TR 2/12/2009 thru 2/19/2009

1st trip report - 3rd trip to Vegas in 3 months. Hooked on Vegas. Will post as replies.

TR 2/12/2009 thru 2/19/2009

bring it on junkie

TR 2/12/2009 thru 2/19/2009

2/12/09 Friday. No flight issues. To Bally%26#39;s, checked in - no problem, short wait. Off to Denny%26#39;s for lunch. No Denny%26#39;s here at home so this is the first place to hit. Background - me, hubby, and his best friend/my future husband when hubby croaks. Just kidding! Too much fun with these two.

Off to Mandalay Bay after Denny%26#39;s. The guys like to play Multi Line Black Jack and I like to wonder playing different slots.

September was our first trip together - this was on my bucket list of things to do before I keel over. So they took me - had a blast. A show each night and totally exhausted upon return home. Hubby and I went back for Christmas. Had fun. But much better when ';buddy'; with us so he helps keep hubby entertained with their games while I wonder and play my slots.

So February trip was my valentines day gift to them. Some shows, lots of slots,etc. and many, many drinks later.

Now back to the first day - after many hours of slots, drinks, black jack etc. ate at Sports book in MB - had reuben it was great! I think! Who knows at this point.

To Bally%26#39;s about 1 am, been up since 2 am Alabama time - so that%26#39;s about 25 hours. Bed calling my name.

Bally%26#39;s room was clean, beds wonderful, pillows even better. (On other visits stayed at Excalibur - like the castle theme, second visit - Flamingos - love pink flamingos after living in Florida for many years). I know it%26#39;s a girl thing! But hey, my trip so my weirdness okay. Different and unique okay - who wants to all be the same.

oops 6 months there - still think I am in Vegas with my bloody mary early this morning!

2nd day - up at 4 am vegas time - so what 3 hours sleep. Like every says, can sleep when I%26#39;m dead. Showered, off to Denny%26#39;s for breakfast. I know Denny%26#39;s - what%26#39;s up with that! Love Denny%26#39;s!

After breakfast - the guys like breakfast, I like to get lunch - so good combo here!

Off to Venetian to get cab to Fremont. 1st hit - Golden Nugget. Got players card - pixs with ';Faith'; - and who says gold isn%26#39;t a girl best friend!

Played few slots - won some for me - guys not to great.

Off to 4 Queens - had a blast! Ate at Chicago Brewing Company. It was great! Buddy is originally from Chicago. Said pizza was very close to home! Being a southern girl - we eat thin crust - but I loved it and the beer was to die for! (We are all Chicago Bears fans - DA BEARS - Yeah!)

Met some really cool folks from Minnesota - had a great adventure here!

Next - off to Fitzgerald - gambled, drank - won alittle - lost alittle.

Watched the Fremont Experience each time and still love it. Like a little kid with my mouth open! Let%26#39;s not talk about that I%26#39;m an old lady with two kids and five grandbabies. In Vegas, age isn%26#39;t a number. It%26#39;s how many hours you can go without collapsing! LOL!

During concert with the Garage Boys - danced with this really cool lady with huge red glasses - she was a hoot! Guys thought I was totally nuts - I had a blast but then when the juice gets you - you just have fun! Right? Right!

Next - off to Binion%26#39;s/Fremont/Mermaids.

Oh my goodness, had deep fried twinkie - okay! But chocolate covered banana - awesome! Guys said I ate a hot dog but I don%26#39;t remember that one! Just remember the banana and how it can work wonders on a hubby!

Got a new ring and watched a girl with blue hair make a fool of herself! It was way too funny and I even have pixs to remember it by!

Back to Bally%26#39;s at 3 am. The guys gave me my valentines presents and boy, did I rack up!

';In Vegas, age isn%26#39;t a number. It%26#39;s how many hours you can go without collapsing! LOL!';

So true!! The only numbers that matter are the numbers on the pay out tickets!!!

';Guys thought I was totally nuts - I had a blast but then when the juice gets you - you just have fun! Right? Right!'; Amen, sister!!!!

';Just remember the banana and how it can work wonders on a hubby!'; I%26#39;m not going to say a word.....LMAO...

Loving your report, Asnana......You are cracking me up!!!

3rd day - Saturday - 2/14/09 - Valentines Day.

Up at 7 am, room service with lots of coffee. Some slots - all that glitters for me - guys multi line black jack - I hit pretty good! Guys not so great!

Off to Gold Coast to eat Dim Sum at Ping Pong Pang.

It%26#39;s so neat that they push these carts around and you pick what you want. I enjoyed it! The guys were so so with it. Total bill about 30 bucks or so. But more food than you can imagine. Liked the place would do it again.

Gambled for couple of hours. Loved the Village People slot. Who cares if you win here - just love to hear the songs when you hit the bonus! The guys found ';Glenda';! OMG - they fell in love with her!

To my surprise - two old, crusty, military men who would die if they thought someone would think they are any thing but real MEN - playing Wizard of Oz!

Let%26#39;s just say - I laughed my butt off at them!

And they give me a hard time about playing slots!

Back to Bally%26#39;s. Buddy off to play black jack - hubby and I to Isihiba for supper (remember valentines day). The meal was great!

Got my second wind - off to gamble some more! Won about $300 on the ';all that glitters'; - love the bonus round - so much fun.

