At long last, here's the whole Vegas adventure. After a longer-than-usual drive, we arrived at our hotel around 8-ish. We didn't want to waste any time, so we cleaned up a little bit and headed down to the Crown & Anchor (which I'm sure you've heard me mention before) to toss back a few pints.
The next day, we slept in, then picked up Melissa and her new baby, Damien. We all had a late lunch at this great Mexican restaurant, then shopped the rest of the afternoon.
You know the shopping in Vegas is great when the malls look like this:
After shopping for several hours, we decided to hit up the Cheesecake Factory. We didn't really want dinner. Just cheesecake. I opted for the lemon raspberry cream cheesecake. Yeah, it's every bit as good as it sounds.
The original intention was to go back to the hotel for a little nap and then hit up some clubs Saturday night. I don't think Ryan and Caleb realised just how tired shopping can make you, and we ended up sleeping all night. This is a shot out the window of our hotel room on the 30th floor.
We woke up Sunday morning and went down to the pool for a few hours. So nice and relaxing.
After swimming all morning, we got pretty hungry, so we decided to walk down the Strip in search of food. Here are a few exterior shots of our hotel and Caesar's Palace.
While shopping in the mall, we went into a children's store. Ryan and Caleb fit right in.
Sunday night, we went to the Blue Man Group performance. I'd seen it back when I lived in Vegas, but it was still every bit as amazing as I remember. This is a shot of some random hot chicks with one of the Blue Men. Those guys are SO COOL!
After Blue Man Group, we went to eat at this place called the Rum Jungle, which is a really exclusive restaurant at Mandalay Bay. After that, we met my friend Jason and Caleb's friend Will and headed to the new club at the Wynn Casino called La Bete, which is even more exclusive than the Rum Jungle. It was one of the coolest clubs I've ever been to. Ryan, Caleb, and Will left around 1, but Jason and I stayed until 2. Jason had to work the next day, so he left, and I went up to the casino to gamble for a bit. It was the first time I'd gambled in a really long time, and, thanks to the numbers Paul and Trish told me to bet on, I won $225 on roulette. I figured I'd quit while I was ahead, and went back to our hotel, but I still wasn't tired, so, at 3 AM, I walked down the Strip to another club called Krave, which was still kickin'. I danced for a couple hours, and then headed back to the room. While walking through the hotel, I decided to throw a few bucks in a slot machine, and ended up winning another $90. It was definitely a lucky weekend.
Sunday, we checked out, and then had a late lunch with Melissa, Andy, Nicole, and Jim, then headed back to Utah. It was another longer-than-usual drive, so it was pretty late when we got back. I think next weekend, I'm going to lay low and recuperate.
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How is Melissa doing these days? Glad to see that you guys had a great weekend. Reading about how you where the last one out partying made me think back to the days in Japan when I would have to walk myself back to the dorms because everyone had given up hours earlier.
That is so cool! I knew it would work for you!
Trish
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