Viva Las Vegas

I crossed a couple things of the ol' list this weekend that I'm pretty jazzed about. The first of which, Number 90, was to head back to Vegas for the weekend, which led to Number 72, hit up a Cirque show. Unfortunately my Vegas weekend wasn't what you're picturing in your head. No trips to the club (which if you're in the market for an awesome club experience, check out Surrender at the Wynn - it's awesome). No trips to the Thunder Down Under - where I'm sure I would have met the next Channing Tatum. No hotel pool parties. No Vegas fine dining. Sadface.

So what did I do while there? Hung out with my Uncle, the 60 year old bachelor, and my mom.Oh, and I learned how to play (and totally dominated) blackjack, walking away $200 richer (technically I won $300 but my Uncle fronted me $100 to start and I had to pay him back). It definitely made me want to start playing. Now my only problem is the closest casino is roughly 3 hours away. Oh well, now I can spend that money on shoes or more Pure Barre classes.

When we found out I was going to Vegas my mom got super excited to take me to my very first Cirque show. She saw O for her birthday, Zumanity last time she was in Vegas, and was open to any other show. I did my research, watched all the trailers, read the reviews, and finally settled on Mystere. Holy amazeballs, so glad I picked this show.

I can't even tell you what the best part of the show was. The dancing, the acrobatics, the strong men, the poles, the aerial silk performance....no. It was probably the abs on every single performer. Holy wow. I also loved the familiarity of one of the songs, Égypte, which was one of my favorite dance routines I ever did (you know, a million years ago when I used to compete). It makes sense, my former dance teacher loves Vegas & Cirque shows!

After this low key trip, I'm rearing to get back there ASAP. And do all those things I named above (that I didn't do this time around). Hopefully next time Southwest won't lose my bags - how this is possible on a direct flight, who knows? And hopefully next time I win bigger!

Until next time, Vegas.