Vegas Debrief
Dad is doing well - they removed the sedation last night, and he has stirred, so that’s all encouraging.
Vegas, as always, was a blast. We pulled down our booth on Wednesday afternoon in Salt Lake and headed out to the airport. I bought an extra suitcase to help transport things, so we were up to 3 bags to be checked now. The lady at SLC airport was a bitch and made us pay $25 because our bags were too heavy. Whatever, I blame Mum’s stupid dolls. :p
The flight to Vegas was short, there was a really unpleasant woman in front of Callun who complained every time he moved. In the end, they moved her to another seat. We didn’t care, in fact, we laughed about it. Karma wasn’t kind to us getting our bags though, and we ended up a little late for Folies Bergere at the Tropicana.
Eventually we got to our “upgraded” room … (I use the quotes around “upgraded” because the rooms we booked are actually undergoing refurbishment, so there wasn’t a lot of choice for them, really :teehee:) which was on the 20th floor, with a view overlooking the strip. If it wasn’t for the smoky smell, it would’ve been perfect.
I hit the hay relatively early, but Woo pushed on for a while and checked out the scene at the Trop’.
Thursday we had to play some poker, and played at stakes that were a little too high to be comfortable. The “No Limit” tables I play at online have a $25 buy-in, so the most you’ll get called for is usually $25. This table had a buy-in from anywhere from $50 - $400, so if you bet $10, people would have no problems calling a bet that size. It’s all relative. Anyway, a few wins, a few more losses, and the “gambling” component of Vegas was complete.
We had lunch at Aladdin’s buffet … the best buffet in Vegas imo. Shrimp beyond counting, and other fine foods made it a very pleasant, but ridiculously plentiful lunch. (this was a one meal day, no other food was required all day). We saw a ventriloquist at the Rio, and I booked tickets to Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood’s live show, from “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” later that evening. We also had tickets to see La Femme at MGM grand at 10:30pm, so the evening was pretty full-up. By about 1am, I hit the cafe for their steak and eggs special, and went to bed a little sloshed, and very content. Woo walked to the fountains at the Bellagio, but missed them by mere minutes. At least he got to talk to a hooker on the way about the vegas lifestyle.
Coming up next … Los Angeles, the city of Angels.