Here’s to Vegas 2013 and in my first week of holiday here I have already visited the highest bar in Vegas at the Palms Casino.  From dinner at the hotel’s Italian restaurant, Nove, I took a peak at ghostbar located on the 55th floor of the Palm’s Ivory Tower.  From what I remember after red wine and a touch of vertigo, the view from the  open-air lounge area, a concrete platform suspended from the building, was spectacular.   The vertigo wasn’t helped by a section of glass set into the floor which left no illusion as to how far away the ground was.

The Palms ghost bar

A favourite spot to sit and people-watch is the Moderna bar at Aria.  While quietly enjoying a cocktail, a couple of women, who were unknown to us and from their accent may have been Spanish, asked my husband and I if they could have their photo taken with us.  When we asked why they wanted a photo with complete strangers, they replied that they thought we appeared in a TV show – mistaken identity is as close to fame as I’ll ever get!

Stella McCartney dress with flounced skirt

Maybe it was the new black and white Diane von Furstenberg dress I was wearing that gave an illusion of celebrity.  I bought it, well because I liked it, but also because it reflected some of the elements of Stella McCartney’s previous fall collection (pictured here).  I like the flounced skirt which kicks out and moves as you walk and the blocked colours, cleverly woven to accentuate the silhouette.