This past weekend I was lucky enough to spend it in Las Vegas! Yeah I know I was just there in March, but can you really go to Vegas too many times? That is what I thought...so....I went to Vegas again.
What took me there this time? 10 of my oldest friends getting together for a weekend of drinking, gambling, stuffing our faces, and hookers. Okay not so much with the hookers, but the other stuff sounded really good. This particular group of friends are my oldest friends to date. Several of these guys I have been friends with since 4th grade and that was like....umm...yeah okay old age does make the memory go away. It was a long time ago, like 30 years ago. We are now all spread accross the country so we try to get all together once a year to catch up on things. This year was the first year everyone was able to make it.
We had a steep hill to climb as far as memories and moments go from last year. Last year we had the famous messing your pants at Luxor episode. This was followed by the "revolution" starting cab driver. There was the circle of pissed off cab drivers. The "it's not that far...let's walk" episode, and the strip club. Game on!
This year was a lot different than last time. We did not even go to a strip club this year. I know I know - how can I call it a guys weekend when we didnt even go see a stip club? It is time to face the facts....and that is we are all old. I think we all crashed out Friday night at like midnight or something.
Things we did this year:
1) Treasure Island gave us our own poker table to play against each other
2) Went to see Spamalot at the Wynn
3) Ate some food at "Dick's" (if you have never been - go)
4) Walked from Excalibur to Treasure Island and then back to Ceasar's.
5) Drank way too much while playing poker (Makers Mark and Coke)
6) Played everything from Texas to Craps to 3 card poker to Black Jack.
7) Checked out the Pussy Cat Doll's blackjack area
All in all it was a great trip. We went to see Spamalot at Wynn and that was fantastic. If you are ever in Vegas and want to see a funny show - go see it. We laughed our asses off.
This year there was not as many stories that are going to become legend like last year. It was a pretty mellow weekend all in all, but we still had a great time. It was fun playing at some casino's that I have not played at before. I think this year was a great stepping stone to next year. Next year I think we seriously need to trim our numbers down. This year we invited the brothers for one of our friends, and then one of their friends. It was just too many people to try to organize while down there. 3 people want to walk, 4 want to get a cab, the other 4 dont want to leave...bla bla bla. We graduated high school over 20 years ago, lets not revert back to that. It wasnt that great the first time.
It was my birthday on Sunday (the 18th) and I flew home this day. I had told my wife that I wanted to do kabobs on the grill for dinner. She picked me up at the airport and informed me that she already had them made and ready when we got home. We get there, I walk in, and there is a house full of people for a birthday surprise BBQ she put together. This was a fantastic surprise by itself, but what made it spectacular was the fact that my wife was finally able to keep a secret long enough to not spoil it. She has never been able to surprise me with anything because she seems to blow it one way or another. Not as bad as I blew it with the IPhone (see post from December) but never the less - she just cant do it. Not only did she manage to keep the surpise party hidden, she got me a really nice new watch that she didnt slip up on.
It was a great weekend.
