Rok without a C! (10/24)

So it had been exactly one week since returning from Vegas that I started this post so I thought I better go ahead and tell yall all about it before I forget :)...


I arrived in Vegas that Friday morning and saw and heard just what I expected...all the hotels, casinos, people, cabs, slot machines, chaos. I say chaos because there were just people and things EVERYWHERE.

Kerri was just waking so I talked her into getting some breakfast, so we went downstairs in our hotel (pictured above-so nice) to eat some below average French Toast at Il Fornaio. Not to mention my 3.00 Coke...what the hell...why is Vegas ridiculously expensive???

After that, we decided to walk the strip for our gambling money...only kidding...just to see the 'sights' also known as other casinos. We walked into MGM where we saw the cutest bar stools at the Rain forest Cafe...I am now a parrot...

And then went to see the boring, sleeping lions...

I am not sure what I expected them to be doing...maybe playing with that one ball in there or something. But there are people, I guess I should say trained professionals, that are in there with them at all times. Weird.

We continued our trek down the strip and treated ourselves to a fruity cocktail in a lovely souvenir mug from Fat Tuesdays. The bartender had asked us if we wanted an extra shot in our drinks and of course we said yes. But little did I know that the shot wouldn't automatically filter its way thru the drink so my last sip was not strawberry daiquiri, but a nice surprise of straight 151. Yum. Biggie, now you know what led to that mysterious phone call...and by mysterious...well you know what I mean...

Thanks to the wonderful surprise above, I had to certainly chase it with something so when we spotted 3.00 Coronas on the strip, you know I just had to have one...or two...

I swear I don't drool on myself...it's the Corona sweat...We made our way to the Bellagio, which had the most AMAZING decor...here is the ceiling right when you walked in...they looked like glass, very well could have been plastic, flowers just hanging with the sunlight trying to make its way thru...beautiful.

And as you walked further in, they had crafted their very own fall extravaganza...

After being in such utter amazement, we walked outside in hopes of catching the water fountain show, with no such luck, so we headed back to the hotel to try our hand on some slot machines...no such luck again for yours truly. I left Kerri and her dad to get ready for April's birthday social before I lost even more money in such a short period of time.

Once ready and once Elizabeth arrived from L.A., we went to Kerri's aunt's room to eat pizza and drink wine prior to our tram ride over to Mandalay Bay. I believe it was a surprise for April, but we were headed to the Minus 5 Bar, which is a bar that is made with nothing but ice...even the glasses you drink out of are made from ice.

We had to don our special apparel to enter...jackets, booties, and mittens...

And we were even equipped with sweet pagers to let us know when it was time for our exit because heaven forbid we freeze over too...we then entered for our 20 minute experience...

And come to find out, the next day mind you, that it was Minus 5 as in minus 5 degrees Celsius, which is actually 23 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm with Kerri...she said there wasn't a need to pay money to get into this bar...we can do that in Denver here in a few weeks :)...although it was pretty cool...no pun intended.

After Minus 5, we went back to New York New York to the Nine Fine Irishman...you guessed it...an Irish Pub. Little did I know I would spend every night I was there on their patio watching the tail end of the haunted bridge that had scary clowns chasing after people with chainsaws...hilarious. What entertainment I tell ya :)!

Anyway, Kerri, Elizabeth, and I sat on the patio and caught up with one another while watching the scene mentioned above.
But Kerri left after a short while to go gamble with her family, leaving Elizabeth and I to do what we do best...drinking and mingling with strangers...

We bar hopped to just about every bar in New York New York, stopping to play the slot machines here and there...but the best was when we tried to get into Roc...the nightclub...because both of us are so nightclub...insert sarcasm.

I recall the bouncer telling us we could get in for free, but that they were not opened yet. But when we tried to go back, there was too long of a line and we certainly were not waiting in it just to make fun of people getting their dance on. And besides...I think it was best that we called it a night...even at 12:30 AM...and that folks was my first day/night in Vegas!