So I’ve been to Vegas at least 7 times this year so far. This trip was by far the craziest I’ve experienced, especially since I was travelling solo.
Preface & Friday
Thursday rolls around and I’m sitting at work completely stressed out with both work, and personal things, so decide to do Vegas for the weekend to unwind, plus helps since I’ll be traveling to San Fran for work the following week. Also, just got a pretty nice bonus at work, so was ready to have some fun. When I got promoted back in June, the trip I took that following week is probably the most memorable, and quite possibly the most amount of money I’ve spent in a single weekend, but that’s a whole other story, for another TR (possibly).
So I book my flights, car service, and hotel. Leave work early around 7pm to get home to pack, and get some rest. Wake up around 3am to catch my flight out of NY; have my driver waiting outside with the Escalade. Get to the airport, stop by Admirals Lounge at JFK; recently re-done, and I must say, this is the nicest domestic lounge I’ve been too. Top shelf liquor, self-serve, and sit-down food service. Spend two hours there, since my driver got me to the airport in 40min, while it would usually take over an hour. Board the plane, always go first class for these long haul trips, and turns out I’m sitting next to a guy I used to work with, so had some good company for the fairly long 6hr cross-country trip to Vegas.
Land in Vegas, and make plans with my old co-worker to get dinner/drinks later somewhere. Go over to baggage claim, and have the Wynn/Encore driver standing there with my name sign. Go over, grab my bags, and get in the car to head over to Encore Tower Suites. I landed in Vegas around 10AM, so I couldn’t get my room for a while. Give my bags to bell desk, and walk over to Jardin for Grandma’s Chicken Meatballs, and blood orange mimosa. Feeling really tired, and sick almost at this point since I must’ve slept a total of 20hrs the past week, including the 3hrs the night prior. Head over to CVS across the street to get some medicine, water, and cough drops. Come back to tower suites lobby to check if room is ready around 1:30pm, and still not ready. I was ready to pass out so decided to head over to the spa. I’ve probably been to every single five star spa on the strip, and I personally think the one at the Encore is one of the best. Get a day pass, walk in, and get greeted by the usual guys working there. Relax in the tranquility room; sleep for a bit, then hit the water circuits for a few rounds. At this point I am ready to crash, and it turns out to be 5pm now, so go back to finally get my room keys. Head up to the room, get changed, and pass out for an hour.
Felt amazing, and ready for HK 2nd tier table splits I had setup with some people from JC. Cleaned up a bit, put some clothes on, and got a car to go to the Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental. Insane views, and best collection of super fine liquors. Get greeted by the usual bartender, and get poured out an insanely strong drink, and food brought out without me even having to place my order. Met up with my old co-worker here, and got a bottle of wine for us to split, along with some sliders, and skewers. Spent a good amount of time catching up, and planning out what we had in store for the weekend. He was going to meet up with some friends for a bachelor party, so we couldn’t do much, but it was great to catch up with him.
After a while, I was craving Javier’s over at Aria, so walk over with my friend, and got some drinks at the bar, along with chips/salsa, and tacos to share. I’m pretty full at this point, and exhausted, so decide to go back and nap for a few hrs. before I need to leave to go to HK. Taxi back to Encore, and sleep till 10. Wake up, get ready, and head out to MGM. Text the guys I’m doing splits with, and meetup outside VIP line. Settle splits, and walk in right away, to table 64. Pretty great sightlines, plus added bonus of having the raised platform for dancing above the DF tables. Drinks start getting poured, and I begin dancing on top of the platform with some other guys from the group. This one group I did splits with that night, ended up becoming great friends with them, and did splits all weekend with them; more on that to come.
Girls start coming to the table, and begin dancing with a few; however I’m really just looking to dance, and have fun tonight, so don’t really make an effort to get with anyone in particular. Best thing to do at any nightclub in Vegas, tip your security guy $100 when you get in, and he’ll take care of you all night, trust me. My guy walked me to and from the bathroom multiple times, and even brought over girls according to my taste to the table area. Ended up tipping around $200, but totally worth it. Drinks started going down like water at some point, Aoki came on and I went insane for a while. Don’t really remember his set too much, but it was a great time. Some how make it back to Encore around 4:30am. Turns out I had taken a limo from MGM to go back to Encore, since I had a receipt from ODS in my pocket, and the security guard texted me the next morning asking if I was all good, and that he had setup the car.
What a lifesaver!!
