Over the weekend, we sent Mollygood editor Cord Jefferson to Las Vegas for the opening of The Palazzo, the new hotel and casino from The Sands Corp., which also operates The Venetian. Cord pulled down levers, sheets, and a few stories to tell as part of his stay. And while he already shared some of his trip on our celebrity site, he sent this extra goodness in just for us.

On the final day of press happenings at the Palazzo Resort and Casino's opening weekend, reporters from around the country were invited to tour the Canyon Ranch SpaClub, the Palazzo's offshoot of the wellness brand made famous by intoxicated celebrities. I was tired and am largely uninterested in wellness, but I felt obligated to attend the tour because it was one of the few events I could make (and because earlier someone had sent the concierge to my room with an aromatherapy kit).

Our guide, a smallish woman, tremendously nice in the way that people employed by casinos are, waited patiently as journos – many of whom appeared to share my lack of interest in health – trickled into the facility, which requires its own floor of the hotel in order to contain its reported 134,000 square feet. I introduced myself to a woman standing next to me who was from Los Angeles and whose name I forgot; she appeared to lack interest in me. When the tour started, I moved away from her toward the rear of the group.

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