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I went to Lake Mead the other day with the intention to go swimming. Well, to be honest I only went in mid calf. It wasn't THAT cold but I can be a bit sensitive to cold water. Like a big baby. Anyhow, finding a nice place to lay down and enjoy the "beach" at Lake Mead is easier said than done. I went to a place I used to go to when I lived in Vegas full time. The water level at the lake has gone down a lot, so you are basically walking on large rocks and small crispy sea shells (or whatever they are) that are attached to the rocks. Not that comfortable at all. It's not like a nice beach in Hawaii or something. But I stayed for a couple of hours and tanned plus Chhaya did go swimming, she gets the sticks I throw out for her into the water. So she had fun. And that's all that matters to me.





She did not want anything to do with this though.....could not wait to get off.



Since we were already at Lake Mead we went back to Redstone. It's really gorgeous there.

OK, so Valentine's Day is almost over and I'm in bed with Chhaya next to me while some clothes are drying in the dryer. I did go down to the Strip and had dinner, I ate at Guy Fieri's and it was good. I'm a foodie and one of my pleasures in life is to eat and try new places to eat. Actually during dinner I blurted out that I should work as one of those secret restaurant evaluators.....giving out Michelin stars to places, or not. I think I would be great at that, the only catch - I don't eat meat (yes, that includes fish). But I will gladly savor and analyze all the other dishes on the menu, especially the desserts!
Here are some pics from my V Day. Chhaya of course - the love of my life. ❤





I finished all the chocolates in the read heart while in bed. Accompanied with a hot cup of tea. Delicious!



Kisses to all! xoxo



Do you ever have people tell you that you look like somebody? Once in a while you get some random person that you don't look like at all besides in they eye's of whoever that said it.
Like mistaken identity stuff, it happened to me a couple of times, kind of creepy actually that there might be some stranger out there that looks a lot like you.
But when many people say the same thing, you start to wonder. So for a while I would get Gwyneth Paltrow. A lot. Like at least 30 times I've heard that, probably more. I don't really see the resemblance but whatever. In the last two weeks three different people told me Iggy Azalea. What? Not body of course, we do not have the same shape. Face? I don't know? Maybe in motion I can see some resemblance but not in pics. Sometimes a person looks totally different in motion and real life than pics. A lot of times nowadays actually due to photo shop and filters.
Back to more V Day. So I read an article in The Sunday (free weekly Vegas magazine) about finding love in Sin City......It said that people here have too high standards and unrealistic expectations. Women want men with six pack abs, men want beautiful women much younger than themselves (like half their age) and with perfect proportions. "Dating" sites where men with money to throw around can find a Sugar Baby to spoil are oversaturated with hungry Sugar Babies. 47 000 Sugar Babies have 9000 Sugar Daddies to fight for. Ouch! I guess if I was in the habit of dating men double my age I would too look for a Sugar Daddy. But I'm not and it's not my thing but I don't really want to judge. As long as the two parties both are aware of what they are in for I guess.......There are more men than women in living Vegas, 118 to 100. But if you look at different sites you will get different results but all of them say that there are more men than women here. I can think of a place where the women outnumber the men in Vegas, the strip clubs. Far too many women and not enough guys. And the women (the dancers) are very hungry for what's in the wallet, some of them bordering some serious desperation. I think many men get confused in a strip club and think that real life and what they experienced in the club are somewhat similar, hence the men out there that want beautiful women with perfect proportions half their age. Duh, once your wallet is empty she will leave. Helllllloooooo!!!! Wake up and smell the coffee buddy! If you want a beautiful girl you better have something to offer her, as far as in your own qualities or you can become a Sugar Daddy too.
I know that finding a quality relationship is difficult. I want quality, not quantity. I am not into dating around. It takes work to have a good relationship, unless you are so incredibly lucky to find that perfect match for you that you get along amazingly well with on all levels OR you are a pushover and never speak up and disagree although you are dying inside. That's not me.
To me communication is the key. I can't read a person mind so I need them to talk to me.
I don't need a hard body or a deep wallet but I need a grown up man, not a baby. That means emotionally grown up, not some hair on the balls. That is NOT impressive. Of course I have to be attracted to the guy too but that only goes so far. You can be in a relationship but feel lonely and that is a horrible feeling. I guess they have a local place here now where you can hire somebody to cuddle with you, cuddle only - no kissing, touching privates and no sex.
You can buy cuddles by the hour ($80) of overnight ($325). In the article it says, " A lot of people are married and don't have a good relationship with their wife, so they just miss human touch." OK......how about you start COMMUNICATING with your wife and PAY ATTENTION to her and APPRECIATE her, I bet that would change some things up in the relationship and there would be no need for human touch from strangers billed at $80/hour or more. WTF? And BARF!
In the end, the most important relationship you should have is the one you have with yourself. This is true. That and whatever animal friend's you might have in your life. I love Chhaya so much. So here I am, Chhaya next to me, I'm about to turn the lights off and sleep, cuddling with her for free. So wherever you are, single or in a relationship, I hope you are happy and kind to yourself. Happy Valentine's Day! ❤



