Happy Friday everyone!

I am writing this to you from somewhere over the middle of America. I’m flying from New York to Las Vegas right now. But this has been a heck of a morning. I woke up at 1:30 AM Seattle time to make it to Newark, New Jersey for an early flight out. Only United over booked the flight to say the least. They bumped 100 people from the flight, and you had to go up to board the plane and then find out of your ticket made a bad noise “beep” or a good noise “beep” then you were shuttled to wait in a line to find out when you could be rebooked (tomorrow).

Well, I got a bad noise beep, and then was told to stand at the end of a 75 person line to fins out when I could be booked on a nother flight in the next couple of days and that customer service could not help. Joyful, huh? Thanks United.

Thank goodness for my husband who I called all panicking and tearful (I can be a bit of a baby) at 5 AM and who booked me another flight. In another state. SO I hightailed it back to JFK airport in New York and very calmly and normally got on an easy Delta flight to Las Vegas. A looooong morning, but I never thought I would be so excited to get squashed into a window seat at the back of the plane- I am just happy to be on it and moving towards my sweetheart for a little R&R.

My friends love to make fun of me for how much I like Vegas, but I always think, What’s not to like?! They have great hotels (we always stay at the Wynn because we are old and it’s nice and quiet) great spa treatments, the most delicious restaurants, and the BEST people watching. Not to mention that I like to play black jack. And while I try hard not to go near the sun, my Greek husband loves to soak it up while I hide in the shade of a cabana. So it’s a great escape every now and then. We are taking Gianni this weekend (our 26 year old Greek Cousin houseguest) so that he can get a true taste of Americana! What should we take him to do?

Ok, I will report back Monday, or feel free to follow along on instagram! In the mean time I will leave you with this incredibly simple but delicious salad. A little unconventional I suppose, but still great. I love the crunch from all of the ingredients and the mix of sweet and sour. It also holds up to time and heat really well because of how resilient the broccoli is, so it is great for summer gatherings or for keeping a healthy snack in the fridge.