Next day, Saturday Wet DF table & XS Tier 3…..
Preface & Friday
Thursday rolls around and I’m sitting at work completely stressed out with both work, and personal things, so decide to do Vegas for the weekend to unwind, plus helps since I’ll be traveling to San Fran for work the following week. Also, just got a pretty nice bonus at work, so was ready to have some fun. When I got promoted back in June, the trip I took that following week is probably the most memorable, and quite possibly the most amount of money I’ve spent in a single weekend, but that’s a whole other story, for another TR (possibly).
So I book my flights, car service, and hotel. Leave work early around 7pm to get home to pack, and get some rest. Wake up around 3am to catch my flight out of NY; have my driver waiting outside with the Escalade. Get to the airport, stop by Admirals Lounge at JFK; recently re-done, and I must say, this is the nicest domestic lounge I’ve been too. Top shelf liquor, self-serve, and sit-down food service. Spend two hours there, since my driver got me to the airport in 40min, while it would usually take over an hour. Board the plane, always go first class for these long haul trips, and turns out I’m sitting next to a guy I used to work with, so had some good company for the fairly long 6hr cross-country trip to Vegas.
Land in Vegas, and make plans with my old co-worker to get dinner/drinks later somewhere. Go over to baggage claim, and have the Wynn/Encore driver standing there with my name sign. Go over, grab my bags, and get in the car to head over to Encore Tower Suites. I landed in Vegas around 10AM, so I couldn’t get my room for a while. Give my bags to bell desk, and walk over to Jardin for Grandma’s Chicken Meatballs, and blood orange mimosa. Feeling really tired, and sick almost at this point since I must’ve slept a total of 20hrs the past week, including the 3hrs the night prior. Head over to CVS across the street to get some medicine, water, and cough drops. Come back to tower suites lobby to check if room is ready around 1:30pm, and still not ready. I was ready to pass out so decided to head over to the spa. I’ve probably been to every single five star spa on the strip, and I personally think the one at the Encore is one of the best. Get a day pass, walk in, and get greeted by the usual guys working there. Relax in the tranquility room; sleep for a bit, then hit the water circuits for a few rounds. At this point I am ready to crash, and it turns out to be 5pm now, so go back to finally get my room keys. Head up to the room, get changed, and pass out for an hour.
Felt amazing, and ready for HK 2nd tier table splits I had setup with some people from JC. Cleaned up a bit, put some clothes on, and got a car to go to the Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental. Insane views, and best collection of super fine liquors. Get greeted by the usual bartender, and get poured out an insanely strong drink, and food brought out without me even having to place my order. Met up with my old co-worker here, and got a bottle of wine for us to split, along with some sliders, and skewers. Spent a good amount of time catching up, and planning out what we had in store for the weekend. He was going to meet up with some friends for a bachelor party, so we couldn’t do much, but it was great to catch up with him.
After a while, I was craving Javier’s over at Aria, so walk over with my friend, and got some drinks at the bar, along with chips/salsa, and tacos to share. I’m pretty full at this point, and exhausted, so decide to go back and nap for a few hrs. before I need to leave to go to HK. Taxi back to Encore, and sleep till 10. Wake up, get ready, and head out to MGM. Text the guys I’m doing splits with, and meetup outside VIP line. Settle splits, and walk in right away, to table 64. Pretty great sightlines, plus added bonus of having the raised platform for dancing above the DF tables. Drinks start getting poured, and I begin dancing on top of the platform with some other guys from the group. This one group I did splits with that night, ended up becoming great friends with them, and did splits all weekend with them; more on that to come.
Girls start coming to the table, and begin dancing with a few; however I’m really just looking to dance, and have fun tonight, so don’t really make an effort to get with anyone in particular. Best thing to do at any nightclub in Vegas, tip your security guy $100 when you get in, and he’ll take care of you all night, trust me. My guy walked me to and from the bathroom multiple times, and even brought over girls according to my taste to the table area. Ended up tipping around $200, but totally worth it. Drinks started going down like water at some point, Aoki came on and I went insane for a while. Don’t really remember his set too much, but it was a great time. Some how make it back to Encore around 4:30am. Turns out I had taken a limo from MGM to go back to Encore, since I had a receipt from ODS in my pocket, and the security guard texted me the next morning asking if I was all good, and that he had setup the car.
What a lifesaver!!
Next day, Saturday Wet DF table & XS Tier 3…..
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