Viva Las Vegas

I officially survived my first trip to Las Vegas. Needless to say, there was not much sleeping, lots of drinking, and lots of money spent, but it was worth every penny. The only thing I could complain about was the long drive. It took us probably about 10 hours to get down to Vegas, and driving home on Monday, it took 12 hours because we had to drop Eric back off at home in Cupertino.

We got to Vegas late on Friday night, settled in our hotel room at the Luxor (A giant pyramid at the beginning of the strip) and took off to go out for the night. We weren't in the mood for clubbing, so we headed over to New York New York to go to Coyote Ugly. I bought one of those 1/2 yard silly drinks, it was pretty tasty, just way too sweet!

The whole group of us waiting outside of Coyote Ugly (From left to right: Tori, John Cesar, Stephen, Eric, Max and Me).

Coyote Ugly was pretty fun, a nice way to start off in Vegas, without being too tired from that long drive. I actually went and gambled right after going out for the night. I played some blackjack while I was drunk, barely having any idea how to even play, and won 27 dollars! I then managed to lose it all on roulette - now my least favorite game.

Saturday started off more interesting than we anticipated. My poor roommate Stephen. Tori and I proceeded to tie him up in the blankets for fun, and he kind of hopped around the room, and jumped on the bed, and hit his head pretty hard on the chair I was sitting in. He then started bleeding pretty bad. It took some of the morning to figure out, hey, maybe he should go get that checked out. Max and Stephen spent most of the day doing that, while the rest of us ate at the brand new Hard Rock Cafe and lounged and swam at the Luxor pool.

When Max and Stephen made it back, we headed over to the M&M store, and walked all along the strip to check out the sights.

Marveling at the M&M wall. I was pretty obsessed with the dark chocolate M&Ms.

A shot of Paris. Spent some time there Sunday night.

Stayed at the Bellagio to play some blackjack. Enjoyed looking at the flowers inside that beautiful casino and then watch the water show.

Saturday night was pretty exciting, especially since Greta gave me great news that her and her friend Jen were traveling out to Vegas to hang out! Granted they got there pretty late, but we still all had an amazing time. I was so happy to see her! We ended up going to club LAX which was a ballin' club. I've never seen one so big and nice before! I am definitely not used to that style of club. Needless to say a 16 dollar vodka redbull was the most expensive drink I've ever purchased.

The biggest dance club I have ever been to by far.

Nothing like clubbing with one of the most beautiful girl I know!

The night turned out pretty well, another 4am morning like all the others. Sunday Greta and Jen ended up leaving pretty early, and the rest of us went walking along the strip again.

Luxor.

MGM Grand.

Caesar's Palace.

On Sunday night, we went to see Zumanity: The sensual side to Cirque du Soleil. It was a pretty good show, but man it was pretty awkward with the whole crew of us! I had fun though! Sunday night after the show, I managed to blow some more money on blackjack. I was doing so well though! I was up 40 bucks after some slots and blackjack, and managed to lose 80 after about an hour long game. Damn.

I will definitely be going back to Las Vegas at some point in my life.