I survived. And I actually had fun today.
Las Vegas is such a weird town. Especially in the middle of summer when it's 110 in the shade. I saw the giant Sphere, but since it was high Noon when I was there it looked kind of... weird. At night I'm sure it's impressive, but in bright July sun it looks like Spaceship Earth's father who is grumpy. Hard to explain, but in bright daylight it looks weird and almost like an alien spaceship.
If you want a great lunch buffet, run don't walk to Caesars Palace and their Bacchanal Buffet. Not only is it perhaps the best name for a buffet in the history of man, but it's just darn good. Fresh, crisp, friendly, stylish in a Vegasy sort of way. You can't go wrong. I'm biased because I only stay at Caesars Palace when I am in Las Vegas, but still.
TP2000 Lifestyle Reminder: Even at a serve-yourself buffet, when a waitress brings you drinks and freshens your table, always ALWAYS tip her. And tip her well. The waitress I had today at Caesars was a doll. I'd like to think she used my tip to buy a nice bottle of wine for herself and a bag of Lavender scented Epsom salts for her feet this evening.
It was over 100 degrees for most of my drive, but after 7 hours of driving and just as the sun was heading towards the ocean I dropped off the freeway onto La Jolla Parkway and upon cresting the hill the temperature plunged to 73 degrees as if on cue. Funny how that works.
My Dad's pride and joy for the last years of his life was his 1967 Lincoln (Sorry mom, but it's true); burgundy sedan with black leather and all the options. But it was known to overheat when the outside temp got above 90, and the four barrel carb feeding the 460 V8 would stall. Even fancy cars used to do that 50 years ago. It's amazing to me that we now have cars that can drive 7 hours across the desert at 85mph in some of the hottest temps on the planet and not even breathe hard. After 7 hours across the searing Southwest my car glided into the old beach house driveway like it had just made a short trip to Trader Joe's and back.
Truly amazing and impressive how far we've come with automotive technology. I bet some of the kids here don't even know that cars used to routinely overheat and blow a radiator gasket on days like this.
