There are five good reasons to be in Vegas.
- Your plane has a stopover
- You are driving from LA to New York and you need to make a gas stop before the Grand Canyon
- You’re on tour and the show is mandatory
- Your friend has a plane, suite comps, and (the clincher) spa credits
- Your parents are celebrating a milestone anniversary
If, like us, you’re hovering around reason #5, your goal is get in and get out without a sunburn, a hangover, a new debt, or a wildly unflattering photo. So far so good.
We spent the afternoon making the huge (read 5min, Angelenos) walk to the Aria at CityCenter. One of Las Vegas’s newest, it’s also one of the most sensible, with a Japanese take on minimalism and sufficient buffer around the casino to fool even us into a moment of location amnesia. We slid into resort mode at the lobby bar and ordered a pomegranate mojito. Delicious though too sweet for our taste, we tempered the sugar with handfuls of cashews, thoroughly ruining our plan for an afternoon gelato.
The Lobby Bar:
Let’s turn around:
