Tom was in Vegas all last week for a their annual sales conference - the big meeting to kick off the new year. Things went very well for him and he was very excited about all the things that are coming up this year.
I flew out on Friday afternoon to join him for the weekend when the conference was over. We went to see Phantom Friday night. When Tom bought the tickets (as a surprise for me) he asked
the lady where the best place to sit was. She told him, "Row M, that's the best place for this one big special effect". So yes, we were RIGHT UNDER the chandelier when it fell. It was a really spectacular effect. I was impressed with the way they coordinated everything as far as backdrops, stage props, etc. It's amazing to me how creative it all was and well it worked to draw the audience in.
I will say, sadly, that the live musical was not as good as the movie, IMHO. Maybe it's just because I fell in love with the movie without ever having seen the musical. Emmy Rossum just has a sweetness in her voice and character that really makes her Christine for me. The woman playing Christine in the live performance had a very strong voice. Kind of took something away from the character. And besides, who could ever beat Gerard Butler at being the phantom?
We went to see "Defiance" (movie) on Saturday afternoon. It's the Daniel Craig film about the Jewish people who hid out in the woods for years during WWII. It's based on a true story. I enjoyed the movie, thought it was well done. Tom said he was expecting it more to be an action flick than a drama so he didn't like it as much.
Saturday night we went to see the O show (Cirque du Soleil). It was very impressive. People were diving from the rafters of the stage (about 100 feet up) into the water, there was fire dancing, trapeze work, you name it. It was quite a spectacle. And of course the musician in me homed right in on the live singers in the wings. One of the singers had an absolutely beautiful voice. Wish I could have found out who it was so I could see if she had cut any albums.
After the O show we decided we wanted to go for ice cream. We punched Cold Stone into the GPS and arrived at our destination a few minutes later. Unfortunately, it was also a few minutes late, as they had closed about 10 minutes before we arrived. Undiscouraged, we typed "ice cream" into the GPS and found there was another place very closeby, only about 0.2 miles away. We turned left, we turned right, we turned left...and found ourselves in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Huh? Tom joked, "What if this is just a guy who drives an ice cream truck?" We made the last turn left...into a cul de sac, and there in the driveway of one of the homes was, yep, an ice cream truck. I laughed so hard it brought me to tears. At that point we gave up and headed back to the hotel (Red Rock) and just ordered room service. Not Coldstone, but it sufficed.
We packed it up and headed home Sunday. It was a great weekend, nice to get away.
One of the very nice things Tom learned during his sales conference in Las Vegas is that we will be going to Cabo San Lucas in April along with several other people from the company. Eight days, seven nights. While this winter has been relatively mild, I do still look forward to spending some relaxing time in the sunshine.
the lady where the best place to sit was. She told him, "Row M, that's the best place for this one big special effect". So yes, we were RIGHT UNDER the chandelier when it fell. It was a really spectacular effect. I was impressed with the way they coordinated everything as far as backdrops, stage props, etc. It's amazing to me how creative it all was and well it worked to draw the audience in. 
We went to see "Defiance" (movie) on Saturday afternoon. It's the Daniel Craig film about the Jewish people who hid out in the woods for years during WWII. It's based on a true story. I enjoyed the movie, thought it was well done. Tom said he was expecting it more to be an action flick than a drama so he didn't like it as much.
