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What to do in Las Vegas for entertainment? How about bingo at the Plaza? That is what me and my brother did last Saturday. I don't play bingo often and it is rather complicated, well not really complicated more like confusing if you are a novice.
A few more games and I will be a seasoned vet but I think bingo once or max twice per year is all the bingo excitement I can handle. Ask me again when I am 90 something, maybe then I will appreciate bingo more. I'm not a fogbone yet....



But we still had fun playing, although we didn't win anything (of course).
Some people won more than once, one lady won twice and then her friend won once.....WTF? I smell a bingo conspiracy. It is Vegas after all. People hustle here.....all kinds of people, even old ladies.





After bingo we ventured out for some free world class entertainment on Fremont Street. You do not need $ on Fremont Street, bring a water bottle from home or a cooler with some beer and sit down and enjoy the show. First of all, if you catch Spandex Nation playing live you are in for a treat. They cover 80s hair and metal band hits and they are GREAT! Talk about sing along nostalgia, I love Spandex Nation! I am a fan.
And if you are currently at some confusing crossroads in your life......perhaps thinking about a career change, going through a midlife crisis or are broke.....do not worry! You can work at Fremont Street, no experience necessary! Just go down there, prepare a costume of some sort (does not have to be elaborate) just show LOTS of skin! You do not have to be in shape, actually if you are in bad shape, have visibly missing teeth, missing a limb or two, look disheveled in general.....EVEN BETTER! If you have a baby.....that will work too, bring the bundle of joy down to Fremont and make it earn it's keep. Don't forget to bring something to collect your tips in and start making money! The hustle on Fremont Street is amazing. There is a WTF moment everywhere you turn. Also people watching on Fremont is priceless. It's a great place to teach your children or yourself how not to behave in public.
Watch the adult drunks stagger around making a spectacle of themselves. I am so glad that I am not a white trash drunk. If I am "offending" any white trash drunks now.....oh well. I was like.....WOW.....these people are going to vote in the upcoming presidential election? SCARY! I don't even know how they FUNCTION in real life? Is it a life style or what is it? Whatever it is.....it is scary. Welcome to 'Merica!
Overall Fremont Street is lots of fun. My favorite of all the buskers (hustlers) is CUPID. He is an amazing hustler and has great energy, nonstop smiling and very cute in his own way, CUPID deserves every dollar he makes. He should teach others how to work Fremont Street for the most $$$ rewards.



But I can only take so much of Fremont Street extravaganza. I need to schedule a soul soothing afternoon tea session at the Mandarin Oriental soon......I need balance in my life and the Mandarin Oriental is my cup of tea.
Speaking of tea, me and my brother have similar taste in beverages and enjoyed some milk tea from some Asian place - yummy.



Well......all the good things sadly come to an end and I took Robert (my brother) to the airport yesterday. I miss him already and I feel sad. I hate goodbyes and airports make me feel uneasy because they mean separation to me. I hope he can come back soon. I hate that I am away from family and friends, that is a constant pain in my heart.
Today I am planning on going to the Women's Expo and then I need to find my tweezer or get a new one. My tweezer is missing since Burning Man and my eyebrows have not been this wild looking since I don't even remember when.

Today I tried a new coffee shop (for me), it is called Bad Owl Coffee and you can find it on 10575 S Eastern Ave #160, Henderson.
A must visit if you are a Harry Potter fan since the place has a Hogwarts vibe. I liked it, the staff was super friendly and it seems like there are many return customers. It's a bit too far from my neighborhood, so it's not a coffee shop I would go to on a daily basis but I can see myself going again. Thumbs up!

