Girl's Nite Out

Last night Amy and I caught the Robin Thicke show over at Mandalay Bay. We started the night at The House of Blues restaurant, it seemed fitting since that's where the show was. We were lucky in that the show started at 7:00 but he wasn't going to come on stage for about an hour, so we had plenty of time for dinner before the show. The waiter talked me into some drink that was pretty much all Bacardi with a splash of cranberry juice and something else... I was feeling NO pain by the end of dinner. Guess I'm a cheap date anymore.

I have to say that Mandalay Bay is my favorite Strip resort. A lot of it has to do with their spa - I treat myself to an entire day there at least once a year and seriously, it's heaven on Earth. But I also enjoy the atmosphere... the food... and being a parent I dig the Shark Reef. Oh, and the concerts on the beach, man those kick ass. However, I'd never seen a show at the House of Blues before last night. It's a very small venue, and the way it is set up is pretty cool, but the acoustics? They're bad - really, really bad. Thus the show was small, intimate and the atmosphere was right, but we couldn't hear any of his lyrics. Lucky for me I knew quite a bit of his songs, but poor Amy had no idea what he was singing about. Even when he talked between songs one had trouble understanding. Our seats weren't all that great, either... it's always a crap shoot when buying tickets online and you don't know the seating. If I ever make it back there, I'll know next time.

Hey, at least he was really fun to watch... how can you not enjoy this view?

His voice is really awesome, he doesn't need any recording tricks to help it... and anymore that's highly respectable. (Amy said his voice sounds like Justin Timberlake and yes, I guess he does!) I was reminded again why small venues are such good places to see a show, it was an intimate experience and you could tell he and his band were enjoying themselves (not to mention he was friendly and interacted with the audience). Overall I'd probably only give the show a 6.5 out of 10, because although I really enjoyed seeing him and having the experience, the acoustics were a big problem, it's important to me to hear the lyrics!!

Weekend Update

The Halloween decorations are up! Madison and I spent time Saturday making ghosts to hang from the tree in the front yard. Halloween is my favorite holiday, so I really get into the decor. Here's some pictures:

This is a daytime view so you can see the ghosts hanging from the bottom branches of the tree, except you really can't see them well:

Here's a dusk view to get a better look at all the lights... when the sun is gone our house has this great orange glow you can see from really far away:


Here we're having some fun with a spider I have at the front door... I got Madison to pretend she's terrified because it's attacking her:

There are plenty of others over at Flickr, including some where she's presenting some of the decor like a Price is Right girl.

Watched the Dallas/Cincinnati game today! A win is a win, true... but I started that game multitasking, thinking it would be boring. The Bengals came in with a 0-4 record, against Dallas' 3-1. Cake, right? Dallas was lazy today and it almost cost them the game. By the 3rd quarter I was watching intently and yelling at the TV screen. It's a good thing Jerry Jones wasn't taking my calls, cause I was ready to go all crazy white girl on him.

I found out Robin Thicke is coming to Vegas in November! I'm so excited because my dear friend Amy is going with me... I got our tickets tonight and I can barely contain myself. I really don't do many concerts/shows unless I really enjoy the artist, it's just so expensive anymore. So you get the idea... he ROCKS, to me!

How was your weekend, Internet?