Random Photos

Or maybe it should be "Photo Ellipses..."

Whatever. Maybe "At Least its not Shorties"

So after New Year's me and the missus went to Fabulous Las Vegas:


We went for a walk to the new City Center. They have a Chihuly gallery there:


Seems like its getting to the point where you can't swing a dead cat in Vegas without hitting a Chihuly piece.

During our walk we stumbled across a theatre we didn't expect to be open, but it was, so we saw a show:


Leaving only "Believe" on the list of Cirque shows in Vegas I haven't seen.

On our last night we went to Fleur de lys at Mandalay Bay, Hubert Keller's restaurant. They had very nice dishes:


Chef Keller was there and even agreed to a photo with Mrs. TANBI:


We did the middle of three Chef's tasting menus. Very nice. Probably cracks our top ten, which somewhat surprisingly is really saying something.

Waiting to leave:


Always miss that sky.

Casey from FTSI basically chased me back to Pittsburgh for automation training with our kids and brand new gear.


That's day one, bright eyed and bushy tailed. Here's day four, or "my brain hurts":


I swear, if we even remember how to turn this gear on next week I will be impressed.

Thursday night we took our visitor to Rock Bottom Trivia Night - also meant we had Kevin, which was a difference maker:


That'd be @euromandy with our prize for 1st Place!

The next day it was warm, which meant the end of the icicles on our roof and also, disturbingly, the end of our picnic table:


Smash.