5 1/2 hr's to write this TR Jan2-5

[IndyColtsGal]

So I just spent the last 5 1/2 hr's writing this T.R. and have now lost my patients, absolutly no bi***ing about spelling or punctuation will be tolerated.

***I've since edited post to protect those of us that don't want to be incrimenated*** PICS now added

Celebration by Madonna Benny Benassi remix

So a quick disclaimer…very long detailed T.R. no sex or debauchery involved, or drunkenness (on my part anyway).

Characters involved e=lil bro, j=lil bro’s partner (otherwise known as da boy’s) & myself.

PRE TRIP.
Started planning this trip the end of Oct, once lil bro told me of he & j were planning on Vegas for NYE & his birthday. When he invited me I told him no way I could do it as I had to work NYE. $ too good for working holiday and I wasn’t about to loose it. I was pissed I wasn’t getting to go though. A few days later a thought pops in my mind that hubby and I could fly out on Sat the 2’nd (why I didn’t think of this earlier IDK). So I start doing some research and discover I can book 2 nt’s & get 3’rd free @ Mandalay Bay. H doesn’t want to go and we have a discussion (read argument) about it. I give up on it a few days and go back to the site a few days later and discover that I can now take advantage of the 2/3 offer at the THE Hotel. We had stayed here shortly after opening and loved it. So with this deal and $100 Travelocity gift card from the previous Christmas burning a hole in my pocket I go ahead and book it (great deal I couldn’t pass it up right ). Soooooo…I delay reserving plane tix until upcoming argument w/ h is resolved. Wait a few days and spring it on him. After a 30 min argument it ends w/ me stating I can’t believe I have to argue w/ you to take a vacation (who doesn’t want to go to Vegas), you can stay home and sit on your ass but I’m going. He then decided Christmas presents of plane tix is good idea let’s go. So yeah it’s all set. So now I have 2 mo to dream and plan……..that is when I found this wonderful group of lushes.

E had lived in San Diego (prior to moving back to Illinois) for several yr’s and had invited several friends he had not seen for many yr’s to come out to Vegas for a meet. Poor guy was so disappointed nobody could make it. I had been in touch w/ J and told him of my plans to come meet them in Vegas….we decided to keep it a secret and surprise E as his b-day was the day of my arrival.

Time starts getting closer and on Tues. the 29’Th h decided he can’t go and has to stay back to finish up the flip house we are presently working on. I can’t disagree as to the importance of this so I am not mad but just disappointed. Oh well may be more fun as he is not going to the clubs w/ us anyway (he like country music…yuck whiny ass shit).

The fun starts rolling on the 30’Th with all of the new incoming text from Vegas (e was texting me everywhere they went) and post from this site…especially Cisco….boy you are hilarious. I’m really itching to get going. Work my nt’s shifts and deal with my impatiens to get going.

So wake up on New Years Day @ 3pm get some caffeine in the system and visit w/ h a bit. About 4pm decide I have to get packing as my flight out the nest morn is @ 9am. I was originally scheduled to work until 7am & fly out @ 9am but a coworker was a sweety and volunteered to work for me. So good I get to start my trip out well rested……or so I was thinking.
I turn on my Comcast music dance station for some appropriate music to prime for Vegas. Madonnas Celebration (Dave Aude mix) what a perfect moment I start getting my dance on early. Start packing and it’s taking forever since I didn’t make out a list ahead of time (yes I’m one of those list ppl). Start drinking Sam Adams Winter Ale yum. At this point packing slows down a lot as the beers keep flowing and on an empty stomache I am feeling pretty good. Finally get finished packing and am blitzed and proceed to start drinking a Cabernet that paired excellent w/ the chicken pasta dish h prepared….he is an excellent cook. He proceeds to give me my b-day gifts early as I will be in Vegas for my b-day. Open up a couple of adult toys hehe and a beautiful bracelet. Fall a sleep happy and dream of the trip to Vegas.

3:15am I awake to pee and am unable to fall back asleep, lay in bed for a while and can’t stand it anymore and get out of bed & hit up this site & post my T-4 post and catch up on any new post from the crew presently in Vegas. I have texted w/ Cisco & NYCGUY (George?) thinking 2 contacts for the crew would be enough, had I known some of you were going to be there up until Tues I would have gotten more #’s.

