GREGRIO
VIP Whale
Well......not much of a TR here, I'd rather talk about the Shows
and I've put a few thoughts up in Shows/Entertainment.
Short trip, weather was partly cloudy with temps in the mid 90's.
There were a couple neat LIGHTNING shows out my RIO windows
Sunday and Monday and gaming at the RIO was the PITS!
I usually play over at the PALMS, but their computers went down
Monday and half the casino was on the blink...LITERALLY...lots and lots
of blinking lights on top of most of the machines. I walked back over on Tuesday but they hadn't been able to fix the problem yet and it was
spreading to the other side of the casino.....I played GOLD COAST and
RIO for the five days and didn't do very well at either. Sometimes it's THEIR
turn, sometime it's MY turn...this was a THEIR TURN, BIG TIME, TRIP.
......but it's always a good time, I saw my shows, visited with friends, ate, took naps...a totally relaxing/fun trip.
I met another Show-Junkie for dinner from LVA on Sunday at 6ix at N9ine over at the PALMS.
'Jimbucc' and his wife Cathy were going to be at the PALMS Monday.
We found each other......which is always a challenge when you only have and 'avatar' to go by, but Cathy spoke up first....."I know you..." and I knew
I had also made the right choice.
You see.................I'd been 'stocking' them past a few rows of VP Machines.
I'd seen Jim's (little) 'avatar' on his bio page, but to recognize him in person was just a guess......I thought I'd seen several Jims' before I found the real one, then Cathy spoke up, and we 'yacked' it up for quite a while.
I was off to WYNN and they were off to WIN, so we said our good-byes and headed out to vanquish Vegas.
I ran into them again the next day as they were coming out of
the Ronn Lucus Show over at RIO.......they HAD been winning and I was
still loosing.
As a matter of fact, I had my first experience with a Las Vegas ATM Machine this trip........I've never needed one before.
I was running low of Bankroll and hit up the ATM for cash..........didn't work, said I didn't have any money...I had entered $1,000.00
I learned I had to choose one of the pre-selected amounts on the screen rather than put in my own amount. I also learned, my Bank had set it up so that I could only withdraw the amount once a day. One of the folks form behind the cage had to come out and help me figure the damn thing out and explained it was to protect me from someone ripping me off if my card was stolen.......dumbshit, all I had to do was READ! dah.......
Before she explained that however, I tried to use my VISA card...WRONG!
The ATM service charge to get MY MONEY out was four bucks...I didn't have a problem with that, but to pull a thousand dollars using my VISA...the service charge was $54.00...DO YOU APROVE THIS CHARGE?
...I found the CANCEL button all by my self!
Turned out, I hit 4-ACES, 4-KINGS, and 4-4's on Double Bonus and never needed even the first withdrawl. So much for gaming...it sucked this trip.
Two real good dinners...N9ine in the PALMS and VooDoo Cafe up-top of RIO.
I went to Penn & Teller again, We Will Rock You again, KA` again, and took one of my local friends to Barry Manilow over at the LVHilton.
...Oh, and had lunch, by the pools, at WYNN. I've been over there twice now, and the only thing I can think of that's worth 'my time' over there is his Chili in the Cafe...it's great. It come in a small size 'crock' with melted cheese on top, large tender chunks of serloin and tomatoes and a side-car of sour cream. Someday, I'm sure I'll see LeReve. Reviews are getting a bit better
but I'm not ready yet.
Next trip Oct.2nd
and I've put a few thoughts up in Shows/Entertainment.
Short trip, weather was partly cloudy with temps in the mid 90's.
There were a couple neat LIGHTNING shows out my RIO windows
Sunday and Monday and gaming at the RIO was the PITS!
I usually play over at the PALMS, but their computers went down
Monday and half the casino was on the blink...LITERALLY...lots and lots
of blinking lights on top of most of the machines. I walked back over on Tuesday but they hadn't been able to fix the problem yet and it was
spreading to the other side of the casino.....I played GOLD COAST and
RIO for the five days and didn't do very well at either. Sometimes it's THEIR
turn, sometime it's MY turn...this was a THEIR TURN, BIG TIME, TRIP.
......but it's always a good time, I saw my shows, visited with friends, ate, took naps...a totally relaxing/fun trip.
I met another Show-Junkie for dinner from LVA on Sunday at 6ix at N9ine over at the PALMS.
'Jimbucc' and his wife Cathy were going to be at the PALMS Monday.
We found each other......which is always a challenge when you only have and 'avatar' to go by, but Cathy spoke up first....."I know you..." and I knew
I had also made the right choice.
You see.................I'd been 'stocking' them past a few rows of VP Machines.
I'd seen Jim's (little) 'avatar' on his bio page, but to recognize him in person was just a guess......I thought I'd seen several Jims' before I found the real one, then Cathy spoke up, and we 'yacked' it up for quite a while.
I was off to WYNN and they were off to WIN, so we said our good-byes and headed out to vanquish Vegas.
I ran into them again the next day as they were coming out of
the Ronn Lucus Show over at RIO.......they HAD been winning and I was
still loosing.
As a matter of fact, I had my first experience with a Las Vegas ATM Machine this trip........I've never needed one before.
I was running low of Bankroll and hit up the ATM for cash..........didn't work, said I didn't have any money...I had entered $1,000.00
I learned I had to choose one of the pre-selected amounts on the screen rather than put in my own amount. I also learned, my Bank had set it up so that I could only withdraw the amount once a day. One of the folks form behind the cage had to come out and help me figure the damn thing out and explained it was to protect me from someone ripping me off if my card was stolen.......dumbshit, all I had to do was READ! dah.......
Before she explained that however, I tried to use my VISA card...WRONG!
The ATM service charge to get MY MONEY out was four bucks...I didn't have a problem with that, but to pull a thousand dollars using my VISA...the service charge was $54.00...DO YOU APROVE THIS CHARGE?
...I found the CANCEL button all by my self!
Turned out, I hit 4-ACES, 4-KINGS, and 4-4's on Double Bonus and never needed even the first withdrawl. So much for gaming...it sucked this trip.
Two real good dinners...N9ine in the PALMS and VooDoo Cafe up-top of RIO.
I went to Penn & Teller again, We Will Rock You again, KA` again, and took one of my local friends to Barry Manilow over at the LVHilton.
...Oh, and had lunch, by the pools, at WYNN. I've been over there twice now, and the only thing I can think of that's worth 'my time' over there is his Chili in the Cafe...it's great. It come in a small size 'crock' with melted cheese on top, large tender chunks of serloin and tomatoes and a side-car of sour cream. Someday, I'm sure I'll see LeReve. Reviews are getting a bit better
but I'm not ready yet.
Next trip Oct.2nd
