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Golden Nugget Pool

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Ching under Travel.

I forgot to mention the reason I was excited about staying at the Golden Nugget. I really wanted to stay there because Brian and I saw their pool featured in one of the CSI: Las Vegas episodes. It’s the episode where the shark gets loose and bites a girl lounging in the pool.

The pool looked much cooler in the TV show than it does in real life. It was still pretty cool, though.

This is a picture of the shark tank.

The cool thing is that you can slide through the shark tank.

Brian was disappointed that I didn’t pack my swimsuit. I thought it would be too cold to swim so I didn’t bring it. I didn’t realize that they kept the water at a constant 85 degrees. Oh, well. Maybe next time.

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Fremont Street

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Ching under Travel.

Brian and I had a blast at Fremont Street.

It’s like Kansas City Power & Light on steroids.

We stayed at the newer part of Golden Nugget.

Flightlinez is really cool. That’s where you zipline over Fremont Street.

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DanActive Probiotic Dairy Drink

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Ching under Health.

Since we can’t get Yakult around these parts, Brian and I have started drinking DanActive in the morning.

I had my doubts at first, but it is a lot like the Yakult that I grew up drinking. It’s supposed to be good for both your digestive and immune systems.

You guys should try it. You’ll get hooked!

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Ching’s New Shoes

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Ching under Wishlist.

I got some Christmas money from my biological father (Fredo) so I went on a bit of a shopping spree over the weekend. My first stop was a manicure and pedicure at Mani | Pedi (on 37th Street; next to Orange Leaf) with April.

I felt a little bad because I hadn’t shaved my legs in over a week. LOL. That’s what happens when you’re married, though. Unless you are married to Cory. I guess he is really picky about that stuff. I told April that if you let your leg hairs grow out long enough then they’re not prickly anymore. They just feel a little fuzzy. =P

I felt worse when Angel took over. He was probably thinking, “Man this chick has hairy legs!” He was a good sport and didn’t say anything, though. Of course, he might have been making fun of my hairy legs in Vietnamese, and I just couldn’t understand it.

Fredo gave me enough cash for the nail spa, some frozen yogurt from Orange Leaf (next door), a red wool peacoat (to replace my red Abercrombie one that I’ve outgrown; I got this new one at Sam’s Club and it was a fraction of the cost), a black rain trench (to replace the Guess one that I’d gotten from Wilsons Leather a couple of years ago that has been continually losing buttons), a couple of pairs of Injinji socks, and a pair of Vibram FiveFingers.

Brian had gotten a pair last month, but they are a little pricey so I didn’t get any. He’d been wanting a pair since the beginning of the year so he deserved them.

Rather than lose my money at the tables in Vegas, I figured that I would buy myself a pair. I’ve always been pretty pragmatic. The FiveFingers were the only thing relatively expensive out of all the things I bought. Everything else was pretty cheap. In fact, I think I still have some cash left over. I’m thinking I may use it for some more Orange Leaf. Brian’s never tried it. 🙂

I tried to break in my new FiveFingers, which I’d gotten on Saturday, yesterday while we were at Sam’s picking up some essentials. Except it started snowing and the ground was covered in snow by the time we got out of the store. It wasn’t my most brilliant idea. Brian and I got a kick out of our footprints, though. Our footprints looked like someone had walked in the snow barefoot.

I was going to try them at Zumba today, but I didn’t make it because of work and weather. I’m debating on whether to go to Zumba tomorrow. I think I should because I really need to take the shoes out for a test run. Have any of you guys worn FiveFingers? How do you like them?