our "un-thanksgiving, un-norman rockwell" thanksgiving

striphouse restaurant in planet hollywood
right now fdq is recovering from our holiday trip to las vegas so you know it was fun. i spent the days at the mandalay spa getting a massage and body scrub/body wrap while the boys watched the cowboys play on thanksgiving day and slept friday. thanksgiving night we had dinner at the striphouse restaurant at planet hollywood which was the former aladdin casino.

photo of aladdin casino from someone's website

planet hollywood now
i don't think i've ever been to aladdin casino before but ph looks pretty spectacular now.

afterwards we went to the palms to check out the playboy club and moon. the playboy club was pretty swanky with lots of cool playboy memorabilia. unfortch, moon was not open so after some time at the playboy club we went to ghost bar.

mix restaraunt at mandalay bay
we had dinner friday night at the mix restaurant. the decor is very sleek and modern. our food was really tasty too.

view from and inside tao at venetian
after dinner we went to the mix club which wasn't rocking much so we went to tao at the venetian. i had a fabu time there last year for my bachelorette party. for a friday after thanksgiving night, tao was suprisingly crowded but not crushingly so.
so although we had an "un-thanksgiving, un-norman rockwell" thanksgiving (thanks to lh's dead-on description), there were still many thanksgiving elements. we ate great food and, more importantly, spent time with loved ones (thanks for joining us, rr!). we are thankful for our health, happiness and life. and we are certainly thankful for being able to have memorable experiences like this.