Upcoming trips...

Vegas in September...Vegas in November....Los Angeles in October (for amys 50th) and the cruise in Feb with my dad.

Vegas X 2 +1 =3 2010!

Two Vegas trips down for the Summer, one big one to go. Of course we, or I, took the annual trip to Las Vegas this Fourth of July, and of course Tain was there to join, and he had his typical meltdown. Shawn and Angie also came, and when two people go to Vegas once a year, as opposed to four times a year, you tend to hit it pretty hard, which they did. It was hot hot hot, as it always is over the Fourth and the scenery and people watching did not disappoint. Couple that with a Brock Lesner fight and the atmosphere in Las Vegas was electric. Not only that, but with the introduction of the Coors Light 16 ounce aluminum bottles, they celebrated it with an actual snowboard kicker in front of Ceasars Palace, and an amazing fireworks show. I ended up winning $250 that night at Aria on the John Wayne nickel slots. Of course, we went to visit the opening of the main event of the WSOP which is always fun. Among the people we saw were Mike Matusaw, Eric Seidel, and Jesus. Not the calibur of people watching of years past, but not bad either. The cabana we rented on fourth of july was definitely a highlight, although the service of the pool cocktail waitress was not.

In August we went back for David and Jonathans 30th birthday, and this was a long ago planned and highly anticipated trip, that I got delayed in arriving because I swallowed something the wrong way at the airport. That part was not fun, but I was happy once we got to Vegas and I had a nice Coors Light with cousin Steven. There actually was a great turn out for this, and everyone had a great time. Me, David, and Michelle saw Criss Angel on Friday night, and Jonathan went and saw Terry Fator. We all met up at Bill's later that night and of course Ryan joined us as well. Saturday was the day of the party, and I spent most of it by the Go Pool, arranging the cabana for the following day. The Neopolitan suite was awesome, and even though we had some customer service issues, the party still turned out great. David and Jonathan had to endure a series of challenges and games, and they took it like good sports, and everyone got some good laughs out of it. Good laughs turned into a beer shotgunning contest, and we all worked up a good buzz before we headed to Pure. Ryan definitely came through for us, and we had our own private booth, complete with bottle of Belvedere. Aria was not so good to me this time, and we cabbed it back to the Flamingo, everyone good and hammered. David was so drunk, he didn't even eat! The next day, I went to check into the cabana, and the pool attendant was so incompetent, that we ended up going to the lagoon pool instead. That ended up being much better, we had many buckets of beer, had a great game of football toss, and Hayden LOVED the waterslides. Well dinner that night had a change in plans when Hayden bit her tongue and had to go to the emergency room. She gave everyone quite a scare and was crying so much. We were missing a few people at Gilley's including my mom, david, hayden, my dad, and Michelle. I ended up going missing when I swallowed something the wrong way AGAIN!! Yehuda was with me for most of the recovery process which seemed to take forever. When I was finally able to swallow again, the first thing I had was a beer. Shimshone and Joshua met me, Jonathan, and Melissa at Planet Hollywood. We played goldfish until the wee hours before heading back. Jonathan and I sat down at the Flamingo poker room for literally about ten minutes, and we each came up about $200, all won on about one hand. Good time to call it a night. We did the poker tournament the next morning, and the levels and blinds are so disproportionate, that I was out after playing two hands. Jonathan ended up chopping for $300 which was appropriate, because it was his birthday. I did some gambling with Yehuda before they all left, and it was just down to a few of us, and that night we all headed to Fremont Street with Ryan, and some of his new friends. The vue bar at Fitzies was fun, and of course we ended up at the Griffin, one of our new favorite spots in Vegas. I kind of had my first alone day in Vegas, and I went to the gym, did some gambling, and met up with Ryan for dinner at Paris. I was still hesitant to eat, but I had some things. I will say that I don't see myself eating chicken breast for a long time! I actually did go to bed at a reasonable time, but still overslept, missed my flight, and had to pay to change my flight. Miserable day of travel, but definitely fun weekend in Vegas that I am sure everyone will remember for a long time, for better or for worse!