My fiend (incidentally he is my navigator in regularity races here in Spain with the 911) just came back from Vegas and asked me to thank you all and post this note:
Hi! Paco's navigator here:
Thanks all for the recommendations, this is more or less what I did:
- Hotel: Hard Rock Hotel. Good value for money, albeit far from the Strip, it was reasonably situated near a 108 bus stop that took me to the LV Convention Center (I was there to do some work, after all). I didn't try the "upscale-y" restaurants inside the hotel, but the 24/7 one was good enough for breakfast (a diner like any other).
- Shows: Penn&Teller (great) and O (awesome).
- Restaurants: I tried to go to Adam Alberts, but it seems to be closed for good. I went twice to a sushi place just in front of my hotel (some of my colleagues are sushi nuts... me too, but not as much as to repeat ;D) named Kaizen, really nice California rolls. I was invited to Roy's, it was nice but it seemed to me a little bit overpriced, the macadamia cake was top. Circo at the Bellagio was a great tip! really nice place (and I didn't find it too pricey: 2 courses + dessert + 2 martinis were just below a hundred, tip included). Finally, I needed to go to the Burger Bar, at the Mandalay (I have their book!), had a Kobe burger (not the ultra fancy 60US$ one), which was great but helped me realize that I prefer Angus.
- Grand Canyon: I finally rented a Mustang convertible (there was not much to choose from, the other option within my price range was a conv Eclipse, and I suspect I would have not fit in it ;D) and drove all the way. Nice views during the trip (with a WTF? moment regarding what seem as a hillbilly town in the middle of the route), and really a breathtaking hours at the GC.
- When I was coming back to return the car, I passed by the Gun Store (iirc) so I popped in. I was a little bit freaked out by the place (we don't have your gun culture here and I think I was in full-fledged culture shock), so I decided to skip this step and leave it to some other time.
- The car collection was jaw dropping. I was constantly thinking "if I had a million dollars, I'd get this car", then "If I had TWO million dollars, I'd get this car and that other", then... you get the picture
- On the "..." stuff, I didn't go to a strip club (another thing to do some other time) but I did hang out in a couple nightclubs. I have never seen smaller black dresses
Jordi: muchas gracias por la oferta but during the first weekend I was jetlagged to death, then colleagues joined and it was (almost) all work, work, work and then it felt weird to call you on a Friday when you sure had other plans. Yet another one to do in next trips.
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/jorge