We are back from sin city and so I thought I would post some thoughts about the trip. The above picture is a view from our room at Planet Hollywood. It was a nice room but not Caesar's! It was fun to have John and Amy there with us to hang out with.
1. Eating at buffet's night after night can cause havoc on the intestinal tract. From burping to well, gas problems to trips to the bathroom that rivaled the scene in dumb and dumber, we were ready to come home to regular food again.
2. When you ask locals who usually drive the strip and don't walk it, if you could walk from your hotel to a certain outdoor mall and they say, no problem, it's right past Mandalay Bay. Well in this picture Mandalay Bay looks close...oh no, no, no my friends, we walked past the hotel and then another mile and never found the mall. The next day we decided to ask the concierge and she told us that whoever told us we could walk it was stupid, we won't tell that to our "local" that told us to walk. Anyway 4 blisters and minor heatstroke later, we found the closest taxi back to our hotel.
3. If you can't afford a good show, just take a 3 hour tour of a timeshare resort, listen to their speel, pretend to be interested, eat their lousy snacks and then get free tickets to a smaller show. We went to the V show. It actually was really funny and Chad even was chosen to be part of the show. They wouldn't allow cameras or else I would give you a sneak peak. Let's just say my sides hurt and I almost wet my pants....And the show was pretty funny too.
4. Red carpet events look really cool on TV, but in real life they weren't that cool. They had the premier for a movie called 88 minutes with Al Pacino at planet Hollywood on Wednesday night. We got to see him walk down the red carpet with 8 body guards surrounding him. He was actually a lot smaller than I had pictured him and after 10 seconds he was gone and that was it. whooo flippin hooo. Hope the movie does well Al!
We really did have a great time. It was a nice break from the real world. No kids, no phone calls, no fixing dinner, no cleaning house. It was nice to relax and spend some time with Chad. Thanks mom and dad, Tess and Tyler for taking such good care of our kids. When we got home the kids were so excited to see us that they cried and asked if they could spend the night at grandmas again. I'm glad we are loved. Viva Las Vegas!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
VIVA LAS VEGAS!
Posted by Rachel at 9:11 PM
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Great picture of the strip! Glad you had fun and got to relax. With your regular get-aways there, we up here might just call you a Vegas "local" and expect that you could give us tours of the strip. Sorry for the long walk - we were told to buy a bus pass which seemed to always be jammed packed full and NOT an enjoyable experience. We'd rather walk and high five everyone trying to hand out porn flyers. J/K
hahaha, oh I can't wait for the buffets after reading your post! Not to mention I'm worried about the mexi food down there. As for pictures, you can count on it, I'm good about taking lots of pictures...we just have a problem with losing cameras, like on roller coasters! We're bringing two cameras this time so hopefully one will survive the trip. It sounds like you guys had an awesome time in Vegas, Marcus filled me in on some good details about Chad's debut. Maybe one day it'll be Cirque de Chad? or Haertlings Comedy? I'd pay good money to see that Vegas show!
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