Macaroni & Cheese

What is it with Mac & Cheese in America? I certainly don't want to bite the hand that 'feeds' me, but this is a serious thing.

While we were in Mexico, my little brother was staying at my house, so I made sure there were plenty of 'frozen dinners' in the freezer so he wouldn't starve. One of them was a 'Banquet' Mac & Cheese dinner (like a Lean Cuisine), which he didn't eat, and thank god he didn't! I had a little bit of it tonight, and it was shocking. I can't believe they are allowed to print 'cheese' on that box. Plastic, plastic, plastic.

I guess Americans grow up on this stuff, a bit like Aussies and vegemite.

Vegas Photos

Here are some more photos of our Vegas trip........

Viva Las Vegas...

Arrived back from Vegas in the wee hours of yesterday morning.

After a hectic flight on Friday night, we arrived at Caesar's Palace with minutes to spare before the concert. We were running so late that both of us changed clothes enroute in the plane bathroom (not easy).

When we arrived at Las Vegas airport I couldn't believe that they actually had slot machines in the baggage collection area - in fact, all over the airport! (See photo).

Elton John was magnificent! His voice just blew me away. It was well worth the trip. Caesar's Palace was a great place to stay, right on the Strip, and the pools were beautiful.

We also managed to see "Tribute to the Rat Pack" (www.ratpackvegas.com) and the guys who played Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Dean Martin & Joey Bishop were very talented indeed! The place we saw the show was at 'Greek Isles Casino' off the strip, a bit skanky, but the place was set up with the old fashioned booths, we could almost imagine that we were back at the real thing in the 60's.

Of course we had to do the all-you-can-eat 'Vegas Buffet' at the Monte Carlo Casino, as recommended by my brother. I think we stayed there for 3 hours and were absolutely stuffed, yummy, I'll attatch the very creative food photos!

It was a great trip, and we're thinking of going back in December to see Jerry Seinfeld perform at Caesars (if we can get tickets... here we go again!)

Mexico

Wonderful week of R&R in Los Cabos.
Met lot's of fun people, and spent many quality hours... doing nothing... by the pool!