[IndyColtsGal]

Right Hand Hi by Lil Sister
I'm in Vegas Bitch by L.M.F.A.O. thanks Royale for your vid of this

Leaving for Vegas

Get to airport and through security (Yes AK2Vegas they do have full body scanners) opt for full body scanner vs. pat down (don’t care have nothing to hide either way). Use all will power possible to avoid getting Bloody Marys @ Champs. I inherited dad’s tiny bladder and huge appetite, I hate peeing in an airplane. Arrive in Vegas 10 min late but no worries party on. If everything in the A.P. didn’t say Vegas I would have wondered if I landed in the wrong place. Nothing about this A.P. is familiar (haven’t been to Vegas since 2005). Find out totally new A.P.

Cab it to Planet Hollywood where e&j are staying text j to let him know I’m on my way and where to meet to surprise E. Arrive to PH no text from J ( he was having trouble with his Iphone ATT service), I had no problems w/ my Verizon service other then I have a damn Juke phone great for music but sucks for texting as it has no keyboard have to use # keys. Send 2’nd text to j and say to hell w/ waiting and hit up gift shop and grab a Miller Light. J get’s second text and tells me to come up to room. Get to rm and have camera ready to capture E’s surprise. Nock on door I hear E say just a minute, so I cover peephole w/ finger so he can’t see who it is. He opens door anyway (he should know better then to open a door w/o knowing who’s there), Happy Birthday lil bro, he is in complete shock (stupid f*** camera didn’t work) stands there forever with chin on chest and finally screams out loud so every room down the hallway can here “OMG, G is here”. He is in such shock I practically have to push him back into the room. It was priceless, worth the whole trip just for that. We proceed to start drinking shots of Sauza, and cocktails of Sky vodka. We all start dancing to L.M.F.A.O. I’m in Vegas Bitch. Very fun afternoon. Texting back/forth w/ Cisco… we do end up meeting up later in trip. Time for some lunch hit up some crappy Hawain burger place in PH mall. I order a Kobe burger (which ends the party for me, more later) as does e, burger taste a little too gamey for me. Don’t remember what j ordered. Service sucked and none of us were pleased w/ experience. But onward to rest of day. Walk thru mall and e buys me a huge fru/fru drink w/ extra shots in it to sip as we walk. Head back up to rm for da boy’s to primp for the nt, then cab it to THE Hotel for me to check in.




Arrive to check in and as the gal ask if she can help me E let’s out a huge loud belch from behind me. At this point I don’t know whether to bust out laughing or turn around and walk away in embarrassment. I decide to ignore that it even happened. The clerk was very friendly and helpful. I ask w/o a sandwich if they have a rm. w/ a strip view. She ask how many in my party while eyeballing da boys and our tall fru/fru drinks. Tell her I will be solo and they are staying @ PH. I swear a look of relieve came across her face. She proceeds to offer me a room on the 64’th floor, but it’s not a suite but does have a Jacuzzi tub, or I could have a suite w/o strip view. I have a hottub @ home so the Jacuzzi is no incentive & I did want a suite as we would be pre-partying here and I didn’t want the da boys to trash my rm as theirs was. So decide on the suite. Room looks as it did in 2003 not nearly as worn as I’d expected. Also a lot more ppl here then in previous visits.