Pic borrowed from sugarbones.net

The other night I went and saw Absinthe (a show here in town). I have seen most of the Cirque du Soleil shows and have been curious about Absinthe for a while (Absinthe is not a Cirque show). Well, first when I sat down I thought the tent (the show is in a tent outside) was kind of small and the seats very close together, you basically rub elbows with your neighbors and also the seats are the most uncomfortable of any show I have been to in Vegas. You sit on a basic wooden chair. But all of that did not matter once the show commenced. It was really good! You are very close to the performers (depending on seats, I was rather close) and some of them really put on some extremely difficult and dangerous acts. I was very impressed and slightly worried a few times that somebody would projectile out into the audience and cause a disaster. It's amazing how talented these performers are.....I snapped a few pics but they do not do the show justice and I was so into the show that taking pics wasn't a priority. Absinthe is also a fun show, lots of laughs.











After Absinthe I went to Little Darlings (yes, I decided to go one more time) because they were having a wet t-shirt contest there, well at least I thought they would. But no girls signed up for it! So no contest. How weird, the ad said $1000 in cash prices but no takers. I do not do contests, not my thing. Once a friend convinced me to enter in one (here in Vegas) and you had to be crafty and make a bikini and not out of fabric. So my friend told me (actually pleaded with me) that she would make the bikini if I wore it in the competition. She made a cookies and cream bikini out of Oreo cookies and small milk cartons plus saran wrap in certain places so the cookies would cover my private parts, very clever. I was kind of mortified when I stumbled out on the stage, like I said, I don't like "competing" like that. Anyhow, I got third place and $400 that we split.....or was it $300? It's been so long, I can't recall the amount anymore. I will look for the pics, I saw them the other day.
Anyhow, back to Little Darlings.....so no willing wet t-shirt contestants. BUT on the other hand, a HUGE improvement from the last time I was there which was on a Saturday. The last time, only rap, rather ghetto and the girls were not that great either. This time - good music and a handful of very attractive ladies. There were about five that were quite stunning. I remember one was called Pixie and another Queen. Both suuuuuper pretty. It's weird being in the audience in a strip club. I start thinking about things that I should perhaps improve on myself and I look at stuff like feet and if the dancers toes are polished, details like are their outfits nice and clean etc.....some girls looked very blase, bored and zombie like when on stage.
It looks bad but I know how it is sometimes (like BLEH & BARF) so I get it.......

