wednesday 12/21: The next morning we went to Bellagio Conservatory to see the years christmas display. I was worried because other people in our group had said all they did was get a live 40 foot tree and really, it was probably the best display seen on the trip. Truly the bellagio could not disappoint. And it was kind of nice to see the displays being freshened up and worked on too. After went to Grand Lux in the Venetian. Parking in the Palazzo is much better than parking in the Venetian. Grand Lux for breakfast, I love the French Toast. It truly is the best french toast I have ever eaten. A good french toast is a mixture of good bread and good mix. I find often places get one or the other right, but never both. Walked breakfast off at the Aria after. Aria is one of the new ish hotels on the strip, and I personally prefer the hotels with better themes or personalities (ya know the older ones). They had a not bad christmas display in previous years, this years was not as good. We had a couple of $50 free plays, from myKonami, and used them at Bellagio, Aria, and New York New York. Most of the gabmling was not good, but Deal or No Deal saved our butts LOL. We went to Gelato Bar after, it is one of the few places I like to eat Gelato (when I am not in Italy). There is a whole world off the strip that more people should explore. We wanted to go to the Pinball Hall of Fame, which last time we went to it was relocating so we helped sponsor the relocation and I thought my name was going on a wall? But we were tired so went back to rest. Had lunch at Grand Lux, it is owned by the people who run The Cheesecake Factory. Dinner was Cleaver, an off strip steak house. For the fact that there was 11 other people besides myself...we basically tried the whole menu. Nothing was a bad time. 

Thursday 12/22: The final day started with packing and putting the bags in the car, then heading to Bouchon. It is a wonderful french food experience. Their pastries are excellent, and really the food is still quite good. Over the years I have seen the menu change but it is still very good. The rest of the group wanted to have a buffet experience, and honestly there are not many buffets that made it out of COVID. So walk over to the Wynn we go. The wynn had pretty good stuff, nothing really new, but it felt very classic christmas to me overall in Vegas this year. If you are going to do a buffet, do it early or get a reservation. The line for standby was at least an hour long. Once we got the rest of the group in, we left for Cali. We made a pit stop in the original Del Taco in Barstow. I have been going to Del Taco for sooo long, but the experience at the OG one was amazing. It may have ruined my local del taco experience. The recipe is so different, I had a taco burger! And a tamale! Since we left Vegas around noon, it was almost 6 when we made it back between stops and traffic. 

The only constant in the world is change and its funny to see how Vegas has changed. Price have gone up, but the classic christmas trend is almost a conservative jump back that you can see reflected in society. Travelling is a strange way to enjoy the holidays, but it is not all bad! 

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Beauty is in your soul

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Ariana Grande doing her makeup in the sink ♡

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Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie and Prince François of Luxembourg visited MUDAM to view the "SINNMASCHINE" an exhibition with works of the late Michel Majerus | September 14, 2023

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shine brighter than ur lip gloss <3

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Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg at the gala dinner during the 1st day of the state visit to Belgium - 16.04.24

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Grand Duchess Maria Teresa shared some pictures of the wedding celebrations of Princess Alexandra and Nicolas Bago which took place last Saturday.

(c) Instagram Grand Duchesse Maria Teresa

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we need to bring this era back asap

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Chanel bag 2024

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Camden Pulkinen skating to A Different Kind of Love by Son Lux for his short program at the 2023 Lombardia Trophy and 2023 Grand Prix de France.

(Source: iceskatingphoto.ch)

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I need a series w this two so bad 😭😭😭

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Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - Prince Francois of Luxembourg with his parents, The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, as they visited, in Mersch, the staff of the Socio-therapeutic Centre (CST) "KlickKlack" of the "SOS Kannerduerf" which welcomes children from 6 to 12 years old in school distress. On this occasion, Their Royal Highnesses inaugurated the "Prince François" court, co-financed with the donations collected for the Prince's birth. | October 30, 2023

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Palm heights Grand Cayman