Vegas Trip Diary October 2023

Fall is such a great time to visit Las Vegas, weather-wise. Temperature highs were in the mid-80s and at night it dropped to high-70s. It felt so much better than our summer trip!

Traffic wise, Fall is not such a great time to visit for the next 10 years because of the Formula 1 races that are taking place in mid-November for the next 10 years. When we visited in May of this year, traffic was already a mess due to road construction. When we visited in October, traffic continued to be a mess because they started to build out all the grandstands and other infrastructure related to the race. We stayed in Downtown and had a car, but we were highly selective when we went to the Strip.

Here's some of things we did/ate:

Pink Box Donuts, located at the Plaza in Downtown is such a vibe. They are open long hours (24 hours on a Saturday!) and offer the cutest donut creations, ever! We got the more traditional donuts, like chocolate sprinkles. We'll be more adventurous on our next trip.

If you are a fan of the Netflix series "Stranger Things", then the Stranger Things store is a must-visit for you. Located on the Strip, right across of Park MGM, it offers tons of themed merchandise and photo ops. You can take a picture in Joyce's living room, ride a bike through Hawkins and even pose with the various demons.

Paradox Museum
Located mid-Strip, right across from Park MGM, the Paradox Museum is an illusion museum. It offers a plethora of "illusion" displays. What do you see? A vase or two faces? Or . . . stare at the black and white lines long enough and they will start to undulate . . . stuff like that. They also have a bunch of picture friendly illusions you can pose in to baffle your friends and family . . . how are you so small in this picture . . . how are you walking on the wall?

We enjoyed our visit. I think I would want to go back again and re-take some of the photos to get the right angles and to also come up with some new things you can do in certain pictures. Here's a small sampling of the pictures we took.

We ate breakfast at Craft Kitchen Cafe and Bakery, located at the Fremont Food Hall. Go early or else you'll be waiting in a line.

I don't normally eat loco mocos but decided to try theirs. I guess it was ok? Pretty good? Like I said, I normally don't eat loco mocos. LOL.

Strawberry kouing amann. Yummy!

Chocolate shake from Bobby's Burger at Paris.

We became fans of Bobby Flay after watching the "Beat Bobby Flay" series. (Honestly, he should NOT have won the chicken adobe challenge!) We got a chicken burger, hamburger, fries, onion rings and a shake. The food was really good, but it was about $60!!!!! Hideously expensive for a take out place!

Sandbox VR at Planet Hollywood
I never thought I'd be into virtual reality games, but they are really a ton of fun! The first one we did was Avenger's Experience at the VOID, which is now closed in Las Vegas. We also Fall Out at Zero Latency located at MGM Grand. This trip, we played The Curse of Davy Jones at Sandbox VR located at the Miracle Miles Shops at Planet Hollywood (there is also another location at the Venetian Grand Canal Shops, which probably took the space of VOID.

As usual, the oldest kid got the highest score.

As usual, Mom (me, aka Crazy Lady) got the lowest score! I get the lowest score at the Buzz Lightyear ride at Disneyland too! Sigh.

That's it for now! As usual, thank you for reading! Check out my other posts from this trip:

• Bellagio Conservatory Fall 2023
• Hoover Dam