Vegas Anyone?

  Some times the timing of a conference is perfect, is it not?

   We were in Vegas this past weekend for an invisalign conference. We go every year as it is a great conference and who really needs an excuse to go to Vegas right? It is a landmark I look forward to every July.

   We arrived mid day on Thursday and had a little "retail therapy". My friend and I wandered into the Diane Von Furstenberg store fully not expecting to find anything, but retail is so dead in Vegas that two sales clerks descended on us in an almost surreal friendly way, and told us that they had all sizes in the back and that if there was anything they could do to help..... WELL! The long and the short of that was that we both walked out with lighter credit cards and a gorgeous DVF dress! And that was just the start. Two pairs of Kenneth Cole amazing high heels, Victoria Secret and every time we hit the till they further discounted whatever we had in our hands by about 50%! Is there such a thing as a retail orgasm? Because if there is, I had several. I forgot how fun it was to shop!

    First day of the conference was fantastic and in fact my first lecture I got so much great information it was worth the price of the trip. We got a ton of info on making sure we have more of a current web presence which is something I am interested in but not very conversant about. We met some great friends from Halifax and Montreal and decided to meet them for dinner and drinks. Sometimes I meet people and within hours it is like we are old friends. We went to La Cav at Wynn and had the most delicious dinner I have had in some time. Champagne and specialty beer were the highlights.

   Then the evening shifted and we ended up in a club there called XS. Wow. They do it big in Vegas don't they?  Girls, go go dancers, high end entertainment, and drinks at $17 bucks a pop! A table was $1500 ( two bottle minimum at $750 a bottle). I laughed ( and of course we stood ) as I am such a light weight I can't imaging enjoying a glass worth $100 enough to make that worth while.  That by the way should tell you a lot about my age LOL! We danced all night and had an amazing time until some 300lb very large black man stepped backwards onto my foot and broke the entire nail off my big toe! However a great time was had by all and body parts grow back.

   We didn't quite make the 8 am lecture but caught up not long after and thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the day. The late afternoon we meditated and then sat in the sun by the pool soaking up a bit of the 40 degree temperature before dressing up for the "Glory Days of Vegas Gala". The food was great but we didn't last too late as we were flying out early Sunday morning. By the pool we laughed about the fact we had only been outside twice for about an hour in three days. Vegas is like a giant internal city without windows, you never even need to see the strip, everything you need is found inside.

    An entire weekend spent with a dear friend, shopping, laughing until we were crying and meeting new friends. I have to say, it just doesn't get better than that. Until the customs guy at the Vegas airport was lingering over my friends passport and back to her face, passport, face. I piped up, "well she did look like that Thursday" and we both just cracked up!!!!!!!!

   In love and light,
Kathryn

  In love and light,