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| - Great Little Bar Tucked Away Inside the Luxor Pyramid in Vegas
SITREP
"Aurora", the "Goddess of the Dawn", so aptly named since on one occasion, I think it actually was almost dawn when we left after late night Karaoke activities ending at 3am.
THE SETUP
We actually cabbed back to the Luxor after Bazil's, but still a bit too wired to go to sleep and this place was still open. Wait. Let me rephrase that. It's ALWAYS open. Jesus - 24 HRS! [This is SOOOO not Sacramento.] ;)
WHY I LOVE VEGAS
That's the remarkable thing about Vegas I still have to get to used is that most bars don't close - they are open 24 hours! That's actually the thing I hate about bars in Sacramento, and even San Francisco & Seattle (my favorite Cities) - the bar security will go around and grab your drink at, what (checks his watch) 2am or even 1:40am and take the $10 drink you ordered that is still half full (because I am a sipper who likes to savor my martini or cocktail) - or forces you to down the top shelf goodness like it was some cheap shot.
TRIANGULATION
Located across from the lobby's front desk, Aurora can be that first distracting stop (as it was with me) before you get back to your room (and often a couple hour detour).
MY DRINK
Anyways, this was a fantastic chill spot. As far as drinks go, I'm basic with a Rum & Coke, and it was great to see that this drink is cheap - commensurately speaking - when compared to other cocktails here as anywhere.
LUXOR-DECOR
Nice to watch people doing the table top games nearby, but just as interesting is the lighting-effects inside the bar on the ceiling. And though the name-antecedent originates back to "The Dawn", in this instance, this bar's use of the name "Aurora", more specifically references those aforementioned lighting effects reminiscent of the Aurora Borealis or "Northern lights".
THE LOWDOWN
Aurora has a great chill Vegas vibe, and if you don't really want to be in the Casino areas, Aurora had for me a fun environment [Where I could enjoy my drink and have fun flirting with a group of ladies from the Czech Republic, whose biological clocks were still on Czech time, and so they were "up" already.] ;)
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