We stumbled upon (not literally) my old college roomy/bff/best lady and her husband in Charleston which was a huge wonderful coincidence. We went to our most favorite happy hour ever, where we eat amazing homemade chips with blue cheese dipping sauce and drink lots of wine and house-brewed beer! (See exhibit A below - a few glasses in... Joe tried to eat Meghan's ear! What the he#$!)
Fried-ish Pulled Pork with Farro, Veggies, and amazing sauce! |
Mike's scotch... Loved the giant blocks of ice |
Good thing we switched to water.
Mike and I went a-hunting for ghosts. We found some.
Oh, and we saw the biggest tree of all time. But you CAN'T climb on the tree. You just can't. All the signs say so. As much as I wanted to try to climb to the top of this gazillion-foot tall tree, you are NOT allowed!!
OK, on to Vegas.... First let me tell you: it was 117 degrees. Somewhat warm.
So, I went to the pool. I heard this [really loud] guy ask Siri, "Find me a buffet in Vegas." Really? Do you know where you are? Siri came back with 3,402,124 buffets near Las Vegas. Come on dude.
We made some money playing Roulette, so we felt pretty darn cool. It will also most likely never ever happen again. I almost gave myself a heart attack from all the stress of gambling. True story.
And this was a big highlight: some weird cot sitting in our hallway outside our room at Caesar's Palace. Ummm OK? So we took some funny pictures.
And the rest of the time we ate and drank. A lot. Starting with China Poblano where we had shu mai topped with gold! Gold is tasty.
We also had a late night snack at Gordon Ramsey's Pub and Grill. I heart Gordon. And who woulda guessed, but you can bring your own cocktails [that you got for free on the casino floor] into his restaurant. Win! My free wine went really well with Pub Crisps and Pub Burgers.
Oh my goodness, we at at Noodle 9 TWICE; it is that good. I had HAND-PULLED noodles mixed with fresh veggies and pork sauce.
Dear Noodle 9: I will miss you and see you in my dreams.
Making hand-pulled noodles |
Just look how cute she is sitting in her house |
Needless to say, I have not cooked in like 3 weeks. I promise to make something extra cool to share with you ASAP.