Get up to rm and boys surprised I didn’t take room w/ a view. Sorry partying more important then a view. Unpack/iron/primp and tell e no way I can drink that monster drink as I feel sick to stomache. J proceeds to drink it all. Primped ready to hit up the town let’s go. Head up to Mix bar (love the view here). Get on the elevator to head up and this elevator doesn’t go all the way up, boys jump off but door closes before I jump off. Laughing head of all the way to top floor this elevator goes to. Doors open and a couple of managers from hotel get on elevator. I know they had to of heard me laughing. Stand in back of elevator w/ grin on face and wait to get back to floor where boys are. Find our way to Mix and out to balcony for photo op’s and da boy’s decide to bicker like old hens about how to take a proper pic. At this point I just want to bitch slap em, come on we’re hear for fun. We order a round and sit to admire the view and try to have a civil conversation. After about 20 min my stomach says no more and I tell the boys to get my ID back that I left with waitress & hi tail back to my room. Barely get back to rm in time but do make the bathroom just in time. Lay down for a few and da boys show up I tell them there is no way I will be able to handle Red Square for dinner and to go w/o me, I’ll nap until they get back. Get text from Cisco wanting to know what time we were heading to TAO as that was the club for the evening. I told him probably about 11p and I’d text him closer to the time. Boys get back from dinner @ 9:30pm and I about puke just listening to their details about dinner. This is the deciding factor that I am in no form to club, and send boys on their way, as don’t want to ruin their nt. F***, all this time dieing to go to Tao and am going to miss it. Double f***. I just can’t believe this. So I’m thinking that shitty ass tequila did me in. However, nausea continues of/on whole trip, if it had been the tequila I’d have been better after 8 hr’s, plus 1 ½ shots of teq. ain’t gonna do me in, maybe 7 but not 1 ½. So at this point I’m blaming that damn Kobe burger. 10pm text Cisco to cancel on TAO, sorry. He’s cool w/ it. Head to bed. Damn Saturday opening day in Vegas and I’m in bed a 10pm…….so disappointed. Wouldn’t have been so disappointing if I’d been in bed for other reasons .

[IndyColtsGal]

Waking Up In Vegas by Katy Perry

Wake at 6 am thinking all is fine with the world until I get up and start moving around…..Damn Kobe! Slowly get myself together, it took about an hour after being awake that I remember today’s my b-day. Hit up Starbucks for some caffeine and a banana. It stays down and I’m now thinking I’m invincible. Turn on my phone and there is a text from Cisco…asking if I felt better & Drais?, and one from E wishing me a happy b-day at midnight.

Go get another players card from the casino as I didn’t bring it with me. But decide not to gamble. Call h to see if he wanted me to place any bets at the sports book. He said only if I’d bet for Colt’s to loose. I said absolutely not, even knowing it was sure money after the week before, I can’t/won’t bet against my beloved Colts (we’d had this discussion prior to my leaving).
Finally find my way thru the maze of the Mandalay Bay casino to the tram which isn’t running until 9am, so finally find my way to Las Vegas bl. and start walking north. Passed a couple of guys doing their walk of shame. Gotta love it Vegas Baby. Take many photo’s of the new Vegas sky line.

As I’m in front of Excal. Cicsco sends out his text that he is just getting in from partying all nt. Text him back he is in PJ’s and ready for a nap. I text back to sleep tight and continue north. Do my obligator slot pull in front of the Tropicana and toy w/ the idea of going in to gamble. I love gambleing here always have good luck and I love the glass ceiling, even if it is old school. But I just wasn’t feeling it at this point.

Continue across the sky bridge to MGM and see my first face plant of the trip. A kid about 20 feet in front of me started down the escalator and decide to start running back up it and tripped and fell. His phone goes flying my direction and the bag he had in his other hand continues down the escalator w/o him. He appeared fine until he saw me and then all of a sudden grabs his shoulder and yells aw f***. I ask if he’s alright, he says yes and I continue on. I’d have taken a pic but he was already embarrassed enough. Not sure if he tripped over his baggy ass pants or the top of the steps…am hoping it was them damn pant’s (I can’t stand that look). Giggles

I hate MGM never liked the vibe here and try to decide whether to take monorail up to mid strip or walk. Decide to give monorail a try, since I’ve never done it before. But since I got off at the next stop the $5 was a waste. I walked all the way to the back of the MGM property and then all the way thru Bally’s & Paris to get back out to the strip I could experienced all of the live out on the strip during the walk. Get to PH and sign up for a players card. E calls I tell him I’m down in his casino and tell them to come down when they are ready. I find a 25 cent Wheel Of Fortune slot put $20 in it and cashed out 5 minutes later up $300. Yeah it’s my b-day. Decide not to throw all my winning back into the casino so head to da boys rm. They start doing shots again, I pass as stomach is still nauseas. We then head down to Earl Of Sandwich Oh Yum, just what I needed some solid food. After lunch we hit up a few video B.J. machines for about ½ hr, and I start with my first Heinken of the day and all is good.

