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Thursday May 24th

Fly in for work. Go out with co-worker, eat a great meal. Gamble for about 30 mins, but I am falling asleep at the slot machine. Head to bed around midnight.

Friday May 25th

Spend the day at the Las Vegas office. Buddies fly in tonight. Go get the rental car for the weekend – it’s a really cool mini van- around 5 pm. That’s right, a mini van for 6 guys! They boys don’t get into Vegas until 9pm so I head out to dinner with some co-workers at the Palms.

Random observation: Every female in Vegas –either native or visiting – have got the hugest breast. Even I noticed that.

Finish dinner around 8pm, head to the airport to pickup the boys but before I do that I have to stop by a liquor store and get a liter of Crown Royal and then to Wal-mart for cokes, cups, snacks, eye drops and Advil. Advil is very important for the weekend.

Get the boys and head for the hotel. The min van is huge and I am not used to driving it and such tight quarters. I tap another minivan and I can see the guy yelling at me in the rear view mirror. Stop the car and we all get out. Guy is all apologies now and says that everything is ok. Guess it was different when he thought it was a car full of Asians and really one Asian and a bunch of big white guys.

Stop by a sketchy gas station to get Red Bulls. Old bum yells at us about something. Check in and head out to go gamble in downtown Vegas. This is around 11pm. The boys are really drunk at this point. First and only stop is the California Club. We all play roulette with this betting scheme we found online. Lose $130 in 15 mins. That sobers everyone up real quick. They switch to blackjack and I go play video poker. I can hear them cheering when they do well. They continue to drink double crown and cokes. The yelling stops and I go and investigate. We’ve been kicked out of the California Club. They have asked us to leave. We have gambled at the California Club every year for the last 4 years and have lost countless dollars there. And this time we are too loud. Nice.

That leaves a bas taste in everyone’s mouth and we leave – but not before one guy throws up all over the bathroom. Head to the hotel and get to bed around 6 am in the morning. No one is really happy at this point-especially the two guys that have to sleep on the floor.

Saturday-Monday May 26th -28th

This is really all a blur from this point on.

Wake up around noon. Shower and get lunch at Sabarro’s. Go to the pool and hang out till 4pm. Get of a pool when I hear a dad tell us daughter to go ahead and pee in the pool. Walk the mall at Planet Hollywood –the Miracle Mile- and gamble till 7pm. We go eat the buffet in the hotel. We eat until we burst. I love dessert.

Head out for the night and end up at the Sahara. Gamble there for a bit, we play the roulette scheme here and it actually works. We are all happy. Then for some reason they close the table on us. Another night and another place we have gotten kicked out of?

We leave there and end up at a place called ‘Slots A Fun.” Dirtiest place ever but they have one dollar blackjack and two dollar roulette. It’s two in the morning by that time. We take over a table and we play roulette. I can only hang in there until 7 am. I go sleep in the minivan. In the end I won $70.

We get back to the hotel at 11am. Fall asleep – I got the floor this time- until 4pm. Get up, shower and head to the casino. We gamble a bit and I go up to the room to get the other guys to go eat. We head to the elevator and get on with the two most annoying girls ever.

We get stuck in the elevator.

For over an hour.

The girl is having a mild panic attack and keeps saying that she can’t breathe and all this stuff.- just goes crazy. We finally get out but not before they have to call LV Fire Department and EMTs to the scene. There are about 20 people who have been outside trying to get us out. Nice.

Go back to the buffet and decide to pack up and head out. We have to return the rental car Monday morning at 5am and our flight leaves at 7:30am. We are just going to stay out all night long. No ones to drink and everyone is really tired. We push on and go back to ‘Slots A Fun.’ Not so fun on the second night and everyone ends up losing. Cocktail waitress remembers us from the night before and laughs when we all ask for water and cokes.

Random observation – Our cocktail waitress was pretty old – I would say 40s. Can she really support herself just by being a waitress? Also the dealers get a lot better as you get a better casino because ‘Slots A Fun’ –some dealers had trouble counting.

