Now Baron is always a sharp dressed man, but when you show up sharp dressed and carrying flowers, your sharpness increases exponentially! He had a red theme going, including the red convertible that he drove.  Baron noted that none of my previous posts had said anything about the cars, so that’s one thing that makes this date unique! 😉

We drove to the Aria on the Strip to see some of the City Center Fine Art collection.  City Center is a pretty great place to visit, and their exhibits are pretty sweet, too.

We started with the Dale Chihuly glass sculptures.  He’s the artist that did the glass sculptures on the ceiling of the Bellagio, his sculptures are pretty rad.

The primary exhibit that we visited was the Rodney Lough Jr. exhibit.  He does large scale landscape photography.  His pieces were pretty incredible.  Baron’s favorite was called “Un…Believable” and it shows a multi-colored sky over Montana, my favorite was called “Gorillas in the Mist” and shows a mysterious waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge.

After visiting the exhibits we walked under the monorail and I mentioned how I had never ridden it, so we rode it!  Good ol’ monorail, check that off my Vegas 100 list! 🙂

It was such a nice night so, we took a scenic drive down Las Vegas Blvd. and got a great view of the lights and buildings without the obstruction of a roof over us. If you’ve ever wondered, where’s a good place to drive in a convertible? The answer is clearly the Strip at night.  We stopped at the Welcome to Vegas sign, since it was on the way.  It’s nice to be tourists every now and again.  PS this photo was taken by the woman who I met on day 6 who owns the little monkey, how random! 😉

We finished off the night right by getting frozen custard at Nielsons Frozen Custard. It really was a great night to be out taking a mini-adventure on the Strip.  It was fun without being exhausting, and going on a Tuesday means much less traffic. 🙂

Some great things to know about Baron.  He is super friendly and social, I’m pretty sure he knew someone from every place we visited, and if he didn’t know them when we arrived, he did by the time we left.  He put effort into the date, dressing sharp, bringing flowers, etc., which is endearing. 🙂 He’s a gentleman, good to talk to and a good man.  Thanks for the fun date, Baron!

Available for the date to Rome: Yes