I decide I want to go buy an Ipod w/ my winning as this is the only way I’d get one. So we start trecking it over to the Apple store in the forum shops. Crossing the sky bridge across L.V. Bl. We had to stop for a mandatory pic of lil bro & I with Paris in the back ground. We are Army brats and were both born in Paris (Orleans actually) and it was our b-day weekend. Da boys had to stop for some Mojito’s at a stand in front Ceasars and while waiting Cisco sent out a text. I text him back to find out where they were. LOL they were at Tropicana Zone, we were just right there. Get my new toy and the sales rep just wouldn’t stop trying to educate me on it (love him), but j is a big technophile and a long term fan of apple so he can tell me anything I can’t learn on my own. I just want to get back out to the strip.


Get back to PH hook up my touch to da boy’s computer and leave it to charge. While there I text Cicsco, they are still at Trop. Zone. I leave the boys in the casino and run over to Trop. Zone real quick. Just as I walk in I see group standing up from a table and recognize Cisco & NYC from their pics. I go up to them and say is this the JC crew they all look at me like who are you and how would you know….LOL. I introduce myself shake some hands talk about the Chargers a bit & Excal being alright to stay at since it is a castle hehe & quickly depart separate ways. Sorry we didn’t get a chance to have a beer together.

Return to casino play vid bj long enough to get another free Heineken (man I love Vegas). Head out to the strip and decide what to hit up next. Kept trying to talk e into the Stratosphere for the rides…he wanted to wait until after dark (being a pussy is what it was). We walk over to City Center and check it out. I swear this is where everybody on the strip was Sun afternoon. We start by walking thru Crystals as we are getting ready to walk out of Crystals and into Aria when a man in a suite ask us what our plans are for the day. Thinking he’s a timeshare dude I tell him we’re on our way to Aria and continue walking, he say’s good then you’ll solve our problem, I stop and turn around with a question mark on my face…seems that they don’t allow open liquor in there. All 3 off us had drinks, I laugh as we head out the door. Tour Aria and have to agree with a blog I had read on it…the reason they are a green property is because they don’t turn on the lights….man it was dark in there. Take like what seems like a trillion pics of the architecture, then J & I pose for some pics in front of Aria's water wall. Big mistake as this leads to another hens fight about pic taking. Damn get over it already. Had to laugh when I got home and looked at pic’s, h counted 30 pics of J & I there.


Walk on down to NYNY to ride the rollercoaster. This I am not sure about. Don’t get me wrong I love coaster and the scarier the better, but my stomach was still slightly F**cked up and I am now fat and am not sure I can fit on coaster (don't worry Royale I don't wear bikini's). Ask the first guy working the speaker if I’d fit he say’s yeah, I say are you sure I got a big ass. He laughs and says yes. As we wait in line I see them walk a larger guy away from ride, so this get’s my suspicions up again, so when we get up to the cashier I ask him if I’ll fit, he guarantees me I will. Ok I’m fine with it then. Get on the ride fit just fine and I will say it was a great coaster I really expected a cheesy one. I would actually buy an all day pass to this if I was staying at this property.

After coaster ride we decide to split up. I’ll go to my rm and change for dinner we had ressy’s @ Emerils Delmonico Steakhouse, and they back to their rm. I get out to the strip and check my million voice mails. I get a very disappointing one from Emerils. Word for word this is the message “Sorry but due to technical difficulty in our kitchen we will not be opening tonight” WTF first last nt. no Red Square and now no Emerils I was very disappointed. Call up e and tell him that we all need to start thinking of alternatives and will decide when we get back together later.

Get to my rm change clothes and grab extra clothes for the Strat. rides. Cab it back to PH. After several ideas (too many selections and too many ppl to make a decision) we end up at Pampas Brazilian grill in the ph mall. It was very loud and very hard to hear waiter. E & J have never been to a Brazilian grill so I had to re-explain everything the waiter had said to them. I ordered a bottle of an Argentina Malbec, it was pretty good and only cost $32. J ordered a chicken entrée as he is not a big meat eater, e & I both order the rodezio. I didn’t eat much as it was poor quality meat IMO. E & I did finish the bottle and J had a Sangria. Samba Brazilian Steakhouse at Mirage was much better.

