Another Weekend at the Lodge, April in Paris dinner and Dancing with the Stars; MVP.

April 7-8th 2018
Verona, NY

Mark and I have totally taken advantage of the Prestige Card holder Mark has become. (This is an honor only awarded to BIG casino players, and could be seen as PROBLEMATIC...maybe.)
At any rate....we have been enjoying the benefits over the last several weeks, and took another weekend to ENJOY the rewards. This time, we had a few changes in our plans.
We still stayed at the Lodge. Which is AMAZING!!!! I got another massage at Skana,also AMAZING we enjoyed the pool and hot tub, of course we did some gambling...but we also enjoyed a show and had a dinner from Mark's hostess (Natalie) themed April in Paris.

The views from our balcony of the hotel room. We were on the 4th floor doors down from the Presidential suite. (Maybe we would see one of the performers of tonight's shows.)

Still a little cold her in Central NY,,,,,is spring ever going to arrive?

After my massage and spa time, I met up with Mark and we had a late lunch. We skipped the buffet and had burgers and fries....with chocolate milk shakes. YUMMY

Some more gambling and a nap.(yes I needed one.)

Before long it was time for dinner.
April in Paris.....

 Dinner was scrumptious.....

 Good music...

and of course pictures set next to the Eiffel Tower.

I had gotten my new camera on Friday, still working the how to get the kinks out of using it. Somehow I had put the setting on auto and ended up with several pictures in one click. This went on the whole evening, by the time we got home on Sunday and I review the pictures I had taken over 650 shots. Several were of the exact same thing over and over. (I have since re-set the setting and can take one shot at a time.) These pictures were taken by the events photographer. She was probably thinking...what is wrong with this camera? Sadly the lighting is low and I wish the picture came out better. Should have just had her use my phone.I'm still trying to decide which one gives the best shot, for now I guess I will have three choices. My Cannon big boy, my Cannon little shot (I nicknamed him Freddy) or the camera in my phone. Oh well. Still nice.  

Mark had picked up the tickets while I napped and we went straight from dinner to the 8pm show.
I hadn't even been all that excited about the show.....BUT WOW WOW WOW!!!!
If you have ever watched Dancing with the Stars, then you may recognize the three hosts of this show. I have not been a follower of Dancing with the Stars so I was not sure who was whom, but apparently these guys and one gal are pretty popular.

Maks, Val and Peta. (Here is the link to the PROMO clip.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbm_L2wJ8vA

We had great seats for the show....
As the show started out, I simply used my phone. The pictures looked great in my little viewing box, but now after looking over the ones from the actual camera, I am totally glad I have not decided to simply rely on my phone for pictures moving forwards. Sure its handy, and there are not 1000 settings and buttons to use, but I certainly do not like the pictures as much. Bet you can tell which are which.....

The show had a story line, so it was not just random dancing. It was Confidential after all, so the trio shared their personal stories. 

Mark reminded me of our own "dancing with the stars" moment. Well not really...there were no stars, just several left feet. He and I took a ballroom dance class several years back. NOPE....not even close to the dancing we were witnessing right here. Thank you Mark for at least humoring me and taking the class. I'm not Peta and your no Maks....But we can pretend right?

They did a little number with baby strollers. (Peta and Maks have a 1yr old son.)

Peta  told her story of ballet and reconstructive surgery of her ankle as well as her fear of never returning to dance. She instead found she had no pain in her foot when she wore the heals needed for the tango, ballroom dance became were calling. 

She won competitions and traveled around the world participating in a show called. Burn the Floor. (Which Mark and I saw on our last Cruise.) She met Maks......

...and fell in love.

Val had a different story to tell. He did not verbalize it, but he showed it through the dance. There was conflict in what he wanted to do. Music, dance, writing.....(Perhaps he still does all.)

They all thanked there following and success. (below) Peta pokes fun at an audience member who has yelled out several times his profound love for her,,,,Maks makes a joke about how he is standing right there!

They do a bachelor and bachelorette PARTY...and it gets wild.

They found an audience member to come up and enjoy....

Then the wedding.....

Happily ever after.....

Apparently Maks sings too...(He needs to stick with dancing,)

A series from my 650 shots...I think they look awesome, but I needed to have some control of what I was taking a picture of. While watching the show I simply just let the camera take the shots. It was taking like 10-15 shots at a time depending on how hard I pressed the button. In this series it looks pretty cool.

Then they say the goodbyes and thank you's.....

They invited us all up to dance with them. This was when using my phone would have been the best shots....but my phone decided to inconveniently UPDATE....WTH!!! So taking quick shots up close with my camera on over dive shot did not turn out as well as I would have liked.

Anyways...the SHOW WAS INCREDIBLE!!! I was impressed and what a wonderful day. We ended it back in our amazing room at the lodge with a dream catcher at the end of our turned down bed. Awe....sleep was welcomed.

On Sunday morning I made it up in time to use the facility gym....

 And after I had the pool and whirlpool all to myself....(views from my lounge chair.)

Another wonderful weekend.......now back to reality. Two more classes, a paper to write, some work to do.....a house to clean,,, some more work...some packing....some camera perfecting  and my next adventure awaits..... A girls ROAD TRIP to Orlando Florida to visit Micky Mouse!!!!!! I can't wait!!!! TTFN!