Guys playing black jack of course. You know man%26#39;s game - no fluffy here!

Have they forgot how much fun they had on ';Glenda';?

To bed about 1 am.

All I can say is.....so much fun, not enough days! Can I go tomorrow?

4th day - Sunday - 2/15/09.

Today is my day!

This is the day that is truly on my bucket list!

Up at 7 am with lots of coffee. Hubby still in bed, me and buddy drinking coffee and laughing about yesterday and how much he likes ';Glenda';!

Remember MILITARY man here!

Just too funny to me!

Boy, can Vegas change a man%26#39;s box priority?

In case, you haven%26#39;t seen the email- men have boxes that they pull out one at a time and women have a multi-line circuit connection that never stop running.

After hubby%26#39;s up, showered and ready to go - off to Bally%26#39;s for Sterling Champagne Brunch!

Heard so much about it on TA that I just had to do it! Like Nike says - Just do it!

Never had Champagne before - Captain Morgan/diet coke girl here usually with occ. beer - so this was a new thing for me!

And boy - was this a good thing!

Champagne, caviar and not much else! I loved it! The guys thought it was too funny that I drank and ate much more than the $85 cost of meal. Of course, they had to have the eggs and such - what the hay?! I can eat eggs in Alabama!

In fact, at my grandma%26#39;s I collected eggs - where do they come from - a chicken%26#39;s butt!

So give me champagne and caviar any day!

After brunch - back to room for nappy - nappy - and at my house a nap is either a sleepy nappy where you actually sleep or a nappy nappy where two old people enjoy the nap.

Who knows where buddy went? Not my issue!

Then the next thing on my bucket list - off to Caesar%26#39;s to see SIR ELTON JOHN!!!!!!!!!!!!

For Christmas, buddy gave me the Elton John Red Piano CD/DVD collection - I%26#39;ve only watched it a hundred times so I was so pumped!

Red/White/Pink Boa and EJ glasses later I was sitting in my seat screaming like I was a teenager seeing the Jonas brothers for the first time!

What an awesome concert!?!

Totally beyond my wildest dreams! Screaming my head off one minute and crying my eyes out the next!

More champagne, lots of pixs (that you have to purchase from them), and many souveniers later - I was a happy girl!

Gambled some at Caesars and the guys watched the Pussy Cat Lounge Ladies then off to ';home'; we went!

5th day - Monday - 2/16/09

Up early as usual. Coffee and 2 tylenol this am.

Off to Flamingo to play Monte Carlo slots. Love these machines. Maraila was our cocktail waitress and she was the best. (Had Belen in December and I fell in love with her).

So if in Flamingo - hook up with these two ladies and they will make sure you have a wonderful day or night! They are johnny on the spot! And never mess your drink up!

Way to go ladies!

On to eat breakfast--------------------where, you might ask???????????????????????????

Of course, back to Denny%26#39;s! Can I say that everyone in Denny%26#39;s knows our name by this point?

The guys had their usual eggs, etc, yuk! I had zesty nachos and they were great!

Then on to Casino Royale. The guys played black jack of course and I was on the hunt for the Village People. Gotta love YMCA!

Well, I found YMCA but I ALSO found Leann! She was the cutest cw so far. She was our daughter%26#39;s age and about the same height/weight ratio. She was a doll! Of course as a momma - you know how hard your children work to make ends meet at that age, so all her hard work was handsomely rewarded.

But of course with that being said - that meant I had a TI night! (a TI night for us - our first trip - went to TI show - guys gave me so many double captains/diet coke that I don%26#39;t remember the walk back or the many slappers that I become friends with and the huge stack of cards that I had the next morning!)

So according to the guys - ';it was raining when we left Casino Royale - we only met 2 slappers and I still managed to collect 10 cards and befriend them-

would not take a cab - and they had to ';guide'; me through the garage of Bally%26#39;s because the side walk and escalator%26#39;s were not working and there was absolutely no way in he!! that they were gonna try and get me up all those stairs!

They also said that I was ugly to some UK guys because being the southern lady that I am - I said good evening and how are you? - they didn%26#39;t reply and being the southern lady that I am - I replied ';didn%26#39;t your momma teach you to have some manners?';

Hubby said he thought they were gonna have to take on several large guys from the UK because then I began to say ';if you can%26#39;t follow southern manners and charm then go back home';.

Well, I don%26#39;t know how much of this is true BUT I do know, being raised in the south - speak when spoken too and have manners and if not, then well, honey bless your heart!

And all southern ladies know what ';honey, bless your heart'; means!

According to guys, to bed they put me! Off to gamble for them.

All I know is....woke up about 1 am, needed restroom and some water and tylenol.

Beer and I are NOT friends - so will stick to Captain from now on!

Tomorrow - Lord, here I come! Head ache and all!

Hahaha, great trip report!!!!

I%26#39;m not southern (in fact I suffer from the Seattle Freeze, quite the opposite). I don%26#39;t know that ';bless your little heart'; means in the south, let me know. I%26#39;ve got my own version up in the Pacific Northwest.

At my work, we have a good time and are often ';wildly inappropriate'; Good Times!!! We say it as a way to soften any blow in a joking manner, as in: ';Suzanne, is a m-fin%26#39; idiot, her mother must have dropped on on her head as a child, bless her little heart. BTW--No one I work with is named Suzanne :)