You Who?

Vegas here we come!

[guest entry by the wife]

You Who gave me the best present ever for Christmas this year: a planned trip to Las Vegas! The key word there is "planned". The idea started when You Who listened to a review on NPR of the soundtrack from the new Cirque du Soleil show called Love. We listened to the album and liked it so much that we talked about going to Las Vegas with the express purpose to see the show. Of course it does help that Vegas has recently become known for having a lot of celebrity restaurants -- after all our vacations are usually all about the food. Anyway, I digress...

We had this idea about going to Vegas for a long weekend, going to the show and going out for some great meals, but we never seemed to get it together to pick a weekend to go. Being the great husband You Who is, for my Christmas present he planned a trip, booked the plane tickets, hotel reservations, got tickets to the show and made dinner reservations. He even contacted my manager and made sure I would be able to take the time off of work. Christmas morning I was presented with a professional looking report binder containing all the details of the trip. It was awesome!

• Tomorrow we are flying to Philadelphia and going to Iron Chef Morimoto's restaurant. You Who had the idea of making the stop in Philadelphia to make the most of our trip and not have to spend the whole day flying to Vegas.
• Friday, we are flying to Vegas! We are staying at the MGM Grand Hotel. Friday night we are going to Tom Colicchio's (head judge on Top Chef) restaurant Craft Steak and the Cirque du Soleil show Love.
• Saturday night we are going to Michael Mina's restaurant Nob Hill and another Cirque du Soleil show.
• Sunday will be spent flying home to our kitties, who I'm sure will be eagerly awaiting our return.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot that part of my present was tickets to a UNH hockey game! You Who isn't really into sports, which works out great for me most of the time. So, it was very sweet of him to get tickets (which isn't easy) and sign up to go with me to a game. I had so much fun and You Who hung in there and sat with me most of the game (in the past he has disappeared for the 2nd period to assess the concessions and find ice cream). He followed the game and asked me questions about the rules. I had flashbacks of being a little girl and our family going to a Capitals game, where I would sit next to my dad and ask him questions throughout the game. It was a great game -- UNH beat UMass 5 to 3!