On Friday night, we walked [and walked] down the strip to Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville restaurant/bar.

Jimmy's visage looked down on the bar where parrot heads served as bartenders.  The giant green margarita in the background tells you something about the atmosphere.  I had an enormous plate of nachos while Pam had some very spicy jerk chicken.  The noise was a bit overwhelming, even at 4:30 in the afternoon.

Pam took a cooking class on Saturday morning.  I found an indoor flea market and later got fitted for a new driver at the Callaway Golf Center.  This shoe store was in the flea market.

If you were wondering where all the alligator hides hang out, look no farther than Las Vegas.

There were plenty of firearms and ammo available.  Note the photo target.

On Saturday night, we took in the Beatles Love show.  I had never seen a Cirque du Soleil production before and had only a vague idea of what it would be like before we entered the theatre, built in the round.  Cirque du Soleil ["Circus in the Sun"], according to Wikipedia, started in the early 80s.  "Cirque expanded rapidly and went from one show with 73 employees in 1984 to currently 3,500 employees from over 40 countries doing fifteen shows touring every continent and have an estimated annual revenue exceeding $600 million."

The Love show reportedly cost 1.25 million to put together.  I don't believe that included the cost of the auditorium with its 12,000 speakers [six in each seat].  You have to hear it to believe it.  Cirque provides the eye candy, all choreographed to twenty-five Beatles songs.  There is so much going on in the auditorium at one time that one borders on sensory overload.  Cameras and other recording devices are strictly forbidden during performances and I never saw a flash in the two hours we were at the Mirage.  Even the DVD I purchased of the twenty-five songs had no video component, obviously to keep 'em coming to see the show in Vegas.

The best video I've seen of the show can be seen on youtube by clicking here or going to the youtube.com site and typing in "Beatles love gala premiere" then clicking on the 10 minute 19 second movie.  While it gives you a flavor for the action in the theatre, there is nothing like seeing and hearing it in person.  I know I've never seen anything like it before and would go back in a heartbeat.

On Sunday afternoon, we visited a whole foods store where Pam loaded up on those hard-to-find-in-Bismarck items.  I browsed and found some intriguing beer bottles.  So much for my tastes, eh?

Why Have Just One?                                                                               Tempered over burning witches

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