Because of the amount of pictures, I will be breaking down this “Weekend in Pictures” post into two parts. Part one will be pictures of my sister-in-law, Aarika’s graduation celebration (luncheon and going out afterwards). Part two will be more of the actual 4th of July weekend.
Aarika’s graduation luncheon was held at the Brio restaurant, which is located a the beautiful Town Centre Mall on Las Vegas Boulevard. I have eaten there before, so I knew to expect great food. My favorites were the Pasta Davila and the lasagna (which reminded me of Rome). Desserts were provided by Deon’s mom and consisted of red velvet cakes, tiramisu and lots of cupcakes!
Many of the guests we haven’t seen since our wedding, so it was very nice to catch up with friends and family who were all there to congratulate Aarika (the pictures here are mostly of our immediate family). I didn’t realize that so many people there had not met Dominic yet, so our little boy was just a bit overwhelmed by all of the hugs and kisses he received. The speeches of congratulations were heart warming and touching, and everyone had a great time.
In continuation of the celebration later that night, Aarika’s friends were able to get us into The Beatles inspired Revolution Road lounge at The Mirage hotel. I really like these lounge type clubs because there is room to sit and chat, or dance if you so desire. The coolest thing about this lounge was the interactive light table. We first received a demonstration by one of the “lounge attendants”, then we were left to play with the table for the rest of our stay. I had become an expert after a few drinks, performing light table magic for anyone who sat next to me.
We then met up with our friends Nathan and Rosalie, first heading over to The Cosmopolitan. I was feeling a bit tipsy and became overly excited when I saw a bar called “Vesper”, which reminded me of Kristy Elena’s cat (Full Time Fabulous). My friends are not privy to all of my blogging activities, so they did not quite understand why I was so excited.
After walking through The Cosmopolitan, we realized that we should have been at the Planet Hollywood hotel to meet up with Deon’s friend Mike. Once there, we were escorted into the Gallery Night Club. Where we entered, we were met with a stage full of beautiful girls, clad in only lingerie singing “Dontcha”. I turned and saw that we entered The Pussycat Dolls Burlesque Saloon. I really did try to take pictures because the show was pretty cool. But as you can see by the third shot, things became a bit blurry (for me and the camera).
We ended the night at Pink’s, which is an off-shoot of the famous Pink’s Hot Dogs stand in Hollywood. My husband was in rare form that night. My friend Rosalie stated that she was going to order a certain celebrity hotdog, to which my husband made a very funny, not-for-primetime joke that had the entire restaurant roaring with laughter. I would share it, but I think it’s better left to the imagination.
Tomorrow’s post will be part 2 of our 4th of July weekend, which included lounging at the pool, more good food and fireworks!
