This report covers June 6, 2000, Day 2 of our Las Vegas/Henderson trip report.
Don't be surprised to see the length of the daily reports gradually dwindle, as I think many of our house-related activities over the next 10 days or so are going to be rather mundane. For instance, I don't think there's much to be learned from going overboard about stocking a home with non-perishables, etc. No, you will NOT find me reporting on the revolutions-per-minute of our ceiling fans or the capacity of our dishwasher. You can beg all you want, but the answer is NO!!
This day was a good example. One of our primary activities was to identify some necessary items for the house. Telephone service will be activated this week, so we shopped for a phone. Cox Cable will install cable-TV for only as many TVs as we have in the house, so we shopped for a TV. Then we looked at some office furniture, and so on and so forth.
After a nice lunch at Sweet Tomatoes, the soup-and-salad buffet restaurant I've described in previous reports, we dropped by our home to see how preparations were going for the June 7 walk-through.
Then it was up to Anthem Center, where we attended a seminar presented by a local financial-planning company. I found the speakers very simplistic and patronizing in both presentation and content, and it was almost side-splitting to watch an executive from Palm Mortuary evade answering direct questions about the average cost of cremation. He started out as a distinguished-looking figure at the front of the room, but ultimately came across as a sleaze.
After the seminar, Rosalyn, who now does two-hour workouts several times a week, got acquainted with the exercise equipment. They have quite a variety of professional equipment, such as treadmills, free weights, bicycles, steppers, etc. As with most modern gyms, there are several TV sets whose audio channels can be tuned on patrons' own headset radios. The gym also sponsors a number of instructor-led classes in swimming, aerobics, tae-bo, etc., at a cost of $2.00 per session.
Time for dinner. Our April trip report described an enjoyable visit to Sushi on Rainbow, an all-you-can eat sushi restaurant. While we're staying on the east side, we couldn't resist the chance to try a companion restaurant, Sushi on Tropicana, located near Eastern on you-know-what street.
You can order from a menu at Sushi on Tropicana, but its signature product is the same as its two sister restaurants: All the sushi and related offerings you can eat, $19.95 for lunch, $22.95 for dinner. This restaurant is larger than Sushi on Rainbow, with room for about 25 diners at the rectangular counter, as well as a generous dining room.
We took our time, spending 90 minutes devouring seaweed salad, every type of sushi you can imagine, various tempuras, etc., etc., and it was all fantastic. If you ever visit one of the Sushi Ons, don't miss the spider roll, a memorable dish built around soft-shell crab.
That's how Day 2 ended. Click on the following link to see a few related photos.
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--Best wishes from David in Las Vegas/Henderson
