Hey Jack,
I appreciate what you do here, 'cause otherwise, I wouldn't have had a crazy good time at Tao back in November. It's a long, long story, so I'll split it up and hey, if no one cares about the story, I'll stop writing. But it was definitely a crazy, wild experience and I gotta thank this site for making it happen.
After doing some research, I figure it's either Tao, Pure or Tryst for me on a Saturday night. I'm staying in downtown Vegas, so I gotta plan ahead. Up comes 9pm Saturday night, and I'm still recovering from the night before - met 3 chicks from South Dakota or something at Golden Nugget, but before anything went down, I suffered the wrath of mixing Coronas, Captain, Budweiser and vodka ... that I can remember. Anyway, I suck up, tell myself "It's Vegas - don't let this keep you back" and get dressed.
Take a cab to the Bellagio for $20 and start roaming around the casino, checking out the sights. Definitely some solid eye candy walking around, but (thanks for the tip) gotta get to Tao early before things start shutting down. I get to the outside of the line and sure enough, the description's spot on. Now, I know I'm on guy on my own, so I'm gonna have to try and hook up with a group of (mainly) girls to get in, 'cause I got no chance on my own. So I stand out side for a few minutes with my Blackberry, checking it, w/e, looking busy. (Thanks to the site again) I'm dressed up with a jacket, vest and tie, so some group comes to up me like I work there and go, "Hey, is this the line?" Oops, maybe I overdressed.
Couple more minutes passed, and 4 girls walk up to the stairs, somewhat flustered. No guys with them that I could tell, so I had to try and see if they were willing to let me jump in line with 'em - perfect. As they're still looking around, I step up and go, "Trying to get into Tao?"
"Yeah - we're not sure where the line is."
"I think it's here ... mind if I tag along with you, though? I'll pay your cover in if you don't mind me coming in with y'all."
"Oh ... well, we already have passes, actually. But yeah, you can come with us."
"Oh. Nice! Let me at least get you a drink or two, then."
Expecting to pay $100-150 for the whole group, I luck out and find the group of girls that already got passes to get in and just end up paying for myself.
Sweet.
We get past the first line of defense a little past 10 and get to stand in line. Great group of girls to talk to - totally friendly and not at all pretentious. Made the 20 minutes of waiting fly by. So, by 10:30pm, we're paid up, stamped up and on our way to Tao ... Beach?
(to be continued)
I appreciate what you do here, 'cause otherwise, I wouldn't have had a crazy good time at Tao back in November. It's a long, long story, so I'll split it up and hey, if no one cares about the story, I'll stop writing. But it was definitely a crazy, wild experience and I gotta thank this site for making it happen.
After doing some research, I figure it's either Tao, Pure or Tryst for me on a Saturday night. I'm staying in downtown Vegas, so I gotta plan ahead. Up comes 9pm Saturday night, and I'm still recovering from the night before - met 3 chicks from South Dakota or something at Golden Nugget, but before anything went down, I suffered the wrath of mixing Coronas, Captain, Budweiser and vodka ... that I can remember. Anyway, I suck up, tell myself "It's Vegas - don't let this keep you back" and get dressed.
Take a cab to the Bellagio for $20 and start roaming around the casino, checking out the sights. Definitely some solid eye candy walking around, but (thanks for the tip) gotta get to Tao early before things start shutting down. I get to the outside of the line and sure enough, the description's spot on. Now, I know I'm on guy on my own, so I'm gonna have to try and hook up with a group of (mainly) girls to get in, 'cause I got no chance on my own. So I stand out side for a few minutes with my Blackberry, checking it, w/e, looking busy. (Thanks to the site again) I'm dressed up with a jacket, vest and tie, so some group comes to up me like I work there and go, "Hey, is this the line?" Oops, maybe I overdressed.
Couple more minutes passed, and 4 girls walk up to the stairs, somewhat flustered. No guys with them that I could tell, so I had to try and see if they were willing to let me jump in line with 'em - perfect. As they're still looking around, I step up and go, "Trying to get into Tao?"
"Yeah - we're not sure where the line is."
"I think it's here ... mind if I tag along with you, though? I'll pay your cover in if you don't mind me coming in with y'all."
"Oh ... well, we already have passes, actually. But yeah, you can come with us."
"Oh. Nice! Let me at least get you a drink or two, then."
Expecting to pay $100-150 for the whole group, I luck out and find the group of girls that already got passes to get in and just end up paying for myself.
Sweet. We get past the first line of defense a little past 10 and get to stand in line. Great group of girls to talk to - totally friendly and not at all pretentious. Made the 20 minutes of waiting fly by. So, by 10:30pm, we're paid up, stamped up and on our way to Tao ... Beach?
(to be continued)
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