Tag Archives: sushi

The Tao of a Night Out

All I wanted to do in Vegas was lay by the pool, eat good food and party like a rockstar.

Last night, we ate good food and partied like rockstars.

DSCF7322.JPG

When trying to pick a location for dinner, we both wanted to go somewhere we couldn’t go in NYC. But most of the great Vegas restaurants are also in NYC. We’d heard a lot about the Vegas Tao, so we decided to give it a try, even though we’ve both been to its NYC counterpart.

DSCF7313.JPG

And we love any excuse to get dressed up.

DSCF7314.JPG

When our server told us about his picks on the menu, he mentioned a lobster wonton. Lobster (along with avocado, duck and scallops) is one of the things that I really can’t say no to on a menu. Ashley said my eyes lit up when he said the word “lobster.” This lobster wonton was made with mushrooms in a shiitake ginger broth, and it was amazing.

DSCF7315.JPG

Our reservation was at 10, but we didn’t sit until close to 11, so when we sat down, we were ravenous and needed two appetizers.

DSCF7316.JPG

We split three rolls–the Tao Angry Dragon roll with eel, a spicy lobster roll with caviar, and the chef’s roll.

DSCF7317.JPG

And each had a piece of tuna.

DSCF7325.JPG

We’d picked up a fistful of passes to clubs from a random near-toothless dude on the street, but we ended up just walking up the stairs to the Tao nightclub to continue our evening.

DSCF7327.JPG DSCF7332.JPG

We made friends.

DSCF7328.JPG

With bottle service.

DSCF7330.JPG

And each other. (Not that half-naked waitress, though.)

DSCF7334.JPG DSCF7335.JPG

Ashley is smarter than me. She brought flats for when her feet would inevitably start to hurt.

DSCF7336.JPG

After a long, much-needed night of sleep, it was nearly lunchtime by the time we were ready to roll. We went to Red, White and Blue, and I had a turkey burger–because I saw the avocado on it.

The Day I Had a Full Film Crew at My Apartment

The other day, I got an e-mail from Heather. She had been invited to film a video and had to pass and thought I might be interested. Since I’m down for anything that might be a good story, I decided to go for it.

When I got home from work, there were three camera people, two representatives from a PR firm and one other person waiting in my lobby. I had been running a minute or two behind, so my doorman had called.

“Hi, Theodora? It’s Doug, the doorman at your building. There’s…um…a film crew? Here, waiting for you.”

“Okay, I’ll be there in two minutes.”

I escorted the whole crew (literally) up to my apartment, where they took over.

Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what this is for until the video comes out this summer, but they did say I can post photos from the shoot.

DSCF7158.JPG

DSCF7163.jpg

Getting mic-ed up.

DSC_0335.JPG

DSC_0338.JPG

DSC_0339.JPG

Oh hey. Just a cameraman in my shower. No biggie.

DSC_0340.JPG

DSC_0341.JPG

DSC_0342.JPG

Yes, I felt as awkward as I looked here for part of the shoot. I’m not super-shy, but I’m also not naturally a performer, so it took a little bit of getting used to a camera and all those lights on me and a CREW OF PEOPLE filming me.

DSC_0343.JPG

I’ve had some really cool opportunities through blogging, but this one takes the cake.

Since this a food and fitness blog, and not a Theodora-does-cool-stuff blog, you might want to know what I ate today.

DSCF7156.JPG

A banana/sunflower butter sandwich on an everything bagel thin.

DSCF7157.JPG

Some roasted vegetables, a chicken pattie and brown rice. Yeah, my night was more interesting than my day 😉

After the crew left, I ordered and then inhaled some sushi. Time to get to sleep so I can get to D.C. tomorrow!

Disclosure: I received a gift card and free product in exchange for filming this video. The awkward smiles are all mine, though.