Yesterday was my first full day off in a while where I didn’t do any work all day. Angela and I decided to take advantage of it and go do some of the things we’ve meaning to try around Las Vegas.

The first thing we did was check out a Polish Deli we had heard about. This place was so legit, it didn’t even need a name other than “Polish Deli” so we knew it was going to be good. They had all kinds of delicious stuff there, but we decided to just get two different types of ham, Polish and Black Forest. We tried the Polish ham as soon as we left and it was delicious. Unfortunately, the heat inside our car from the rest of our running around spoiled the rest of the meat before we could try it so we have to go back later this year and get some more.

After the Polish Deli we took our knives down to a local sharpening business to get them all sharpened. They have been dull for a while now and I promised Angela we’d get that taken care of so I found a place on Yelp that had good reviews and we took them in. This place was super interesting because it is actually located in the same store front as a dog groomer so when we dropped the knives off we got to see some cute dogs. Angela is picking up the knives today, so hopefully it is easier to cut things.

At this point we were both starting to get a little hungry so we checked out the local Baja Fresh and had some delicious (and relatively cheap and healthy) Mexican food. Angela had the shrimp fajitas and said they were really good. I got the Burrito Ultimo with chicken (sub sour cream with guacamole) and it was delicious as it always is. If we’re going to eat fast food, Baja Fresh is pretty much the only place we do it at because their ingredients are fresh and delicious and they don’t seem to use a ton of grease or oil in their cooking.

Post fill-up, we decided we wanted to go the farmer’s market located just a few miles from where we ate. Unfortunately, the farmer’s market didn’t begin until 4 PM and it was only 1:15 PM so we had some time to kill. We decided to go bowling at the Suncoast Hotel & Casino. I started off wonderfully with 4 gutter balls in a row (I’m a terrible bowler) and easily lost two of the three games we played. Fortunately, both Angela and I got better as we went along and ended up breaking 100 in the last game. In the spirit of honesty, I have to admit that breaking 100 meant 108 for me and 143 for Angela – she absolutely smoked me.

Bowling didn’t actually take too long so we still had some time to kill. We hit up the bank to grab some cash for the farmer’s market and then chilled at a Starbucks close to it – I had an iced passion tea and Angela had a passion tea lemonade. Those are pretty much our go to drinks at this point any time we’re at Starbucks (the last few times I’ve got coffee there it just hasn’t been great so I tend to stay away from it now).

When we finally made it to the farmer’s market, I was surprised by how few vendors there were. I was expecting 30 to 40, but I think there were closer to 15 (including a shaved ice truck parked in the parking lot). I wasn’t really interested in much at the market, but Angela ended up getting some fresh fruit which she said was pretty delicious. The thing I noticed the most was the fresh strawberries we bought were amazingly fragrant. You could literally smell the freshness (and the one I ate was pretty darn delicious, too).

To wrap the day off we decided to check out one of Las Vegas’s crazy little attractions, the Zombie Apocalypse Store. It was pretty neat, with a wide variety of knicky-knack paraphernalia and actual survival gear. There wasn’t a ton of stuff of immediate interest to us, but Angela did get a coffee mug and, because I checked in on Facebook while in store, we got a free postcard. The inside of the store also hosted a lawn service company or something like that. Definitely an interesting combination in my mind. If and when we start to shoot at a range, we may go pick up some zombie silhouette targets from the shop.

It was a fun day, and it was cool to knock so many things off our 101 list in one day. I had a blast and look forward to many more off days just like this one.