Parasol Up/Parasol Down & Bouchon Bakery

One of my favorite places in Las Vegas is a little lounge called, "Parasol Up/Parasol Down. It's located inside of the Wynn near the casino area. I've been five or six times and I always enjoy it.



I decided to try some red wine sangria this time and Andy got his usual whiskey sour. The sangria was refreshing but not too easy to drink. I can't roll with more than two.

I also love that sangria isn't overly sweet like most cocktails. The last thing I need is a weird blood sugar issue while on vacation.





This is me after one sangria. I don't need multiple drinks. I'm already a little nutty on my own.

(This is another point when I forgot to use my camera. Sad.)



We requested a late checkout since we stayed up ALL night chatting with some friends and walking around the strip. I decided to go grab some treats from Bouchon Bakery for us to share. (Since I can't handle all that sugar on my own!)

On the left is peanut butter & jelly brioche and on the right is a TKO cookie. Gary suggested that TKO meant "total knockout" and I agree. It's like the classiest, richest oreo you've ever ingested. The buttercream frosting...words cannot express. We could only handle one bite each. It's just too rich and heavenly. You don't want to overindulge in treats like these.



Okay. You do WANT to overindulge. You just CAN'T!



Dessert was a vanilla bean european yogurt parfait. It comes with a berry medley on the bottom and crunchy currant granola on the top. Andy is obsessed. He loves parfaits. Andy's tried the mango yogurt and the raspberry also. I stick with vanilla bean, thank you very much. European yogurt is thinner than greek but thicker than traditional soupy yogurt. I dig it.

Only one more Vegas post left, then you'll see how we recover from 3 days of going a little overboard. I even tried spaghetti squash for the first time. The insanity!

Back from Vegas!

Vegas was wonderful!



We scored a comped room at The Venetian which is my favorite Vegas hotel.





Is it sad that I think the hotel room is almost the same size as our apartment?



Here is a pathetic attempt at a photo of both of us!



First thing we did? Ate lunch at 'wichcraft in the MGM (no photos!) and then...

Bouchon Bakery!



I bought a cookie for later.



Then it was time to walk around. My favorite thing about Vegas is walking around the casinos and people-watching and gawking at the uber-expensive stores inside Wynn, Encore, Bellagio and The Venetian.



Dinner was at Border Grill. We have one in Santa Monica but I wanted to go in Vegas!



I rolled with a pomegranate margarita. Which was to die for. The rest of the crew had cadillac margaritas. They also raved.



guacamole!



Sweet corn tamales para mi.



Andy had ceviche. I actually tried it and went back for seconds and thirds. The creamy avocado helped. (In case you didn't know, I am seafood-phobic. I don't know why but I am!)



And for dessert? A carrot cake cookie with cream cheese filling. Andy and I devoured it.



Good first night in Vegas! I didn't take a ton of pictures because we were too busy gabbing and gambling!

Next up: Tapas!

I will be reading and commenting on blogs constantly over the next couple days. I missed you guys!