Miffy just got back from Peru and gave me a llama and a cold. Or is he an alpaca? He has soft baby fur and feet not shown in this pic. Miffy hiked Machu Picchu with 6 guests and 14 people to carry their stuff and cook. Ever looking for good luck, baby alpaca is it for this trip. First up, having to go into work for half a day before getting on a plane to paradise. Miffy and Bruxo’s childhood friend Ahoo are joining us Friday where they and Bruxo will go to Dokken while I go ham with slots relax in the room. Last time we were all together was last year at this time in Munich for Oktoberfest. Ahoo is always a trip, missing flights, getting rolled by a hooker, passing out at weird locations, barfing in public. It should be interesting. We’re staying at Flamingo, the only place I could get two rooms. My host teased me with an “executive suite” then I found out it was just a paltry GO room. Then he changed to Cosmo Suite which is an old school room but I like the space. I’ve got a lot of ground to cover, having just bought a new iPhone 16 (from 14), Apple Watch 10 (from 4) and wanting to take home this Vinfast electric car deal ($200 a month lease). I figure I’ll have to win 48 handpays and I’m good. Update on Roland: he completed three full weeks of in treatment detox which included group therapy 3-4 times a day. I saw him yesterday and he was back to being old Roland, witty, happy. But he says he’s done. You can’t unwind a lifetime of addiction in three weeks so I worry for a relapse.
I brought 8lbs of limes into the office. When I texted that to my mother I noticed I could click on “8lbs” and conversion to the metric system was done for me. 3.6 kilos! Cool! Limes were gone in an hour. Who knew so many people used limes. I have hundreds on my tree. On my way to work, 5 miles, I counted the stoplights. 19. It took me 17 minutes. It reminded me of being on road trips when I was a kid, pre-technology, counting types of cars or playing car bingo. Some day, time won’t matter.
If you’re like me you throw away bag tag receipts. This is because tracking is done in their app. I waited patiently for my bags at the carousel while simultaneously placing bets for the Giants. Bag #2 never came off. This is my kitchen bag so I wasn’t that worried. Went over to lost bags and attendant said wait here and ran off. She said she was trying to grab the flight to get the bag off the plane before it departed again. After 20 min with the last not returning, I went back to the counter after reviewing the bag tracker on SW. You can see my two bags are on two different flights. Then I asked Siri where was flight xx going and luckily it was Las Vegas, arriving an hour later. So they took my info for a lost bag. They asked “Anything you can point specific items in the bag to prove it’s yours?” Ha you mean aside from my bag tag that has my name on it? I replied, “eggs, bacon”. She laughed. “We’ll send the bag to your hotel, or you can pick it up at the airport and we’ll give you $150 SW voucher.” I looked at the time, 45 minutes for that flight to land. Enough time for a drink at Layover Bar. Hello voucher! Cheers Southwest. I LUV you.
First sports bet in awhile that I’ve won. Thanks SW again for delaying me and making me place random bets. Kitchen bag popped off first at the next flight, as expected. Delay of 2 hours but it’s ok, I’m off tomorrow!
Tried to sweet talk front desk into giving me the Fab Exec suite but no dice. Double door entry leads to.. The Cosmo suite features classic furniture and smells, but it’s roomy and view is terrific. It also boasts a bonus half bathroom. Refrigerator, coffee maker. I’m ok with it but it’s certainly not the Cosmo suite most of us think of.
Yes thankfully. Drinks were $25 each. My friend that stayed in my Cosmo room last week hadn’t been to Vegas in ages. When she treated her family of 7 to Peter Luger she couldn’t believe the prices of drinks. At least with 8 drink tickets between me and Bruxo we save there or allow us to be neighborly like when I bought a drink for border patrol guy last night. I don’t remember if I posted this from my trip to NC recently but there’s a grocery store that has a bar in it, drink while you shop. I offered to buy a round of drinks, 3 beers and a wine. $12.81. Yes it was happy hour but these prices were already happy hour prices. Lowes is the name of it, not to be consumed with Lowe’s the hardware store but they are brothers. Drink prices are out of control. Little champagne bottles are $26.99. Anywhere else they wouldn’t be more than $12. Vegas used to be cheap like Mexico 3 for $10 and get a free shot. Now the best you can do is 3 for $12 at Oceans One but you’re in a mall. I guess it’s the sign of the times.
I picked up a crappy mai tai at one of the Paris casino bars the last time we were in town… came in a teeny plastic cup, for $27 plus tip. After the CAD exchange, it was about a $35 cocktail. Takes a lot to give me sticker shock, but… that got me.
Breakfast; leftover garbage pail nachos from Guy Fieri, misdirected eggs and cheese on an English muffin, Nescafé Gold espresso instant. Picking up a car to meet up with a new property manager. We decided to rent our condo as of November. In case anyone is interested! Then to pick up Miffy from the airport. He wants to go to Double Down Saloon.
Swung my condo to pick up rekeyed mail key and get a new prop management. Heidi Kasama was the referral and her coworker met with us. She loved the place and said we could rent it $500-600 more than we were. Great. With that $$ it’ll take 8 years to pay off the renovation. She said Sony and Warner are coming to the area so prices should go way up. Yeah that’s what they say about the LA Olympics. The reason I mentioned Heidi is because I saw her name on a billboard on the way back. She’s an assemblywoman in Nevada! If you’ve been to the Shang noodle before you prepped for an hour plus wait in a tiny little space with beautiful knife cut or hand pulled noodles It’s since expanded to a beautiful new space Next door and their food is still awesome. Bruxo paid because the entire time we ate I was on the phone with Amazon seller support trying to get a shipment out of hock. Note slurping is encouraged but you could ruin your shirt. Went Bellagio in time to see the maxev glow of getting first place in his round. Or was it the specialty drink with Picked up a couple of drinks and some swag, a scarp, glowy ring and legos.
In the way back got a text from Ahoo: “May be 7pm. I’m driving and Traffic sucks already” I’ve known this guy for decades and he’s never been on time for anything, including my wedding when he got lost. Miffy just landed so he’s in for sure but he likes to drink on planes so hope he’s not a mess.