I absolutely LOVE this camp at Burning Man - reFOAMation. I think it used to be called Dr. Bronner's a few years ago when I went for the first time but this year it was reFOAMation. So you wait in line and while waiting you get educated in vegan/vegetarianism versus eating meat - it is GREAT. The meat eaters get stuffed into a cage where they get to suffer in the hot sun, while us vegans and vegetarians get to go ahead in line. The meat eaters are ordered to make animal sounds and roll around in the dust (outside the cage) and "fry like bacon". They also talk about psychedelics and the push/want to decriminalize. The messages are great, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Burning Man, you can learn so much and start seeing the world from a viewpoint you never thought much of before.
So.....when you finally get inside (the line can be loooooong depending on when you arrive) you are asked to take your clothes off. There is a tree in the middle called The Tree Of Life and a dj that plays loud music, a lot of naked people dancing. You can be naked if you want, I think 97% of the people are but I had on my bikini (I'm shy..... ). Nobody is acting inappropriate or weird, it is AMAZING. The reFOAMation crew are super happy, constantly smiling and dancing and they seem like they genuinely love being there. Then you go inside a boxy looking stall, you get really close together and get sprayed down with foam......you rub it in and then you get hosed down with water. This is a GREAT way to keep clean at Burning Man and a really fun and amazing experience. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it! I go twice in a row so I really feel clean. And I went two days in a row.







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❤ I LOVE BURNING MAN! ❤

Since my brother came to the US all the way from Sweden to join me for Burning Man I decided to be in Vegas for a while to show him a good time. So the other day we went to see a movie, Don't Breathe . A scary movie, I love scary movies and haunted houses - all that fun scary stuff. And we also saw Carrot Top. He was really good! If I ever see him out and about again, I saw him at Sambalatte last year, I will tell him that I think his show is really good. I don't know how he kept up the energy for the whole show, I was impressed! And he made coffee references so I suspect he likes coffee plus I spotted him at Sambalatte. Another local Vegas celeb that likes coffee is Penn Jillette, he goes to Madhouse Coffee. And me of course, I can be found at Madhouse Coffee and Sambalatte.



I ran into my friend Janis at Whole Foods the other day, it's the second time we just by chance run into each other there......we are both Whole Foods addicts. She was drinking some smoothie I had not tried yet so I got it yesterday, only get it if you like coconut since that's what it is.



I was actually not feeling well yesterday. I was cold (chills), then I think I had fever, I felt queasy and very weak. So after dropping my brother off at the Strip I stumbled around Whole Foods like a zombie, got this smoothie and some fruit, went home, put on socks and a hoodie and slept/shivered/felt uncomfortable in general on the couch under a blanket all afternoon and night. Don't know what happened, I haven't been sick for a while now but I feel much better today. Still a bit nauseous but no chills or fever.
It's still hot as hell in Vegas - too hot for me. But now I have to get dressed and run out and get my latte!

This year the Man was orange, I like that. I am on a color orange obsession at the moment......so I was happy when I caught my first glimpse of a glowing orange Burning Man.
The theme this year was Da Vinci's Workshop, so around the Man you could go and interact and read about stuff pertaining to that time and learn about things.
You can learn A LOT by attending Burning Man, if you think it is a place where all people do is roll around naked in dust and dirt, rub genitals with drunk and on drugs strangers you are wrong. For some it might be but that is not my Burning Man experience at least. It is up to you to make your experience what you want it to be. Burning Man is actually quite civilized, much more so than "the real world" I find.
Anyhow.....here are some pics of the orange Burning Man 2016.











Saturday night is Burn Night. That is when the Man goes up in flames.....
People gather in a circle, watch and wait.





Once the Man burns down you can walk up to the place where he/it (is it a he/she or it?) once stood. It is smoldering hot but some people get naked and run through the ashes or do yoga. It sure is a scene! I am thinking about stripping down to my undies and run a few laps in the heat myself next year, it looks like a lot of fun.

Chhaya got a new teddy today and it is nibby time. Then she shook it around a bit and ripped the arm open and took the stuffing out of the arm, shook the teddy some more and is now nibbying some more on it.
Today I am lowering her dose of the seizure medication (phenobarbital) and in a while, depending on how she is doing, I will lower it again. The goal is to take her off it completely, or at least have her on a very small dose.