JenniferM
Guest
Otherwise known as our honeymoon.. 
Highlights:
* Great flight from Minneapolis on Monday 22, actually arrived early. Hubby's virgin trip to Vegas. Went straight from the plane to the restroom where he encountered a man throwing up in the urinal next to him...hehehe
* Tried the $20 trick, plus the honeymoon speech, got upgraded to jacuzzi suite at the Luxor.
* Record highs the days we were there, spent at least 2 hours at the pool each day...coming out of Wisconsin, that heat felt dam* good!!
* Hubby liked the Hoover dam tour, I however, didn't think it was that dam great.
* Saw a European man in a Backless speedo, YES, Backless...my retinas are still burning from that.
* No midget hookers, but did see a midget playing blackjack at Mandalay Bay.
* Made it down to see Big Elvis, a 90 year old lady if she was a day old, was up and shaking her chest at some other older men during an air guitar contest, THEN she grabs the old guy in the butt...Big Elvis was laughing so hard he had to stop singing for a minute
* The Flamingo frowns upon actually getting into the fountain to take pictures close to the fake flamingos...who'da thunk it?
* Margaritaville souvenir shop made smoke come out of my credit card...
* Top of the World restaurant...great view, great service...I've had better food. Hubby loved it.
* Kokomo's...always the best food, service, ambience, you name it...love that place
* Il Fornaio at NY NY, skip it...bad service, bad food, but great people watching so we still had a good time (We have a great time no matter where we are...)
* Fat Tuesday's at Aladdin, lotsa free tasting, then the mix of the Hurricane and the 91 Octane, deadly combo which led to the Flamingo fountain fiasco...
hehehe
* Met a wonderful group of Australians that were playing Roulette...one of the games I wanted to try this trip...not only gave me pointers on the game, but were on a streak, I won over $500 in 2 hours on my $20 that I changed. WOO HOO!!!
* Very strange things come out of my mouth when winning (for me) large sums of cash while watching a little marble go around a wheel...
* Blackjack tables...one time saw a $5 min table at Luxor, early afternoon, never again...so we played for hours at a $10 table and managed to win/lose enough to keep playing for 4 hours...considering we had never played in a casino before...great table to be at.
* Pyramid cafe waiters don't bat an eye when one orders a cheese pizza and hashbrowns and a shrimp cocktail at 3:15am.
* Hubby thought he would be the only one in loud Hawaiian shirts...not the case at all.
* Shadow Bar at Caesar's...interesting...drinks very strong, didn't pay much more than at a normal bar at home...group of guys at the end of the bar bought 2 rounds of drinks for all the women in the bar...that was nice.
* Cab drivers...some good some bad...got longhauled once, didn't say anything...too tired to walk or argue...had one driver out of his car and the driver behind us out of his car and they were fighting....again...interesting...
* Warned hubby against carrying a bunch of cash, next thing you know we are leaving Shadow Bar at 1am, I am drunk to the point of blindness at this point, feet hurt so bad and can't walk anymore ...and he opens his wallet laughing and says hey, look, it's all gone...
* Hubby didn't want to go on this trip...couldn't understand the attraction to this city...yesterday he tells me to cancel the cruise in Feb as the money that will cost us, we could go to Vegas 3 times!!
* One rather disturbing thing I noticed...the porn slappers are now putting their little cards into our open shopping bags. I was LIVID!!! Didn't notice it until we got home and were unpacking the M&M world bag with my 6 and 8 year old...couldn't wait to see what mommy brought them...and holy cow, there was a card in 3 of 5 bags. To me, that is no different than touching us, they violated my property. Ok, enough soapbox...it did seem like there were A LOT less of those people than when I was there 2 years ago.
* Realizing at 2am at the Roulette wheel that your throat hurts so bad you cannot speak, that your head is spinning and you're not drinking...leads one to realize that somehow I have gotten sick here in Paradise. I dealt with it until the plane ride home solidly embedded the disease in my left ear where it still lives...although now when I hear the echo of my voice in my plugged ear I can hear the little marble going around and around and around...
All in all...another great trip. Can't wait to go back!!
