Las Vegas diary - Part Five

Thursday was mostly a day to myself. Phil worked the whole day, so I went hunting for shopping malls to buy stuff for people back home. I had in mind that I would get Phil a set of nested tables for his apartment, since his coffee table is a box that contained a set of 8 saucepans (which I don't think he's used!).

In the end, on some good advice, I decided to look for a Target, KMart or Walmart for something not too expensive (well, I looked in some furniture 'galleries' ('shops' to us), but some of the tables were nearly $1000 - he's a mate, and everything, but there's limits).

I found a KMart, and bought a set from there, which we then assembled when he came home from work .. boy, do we know how to party. Then we set out to a friend's house for a BBQ, that turned out to be a takeaway (nobody, I mean nobody cooks). It was from P.F.Changs, which is a franchise chain that I've started to see in the UK (I know Edinburgh has one on Waverley Bridge). It was actually very good, despite my normal disappointment with Chinese takeaways.

I was also invited to spend time down at Aladdin Casino (pictured), in the spa there. So today (Friday) I went down there, and it turns out it is an Elemis spa (who are actually based in Leatherhead), and is quite the biggest I've seen. Two hours later, after a sauna, steam room, and full-body massage, I was feeling about as relaxed as I felt all week (without sleeping, that is).