Smoking in Seattle

Thank you thankyou thankyouverymuch.

 

The Fabulous Greens have left the building. Thankyou Vegas - We love you.

Early start at 4 am and early checkout to ensure we made it to Vegas Airport nice and early in prepration for our flight to Seattle. Checked the bill - as ya do to discover that by lifting up the Indulgence Naughty Kit to show Mr Fab ..... we were charged for the Indulgence Naughty Kit at a total cost of $48.

Ummmmmmm no. 

We went through the rest of the bill with a fine tooth comb not because we are cheap but because DAMN those places slug you at every turn.

Did we like the opulent luxury of The Venetian? Yes

Would we go back? No.

We like our coffee and to have a Caraffe delivered to the room was a ridiculous $22.00.  The In House Menu says it is $13 but they add a heap of taxes AND an 18% Gratuity as mentioned in a previous post. I asked them why then did we pay the server and they gave me a long winded account of how the gratuity added was for the maker of the coffee and the person who puts the milk in the jugs and the person who washes the dishes and so on down the line. The tip to the server was entirely up to me and was my choice ......

Ok so arrival at Vegas Airport and we were greeted at Delta Checkin by a really friendly lady who asked did we need anything and did we have our bording passes.

*blink*

So far so good.

We both are literally worried sick about the whole airport process after our last experiences. So to the desk for bag checkin where another nice lady asked us to load the biggest bag so if we needed to rearrange anything we could ........

*double blink*

Down to catch the Tram to Gate 34 which we found quickly and with zero problems. Load the plane and away we go which leads you to me doing this at 30000 feet and we will be arriving in Seattle in about an hour after making up time.

Well done Delta America - Well Done.

Finally sorted out the shuttle bus ..... I am such a wally I forgot to do that bit of the journey. We are staying at The Crowne Plaza Seattle and guys we gotta say a teeny bit disappointed. No smoking of course so we have to go downstairs and outside into a sleazy alley.

Then they informed us we would have to pay for the internet ...... Not included. 

Can I put the points onto my Hotel card? No - Paid for it yes but paid through The Cruise so the Crowne won't give me the points even though they get the money..... *blink*

But hey it is all part of the trip.

Seattle is very industrial and we are enjoying the shabby rusty look of it. Yesterday we had not had anything to eat since the day before so by 4 we were pretty hungry and tired. We walked down to the Market here and dropped into Von's Gustobistro and had what I can honestly say was the BEST pizza I have ever eaten.

Dear God we both swooned and pretty much ate with closed eyes making hmmmmmmmmmmmmm yum noises.

Maybe it was the finishing touch of a drizzle of pure Almond Oil?

We shall daydream of pizza for a very long time

The Smoking in Seattle thing has been quite weird. You literally have to look everywhere before you light up and The Crowne has us going to a sleazy looking downstairs kinda alcove down some concrete steps. We have had some great chats with fellow smokers. The whole thing has me AGAIN thinking about smoking and what it means to be a Pariah.

Yes we smoke. Yes indeed we do. Yup, yeah ok already we do. We have now become literally outcasts. I have been looking at using the Electronic ciggies and I do believe I will BUT I want to do it when I want to do it and not when I am told to do it. Yes it is an addiction and yes it is bad we get that we accept that we know that but geez STOP telling me all the time.

We are always mindful of non smokers and are extrememly polite and courteous to those around us who are non smokers.

Anyway we are now simply waiting for Mish & Mark To arrive as we will have a huge day spending time with them.

Our luggage leaves here at 8 am and then we board the shuttle to the Ship at 10.45am.

Eeeeek how exciting is THIS????? We will try and do at least one post during the cruise to update.

See you all back on dry land Fabsters!

Revamp,Restore & Be Fabulous.

 

Becoming Howard Hughes

Today is a day of wandering about and just Vegasing..........That is where you amble along with no destination in mind.

I had talked Mr Fab into a visit to the Vegas Pandora store to add to the Travel Pandora. We are very aware of making our suitcases too heavy so we tend to stick to T Shirts and Pandora beads as our Touristy Souvenir stuff. The title of todays Blog is an ode to Mr F who has become a certified Germafobe. He washes his hands with Anticeptic wash everytime he can and there are little dispensers of the stuff all over the Casinos and Hotels so he is constantly using them. I can't as it burns my hands to much but he seems to be happier. He is DETERMINED not to get sick this trip!

So first of all downstairs for the complimentary breaky at The Venetian and once fortified ...... The Strip.

Must pause here to tell you about poor Mr F and the stress he is experiencing with the attire ... no wait ... I should say the LACK of attire on the young girls here for the Music thingy. Last night in the Lifts batch of kooky gals literally had him looking at the roof the whole time but todays I am pretty sure he will have a cricked neck for a week.

I had to gently take his arm and lead him away as he continued to blink for about .... ohhhhh maybe 10 minutes?

The funniest thing is he literally SQUIRMS as he turns back to me after looking. He then blusters and blathers for a full 5 minutes and I just look at him with my Bland Face.

Can pretty much guarentee he treats me like a Precious Glass Princess for a few hours and I could probably ask for anything and get it.

*serene smile*

Not that I would ever take advantage of a situation like that ......... *another serene smile*

The interesting thing is that I honestly dont care what people wear or dont wear. Be who you are and do it well I say. Do NOT apoligise for being ... well you. What I dont get is when these girls who are wearing a G String ... yes a G String ....... with a fluffy midriff top and matching fluffy boots ........

