We are in Chicko about an hour and a half north of Sacramento in mid northern California. No better place for lunch than a dive burger joint, and we found Big Als, greasy cheap and delish
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Yet another ye olde town, this time in Folsom that was about half an hours drive out of Sacramento. We found the Fat Rabbit pub for lunch (totally chosen on name), but the food was pretty good. 
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We stumbled upon Rubicon Brewing who was having a birthday celebration with $2.75 pints and great food. We helped celebrate with a range of their tasty brews 
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Sacramento has a great car museum filled with a great collection of classic cars. One of the highlights was a bus built by its owner theming it on a space age caddy. 
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Most US cities have a Ye Olde Town and Sacramento is no different, its historic district is fronted by the river and has blocks of beautiful old buildings that have been transformed into bars, cafe and other tourist related shops. 
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Las Vegas has changed a lot since last visit, the fashion seems to be build laneways and side strips filled with bars and cafes. All the celeb chefs are in on the action with names like Gordon F@$%^’n Ramsay and Bobby Flay having multiple venues. Booze can be bought 24/7 and there is no restrictions where you can drink it other than no glass outdoors. 
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Last night while browsing the web I noticed the Donald was coming to town so I quickly registered for free tickets to watch the circus. The event took place at magnificent and huge ball room in the Venician resort with what I would estimate 3000 people and many dogs. He didn’t dissapoint he put on a entertaining 50 minute show contradicting, twisting the truth and milking the crowd at every move. He was fantastic… and so were the crazy redneck crowd who cheered at every slogan and mad promise. Highlight of the trip so far. 
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Like the last three visits to Vegas we had to go to the Beatles Cirque du Soleil show at the Mirage. The show has had a bit of a refresh for its 10th anniversary bringing in lots of new technology and special effects but still set to the amazing Beatles Love album produced by the late Sir George Martin and his son. This is a must for anyone coming to Vegas who like the Beatles. 
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This place is not only massive it is over the top in opulence with stores from the worlds luxury brands like Dior, Gucci, Hermes and Louis Vuitton to incredible restaurants from the biggest name chefs and of course miles of gaming. They have a wonderful garden themed for the autumn harvest with pumpkins and some pretty cute bears and squirrels. Our room is massive with a huge bathroom full of marble, 2 king size beds, 50″ tv and a lounge with a spectacular view over the fountain and Paris’s Eifel Tower. 
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As we are leaving for Vegas early on Saturday we booked a hotel at near LAX airport so we can have an easy getaway. Got a great deal at the Crowne Plaza and it was pretty flash, we got given a suite that even had chocky’s on the pillow when we came back to our room. But the best bit was the complimentary lounge, tip the nice old waiter well for the first beers and you never have less than half a bottle without the next one lined up.. Then when closing time comes he rounds up a few takeaways for us to enjoy back in our room, what a champion, He was a dead ringer for Benny Hill’s Mexican waiter character, even his manerisms, he was a fun guy and blessed his tips with a cross before he stuffed them into his pocket. We finished the night with a tasty pizza and a few pints. 
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I think the great wall on the southern border is all built, well at least at Tijuana. We crossed the border for a fun day, its really just like San Diego with crooked footpaths, faster traffic and a lot less bums. San Diego has plenty and there are what could only be called ghettos heading out of the city. Although we say 20 cent tacos and 75 cent beers on our walk through the city centre, we settled for a upstairs nightclub that had dollar coronas and tasty tacos. We positioned our selves on the balcony and watched the fun down below for the afternoon we had $12 of food between us over the afternoon and the bill came to $36 so we made the most of our $1 coronas. As we were back to the other side – a huge long crazy maze of a walk, the US border security laughed at us as they read our passports and said you guys smell of beer.. Yes We Do SIR! It was then a about 25 mins back to San Diego giving us a bit of time to refresh before hitting Beer and Co for their happy hour(s) at 10PM. 
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Where better than the Tipsy Crow in San Diego’s historic gaslight quarter to enjoy a ‘few’ (few = lot) pints of craft beers and a very tasty truffle mac and cheese served in a sour dough roll. It ended up a pretty long lunch and the tab was-well to say the least pretty impressive, the tip alone was bigger than most lunches. now back to the hotel for free happy hour! 
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