April 11, 2005

• Vegas baby Vegas

  Friday

  I went to Esther's around 11 and we headed off for Vegas.  On the way there, we stopped at the Lenwood outlets and walked around.   I bought a few things from the Van Huessen store and that was about it.   From there, we drove straight to Vegas.    We actually made pretty good time until we got to about the strip.   It took an hour just to get from about the Las Vegas outlets to downtown.    Yeah, it was pretty bad.   Anyway, once we got to Las Vegas Club, we checked in and relaxed for a bit before deciding to go eat at Main Street.   After we finished eating, we gambled at a few different casinos in downtown.    We gambled until about 4 am and went up to sleep.

  Saturday

   We woke up around 12 and ate lunch at California.  From there, we took a shuttle (all shuttle rides are free) to Sam's Town since we wanted to check it out.  It's actually a pretty cool place but it sucks that it's so far from everything else.    After we walked around, we took a shuttle to Harrah's and walked across the street to the Mirage for dinner.  I think the remodel the Mirage did on their buffet was excellent and I really like the new setting.   Once dinner was over, we walked back over to Harrah's and took the shuttle back to Sam's Town.   Since we had about two hours to kill, we decided to gamble.   Esther started to win some money and we lost track of time so we consequently missed the last shuttle back to California.   We ended up taking a taxi back, which wasn't too bad since it was my first time ever taking one.    Once we got back to downtown, we gambled for a bit and called it a night. 

  Sunday

  Last day of Vegas.  We woke up and checked out.    After that, we went to Main Street for their brunch buffet.   Once we finished eating, we drove to Primm and checked out the outlets there.    After that we drove back to Los Angeles.  We stopped at Sam Woo's for dinner before going home.  
  

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  Highlights

  • Esther hitting a four of a kind in pai-gow
  • Esther hitting a flush at Let it Ride after she decided to let it ride
  • The Mirage's buffet
  • Golden Gate's shrimp cocktail (you can never go wrong)
  • Going to Sam's Town for the first time
  • The first time I played three card poker, I hit a straight

  Lowlights

  • Every subsequent hand I played after my first time in three card poker
  • I lost about 75% of the money I took
  • It rained on Friday

  Overall, I had fun and at least Esther broke even this time.   I also got to try "Let It Ride" and "Three Card Poker" in Vegas which was fun for me.    

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