We were in Vegas Oct 7-14, weather was perfect. Flight from Savannah, GA via Delta was rescheduled about seven times, but we (two couples) wound up in First Class from Cin. to Vegas, sweet! The wife and I get to Vegas about twice a year, our traveling companions have been once, about 7 years ago. The highlights: Thursday nite at the Freakin Frog! We got to (finally) see the Picadillos. What a fantastic show! We had a table on the second row! Cool! These boys are tight. What a fun night. If you like LIVE music you must make an effort to catch this group, they are unique, they will blow you away. The Freakin Frog has good food, a great beer selection (550 different beers) and IMHO, the best beer in America - Shiner Bock - on tap no less, it don’t get any better than this.

The gambling was OK, I mostly play VP, found some full pay JOB at Caesar’s near the Sports Book. Which, by the way, was our favorite place to watch sports and bet sports. We also had fun at the Hilton for Monday Nite Football, some good give always and a good crowd (if you were for the Steelers). I did not have much luck at Green Valley Ranch this time - this is one of my favorite casinos, great selection of VP. Also did not do well at the Palms, also a good VP selection, but no luck this time. I did better at places I usually don’t do much at, like MGM, Bellagio, and Venetian.

As for dining, we had the Sunday brunch at Commander’s Palace, my favorite restaurant, not just in Vegas, but anywhere! As usual, the service, the food were fantastic. We also ate at Fiamma (sp) at the MGM, it was crowded and noisy, the food was OK, but pricey for what we had. One of my new favorite places is Ferrara’s Cafe’ in the Forum Shops at Cesar’s, this was our second visit there and we were not disappointed, food and service were good. We also ate at Fat Burger on the Strip and In and Out. I prefer Fat Burger, the other three in our group voted In and Out. (more…)