Today I decided to check out Clark County Wetlands Park since I never been there before.
It's on the East side of town, far out on Tropicana and I live on the West side of town.
It's getting hot here in Sin City and I made sure to bring water for Chhaya to drink and a spray bottle filled with water to mist her with. There was nothing really exciting to see in the Wetlands Park. Sunset Park is way better!
Just a bunch of dry bushes and crispy tall grasses that I learned is called reed. And a bit too hot. Dawn or dusk is the time to go to Wetlands Park, at least on a sunny day this time of year. I did finally arrive (after a short walk) to a pond so yes, there is water in the desert. No bathing in the pond though, it's some sort of a protected wildlife area. I might go swimming somewhere tomorrow. Maybe, haven't decided yet.
Right now I am waiting for somebody to come and fix a flat tire that I got. One of life's nice surprises! Hello, flat tire.....FUN! Then I'm going to go and take care of some errands and find some food.

So I got annoyed a few times in the last couple of days over small stuff but still stuff that is ANNOYING. I went to the post office because I have a package to send to my Mom and some Valentines Day cards. There is a small post office up the road inside a party supply store.
I went there. I guess they close for lunch every day between 2-3, like I said it's a small post office where the only person working gets to go on a lunch break. Fair enough. I get there and the person working rolls her eyes when she sees me cause she is on her way to take her beak and taking care of a customer is definitely not want she wants. I can understand that, so I say...."Is it already 2?" "Yes", was her reply before she ran off. OK then, I look at the clock and it's 1 50.....so ten minutes that I could had sent off my stuff. And shortly after an older lady arrived, I'm guessing around 70 years old. She too was hoping to mail something before 2 and was rather disappointed. Yes, I know getting your break is important. Especially if you are starving. When I exited, the postal worked stood outside and smoked. Hungry for nicotine. This is a government job, so do your job right. But what is really annoying about the post office is that today I found out that they changed some stuff regarding international mail.
It's still super expensive, around Christmas I usually pay $200 plus to mail stuff off to family and friends. Well, the labels you need for declaring what you are sending abroad are no longer available at the post office. You have to fill the label out online and print it out.
I'm assuming they are trying to save money on the cost of the labels. Well, what if you don't have a printer. Helloooooo? Not everybody has a printer. Or a computer for that matter. So I went to Kinkos to take care of this annoying label crap, filled it out and then the US post office website was experiencing some difficulties and told me to return another time. So no label. Thanks a bunch US post office. BARF!
Now to the next annoying incident. At Sambalatte - I go there a lot. The latte is rather pricy there, so I expect to get milk all the way up to the rim of my cup so I don't have to top it off with cold half and half. About 50% of the time I have to ask the barista who made my latte for more milk. No, I don't want an inch gap, I want my cup/mug full. Today the barista had a bad attitude when I politely asked for more milk and I'm super nice to all of them in there. Like I was asking for something impossible? Just fill the freakin' cup all the way, do it right the first time and you won't have people asking for more milk. Yes, when a latte is $5 plus some change and a tip (!) I expect it to be done the way I want.
At Sambalatte they have some intricate coffee alchemy mystery stuff on the menu, in case you want to "enhance your coffee adventure". I haven't done this to my drink, I just order my usual vanilla latte. That I want enhanced with hot frothy milk all the way to the top.
Thank You!

What have I been up to the last couple of days? Just some stuff. Went to Red Rock (usually I go there about once a week).





Had latte, this one while shopping at the Fashion Show Mall.



Found some weird store toting itself as a survivalist store. Some people are preparing for the end of the world, aka "preppers" or survivalists, so I got curios and had to see what they had in there. Thought that maybe they had a vanilla latte supply for the next 50 years or so in case I get stuck in a cave somewhere. But it was more of a fun store. Lots of fun photo opportunities though, so I might have to go back there. Me and my new friends.





Went bowling with Julia and our significant others last night. It was more like a crazy bowling convention. I thought Julia was going to break either the floor or the bowling balls cause she was throwing the bowling ball down the lane, basket ball style. But it was fun to bowl, I think it was like ten years ago last time I did it. I managed to get 90 something points.





And some random pics just because.......