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And followed the signs to the gleaming city within a city that is New York New York Hotel and Casino.
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The exterior of the place is awesome. The interior? Kind of lame.
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We had lunch in "The Village"...
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Delicious Tacos and Steak Nachos!
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Also there's a nice pool.
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Our room looked out on the Manhattan Express, the rolly coasty that encircles the hotel.
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The rolly coasty was SUPER fun. Especially at night when all the lights of Vegas are aglow. (I didn't take pictures because though I love roller coasters they somewhat fill me with terror.)
It is not as fun to wake at 10:30am to the sound of ear-splitting SCREAMS every 5 minutes though. Soundproof glass anyone?
Across from New York New York is the newly renovated MGM Grand where we spent most our time.
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Lions!
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Oh my!
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Also we went to Planet Hollywood, the interior of which I love.
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And we saw Peepshow starring Holly Madison.
Choreographed and directed by Jerry Mitchell, the visionary who also created Broadway Bares.
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The show was fantastic. No cameras allowed though because there were BOOBIES.
You can check out this video and get an idea though.
Afterwards I had to re-visit the Chicken Marsala that we had at Planet Hollywood the last time Danny and I were there.
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And a patty melt.
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And a chicken atop a waffle.
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And of course we visited the Bellagio.
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Where there's always some random weirdo display in the courtyard.
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We stopped at the Buffet. (We actually had briefly entertained the idea of doing a $46.99 7-buffet DAY PASS but then realized that that would just be disgusting and piggish.)
Not gonna lie, the Bellagio Buffet quality was a little sub-par this time around.
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I have faith that they will take our constructive criticism and bounce back though. Bellagio is a classic.
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Wolfgang Puck Meatballs made up for the sub-par buffet later on in the evening.
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Ohhhh and the new CityCenter is incredible.
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Anyway yeah. Vegas was kind of low-key. (Though not as low-key as brokenfootedVegas.)
Tommy and I spent most of the time in the poker room and losing all my money in blackjack.
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Thursday afternoon as we were getting ready to leave though we bumped into Holly Madison right on the strip!
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She was too busy taking pictures of SpongeBob to take a picture with us.
Fun trip though. Goodbye NewYorkNewYork!
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