*pause so you can digest that*  

... when those girls get upset when one of the boys has a grab or a feel. 

Honey ... you dont want to be grabbed? Probably be a better idea to wear underpants or ... maybe even shorts? Or Pants? Or skirt?

I have actually never seen people walk around with bare bottoms........

Mr Fab was ruminating on the possiblility that there was a Women Of The Night Annual Convention in Town?

Ok back to our Day. Headed first to The South Outlets as it is insane hot and it is all inside! BONUS!  I was pretty darn happy to find another Fossil Purse I love as much as my current one and Mr Fab wanted a new pair of Levi Jeans.

He found the perfect pair and they even fit his cute little legs so no taking up required! Again ... BONUS!

We walked past a shop selling T Shirts .... in vegas ..... *blink* and Mr Fab simply HAD to have this little one for his Granddaughter who will probably be the most indulged little girl on the planet.

How Fabulous is that????????

After the Outlets we decided to go to The Luxor and see the Titanic Exhibition. I have been fascinated by the story for many years so was very keen to see this. The cost of entry is $35.00 but we had our trusty nifty Vegas Coupon Book and I have no problems cutting out coupons. We saved $5.00 on each entry ticket so we had to pleased with that. The Exhibit is seriously AMAZING and incredibly sad. I found the smaller things like someones shoes or a pair of glasses were the most powerful. There is even a section of The Titanic which was raised from over 2 miles down and is on loan, along with all the other pieces, to The Luxor for 10 years. 

That section was powerful just in itself 

It appears that they will have to salvage as much as they can in the next 10 years because the seawater & corrosion will literally make this mighty ship dissapear.

There is still debris scattered for up to a mile across the ocean bed so the race is on to salvage as much as they can.

We saw The Staircase and I am here to tell you Fabsters that the ever wonderful Mr Fab is the only person on the planet who has not seen the movie so he just looked at it blankly as I tried to explain what a feature it was in the movie.

They gave us a Boarding Pass as we entered and at the very end you could check to see if you lived or died. Mr F in second class was dead but I lived and was a First Class Passenger.

There were so many stories and so much to see. Very enjoyable and I would recommend this in a heartbeat.

Probably not the best exhibition to visit when you are going on a cruise in 5 days?

Back to The Venetian for a rest and a coffee along with a White Chocolate Sugar Cookie the size of a dinner plate which I am pretty sure I passed out in sheer bliss after the first bite.

Once rested we decided to go have a look at The Canals and shops upstairs and it was seriously SERIOUSLY gobsmackingly fabulous!

Time for another coffee and a bit of a rest after another huge day. Tomorrow is The Mob Museum which we are both looking forward to.

Sleep tight Fabsters and remember ..........

Restore, Revamp & Stay Fabulous

San Diego we have arrived.

Hello Fabsters coming to you live from San Diego. All is right in the Fabulous World so lets get down to todays Blog.

We set off this morning bright & early after setting up our GPS ...... who I might add ... does not hate us as much as the one we had last time.

I asked Mr Fab if he enjoyed the driving here in the US and he was like ......... HELL YES!

Allllll righty then ..... Happy Mr Fab is happy me.

We are staying at The Best Western American Inn in San Diego and apparently we are about 2 miles from Mexico. It is extremely interesting and I have learned to say Gracias rather than thankyou and also Hola for hello. 

We had decided to do our laundry and trying to find out about washing powder was interesting and I still wonder WHY I speak louder??? Like seriously ... is speaking louder going to make me understood? 

After much hand swishing to indicate washing clothes I did manage to get washing powder` ....

We also discussed .... should we both be liking sleeping in our own seperate big ol Queen beds quite as much as we do when we are married and in lurve?

*blink*

Yep we are.

We had to wait for the room to be ready so we decided to go grab a coffee from Macdonalds and use their free WIFI to sort out our day for tomorrow. 

All sorted and it is going to be a big one but very interesting.

We will be going first to the Midway to do the Battleship Tour. Mr Fab is super duper DUPER excited as  you all know by now how much he loves anything Military............Actually, as we were driving along the 805 he started getting quite chuffed as 3 ... count them ... 3 Jet Fighters flew low and loud overhead. 

He gets such a kick out of seeing that sort of thing!!!!!

Bless him.

After we have done the Tour we will then head down to the Boardwalk and just stroll for a few hours taking in the sights.

We would also like to take a trip out to Coronado but will have to see how time permits. 

We discovered we still had time to kill so toddled over to the Premium Outlet Stores which are about a mile from here and the very last US stop before the Border.

We are apparently not going over the Border ........

The Outlets were great and I managed to replenish my True Religion T Shirts. Yes,yes,yes I know I am way to old for True Religion and absolutly PROMISE the makers of True Religion that I will never wear one in public as I am so old but I adore them. Absolutely my all time favorite T shirts and my last one from Vegas was starting to show some wear after about a zillion washes.

Actually I rescind my promise as I may but I will be as discreet as I can ........

I wanted to show you some of the houses and things we have seen. They made me feel incredibly sad. Really I have no right to feel that way as it is none of my business but I simply couldnt help it. The contrast to some of the apartments and homes with lush green grass and flowers to these ones with their requisite bars on the windows and yards full of rubbish was just .... well ..... sad.

Another amazing day and we simply take everything as an adventure. To us nothing is a bad thing and we look on it as simply another happening in an exciting experience.

We will update with loads of pics tomorrow night when we are back and relaxing!

Revamp, Restore & Stay Fabulous!