The Internet is For Porn

This past weekend I went to Vegas for what is the fourth or fifth time this year.
Yet this trip had a larger purpose than just getting me the hell out of my house for the weekend. I was actually getting my birthday present from my friend David. And yes, he is a very nice friend for doing this for me. Oddly the trip to Vegas wasn't the actual gift. The actual gift was 2 tickets to see "Avenue Q" at the Wynn.
For those unaware of it's brilliance, Ave Q is a Broadway musical that is essentially Sesame Street for adults. The main characters are mostly puppets, much like Burt, Ernie, and Cookie Monster. The show won a Tony for best new musical and after seeing it, I understood why. The songs are fun and very much in the vein of the Sesame Street songs, but the lyrics include lines like "it sucks to be me", "everyone's a little bit racist" and yes, "the internet is for porn". But at the same time there are some very touching songs such as "There's a Fine Fine Line" (between love and waste of time) and "I Wish I Could Go Back to College" - something I've thought about on many an occasion. The actors were brilliant and managed to make the puppets seem like real people. Plus, it was hysterically funny.
The rest of the weekend was spent doing pretty much nothing - and that worked for me. Saw the new Narnia movie - and yes Virginia, there is a Jesus-like lion in the movie.
Other than Avenue Q, the other highlight of the weekend was a very snazzy meal at a restaurant at the Four Seasons. How snazzy? They will give you a napkin to match - black if you're wearing dark colors, white if you're wearing lighter colors. Instead of bread, they served freshly baked foccacia on heated stones. And we must have had five waiters. The food wasn't bad either - they served one of the best Caesar salads I have ever had, and the scallops with garlic butter that I ordered were remarkable. The coolest thing they did was the dessert; we ordered something called the American Pie Sampler and it was four mini pies with accompanying sauces (Strawberry-Rhubarb pie with strawberry coulis, apple and almond pie with creme anglese, cinnamon pumpkin pie with cinnamon cream, and lemon meringue with mango coulis) - it was delicious and beautiful at the same time.
Of course the flight back was a disaster, we waited almost 40 minutes on the security line and then the flight was delayed for another 30. But all in all, one of the better birthday presents I've gotten in a while.