Vegas day 2 - that b!tch better bring it

Wednesday was the day I had been waiting for....the day I would fulfill a dream...a dream 6 years in the making. This was the day I would meet Celine Dion...live & in living color...12 rows back...for the low, low price of $550 with tax. Sigh. 

Ok stalkers, you better pack a lunch...you're gonna be here for awhile...and there is NO intermission...

Celine is a girl after my own heart & likes to sleep in, so her show didn't start until the evening. We had a full day to kill so we decided to go hit a few souvenir shops. I got a couple of magnets & I always get mom stuff because she grand cat (& now grand dog) sits. 

I found this magnet & wanted to get it for B-rad..

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but he decided he liked this shirt better. I don't think you can make it big, but it's a guy & a girl & the girl is yapping. Then the guy pushes her outta the box. It says 'problem solved' under the boxes. Funny, huh?!Next up was the M&M store. I love this store because a) I love m&m's b) it's very bright & cheery & c) it looks like an m&m exploded in here.EVERYTHING is m&m stuff. Duh, that's the name of the store.There are cute little cartoons on the walls. Kinda like the commercials...The wall of colored m&m's...aka paradise. You can buy these. I didn't...because they are pricey. (Yes I paid full price for Celine Dion tickets. Who can afford assorted colorful speciality m&m's?)I like this because it's sassy... 

Next we went to get up close & personal with the Lion at MGM. This is how big kitty looks from down the street.
 
  UHM, yea...he really towers over you when you're under his feet! 

He gets all lit up at night. The blue lights behind him are l e d's & they change colors. 

 

Here's the details about this little kitty. I was incorrect about him being the largest bronze statue in America....he's the largest in the freakin' Western Hemisphere. 

Here we are under the kitty! 

 

I've told you Vegas is hot, people. We had quite the ordeal our first night out. We got back to our hotel. It was late. All the little shops were closed. We knew there was a vending machine on our hall. We were dying of thirst. The machine wouldn't take our dollar bills. SIGH. We went to our room & did something unthinkable...we got a canned coke from the fridge in our room. GASP, I know. You may say, "UHM why didn't you go to another floor?" These hotels are HUGE. That can take a while & we were dying! After I got re-hydrated, I went down to the next floor. That machine had no dollar bill thingie. Hmph. I went down another floor. That machine was empty except for water. Ok-I got water. (By the way-those bastards charged us $4 for that canned coke....) 

And this is another reason I love that B-rad. He's so crafty. This day while we were out, we bought bottled cokes ($2 each) & he came up with the bright idea to fill the sink with ice & keep them there so they would stay cold. Genius I tell ya... (we had 2 sinks in our bathroom...we weren't using this one...) 

 

After we relaxed at the room for a bit (& enjoyed our cold beverages) we headed towards Caesar's Palace to see Celine! 

I am directionally challenged. I mean, if I repeat the directions you give me, then write them down & then re-read them to you I might be alright. Other than that, I'm lost. B-rad is my direction person. I don't pay a bit of attention to where I'm going or what I'm doing. I know he can always find our way back. But even B-rad needs a little help from time to time. There are maps all over the place so you know where you're going. B-rad's job was to find us a place to eat! 

We decided on Planet Hollywood. We sat in the bar area because it's faster to get served. It had a lot of creepy movie memorabilia. We sat next to this dude while we ate...So I had primped myself all up for Celine before we left home! I crackled up my nails reaaaaal nice...She was excited I was there too. She even greeted us when we arrived into town...So my friend, Rose, had texted me before we left & said, "I hope you have a good trip as much as it's costing you." To which I replied, "Haha, thanks. That bitch better bring it!" I was soooo excited before the show. This is outside the colosseum where she performs. The sign on the right says 'Celine's back' with the picture of her back. 'Back' - get it?! She's BACK at the Colosseum..

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And miss Thang even has her own store. I was giddy. I didn't go in the store last time. I just didn't feel right if we weren't going to see her. 

Figuring out what to buy was a very tough choice for me. B-rad was very helpful...
Ya'll know how I'm obsessed with being early. We had some time to kill so we went down the escalators to use the restrooms down there. It had a little couch area & B-rad wanted to sit there before we went back up. So we sat there & watched the people coming down the escalator. Then I looked up & saw this. UHM...nice. Maybe that's why B-rad wanted to sit down there?! 

 

God Bless, B-rad...he took this pic. This dude must not have gotten the memo it's 2011... 

We finally got through the metal detectors & bag search. (oh yea-it's serious business.) We were escorted to our seats & told, "There will be no intermission (just like this post...). No photography of any kind is allowed. Enjoy the show." I'm sure they weren't really talking to me when they said no photography. B-rad kept telling me I better not take pics. I said, "Pssssh, I'll turn the flash off - they'll never know..." 

After we sat there for half an hour & heard the ushers seat every guest & tell every guest, "There will be no intermission. No photography of any kind is allowed. Enjoy the show." I got worried. Were they really SERIOUS about this no photography bs?! Then I saw some people taking self portraits. And they told them to stop. OH.THE.HUMANITY! 

