Wedding Adventure - Day 4 - Vegas

“The morning after” began around 8 when room service pushed a breakfast cart into the main living room of the suite. The breakfast was included as part of our package and we pushed the cart over by the windows so we could look down on the busy casinos while we ate a feast of toast, steak, eggs, sausage and hashbrowns. It also came with a huge fruit plate that we ended up picking on all day long. We also had plenty of leftover cake to tempt us!

After breakfast we got back into our wedding gear and met my parents downstairs so we could take a couple of pictures of us standing in front of the Las Vegas sign, just like our cake topper. We didn’t factor on the sign being so blinding and shining right into our eyes, but the pictures we took with sunglasses turned out great. Well worth the effort!

After taking pictures, I hurriedly packed my tux up so that my parents could drop it at the Bell Desk for pick up by Tuxedo Junction. While my parents were taking care of that, we headed off to the photo place for 11AM to go through our wedding pictures and pick out the prints that were included in our package.

Going through all of the wedding pictures doesn’t seem like something you should be doing the day after a Vegas wedding, but such is the way the world of digital photography and Vegas wedding marketing works. The couple ahead of us was taking forever to make their choices, with both sets of parents in the office as well going back and forth between two identical looking prints. Finally it was our turn to head into the back room, much like we were going to buy a new car. This is where the slick marketing began as they already had a few framed prints of us sitting out and had a slideshow of the best images already prepared and ready to roll. Since we really wanted to go have fun, visit with relatives and friends and gamble instead of selecting 44 images from the over 200 options, we elected to just buy the rights to all of the pictures along with an additional selection of enlargements. Amy was happy with the deal and so was I.

After the photography place and a snacking lunch, we started packing up the suite. Rodney and Stephanie volunteered to drive a lot of the stuff we shipped out and wanted to keep back for us, so they helped us pack and we carted everything down to their room where they helped us drink the bottle of champagne that came with our wedding package before going to play slots for a while. Finally, the work was done and we could start to relax and enjoy our wedding experience and vacation.

With Amy’s family on planes back to Texas, my parents off to see the early Beatles Love show at the Mirage and Rodeny and Stephanie going to the later showing on the Beatles Love, we had the evening to ourselves.

A fancy dinner for two at Mandalay Bay was also included in our wedding package. It was originally slated for the Asian-fusion Shanghai Lily but at the last minute was switched to the French restaurant Fleur-de-Lys. We dressed up all fancy for the occasion and once seated, were told that our dinner included an appetizer, entrée and dessert along with a wine pairing for each. Although I know it is a serious faux pas to turn down the wine in a French restaurant, I didn’t want it to go to waste and our waitress had to go out into the casino to get me a Sierra Mist.

The dinner started with a pre-appetizer consisting of a tiny bite of a white fish over a tiny dollop of mashed potatoes with a few other fancy ingredients thrown in. I could tell this was not going to be an ordinary dinner. It seemed like we were on iron Chef as they had to explain each item to us along with what was in it. For appetizers, Amy had the tartare with a tiny quail egg on top while I had veal ravioli. Both were fantastic. For the entrée, Amy had some sort of fancy dish with ahi tuna while I opted for the Fleur Burger, that, listed at $85 on the menu, would eb the most expensive burger and fries I’ve ever had. The burger was made from Kobe beef that just melted in my mouth and was topped with Foie Gras and soaked in truffle oil. The fries were made from fingerling potatoes and came with a small cup of truffle oil to dip them in. It was simply fantastic. For dessert, Amy had a chocolate soufflé with mocha ice cream while I had a combo consisting of three parts: a miniature peanut butter milkshake, a little chocolate banana volcano cake, and some vanilla ice cream on a bit of chocolate dipped ice cream with crunchy carmel and peanut butter crumbled over top. Again, it was incredibly good. They then brought out a plate of little petit-fors to snack on and conclude the meal. It was very nice to see that the meal, coming in at nearly $300, was comped as part of the wedding package.

After dinner, we tried our luck in the casino a bit before going to the Fantasy show at the Luxor next door. It was very entertaining but I think we enjoyed the X show at the Flamingo a bit more on one of our previous visits. Still, not a bad way to start married life!