{"id":6910,"date":"2016-03-09T21:33:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T02:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=6910"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:58:09","slug":"travelogue-southwest-roadtrip-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=6910","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue: Southwest Roadtrip – Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 2015
\n<\/strong>Where We Stayed: The Paris
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I’m in Middleton, WI today for a probate seminar and I’m on lunch. It’s a lonely hour in the bustling lobby of the Hilton Garden (ha), so I thought I’d start the first post in a series from our trip out west. The main purpose of our family vacation to the desert southwest was to attend Stefanie’s wedding, but we decided to make a 9-day trip out of it. Our first stop was Las Vegas, where we picked up our rental car, ate a delicious meal, and started our “adventure.” We drove from Vegas to the Grand Canyon, then to Holbrook, AZ for the Petrified Forest, then on to New Mexico — hitting Albuquerque and Santa Fe.<\/p>\n

Our time in Vegas was short — only about 24 hours. We stayed overnight at the Paris, which I LOVED. So adorable and not quite as Vegas-trashy as some of the other hotels on the Strip. After a delicious meal, my mom and I walked around the Strip because my dad wasn’t feeling well (the beginning of a rough week for him — but more on that in another post!).<\/p>\n

The next morning we did the Neon Museum Tour before we left for Arizona. It was my second time at the Neon Museum and I LOVE IT SO MUCH. It’s just a collection of old neon signs from old time Vegas — and it’s a guided one-hour long tour that is surprisingly interesting (if you’re into the history of Vegas, that is). Given that it was approximately 97,000 degrees, the one-hour time period was\u00a0just enough<\/em>, ya know? Anyway, here are some photos.<\/p>\n

\"VegasThe desert awaits!
\n\"VegasThe airport\/rental car pickup process was so goddamn ridiculous that the first thing we did upon our arrival at the Paris was to get a drink. For realz.
\n\"VegasBright lights.
\n\"VegasRandom pretty ceiling. There is literally nothing in Vegas that isn’t\u00a0over the goddamn top<\/em>.
\n\"VegasWatching the fountain show at the Bellagio.
\n\"VegasThe super cool lobby of the Cosmopolitan.
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\"VegasProof that I am a very cool person who loves to PARTY: I went to Vegas Target.
\n\"VegasThe pretty pretty Paris.
\n\"VegasCaesar’s. Which I cannot look at without thinking of every single line from the Hangover.
\n\"VegasAnd now begins 2,460 photos of the Neon Museum. Sorry, I’m not sorry.
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\"VegasThe duck that my mom thought was mega creepy.
\n\"VegasThe sign for the Moulin Rouge hotel, that they rearranged to spell “in love.” Awww.
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\"VegasAnd of course I had to stop at the most famous sign of all! Though now there is a little parking lot, which is sooooo nice! Before you had to park a mile away and walk to the sign and it was a giant pain. Hurrah for improvements!
\n\"VegasI love ya, Vegas. ’til next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 2015 Where We Stayed: The Paris I’m in Middleton, WI today for a probate seminar and I’m on lunch. It’s a lonely hour in the bustling lobby of the Hilton Garden (ha), so I thought I’d start the first…<\/p>\n

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