For Labor Day, a big group of us went down to Vegas to relax, have fun, and just get away for a while. We left Friday morning and made it to Vegas late in the afternoon. In my truck was Nick, Ryan, and me. We stayed at Treasure Island. In the other vehicle was John, Ryan, Mikey, and Floyd. They stayed at New York New York. We were also joined by Jeff, Kirkland, Kevin, and Sean. Despite being a few blocks away from each other, we spent the greater part of the weekend together.
After checking in, we all went to dinner at the Brew Pub in the Monte Carlo. Good food, and great beer! We had some pizza left over, which, for some reason, Ryan took back to their room at NYNY, where he stuffed it in a drawer. It was known for the rest of the weekend as the "drawer pizza."
After dinner, we headed back to NYNY, and to a pub inside the casino called Nine Fine Irishmen.
My good friend Melissa and her sister Christina came and met us. I hadn't seen Melissa since March, and it was good to give her a big hug again.
They even had a great little band performing traditional Irish folk music. The little Asian lady in the middle was dancing around all night long. She was so amazing.
On Saturday and Sunday, we spent the mornings at the pool and the afternoons shopping. It was definitely my idea of the perfect vacation. Plus, my room was 80 bucks a night less than they originally quoted. I took that as God's permission to buy a few things.
Saturday night, we all went to sushi and were joined by my friends Jim and Nicole, who I hadn't seen in over a year. Their son, Owen is getting so big, and Nicole is getting ready to have another baby any day now. I don't get to see them often, but it's great to hear their perspectives on different issues. I love how their minds work.
Sunday night, Ryan, Kevin, Nick, and I went to see Zumanity, the Cirque du Soleil show at the NYNY. The only other Cirque show I've seen is Mystere, which was spectacular. Zumanity is designed to be more erotic, and it was, but it lacked the acrobatics of Mystere. However, there was plenty of humour and it was definitely worth seeing.
After the show, I dragged everyone to the Crown & Anchor, my favourite bar in Vegas. It's off the Strip, so it took a little prompting to get everyone there. I think I played it up too much because it didn't seem like everyone else enjoyed it as much as I did. Regardless, I was just happy to be there.
Ryan was pretty tanked, and liked to demonstrate his lack of certain physical limits.
Everyone else left pretty early, but my friend Jason, with whom I used to work at Gap, showed up, and we stuck around until 3 AM catching up on old times.
Unfortunately, we had to leave Monday morning. It was a really fun and relaxing trip, and I'm hoping to make it down again before I leave for Italy. I posted the highlights, but if you want to see the entire photo stream, go here. There are probably a few pictures in there that deserve explanations, but I'll let everyone's minds wander and think the worst. It's more fun that way. Especially when the best quotes of the weekend were, "Nut sac licking for everyone!" and "Oragami--It's like scrapbooking, but Asian." I love my friends, God bless 'em.
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