by External Poster » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:16 pm
This posting is from: Vickie Stone
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Exposure at the mall an issue? Gee I hope not. I could not ever imagine
a more live and let live place the Las Vegas. My wife I got lost from
one of our groups one night, and decided to have dinner at Wolfgang
Pucks in the mall. We were well received not only by staff (I am sure
every staff everywhere in Vegas is taught to treat all CU$TOMER$ well..
whatever their personal views may be) but by other diners, with whom we
chatted, by customers in other stores, and most of all by all the people
who tried to help me when I could not find my car at the Fashion Show
Mall. Every other shopper who attempted to help appeared friendly and
helpful and the fact that I was a crossdressed male seemed to phase
NO-ONE I encountered. We went to the Elton John Concert at Ceasars, and
to some other shows at Bally's again not one single problem with anyone.
We chatted people up at the Elton conference. People from everywhere. No
one was disrespectful at all.
Like I say, I expect good treatment from those receiving my greenbacks.
But I did not know what to expect expect from the guys attending the NAB
conference, or the Security Industry Conference, or the country western
fans coming in for the ACM or people in the CVS or the Supermarket.
Everyone was either nice and respectful, or simply oblivious.
As a New Yorker who is overly picky about food, my impression of
Carmines FOOD was that it was typical for Las Vegas, not gourmet, but
certainly not bad. I think if you eat Italian Food in NYC or San
Francisco, Philly or Chicago, you are going to be hard to please. But
for that matter I never thought PF Chang's was any good either, but had
fun there anyway. The PF Changs, the Bahama Breeze in Vegas are chain
restaurants and the ones in my home town are identical. Ruth Chris is a
chain too, but that place is really top flight (and priced accordingly).
The Prices at Carmines... people forgot that each dish was described as
being able to feed 2 to 4 people, so by that standard, the Carmines meal
was one of the lowest priced meals I had in Vegas. We were at an
al-la-carte table. Our server was terrific by the way. When all was said
and done for 8 people our bill came to about 295.00. We decided to round
it out to $40 each and gave the server $320. So she got a little extra tip.
I can't eat lunch in New York for $40. Also if you had a meal and an
appetizer at Bahama Breeze you would have spent at least $40. So I don't
see how Carmines was overpriced.
Do it again? I like the idea of trying different places each year, and I
think we should continue in the vein going forward. If you do the same
thing each year it gets to the point where the events aren't all that
memorable.
By the way..isn't that guitar player in Bahama Breeze just great.
Sincerely
Vickie Stone
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