When we got off the plane I found that my vaguely sore throat had become a volcano of burning fire that had crept into my ears. Kaety wanted to stop in Albany to do a little late Black Friday shopping for the Foster Kids Association. While she did that I opted for a visit toContinue reading “The reality of the new road kill laws”
Category Archives: Vegas with Kids
We are joining the church of SkyCap
The process of departing started the night before. As we feared we had gathered more things than we had come with and neglected to bring a duffle bag. To be totally clear Kaety had suggested that we bring an extra suitcase – I had glanced at the mountain we already had amassed and gave theContinue reading “We are joining the church of SkyCap”
Love!
Love! Love! The Beatles. Cirque Du Soleil. We split up – Grammy and Kaety went one night and Symone and I went to the next nights show. Symone had little to no idea who the Beatles were – which gave us all pause. We weren’t sure if it was the natural evolution of the nextContinue reading “Love!”
Real life with Uber
Great experience with our Uber driver on the way to the Love Beatles show. An Iraqi immigrant who had worked with US Troops as a translator – great guy. Good life vibe and very circumspect about the Mandalay Bay shooting. He said, “It was a terrible event. It happened everyday in my country. I’m soContinue reading “Real life with Uber”
The Thanksgiving miracle
After several memorable/traumatic buffet outings we were getting a bit twitchy thinking about going to a Thanksgiving buffet with all the kids. I started asking every local I could get my hands on for a buffet recommendation that was non-smoking, would tolerate flopping and crying and was affordable. The unanimous answer was Excalibur! We headedContinue reading “The Thanksgiving miracle”
Desperate strollering
The cone of silence did not work. He took the cone, threw it on the ground and used it to climb to new levels of hysteria. Kaety crashed in the boy’s room while they were next door at Grammy’s and I took the baby out for a long walk in the stroller hoping he’d fallContinue reading “Desperate strollering”
Happy Thanksgiving…?
Last night was horrible. Oscar has had trouble sleeping in the hotel room and was coming down with a cold which coalesced into the perfect storm at 3 am. He was awake, he wasn’t happy and he had some weird crazy energy fueling him. We were up with him trying to get him back toContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving…?”
The Venetian is a terrible psychological experiment
We thought that the Venetian was one of Las Vegas’s most unique Hotels. Come to find out it’s actually a hideous psychological experiment that had us in its clutches for most of the day. It all started at the Self Park. The signs were confusing and the underground parking labyrinth we were dumped into wasContinue reading “The Venetian is a terrible psychological experiment”
UberEATS is the best thing ever for traveling families and pot smokers
It’s very difficult eating out with all our kids on a normal day – in Vegas it’s been even more difficult. Buffets are great because everyone can get what they want but with seven people even the cheap ones rack up a hefty bill not to mention the chaos we bring with us – AContinue reading “UberEATS is the best thing ever for traveling families and pot smokers”
Freemont Zip lines
My 90-some year old grandma Olive does zip lines all the time. How hard and/or terrifying could it really be? Pretty terrifying. Symone really wanted to try it – so we got in line for the Freemont street ‘Slotzilla’. We watched many people fly over us as we waited. Symone got more and more keyedContinue reading “Freemont Zip lines”