*Warning gay content to follow*
Walked the mall after dinner and e wanted to buy a vest at Las Vegas Royalty he had seen while shopping there earlier in the stay. As we walked up they noticed that one of the same employees was working again Alex. Now I love Alex he is great kid and was hilarious. He was 2006 Las Vegas #1 drag queen. Seems that when da boy’s where there before, he noticed their matching rings and was happy that they were living life the way they wanted. By the time we were leaving the shop, the female employee was hitting on J and his gorgeous blue eyes and Alex soon chimed in. E had to put his arm around J and warn off Alex that he was his and to be careful. It is good thing e had not drank too much or else we would have had a cat fight. Now that would be something to see in Vegas. LOL imagining it. Alex kept trying to talk me into to going to Cathouse, it’s gay nt on Sun. nt. Proceed on to purchase some skins for Ipods.

Debate between VIP access to Rain, rides @ Strat. Or gambling at PH. E chickensh*ts out of the Strat., they had hit Rain NYE, so it was decided to go down to the casino. Have fun there for a few hours with no big wins or losses. Cab it back to my rm w/ plans to meet da boys in the am for Spice Market Buffet, which e really had to hit up (sarcastic oh yeah). Get back to my hotel @ midnight and am hungry so hit up Raffels Café at Mandalay Bay. Play with my new Ipod (j had downloaded tons of songs for me) while I wait for my waffle that I feel is a good substitute for a birthday cake I didn’t get. Get back to rm @ 12:30am. Can’t believe I’m actually setting an alarm clock in Vegas.

[IndyColtsGal]

I Am Not Drunk by Benny Benassi


Monday a.m. ready to head out the door & e calls. I’m saying to myself that if he is calling to cancel out of his breakfast after I’ve been awake and put on my full make up face I will have some choice words for him he will not appreciate. He states he just wanted to make sure I was up. Once I arrive at their hotel it is apparent he was in no shape to do the buffet he wanted so bad. J & I hit up the craps table w/ our $25 match play coupons. As we walk up to an empty table the stick man to my right ask me if we plan on staying and playing or just using the coupon in a sarcastic manner. So with my sharp tongue I reply that I would like to play but it will depend on how a few of the rolls work out. At this point his attitude changes for the better. We each lay out our $50 bets and I get a come out roll of 7 craps yeah. Pull back my original investment of $25 and we proceed to parlay it up. I toke the stickmen several tips to gamble as they wish, too bad they weren’t as lucky as J & I. After we’ve both finished rolling we color up and cash in. I’m up $169 and J is up $250. Great way for them to leave Vegas. Look over at e who now looks a lil better and is ready to hit his buffet. Pretty good food for a buffet. Enjoyed a lot of the bacon and they have a crepe station where I ordered a Banana foster crepe delic. even if it was a tad cold.

We say our goodbyes as they get ready to go to A.P. I go back to hotel. Call h and talk w/ him while I wait for 9:30 am so I can get a boarding pass. Get my boarding pass at exactly 9:30 and am amazed that it is B-25, not good, a clue that it will be a full flight. Not comfortable for SouthWest. Oh well. Head up to room and nap for about 3 hr’s.

Get up and cab it to the Palms. They have an Imax and I figured a solo day would be a great chance to get to see Avatar. Get there about 2pm get my tix for 4:30 show and debate what to do while waiting. Decide I need caffeine to wake my ass up and get a huge Latte. Debate between walking across street to check out Orleans ? or staying here to gamble. Decide to gamble. So my expectations of the Palms were shattered. I expected it to be full of beautiful ppl, NOT. OMG I think Fremont street must have exploded and everybody literally dragged themselves on their knees to the Palms. Really was surprised by this. Not real crazy about the vibe at Palms but push past it and my better judgment and start on slots. Playing slots and get hit up by a waitress for a drink so I have to order a Heineken. Had to look funny double fisting Latte and Heineken. Place $20 on black on roulette since it has hit red the last 15 rolls, it hit’s red and I walk away wondering why I never learn my lesson (h & I lost several thousand 1 nt doing this @ Paradice Casino Peoria IL. About 8 yr’s ago). Walk around a little more and end up at a craps table. Loose a hundy here throw down another $50, play a touch longer and walk away with only $40 left of that venture. So what do I do for the next hour? Walked around watched some kids hit several #’s on their roulette wheel, so happy to see others getting the casino’s $. Head over to the movie early, but not early enough, it’s 45 min before movie and I’m about # 50 in line. Chat up a couple from Long Beach to pass the time. End up getting a good seat in the center of theater. Great movie and am glad I saw it on an Imax screen for the first time. Cab it back to hotel and become curious when cabby continues to ask questions….when does a cabby ever want to talk? look up in the window and see a camera. Humm could this be taxi cab confessions? Well either I was wrong or my story was as boring as I thought because they didn’t have me sign anything. Found out from my cabby to A.P. that most cabs in Vegas have the cameras now.

