Kodidog’s Adventures

  Kodidog’s Tales of Dames With Canes Kodi has a friend who was born in Holland, but has lived in Canada for a great deal of her adult life.  They see each other about twice a year, and in July 2022 they got together for Toos’ fabulous Bhami, an Indonesian dish that she cooks beautifully. Both of them were musing about their upcoming birthdays 🥳 in September.  Kodi would be 74 and Toos 78.  Oh where did those years go…. 🙃 ? Toos was feeling restless, as her health hadn’t been good, and she’d not been out of the house much since the beginning of 2022.  The first time she had gone shopping with her granddaughter, and then to a restaurant for lunch afterwards, she’d caught Covid. Life seemed pretty grim to her.   Kodi said “ I don’t know how much more traveling you will be doing, but while you can..think about seeing Las Vegas. It’s a great place to celebrate your birthday.  You should try to do that some year. “ Toos looked up from her coffee and said.  “ Okay, let’s do it.”

When traveling to Vegas with Tom, Kodi was used to having two meals a day. They would often have a coffee/juice at a machine first thing, and then have brunch later, or a snack at lunchtime and then an early buffet dinner.  Toos  however, had to eat more often to keep her blood sugar from crashing, so Kodi for the most part, ate when she did. She had read about Della’s Kitchen in the tips she’d been given about staying at the Mandalay hotels. ( One casino serves both hotels…and the Four Seasons as well). It offered that newish concept of “Farm to Table”, and was open for breakfast and early lunch.    They were up very early, still on East Coast time.  There was only a small line , and with two hostesses seating people, they were looking at their menus 5 minutes after arriving.  Today, they met lovely LIZ, who would become their favourite server and actually favourite employee during the trip.  The restaurant was a hive of activity, with most tables were full, and speed and efficiency w

The third morning that they arrived at Della’s, they were greeted by name by the hostess, and led to one of Liz’s tables.  They’d lounged in the room for a while so it was busy already, and did have to wait for a few minutes, but as always, she brightened their day immediately.  Yes, they ordered the same shared breakfast again, and Kodi asked if she might have some honey for her coffee ( but she sneaked some of it onto her toast). Liz said she was the second person to suggest honey in coffee, and she was going to try it herself. As they walked away into the casino, Toos admitted that this gambling thing wasn’t going like she’d hoped it would, and she just might have dipped into her food envelope the day before.  Kodi had hoped her friend would have some birthday luck in Vegas, but there was still lots of time for her to get a jackpot, right?  She also suggested cashing out her tickets if she doubled her $20 keeping it for the next machine she played.  Toos said she’d try that.  And sh

The front desk at Delano was busy, but the line was moving along not too badly.   Kodi was looking for ‘her’ gal that had checked her in, but she wasn’t there, even though she said she’d be working that morning.   Oh well, she figured any of the clerks would be able to help her. She had a paper bill printed, and thanked the gentleman …and then when the fellow began to turn away said “Excuse me, I’d also like to check into Mandalay Bay.   She told him about her preference for location, and about needing a medical fridge.   He said there was a room ready for her, with everything she asked for…..for an extra $50 early check in fee. It was 11:15 . Official check in time was 4:00 but he said some rooms might be available at 2:00 p.m. for no extra charge.   Kodi found it so annoying that , when a room was cleaned and ready for occupancy, that they did this now, especially since she was a current guest.   Since the room was very close to the elevators, she asked if he could possibly put a hol