Random Musings: Hipfest V: The Birthday Celebrations!!!

Leaving Downtown and heading to The Strip, we check out of The D.

We were going to have breakfast at Magnolia's at Four Queens, but I had earned a $40 dining credit at Jerry's Nugget, so I said we had to use it! We get there around 12:30, although the place wasn't crowded, we had to wait for a few minutes.

We had $40 to use (plus I had some earned comps), so Kip started off with a margarita (since it's 5 o'clock somewhere). . .

We also got a plate of onion rings and I got an open-face turkey sandwich (Kip got huevos rancheros, not pictured).

Onion rings!

Turkey sandwich!

Onion rings, margarita, orange juice, huevos rancheros, and the turkey sandwich came to 34.92. I read a post on the Five Hundy By Midnight Facebook group about someone who added a cinnamon roll to their order since they had extra comps, so we did the same. We got two, so our final total was 39.92! Pretty good maximization of the comp!

I'm not sure if this picture truly represents how large the cinnamon roll was!

We decided to play a bit since we were there (of course). We tried a $20 in 25c NSUD and lost. Tried one more, hit a dirty royal (with three deuces) and called it quits at even.

We didn't go for it. . .

So I was supposed to go to Total Wine when I got to town, but due to my delayed arrival, I didn't. I was pretty busy Downtown, so since we were heading to Wynn, Kip said we should to Total Wine. I told her it was past Wynn, but she didn't realize how far past. No matter, we weren't in a hurry, although we did tell my friend Jill that we were going to the Loco Hour at El Segundo Sol.

3:15 PM at Total Wine, 4:00 PM back to Wynn, 4:22 PM in room, then 5:00 PM we're across the street at El Segundo Sol. Some chips, some margaritas, and a lot of conversation, it was good catching up with Jill, since I can't remember that last time we saw each other.

Chips!

We're all here!

Margarita!

Since I did a status match at Wynn last year, I had Platinum status, which entitled me to a $150 dinner credit. I booked Sinatra for us at 8:00 PM. We had a few hours to wander around the casino before heading to dinner. We looked for the restaurant in Wynn, but didn't realize that it was in Encore. Then we missed the turn for Encore and walked down where the Plaza Shops were. We asked a security guard and he pointed us in the right direction. We were about ten minutes late for our reservation.

I had asked for outdoor seating, which would have been nice, but there was an event going on outside, so we sat inside. They had these small chairs for purses (and possibly a monkey, if one happened to have one). . .

Missed out on monkey seating!

Kip said since it was my birthday, we should splurge (even though tomorrow we'd have $300 in dining credit for her birthday). We reviewed the drink list, she got the La Fleur, I got the "Piggy Back" Old Fashioned.

The specialties!

La Fleur!

"Piggy Back" Old Fashioned!

They served bread, which was pretty good. Kip got the Beet Salad and Capesante (no photo) and I got the Veal Parmesana with a side of spaghetti. If I had seen how large the veal was, I would have passed on the spaghetti. Since it was my birthday (month), they gave us a complimentary Panna Cotta and gave me a nice card.