Recovering
I returned from Vegas this morning after an overnight flight that included a wonderful three hour layover in Atlanta. Amazingly, I was asleep for the entire Vegas-Atlanta flight and then slept an additional 1.5 hours in the Atlanta airport while waiting for the second leg of my return trip, so I am not completely exhausted right now! I managed to sleep more on the flights home than I did the first night in Vegas!
The trip was fun, but the gambling results were disappointing. On Friday night we went to see Jay Leno at the Mirage. Redneck was the highlight of the night though. He managed to spend all of Friday getting completely trashed and losing a lot of money gambling. We didn't think he'd even make it to the show, but he showed up wearing his sunglasses and unable to stay awake for more than a couple minutes at a time. A doo wop group opened the show. At one point, they asked for a male volunteer to come up on stage. We all pointed to Redneck and yelled his name. When the act requested that the volunteer be as trashed as possible, we all stood up and started yelling for him. Unfortunately, we were 20ish rows back and I don't think the guys on stage even saw us. Truly a shame. FlyingV took a couple of good pictures of Redneck in this rare form, so maybe I'll post one once FlyingV puts the pictures on facebook.
As for Leno, he was ok. The pace of his stand-up was intense, which left me mentally exhausted at the end to keep up. It was almost like a 90-minute monologue for the Tonight Show with time spent talking to Kevin Eubanks. Some of the jokes were great, but the topics were not always that timely (OJ Simpson, Mel Gibson's issues, etc). I was just amazed that he moved so quickly from one topic to the next for such a long period of time.
We went to the best steakhouse ever on Saturday. I am not really a steak fan and I rarely order a steak at a restaurant. However, we decided to have a group dinner at the steakhouse in MGM Grand on Saturday for anyone interested since we like to have one nice/fancy meal each time we go to Vegas. This was without a doubt the best steak dinner I've ever had. No comparison. Not even Morton's steakhouse compares. Since I've never seen it on a menu before, I ordered a 10 oz bison steak. That's right, ITAMFBAS. It was amazing, and there was almost no fat on the steak.
As I mentioned earlier, the gambling did not go well. I managed to stay within +/- $150 the entire trip, but I went from +50 to -125 on the last day, primarily due to a poor poker sitting in the waning hours of the trip while I was killing time between dinner and leaving for the airport. I would have lost more if not for my first ever successful sports bet in Vegas. Unfortunately, every sports bet I've made has been an emotional hedge against a Detroit sports team in a key playoff game, so I never want to actually collect on the bet. Stupid Red Wings. I'd rather have lost my $20 than had the wings lose the game. Grrr....
I've decided never to gamble at MGM Grand again since I lose money there every year. I did play craps for the first year at a dive casino near Circus Circus. Hooray for $2 tables! Given the extreme volatility of craps, I wanted to learn the game cheaply. It was a lot of fun. I'm sure I'll play more craps the next time I am in a casino. It's a fun game to play with a group of people and the odds are not horrible.
So I guess that's all of the Vegas story. Now I am just recovering, but I was ready to come back last night. A four day weekend is enough for a Vegas trip. Not that there was any scandal, but if there were, I wouldn't post it anyway.
The trip was fun, but the gambling results were disappointing. On Friday night we went to see Jay Leno at the Mirage. Redneck was the highlight of the night though. He managed to spend all of Friday getting completely trashed and losing a lot of money gambling. We didn't think he'd even make it to the show, but he showed up wearing his sunglasses and unable to stay awake for more than a couple minutes at a time. A doo wop group opened the show. At one point, they asked for a male volunteer to come up on stage. We all pointed to Redneck and yelled his name. When the act requested that the volunteer be as trashed as possible, we all stood up and started yelling for him. Unfortunately, we were 20ish rows back and I don't think the guys on stage even saw us. Truly a shame. FlyingV took a couple of good pictures of Redneck in this rare form, so maybe I'll post one once FlyingV puts the pictures on facebook.
As for Leno, he was ok. The pace of his stand-up was intense, which left me mentally exhausted at the end to keep up. It was almost like a 90-minute monologue for the Tonight Show with time spent talking to Kevin Eubanks. Some of the jokes were great, but the topics were not always that timely (OJ Simpson, Mel Gibson's issues, etc). I was just amazed that he moved so quickly from one topic to the next for such a long period of time.
We went to the best steakhouse ever on Saturday. I am not really a steak fan and I rarely order a steak at a restaurant. However, we decided to have a group dinner at the steakhouse in MGM Grand on Saturday for anyone interested since we like to have one nice/fancy meal each time we go to Vegas. This was without a doubt the best steak dinner I've ever had. No comparison. Not even Morton's steakhouse compares. Since I've never seen it on a menu before, I ordered a 10 oz bison steak. That's right, ITAMFBAS. It was amazing, and there was almost no fat on the steak.
As I mentioned earlier, the gambling did not go well. I managed to stay within +/- $150 the entire trip, but I went from +50 to -125 on the last day, primarily due to a poor poker sitting in the waning hours of the trip while I was killing time between dinner and leaving for the airport. I would have lost more if not for my first ever successful sports bet in Vegas. Unfortunately, every sports bet I've made has been an emotional hedge against a Detroit sports team in a key playoff game, so I never want to actually collect on the bet. Stupid Red Wings. I'd rather have lost my $20 than had the wings lose the game. Grrr....
I've decided never to gamble at MGM Grand again since I lose money there every year. I did play craps for the first year at a dive casino near Circus Circus. Hooray for $2 tables! Given the extreme volatility of craps, I wanted to learn the game cheaply. It was a lot of fun. I'm sure I'll play more craps the next time I am in a casino. It's a fun game to play with a group of people and the odds are not horrible.
So I guess that's all of the Vegas story. Now I am just recovering, but I was ready to come back last night. A four day weekend is enough for a Vegas trip. Not that there was any scandal, but if there were, I wouldn't post it anyway.
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