[ March 29, 2004, 12:27 PM: Message edited by: JenniferM ]
Highlights:
* Great flight from Minneapolis on Monday 22, actually arrived early. Hubby's virgin trip to Vegas. Went straight from the plane to the restroom where he encountered a man throwing up in the urinal next to him...hehehe
* Tried the $20 trick, plus the honeymoon speech, got upgraded to jacuzzi suite at the Luxor.
* Record highs the days we were there, spent at least 2 hours at the pool each day...coming out of Wisconsin, that heat felt dam* good!!
* Hubby liked the Hoover dam tour, I however, didn't think it was that dam great.
* Saw a European man in a Backless speedo, YES, Backless...my retinas are still burning from that.
* No midget hookers, but did see a midget playing blackjack at Mandalay Bay.
* Made it down to see Big Elvis, a 90 year old lady if she was a day old, was up and shaking her chest at some other older men during an air guitar contest, THEN she grabs the old guy in the butt...Big Elvis was laughing so hard he had to stop singing for a minute
* The Flamingo frowns upon actually getting into the fountain to take pictures close to the fake flamingos...who'da thunk it?
* Margaritaville souvenir shop made smoke come out of my credit card...
* Top of the World restaurant...great view, great service...I've had better food. Hubby loved it.
* Kokomo's...always the best food, service, ambience, you name it...love that place
* Il Fornaio at NY NY, skip it...bad service, bad food, but great people watching so we still had a good time (We have a great time no matter where we are...)
* Fat Tuesday's at Aladdin, lotsa free tasting, then the mix of the Hurricane and the 91 Octane, deadly combo which led to the Flamingo fountain fiasco...
* Met a wonderful group of Australians that were playing Roulette...one of the games I wanted to try this trip...not only gave me pointers on the game, but were on a streak, I won over $500 in 2 hours on my $20 that I changed. WOO HOO!!!
* Very strange things come out of my mouth when winning (for me) large sums of cash while watching a little marble go around a wheel...
* Blackjack tables...one time saw a $5 min table at Luxor, early afternoon, never again...so we played for hours at a $10 table and managed to win/lose enough to keep playing for 4 hours...considering we had never played in a casino before...great table to be at.
* Pyramid cafe waiters don't bat an eye when one orders a cheese pizza and hashbrowns and a shrimp cocktail at 3:15am.
* Hubby thought he would be the only one in loud Hawaiian shirts...not the case at all.
* Shadow Bar at Caesar's...interesting...drinks very strong, didn't pay much more than at a normal bar at home...group of guys at the end of the bar bought 2 rounds of drinks for all the women in the bar...that was nice.
* Cab drivers...some good some bad...got longhauled once, didn't say anything...too tired to walk or argue...had one driver out of his car and the driver behind us out of his car and they were fighting....again...interesting...
* Warned hubby against carrying a bunch of cash, next thing you know we are leaving Shadow Bar at 1am, I am drunk to the point of blindness at this point, feet hurt so bad and can't walk anymore ...and he opens his wallet laughing and says hey, look, it's all gone...
* Hubby didn't want to go on this trip...couldn't understand the attraction to this city...yesterday he tells me to cancel the cruise in Feb as the money that will cost us, we could go to Vegas 3 times!!
* One rather disturbing thing I noticed...the porn slappers are now putting their little cards into our open shopping bags. I was LIVID!!! Didn't notice it until we got home and were unpacking the M&M world bag with my 6 and 8 year old...couldn't wait to see what mommy brought them...and holy cow, there was a card in 3 of 5 bags. To me, that is no different than touching us, they violated my property. Ok, enough soapbox...it did seem like there were A LOT less of those people than when I was there 2 years ago.
* Realizing at 2am at the Roulette wheel that your throat hurts so bad you cannot speak, that your head is spinning and you're not drinking...leads one to realize that somehow I have gotten sick here in Paradise. I dealt with it until the plane ride home solidly embedded the disease in my left ear where it still lives...although now when I hear the echo of my voice in my plugged ear I can hear the little marble going around and around and around...
All in all...another great trip. Can't wait to go back!!
[ March 29, 2004, 12:27 PM: Message edited by: JenniferM ]
I'm glad you guys had a good time!