Las Vegas: Minus5

The whole reason for our entire trip was to celebrate my husband's 30th birthday. He had been to Vegas once before when he turned 21 and was really excited to come back. Well, one thing I had found while doing my research was this super cool bar called Minus5. There are a couple different locations including the one we went to at Mandalay Bay, plus one more at the Venetian. I think there's also one at Monte Carlo, but it's closed right now. There's also one in Orlando, Florida and one in New York City. My husband and I love the cold. Hot weather is not quite our favorite thing so we were jumping at the chance to sit in a room filled with ice while we were hanging out in the desert. We visited during an “off time” (about 5pm on a Sunday) so we were actually the only 2 people in the room. To some, this could be seen as a negative because technically, this is a bar and some people enjoy more of a party atmosphere. However, for the two of us, we were perfectly content sipping on our drinks in our ice glasses, hanging out, being able to talk, just the two of us! It was so much fun! We were able to walk around and see ALL of the amazing ice sculptures without anyone sitting or standing in the way. We stayed about an hour. It is a little on the pricey side, but we were able to get a discounted price by buying our tickets through tix4tonight.

The one downside is that they have you put all of your personal items in a locker, including your cell phone and/or camera so you can't take any pictures while you're in the bar. At first, that really bummed us out! So we asked the bartender about it and he told us they would take pictures for us that we could buy. That was totally fine with us so he went to go get someone to take our picture. The woman came in and took about 5 different pictures of us. And since we were the only 2 people in there, we were able to pick anywhere we wanted to take our picture! Then, when we were ready to leave, we chose our 3 favorites and bought them. They printed them out for us and also sent us an e-mail with the pictures so we could have a digital copy as well. I believe the cost for our 3 pictures was $40.

We had so much fun at Minus5 and I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind the cold. My sister and brother-in-law also visited a month after we did and they also had fun.