In the last few weeks, we’ve had 2 sets of friends who travelled 4 hours from Los Angeles, California to visit us. I love having guests in our house. Firstly because it’s too quiet here. Secondly because I get to see my Singaporean friends (and their families). And lastly, I get to go out and do different things with different people!
Noel and Stella came with their 3-year old Kate and Kate’s nainai (aka Noel’s mum) 3 weeks ago; Gill came last weekend with her husband Kevan, their 3-year old Conrad and their newest baby Allegra (who’s 2 months old). Despite the fact that they both had 3-year olds (who incidentally were born in the same year, just 3 days apart), I ended up doing quite different things and I loved it!
With the Yeos, we
- did the tour of the Las Vegas Strip (parts of it anyway), went sightseeing and went to the Fremont Street Experience (aka original Las Vegas)
- shopped at the 99c Store on Blue Diamond and the huge H&M at the Forum Shops (bought the cutest things for little Kate)
- had lunch at iloveburgers at The Palazzo, desserts at Max Brenner’s and dinner at Dona Maria Tamales Mexican Restaurant
- ate our way through the Bellagio Buffet (Thanks for the treat, Noel!)
With the Petersons, we
- had Chinese takeout from Jacky Chan Chinese Food
- went to the Grand Opening of the new Goodwill Store & Donation Center on Rainbow (a post for another day)
- ate at the Circus Circus buffet and also Island Malaysian Cuisine (yet another post I want to do)
- watched circus acts and played many many games at Circus Circus (I won the Unicorn from Despicable Me 2 and Kevan pulled out 3 Smurfs from the claw machines for his son)
- flew a giant pink flamingo kite (bought the day before at Goodwill) and went down slides (not me) at Exploration Peak Park
I love that some of my favourite people to hang out with don’t live too far away from me (even though they’ve been trying to get T and I to move to LA). And… Las Vegas isn’t all Sin City and party town vibes – it’s actually not too bad and can be quite family-friendly right? Also, we couldn’t have been able to afford all these extra bedrooms if we lived in super expensive California… So that’s another perk right, friends? Come visit!!
An Exercise In Trivial Pursuits 