Get back to hotel walk thru Mandalay Place to find a place to eat, nothing looks good, continue on to Luxor. Another casino with a vibe I dislike. Find nothing here to eat either. Can’t believe that in Vegas ppl would stand in line for McDonalds. Must be European or some place that they can’t get McD’s frequently. Walk back to Mandalay Bay and finally decide on the Noodle shop order Chicken Chow Mein and Hot tea. Haven’t had Chick c.m. for yr’s, pretty good food and service. Walk around casino about 4 or 5 times and am just not feeling it. Decide to not gamble any more and head up to rm to pack. Plug my touch into the Ipod alarm clock and jam out while packing. 11pm and time to sleep turn off tunes and the rm next door are cranking theirs oh great, well it is Vegas what do you expect. Well etleast they are playing my type of music so not to bad, eventually fall asleep. Wake about midnight music off great. 3:15 am and I am woke up by music blasting again. Try to fall back asleep to no avail. After about ½ hr I call down to the front desk to complain, thinking it probably won’t do any good but may give me a foot in the door for a discounted room in the future. 10 min later music goes off. Cat nap until 5:45am and get up and get ready to leave.

So as usual Vegas has proven it’s almost impossible to stick w/ an itinerary. I can’t believe that this is my first Vegas trip that I didn’t get drunk once. But all in all it was a good trip and so nice to get to spend b-days together again. Would like to make it a yearly event.
Sorry I didn’t get to meet more of you, but was nice to meet Cisco & NYC, also sorry we didn’t have time for a beer. Very disappointed that I didn’t get to hit up any clubs. Oh well as I told Cisco I’m living vicariously thru you guys.
VIVA LAS VEGAS

[nyc2vegas]

whats up with all the misspellings? we are going to have to get spellcheck

[LovesVegas18888]

Nice TR so far! Sorry I didn't get to meet up with you!

[nyc2vegas]

im dissapointed I thought for sure you were going to say that you found out you were suffering from morning sickness and it wasnt the kobe burger

[SoCal Girl]

Great TR. I too thought it was morning sickness. Any pics?

[BritishV]

Loved it! sorry you got sick though! Hope you have a better birthday next year! x

[McNulty]

Good TR, I love TheHotel, the nice quiet scene is great when finally done for the night/morning.

I have heard that palms during the weekdays is very much like you describe, the "fun beautiful people" are definitely gambling there on weekend nights.


Re Southwest and being in Vegas--
They now offer early bird check in, computer automatically checks you in before online check in opens. It is $10 for each way, but it is money very well spent to not have to obsess about checking in at the 24 hour mark AND you usually get an A out of it.

[IndyColtsGal]

Pics now posted and post modified and incriminating info removed.

HA HA morning sickness never occurred to me.
Loves sorry I missed you too, maybe in the future we'll be hitting sin city up again at the same time. You sound like a blast to party with. I too love everybody when I've been drinking.
BV I put the detail of adult toys in this post just for you. I know how you like the dirty details.

[BritishV]

BV I put the detail of adult toys in this post just for you. I know how you like the dirty details.

Ahem...has my reputation preceeded me???

Man, do you think my TR will EVER die?? (enjoying the random PMs I still get about it though - lol!)

[Drew]

Ahem...has my reputation preceeded me???

Man, do you think my TR will EVER die?? (enjoying the random PMs I still get about it though - lol!)

LOL unlikely. tao_experience will forever be the guy who can't close the deal lol