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Food

high tea @ Petrossian Bar (in the Bellagio); 2-5 (7 days a week)

"I highly recommend Mon Ami Gabi. I really like the setting (especially if you get a table with a view of the Bellagio's fountains across the street - excellent people watching, too) and the food is great. The service is the most warm, friendly and professional I've ever experienced in Vegas. It's definitely not the typical snotty pseudo-French waiters here."

- from Chowhound's Southwest Message Board

"If dining at Mon Ami Gabi may I suggest you get the Hanger steak with the Maitre D Butter sauce. Hanger is a cut you can't get very easily, so if you have never had it try it. And the fries are very good as well."

- from Chowhound's Southwest Message Board

Buffets: Tie between Bellagio and Paris BUT if you go and pay at Paris before 5:30PM you get dinner at the lunch price. Free shows: Tie between Rio's Sky show and Venetian San Marks Plaza show.

Best Western Tuscany on Flamingo has surf-n-turf for $7.95 from 1pm to 11 pm

Commander's Palace @ Aladdin

Miscellaneous

Some hotels will check you in at the aiport--for example, those affiliated with Park Place Entertainment (Ballys, Caesers, Paris, etc.) If so, DO THIS. They don't check bags there, but it's better than checking in at hotel.

2nd city @ Flamingo; 733-3333

While on the strip, depend on the bus rather than the trolley for transportation. The 301 goes from one end of the strip to the other. The fare is $2 per person.

shark reef @ mandalay bay

lions @ mgm

tigers @ mirage

gift shows?

Exploring the International Market. This vast warehouse, a secret to most visitors, stocks thousands of different foods from around the world. Gooey Japanese fruit candies in neon wrappers share space with tarragon soda pop from the Middle East and purple yam ice cream from the Philippines. Open Monday through Friday from 8am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm. 5000 Decatur Blvd. tel. 702/889-2888.

Best Bookstore: While both Waldenbooks in the Fashion Show Mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd S. (tel. 702/733-1049), and Virgin Megastore at Caesars, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S. (tel. 702/696-7100), are easily accessed from the Strip, Dead Poet's Bookstore, 3874 W. Sahara Ave. (tel. 702/227-4070), has a huge selection of used books for adults and children, and is the perfect place to fill up on literature at a discount.

Best Weird Science: Take a deep breath at the oxygen bars located in New York-New York, 3790 Las Vegas Blvd. S. (tel. 800/693-6763 or 702/740-6969, http://www.nynyhotelcasino.com/), and MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S. (tel. 800/929-1111 or 702/891-7777, http://www.mgmgrand.com/). Almost pure oxygen is mixed with aromatherapy scents like watermelon and lemongrass, which allegedly can help improve your mood and help your focus. It's a little wacky, but fun, for the whole family to sit in a row wearing neon nose plugs, inhaling deeply.

- excerpted from How to Feel Like a Las Vegas Family