Visiting Mommy's Work

The kids have always asked questions about my job, but it seems like lately they've really been interested in what I do and what Aria looks like. They've been asking to go visit and today we finally made the trip out to City Center so that they could see "Mommy's Work."

[Main Valet. The boys loved the water]

[Our lobby is decorated for Chinese New Years]

We stopped by the front desk and Ti & the boys got to meet one of my managers and some of my coworkers. Right behind the desk is Crystals, so we headed there to catch the tram to Bellagio.

[Water feature in Crystals. The boys called them
tornado's and thought they were awesome]

[Heading up to the tram pick-up]

[We had a cabin all to ourselves, so the boys could goof off all they wanted]

Lady Chocolate
[Bellagio's Jean Philippe Patisserie]

[Guiness World Records largest chocolate fountain]

[Bellagio's Conservatory]

[Year of the rabbit]

[ 18-foot-tall Chinese God of Prosperity]

[35-foot Chinese Junk Boat with a 38-foot mast]

[Terracotta Warriors- covered in crushed walnuts and ground carrot seeds]

[Display behind Bellagio's front desk]

We went out front and caught a water show, then headed back up to the tram station to go back to Aria.

We stopped by Jean Philippe Patisserie in our casino so I could show the boys our cakes and we ended up getting some sweets to end the night.

[The star of our hotel. The King of Rock 'N Roll himself]

Throughout the night the boys would say stuff like, "Mommy's work is the bomb!".... and, " I love Mommy's work!" When we were driving out of City Center I heard Siope say, "After school on Friday, I want to come live at Aria." I thought it was hilarious. They have no clue about all the drawbacks of the job, but that's ok. I'm just glad they enjoyed their night out.

5 Diamond!!!

Last night at work our managers announced that Aria is officially rated a 5 Diamond property! I am so excited and proud!! I remember opening and hearing everyone stress that we wanted to achieve 5 Diamonds in our opening year. The only other property to achieve that was the Wynn. We are closing in on our year mark (Dec. 16 is our 1st birthday) and there have been many times when I thought we'd be lucky to get 4 Diamonds lol. I can't believe we made it! It certainly doesn't mean that the hotel is perfect... we are FAR from perfect. But it is awesome to know that our hard work has paid off! Aria is most definitely my 2nd home and I am sooooo proud of my Front Desk team!!

Viva Elvis... 2nd Time Around

I hate morning shifts, but was actually happy that I landed one yesterday because halfway through my work day Zuhlay came up and asked if I wanted Viva Elvis tickets for later that night. We heard that there were changes made and were getting the opportunity (again) to attend the show. I wouldn't have opted to go, but we were allowed to bring a guest this time, so I took her up on her offer. After dropping the kids off at Mote & Toa's, me and Ti Tonga headed up to Aria and made our way in the Cirque theatre. We were very surprised to find our seats all the way up in the front. There were actually a lot of changes made, but all for the better. I liked it, Ti Tonga liked, and it was free- so yes, it was a good time.

I've got a bunch of blogging to catch up on and shower invites to design. Hopefully I can tackle this to do list... and oh, Neo's coming in today with Leo. So we'll see how much I can get done.

Viva Elvis

While we were in training we were invited to watch the newest Cirque Du Soleil production to be brought to Las Vegas. Viva Elvis! What an experience! I've always wanted to watch a Cirque Du Soleil show- any Las Vegas show to be quite honest, but I've never gotten around to it. So when I heard that we would be one of the first in the world to watch Viva Elvis I was so excited!! We weren't allowed to take any pictures, but I found these online from the performance they did for Priscilla Presley. The stagework was insane. I never thought of myself as an Elvis fan before, but I was dancing in my seat the entire show. They put a modern twist on the King of Rock N Roll's songs which made it pretty much impossible not to clap your hands and boogie.