Day: March 25, 2025

But first! One more picture of us in front of Circus Circus.

We used the cab stand at the Wynn to transport us to fabulous Area 15, which had this great entrance filled with a version of the fabulous Las Vegas sign, along with other cool sculptures and interactive things.

Fun fact I learned from the bus tour: the woman who designed the fabulous Las Vegas sign intentionally did not copywrite it, which is why you see so many variations throughout the city.

Here was a big robot that had messages in code. I also like that Eiffel Tower–like mirror thing in the background.

We wandered around Area 15 waiting for our Meow Wolf Omega Mart timed entry. This was my first Meow Wolf visit, and I enjoyed it so much, I might just plan other vacations to Meow Wolf locations. I took no pictures. But essentially, Omega Mart is this weird little grocery story where you look at (and buy) all sorts of odd items (like maybe you want to take home a stuffed tattooed chicken?) but also, you can buy a card for an additional $3.00 which lets you *boop!* on scanners around the store and train to be an Omega Mart employee. Things get weird from there, and the store isn’t all it seems. It was unique and fun and arty and interactive and a very good time.

We did a bit more wandering around Area 15 (that green glowing sticker was our reward for solving all the Omega Mart thing) and then took an Uber over to the Luxor, where our Blue Man Group tickets awaited.

We ate dinner at the food court and took some pre-show photos.

I lived in Boston in the late 90s when Blue Man Group advertised regularly on television. I never went but had built it up in my mind as something akin to Stomp. And it kind of was, the making rhythm noises with odd objects way. But it was also so much more.

Tons of weird funny things, very good at getting the audience on board, and a rollicking good time. I’m so glad I got to experience it. As the lights came up, and I was covered in streamers and blinking from the flashing lights, all I could say was, “Wow. That was a lot.”

Our hop-on hop-off bus and tickets to the Blue Man Group were thanks to our Go City passes. We probably would have done well with the 3- or 4-choice packages. They had a lot of good choices.

We ate at a restaurant in the Linq promenade. I was glad they let me order lunch (not always a sure thing during breakfast hours) although my croque monsieur was a so-so incarnation.

After breakfast, we took in the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (along with seven million other people).

They were quite impressive. I liked this portrait made of living things. Which you can’t see because camara self-portrait, not phone self-portrait, so you don’t know exactly what you are getting when you push the button.

From there, we took the monorail (monorail!) to its northern terminus, and walked south.

I liked the view of the linens ready for washing

We stopped at Circus Circus (but not for breakfast breakfast) and arrived a the right time to see this affable gent balance on ever taller ladders.

From there, we checked out the Wynn Botanical Gardens which were not as extensive as the Bellagio’s (and also empty, a plus).

That was it? Matt exclaimed, as we walked through.

From there, we headed for the cab stand for our next destination: Area 15.