Vegas Anniversary

Brandon and I took a day off from work/school and headed to Vegas to celebrate our 4 year anniversary!  That's right - it's the most wonderful time of the year (almost) - Memorial Day and Fleet Week in NYC!!!
We'll get back to the city to celebrate soon (we hope!) but until then....New York, New York in Las Vegas will do the trick!

We had a GREAT time!  Stayed at New York, New York; had Carnegie Deli cheesecake at The Mirage; then celebrated with a wonderful 4 hour brunch at The Wynn resort!  Fabulous! And FUN!!!

 

Let the celebration begin!

View from our room:

 

the rollercoaster

 

and rooftops - authentic!  like the city :)

And our room decor:

 

B's ready for the weekend!!!

Our first night:

 

Hey, I HAD to! But Star Wars was not nice to me :(

 

Found the big Harley store and restaurant - now that's a bike!

 

And Brandon learned how to get $0.50 Coronas!

I modeled :)

Then dinner at The Venetian:

 

I thought the waiter in the back was really weird because he never moved.....

Turns out it was a cardboard cutout!  Geez Louise.

Day two:

 

Excalibur across the street

 

"NY NY it's a wonderful town!"

 

Treasure Island Siren motorcyle - really great!

 

And my machine!!!

Found it with Mom and Dad back in 2006!

She LOVES me and her location will remain SECRET!

 

Classy.

 

Classier.

 

Store front at the new Cosmopolitan hotel.

Can you tell what those are???

 

ANTIQUE SEWING MACHINES!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliance!  I LOVED this!!!!!!!!!!

 

Time to celebrate with cheesecake!!!

 

This still makes my mouth water :)

 

Devoured.

Day Three:

Began with a 4 hour champagne brunch celebration at The Wynn.

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Buffet lobby!

We sat behind the left tower - there were flowers, fruits and veggies in all of the arrangments.

Lovely :)

 

One mimosa.

 

Two mimosa.

 

Three mimosa, four.

 

Five mimosa, six mimosa, seven mimosa, more!!!

Then on the bus to Freemont street:

 

B LOVED the machines that gave actually coins - though we didn't really get any.....

 

This was a cool machine - the bars would move to adjust the winnings on the pay line.

For future reference....

And back to:

 

My trusty ol' red white & blue!

I just love her :)  And can sit for hours!

B doesn't mind as long as he gets the $.0.50 Coronas ;)

Then headed over to the country bar at Hooters.  

The country bar had closed for good :(

But this was outside the bathroom!

 

HUGE!

That's an 8 foot wall.

Then our last night :(

 

New York streets in the hotel :)

We got pizza too!

Then decided to check out the views from the top floors!

 

And B found a close friend in Lady Liberty...

 

A very happy 4 years and future beyond!

Love you B!!!

Orlando Trip

On my business trip to Florida, I stayed in a cabin at the Fort Wilderness campgrounds.  If you ever go to Walt Disney World and will be staying there for a length of time and want to not deal with big lobbies and lots of people and even cook/grill your own food - for fun and to save some money - this is the place for you!

After l - o - n - g days at work, this was a GREAT place!  And I was across the street from two of my team member, Susan and Kathy!  You get your own porch, kitchen, living area, bedroom, bath and tiny driveway - it's great!

Take a look for yourself:

 

My cabin and rental car :)

 

Living Room.

Murphy's bed in center.

 

Dining area.

 

Kitchen.

 

Great themed lighting :)

I want one of these!

 

Bath.

 

Bambi art :)

 

Bedroom.

 

Bedroom.

Bunk beds next to main bed.

 

Lighting in bedroom.

 

Concept sketches of the resort for artwork.

 

The closet.

I CANNOT sleep when there is a crack in the closet door. 

Since this wouldn't really shut, this is how I fixed it:

 

:)

Then I got to go to GROCERY MECCA!!!!

 

Bought the Publix diet sweet tea that I love and drank it out of a mason jar.

Best work trip ever!

Hello World? Are you out there? It's me, Diana!

Yes, I'm still here!  I can't believe how busy I have been with work - and am now home with a cold because of it.  But, busy is good - busy at Disney is better and I still can't imagine doing anything else.

Since it is finally opening weekend, the public knows!  Star Tours:  The Adventure Continues is complete!  Hooray!  It's a great show and you should all see it on your next Disney vacation.  Since it's kept me in the dark on here for such a long time, here's what my time has looked like:

5am wake up call!

Morning fuel!

Work @ Disneyland!

Lunch!

 

Continue work @ Disneyland!

 

Dinner - and not always this great....

then sometimes:

 

More work @ Disneyland.....

Then delightful bedtime  :)

But then repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, add a weekend in the mix, repeat, repeat, repeat, etc.

Then one time it looked like this:

5am wake up call

 

LAX to MCO

to

 

Disney Hollywood Studios 

for:

 

and

 

and

 

then back to 

 

and back to Disneyland for

 

Whew!  I'm beat.

Yes, this has consumed my life and it's (almost) over with another project that will soon consume just as much.  So help me by booking your vacations and going to see my work!  :)

Now, on to a nap....  :)