The Infamous Vegas Smile

Well, two months later, I'll let you know that Vegas was FANTASTIC! The infamous Vegas smiles, seen above, sums it up. I've been a bit of a BLOG slacker, so I apologize, but I promise you I've been thinking about my blog and making notes about topics to post about.

Vegas was simply great! The weather was perfect and was the ideal setting for some much needed R&R with a twist of fun.

Day One:

Our first night out we went to the Hard Rock Cafe hotel and visited Body English night club. We enjoyed VIP entrance and free drinks for an hour, thanks to BT's connections. Choe celebrated his birthday in style with plentiful drinks (see photo below). On the way back to the hotel we dropped BT and Choe off on the side of the road, per their request. We heard stories the next morning at the pool!

Day Two: Woken by a'knock, knock,knock' on the door, I open the door to see this:

Choe says, " I'm a hot mess!, as he chomps on a giant, chocolate covered strawberry. It was quite the site!

An few hours later, we have packed and traveled to the Red Rock Canyon. We decided to do a little hiking...after a long night of drinking; best idea ever! We thoroughly enjoyed the hiking regardless of pounding headaches (for some) and extreme heat. My favorite find during our hike was the waterfall. It was small and only had water trickling down the fall due to the dry weather, but it's something you don't see every day(see the picture on the far right side, hard to see, but it's the top of the fall).


The remainder of day two included pool-side napping, dinner at a Brazilian steakhouse (yum!), gambling, walking the strip and people-watching. We called it an early night; bad idea to hike several miles and walk the strip all in one day.

Day Three: Pool Day! We were entertained by the "Luxor Arc Angel" dancers, pool races, best tan-award and the DJ who kept the pool hoppin' all afternoon. We usually laughed at one of the dancers because she was always late on her dance moves. The best part of the pool is they allowed us to bring our own drinks to the pool. We loaded our back packs with drinks, grabbed a bucket of ice and enjoyed our refreshments. OH! by the way, don't' buy your liquor from the hotel gift shops. Our first night we made the mistake of purchasing a very small bottle of Absolut Citron and a liter of 7up, with a large tab of $30.00 bucks! We learned our lesson and found a liquor store the next day.

For dinner we tried a Mexican restaurant inside of the Luxor. The food was great going down, but a few hours later three of our crew were stuck in their rooms with food poisoning. :( The few who survived the storm decided to cab our way to the Palms for some nightlife. We visited three different night clubs, neatly stacked on the top floors of the Palms. The views were amazing and the atmosphere was perfect for dancing. Before we knew the clubs were filled with people and buzzing with conversation. At one point in the evening I counted 15 different Bachelorette parties happening all at once. Covered in their oh-so-classy Bacherlorette apparel and surrounded by swaying bridesmaids.
The picture to the left is the night club on the very top of the Palms. The retractable roof opened to the Vegas sky; strobe lights pointing in every direction and a little bit of fake snow feel to the floor.

Day Four: Our last full day in Vegas, we decided to enjoy the pool again. More pool-side entertainment with the dancers, drunk-Os and music... same play list as the day before. For dinner, we enjoyed a quaint Asian resturant in the MGM hotel. After dinner we meet up with friends who were also visiting Vegas at the same time. The boys and Amy gambled, while the rest of the girls enjoyed some 'tails at the Irish pub.

Day Five: Our last day in Vegas, was spent traveling back home to Minnesota. We arrived at home just in time to unpack and relax a bit before returning back to the work-place. I can't wait to visit Vegas again!

PS. The Infamous Vegas smiles provided by McDonald's late night dinning.