Vegas Baby! - Part Two

Friday was an awesome day! We stayed up pretty late the night before so Eric and I slept most of the morning. We started the day out the way I wish I could start everyday. With a mudslide from Fat Tuesday. One of the coolest parts of the trip was the discovery that we had a Fat Tuesday in the shops attached to our hotel. Score! Drinks in hand, we wandered around the Miracle Mile browsing in windows and trying to find a good place to have some lunch. It was hard to get the 6 of us to agree on something. We also had to finish our drinks before we could go into any of the restaurants, so we walked around for a while. We first decided on Blondie's (a Sports Bar and Grill). After we got sat down and started looking over the menu we decided this was not what we were looking for. I think what turned me off was that they almost sat at us at a table that had the Broncos and Raiders logos on it. That's a sure way to make me lose my appetite. Actually that's impossible, who am I kidding? We instead decided to try Cheeseburger Las Vegas, right across the corridor. It turns out, that might not have been the best idea. Most of us had burgers, we shared a few baskets of fries, and everyone had another drink. Cheeseburger consists of mainly Hawaiian style burgers. Most of their locations are in Hawaii. In my opinion, definitely not the best burger I ever had. Jiffy Burger would put these burgers to shame. After lunch we headed north on the strip. We made a stop at O'Shay's for a little gambling and a drink. (We were in Vegas after all.) O'Shay's was not what we were looking for so we went further north and stopped at Carnival Court. Carnival Court was a blast. The area is outside and completely covered by a tent of some sort. There is a huge circle bar in the middle with a few small bars on the sides. Towards the front there is a stage that had a band performing. We found a table and hung out watching the band and the talented bartenders for a few hours. The band got the crowd involved and did some skits. A older man from the crowd danced almost the entire time we were there. I wish I could describe his dancing. It was too funny. One of the bartenders who works there is ranked #1 in the U. S. This guy is talented. The best part was when for various occasions, "Free Shots!," was hollered. All you were to do was tip the bartender who was standing on the bar and pouring the shot from the bottle directly into your mouth. One of the times Eric went up, he "accidentally" gave the bartender a $10 bill. The guy put a bib on Eric and poured for what seemed like minutes. Eric actually had to tell him that he had enough before the guy stopped. It was awesome. At one point the band started a train collecting tips throughout the crowd. One of the people in the train line had Brian join them. Eventually even though we were still having a great time we decided we were ready to move on. The next stop was Casino Royale. The guys had hopes to find some cheap Craps tables, but didn't have much luck. So we loaded up on drinks since they offered $1 frozen margarita and $1 Michelobs. We made our way up to Wynn and walked inside since Eric and I hadn't seen the inside yet. After Wynn we decided to go across the street for a quick shopping spree in what I think is called, Fashion Show. I didn't end up buying anything so it wasn't much of a spree for me. By this time we were ready to head back to the hotel to freshen up and see about dinner. Everyone changed into nice clothes and we ate dinner in the Casino at P. F. Chang's Chinese Bistro. We had a nice semi-circle booth to ourselves. We ordered tons of delicious food. Following dinner everyone walked across the street to watch the fountains at the Bellagio. After a show or two, Brian and Lynnae called it a night and went back to their room. Eric, Alex, Tasha, and myself decided it would be a good idea to walk a little south to get some more beers from the store we had bought them from the night before. Our purchase consisted of 12 Bud Light Limes and 4 Kahlua Mudslides. We decided to go to our room this time. We filled the sink with ice and put some of our drinks in to keep them nice and cool. Since our room had 2 queen beds each couple took a bed and we decided to watch a little TV while we relaxed a bit. The problem was, we got too relaxed. Everyone fell asleep within probably 5 minutes. We didn't end up opening a single drink. After I don't know how long, I woke up to find Alex and Tasha went back to their room to go to bed. Eric and I turned off the lights and crashed until morning.

More to come...