I was still going to try to take pics during the show. B-rad told me to watch the people around us to see if anyone else did. Before the show started, a very nicely dressed man walked down & sat in a chair right against the stage. Facing backwards into the crowd. He was the photography nazi. And I knew it was over. If I took a pic, he would see my red light. S.I.G.H. 

I love you stalkers, but I love Celine more. I didn't take not one, single picture during the show. All I got for you was this pic of the stage where I barely raised my camera above the chairs in front of me & acted all non-chalantly & snapped the button. (Make it big...see the black area to the right of that chicks head? Yea, that's the stage!!!!) 

 

So did the bitch bring it?! She did. HOWEVER.... when you pay that much for a ticket & you're that excited about it-you get all worked up. And it just didn't live up to my worked-up-ness. Call me a complainer-but here's how it went down: It was just her & a 31 piece orchestra. No dancers, no fancy schmancy stuff. She sang a Journey song in the beginning. Mmmm k, I like Journey. She did talk to us & interact with us & I liked that. I know she liked my nails. I was glad we were so close because she didn't put herself on the screens & stuff the whole time like artists do now. 

Since I couldn't take any pictures, I will attempt to share the evening with you using my WORDS... (aren't you lucky?!) 

She sang a couple of her old school songs. She had a few outfit changes & then she did some weird stuff. She was on the stage singing. I knew her hair was different & I was like, "how'd she fix her hair like that so fast?!" This song she was broadcast on the screens so I was watching that. And B-rad says, "Uhm, that's not her. That's a hologram?" Whaaaaa B-rad? Shut the front door. 

HE WAS RIGHT! It was a holgram of her singing. So I started whipping my head around trying to see where she was gonna re-appear. She was on the floor one section over from us singing. Dang... She did a duet with herself. Sounds weird & it was... 

THEN she had Stevie Wonder especially hologrammed in & sang a song with him. I didn't like that so much. She sang some stupid Goldfinger song from James Bond & some stupid old, old song that some black lady sang. No, I'm not being racist. I have NO clue whose song she was singing. I just know WHILST she was singing there was a picture of an old black lady on the screen. I'm pretty quick... 

I was disappointed because she didn't sing MY favorite Celine song. I was so excited about it. I know I should quit being a brat, but I have to be honest. She was super funny talking to us & I did enjoy that. During one song she twirled her microphone stand & we started clapping & she rolled her eyes & made a face like making fun of herself & she dropped the stand & laughed. I liked that too. Proves she's human. 

She hadn't sang the Titanic song & she said her 'goodnight' & waved. I told B-rad, "she HAS to sing the Titanic song!" I don't even really like it but I know a ton of people do. So the curtain opens back up. And she's in a flowy, green gown. And the stage looks different. 

Like I said, I'm quick.... 

So she's singing about her heart going on & she walks to the middle of the stage. And she starts to come up off the stage. She gets real high & the wind is blowing her flowy, green dress. THEN water starts coming down around her in circles. I cannot explain it. There was a rushing ring of water falling down from above her head to the floor (like a mini bellagio fountain). It came down around her in patterns & shapes. And I leaned over to B-rad, "UHM is that water REAL or is it a hologram?!" He said, 'No, that's water!' 

Then it was over. Tear. I could KICK myself for not hurrying up & taking a pic while she was bowing. What was the nicely dressed photography nazi gonna do about it then? Sure, he could kick me out,...but I had already seen the show... 

I decided on 2 Celine relics at her store. A magnet with her on it. (I like magnets...) & this t-shirt. Here's the front... (excuse the blue underneath...I was getting for bed...) 

 

and THIS is the back!!!!! 

After the show, we walked to the Bellagio to see the Conservatory Gardens. This is another one of my favorite places! There are mini-fountains there... 

 

And bright colors... 

 

And flowers EVERYWHERE! This 'painting' is all flowers. That is seriously cool. 

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;Obviously I love the fountains in here too. It is amazing how they work


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And as much as I'm obsessed with watching them, B-rad is obsessed with figuring out how the work. 

 

I'll let you try to figure it out... 

B-rad has decided that there is air that pushes the water out. If you notice, the stream just stops. There's not gradual end or residual water. It just looks like a clear plastic tube. 

 
The ceiling in the lobby is awsome. The picture does not do it justice, but it's glass flowers all over the ceiling. 

 

Here we are in the monorail station after an exhausting day & night. 

 

After I took that pic, it took us about 2 hours to get back to our hotel. That's a long story you don't care about (UHM I know you cared about the long drawn out Celine story...). Just know that we walked & walked & walked. We got to the tram that should've taken us to our hotel & it had closed a half an hour before we got there. Sooooo we had to walk a lot more & I was exhausted. (Thank B-rad there were icy cold beverages waiting for us...) 

I received an email from Celine the day after the show. You know, thanking me for coming. Told ya she liked my nails... 

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