Leave and heard toward the airport. Get there early and all fall asleep waiting. Fall asleep in the plane. I got nudged because I am snoring. Land and I am so glad to be home.
Get back and take a 5 hour nap. Wake up around 8pm. Catch the Stars Wars Legacy on the History Channel. Who knew that Naboo was the god of Wisdom for the Babylonians and that Amadila is then really the Queen of Wisdom cuz she is the Queen of Naboo? That George Lucas is one tricky guy. Head to bed around 10pm and I am out.


Overall a great trip. I only lost $100 dollars and came back with cash. It would be another year before I go back to Vegas, but I leave again in a week and a half for work.

Next year, take the stairs.

rtvu2, you guys sound like you had fun? What no strip clubs? Oh, and I like breasts as much as the next guy but those huge silicon things are a real turn off...well when I'm sober atleast.

Never have gone to Vegas. Never thought it was my scene but I shall live it through rtvu2!

It was a blast. I always have a great time.

No strip joints because a. I'm gay and only go for bachelor parties and b. all the guys think strip joints is paying to be teased with no reward. Better to go to a club and do it for free.

Vegas is great, it would be a totally different experenice with girlfriends. For the guys it all about drinking and gambling.

Also, when I get home I will post a picture of the chick that was stuck in the elevator with us.

Hmm, can't wait.

Did you get comped anything for being trapped in the elevator? And no steak and eggs at 4am? Last time I was there with friends 2/3 nights ended with steak and eggs

Is steak and eggs some Vegas slang I'm not familiar with? (since I'm not familiar with any)

MEL - no comps at all. I really can't believe that.

We did one early morning breakfest that was comped at the California Club, but by the time we got back to the hotel a couple of days it was nearer to noon.

Sounds like a blast Vu! We've often said this before to each other, but you and your group of friends sound totally like me and mine Sounds like you guys had the right mix of rowdiness, comraderie and endurance for a Vegas weekend!

Now of course I'm intrigued on your roulette method, as roulette and blackjack are my two games (me = big fan of gambling and boozing!).

Man, me and buddies have *got* to get out to Vegas ASAP! Can you believe that I've never been?

And yeah, post pics!

I'll e-mail you the scheme. It works pretty well.

And you have never been to Vegas? Really? Kid, you need to go and go crazy.

How old are you guys? It sounds like my friends and I used to be. And trust me it's not that we matured...we've just gotten old.

After 1am we all look very sleepy and want our wives. On occassion we can party but it seems when you get over 30 that 4am breakfast is just an insane idea.

1am at the tapas bar is as late as I can hang.

You actually had a chance to bitch slap someone and say "CALM DOWN! YOU'RE GETTING HYSTERICAL!" (I've always wanted to do that)

Aside from that, I'm glad you had a good time.

Jorge, we are all hitting our 30's but so far no one is married, serious girlfriends but no marraige.

Ram Boy, I wish I had thought of that.

Haha, what an adventure! You know, I've never been to Vegas, either. (I sort of figured it wouldn't be worth it until I was 21, y'know?) But it does sound like an exciting vacation.

Personally, at 20, I don't know how you guys do it. I'm always crapping out at around 2am when I go out to "party". Well, not always-always but more often than not.

Anyway, can't wait for pictures and things! Gotta live vicariously and all that jazz.

Sounds about right. I also have an 11 year old daughter at 31...it puts years on you. I shall live thru you rtvu2!

All the best moments happen at 4:00 AM! Or maybe everything is just funnier then. Actually, scratch that—maybe it’s the lack of sleep + the booze that makes things funnier then

You’re totally right though Vu, I’ve GOT to go! I’ll PM you my email address!

Now with pics! Click to see a bigger version.

3AM Breakfest


Wait, what's so funny?



Someone's passed out!





Who needs a nap?




Here is Shakria -the girl we got stuck in the elevator with. She was actually Rosie from Phoenix.

This is so me and my friends it isn't funny!

At least the annoying girl in the elevator was kind of cute. And most likely she will enter the 'in-joke lore' of your friends for many years to come, Vu!

Hah! If you only knew what steak and eggs meant...no wait yeah, steak and eggs actually are steak and eggs. like moo, moo, cluck, cluck. At 4amish though, they just seem to taste so much better.

Vu, no shopping? I usually go gamble for 10 minutes, feel bad about losing/wasting money, then go shopping to lose/waste money more effectively

some shopping MEL, but nothing really caught my eye this time. If there was a toy store or collectiable store then all my money would have been in there...