In Search of Celine Dion!
You know, One of the things I love most about Kathy Griffen is her Celine stuff! Like even though Celine's Vegas show is always sold out weeks in advance, when she comes out on stage for the first time, Celine looks as if she is totally surprised that anyone showed up! Kathy's line is that Celine is sitting backstage and finishing her make-up and she turns to her husband and says, "Reny, per-hops... zis is zee night, dat de do naht cum..." Bwahahahaha! This is proof that Kathy Griffen is a brilliant comedian.
Celine lives in a fabulous home in Lake Las Vegas. During the negotiations for Celine's fabulous multi-million dollar contract with Caeser's Palace, she "apparently" asked for a helicopter to take her to and from work. Sadly, she has had to put up with a twenty-five minute limo ride to work and back...
So, today, Sunday, luca and I went in search of Celine! Well, not really. We drove the 15 minute drive to the Lake Las Vegas Resort. It's very interesting there; it's a small valley with lots of scenic hills sticking up all about and a lake in the middle. For those of you who know little about desert ecology, a lake is a rather unusual sort of thing, but none-the-less there is one there. More amazing are the streams and waterfalls and rapids. I'm not sure where this water comes from, but there sure is a whole hell of a lot of it! There are boats!
First, we went to the Hyatt, which was gorgeous, really! We had lunch at one of the pool-side restaurants. Now luca loves meatloaf and often orders it, although it can be a disappointing choice, and I am myself a big meatloaf fan, but I just don't have the faith to always order it for fear of dissappointment.
OMG! This time was totally the charm! This was honestly the best meatloaf I've ever had! It came with perfect garlic mashed potatoes and a "gravy", which was truly a sauce, a brilliant! sauce with bits of morels in it! And really nice, almost perfectly cooked baby carrots! Also nice yeast rolls with decent butter. Fabulous! Really! I very rarely get food at a restaurant that I like as much as I liked this.
Then, we went over to the area by the Ritz-Carlton and I proceeded to lose $60 on slots in the casino, but it did take a long time. So, I am even with the last outing with luca, and I'm still over $2,000 ahead lifetime. My lesson learned today: I should only play Double Triple Cherry slots. I seem to always win on them.
We walked around in the shopping area, which, I think is supposed to remind one of Tuscany, bawahaha! This is a multi-billion dollar developement, and the public areas seemed deserted... although some parts of this place are quite nice.
The we drove around a looked at the condo and private home areas. Really, this is a beautiful place. It isn't finished yet, but I think there's a lot of potential; and I am sure that Celine has the most amazing views!
After that we headed back towards my house, stopping on the way to do some shopping; a little at Curcuit City, where I coveted a GPS for the car, and luca got a hand-held dictation machine, and then to Pier One, where there was nothing on sale to tempt us, and then to Office Max, where I found the right ink and some paper for the printer. We did stop in at Wild Oats; the cheese case was astonishingly spare...
Then to my place, close by, and after a bit, luca headed north to his home on the other side of the big valley. A nice day...
Here's a little insight: as the plane was approaching the airport for a landing, I thought about if I felt that I was "going home" and I decided that I didn't feel that way. Not yet.
The next morning, when I walked into the store at 5 AM, I did feel like I was home. During this year long migration I've always felt that way when I walked into one of our stores; it's been a touch stone.
Vegas isn't home yet. Will it be? I don't know.
And don't even ask me about LA, I don't want to live there...
durlx
You know, One of the things I love most about Kathy Griffen is her Celine stuff! Like even though Celine's Vegas show is always sold out weeks in advance, when she comes out on stage for the first time, Celine looks as if she is totally surprised that anyone showed up! Kathy's line is that Celine is sitting backstage and finishing her make-up and she turns to her husband and says, "Reny, per-hops... zis is zee night, dat de do naht cum..." Bwahahahaha! This is proof that Kathy Griffen is a brilliant comedian.
Celine lives in a fabulous home in Lake Las Vegas. During the negotiations for Celine's fabulous multi-million dollar contract with Caeser's Palace, she "apparently" asked for a helicopter to take her to and from work. Sadly, she has had to put up with a twenty-five minute limo ride to work and back...
So, today, Sunday, luca and I went in search of Celine! Well, not really. We drove the 15 minute drive to the Lake Las Vegas Resort. It's very interesting there; it's a small valley with lots of scenic hills sticking up all about and a lake in the middle. For those of you who know little about desert ecology, a lake is a rather unusual sort of thing, but none-the-less there is one there. More amazing are the streams and waterfalls and rapids. I'm not sure where this water comes from, but there sure is a whole hell of a lot of it! There are boats!
First, we went to the Hyatt, which was gorgeous, really! We had lunch at one of the pool-side restaurants. Now luca loves meatloaf and often orders it, although it can be a disappointing choice, and I am myself a big meatloaf fan, but I just don't have the faith to always order it for fear of dissappointment.
OMG! This time was totally the charm! This was honestly the best meatloaf I've ever had! It came with perfect garlic mashed potatoes and a "gravy", which was truly a sauce, a brilliant! sauce with bits of morels in it! And really nice, almost perfectly cooked baby carrots! Also nice yeast rolls with decent butter. Fabulous! Really! I very rarely get food at a restaurant that I like as much as I liked this.
Then, we went over to the area by the Ritz-Carlton and I proceeded to lose $60 on slots in the casino, but it did take a long time. So, I am even with the last outing with luca, and I'm still over $2,000 ahead lifetime. My lesson learned today: I should only play Double Triple Cherry slots. I seem to always win on them.
We walked around in the shopping area, which, I think is supposed to remind one of Tuscany, bawahaha! This is a multi-billion dollar developement, and the public areas seemed deserted... although some parts of this place are quite nice.
The we drove around a looked at the condo and private home areas. Really, this is a beautiful place. It isn't finished yet, but I think there's a lot of potential; and I am sure that Celine has the most amazing views!
After that we headed back towards my house, stopping on the way to do some shopping; a little at Curcuit City, where I coveted a GPS for the car, and luca got a hand-held dictation machine, and then to Pier One, where there was nothing on sale to tempt us, and then to Office Max, where I found the right ink and some paper for the printer. We did stop in at Wild Oats; the cheese case was astonishingly spare...
Then to my place, close by, and after a bit, luca headed north to his home on the other side of the big valley. A nice day...
Here's a little insight: as the plane was approaching the airport for a landing, I thought about if I felt that I was "going home" and I decided that I didn't feel that way. Not yet.
The next morning, when I walked into the store at 5 AM, I did feel like I was home. During this year long migration I've always felt that way when I walked into one of our stores; it's been a touch stone.
Vegas isn't home yet. Will it be? I don't know.
And don't even ask me about LA, I don't want to live there...
durlx
posted by durlx at 8/14/2006 01:43:00 AM
3 Comments:
the brix r pretty. i will contribute a dollar, mebbe a dollar and a half, towards getting someone to caulk the seams in those godawful faux columns
Lake Las Vegas looks marvelous Durlene, although as you pointed out, rather peopleless. Maybe Celines constant singing drove them from the lake. =)
xoxo,
pebs
Uno, of course the lake is fake, but the setting is really lovely.
Pebs, I think I saw Celine's house; it was way up the side of the mountain and all white and shimmery! And very far away from the other two to five million dollar houses. She could have yelled her lungs inside out and none of the neighbors would have heard, only her staff would have had to suffer.
I suppose there are worse things to deal with... hehe.
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