In which I recap a very, very killer vacation.
Most of it’s already a blur. But here is the Flickr set, and below are the most important highlights:
I played a lot of slots and drank a lot of booze.
The food was uniformly great.
Vegas looks pretty nasty during the day but is like a giant, endless Times Square at night. It’s fun, and gaudy, and weird, and I enjoyed the hell out of myself.
The shrine between Bally’s and Caesar’s Palace was beautiful and unexpected.
Teh BF is a completely easy-going travel companion, which bodes well in general.
On my birthday, my friend Adam – who booked me as part of the opening act of one of his very first shows ever, when he brought Richie Havens to Iowa about a decade ago – took me and his sister Mona, and our friend Jason, and KJ out for birthday dinner at Nove, a chichi restaurant at the top of the Palms. The food was incredible, the view was stunning, and the company was superb. I had so much fun I could have popped, but I didn’t get any pictures because it was so dark in there.
After the meal, we went downstairs to The Lounge and listened to my new favorite band, Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns. (You can hear ’em here.) Holy fuck, this band smokes. They’re like the new Tower Of Power. They’re all monster players – studio cats and seasoned players all – and they groove like you simply would not believe. This is the band I want to be in. I bought a CD and ripped it to my iPod when I got home last night. It’s been on the top of my playlist since and will probably stay there for months.
Although we never managed to make it over to Fremont street nor go bowling (we’d had the idea that bowling in Vegas would be hella fun), we did accomplish some sushi-eating on our last night in town. We stopped at Ah Sin and gorged on all-you-can-eat sushi. (Well, I gorged – I had six rolls. Teh BF had, like, four.)
I bought myself a new wallet. It was ten bucks. (I’m a big spender, I know, I know.)
When we got back to W2 yesterday evening it was thirty degrees colder than we’d been used to, so we stopped at the new Thai City restaurant and ordered yummy spicy food. I had the green curry and it was brilliant; Teh BF had pad thai and when I saw him on my lunch break was still raving about it. Thai City absolutely rocks.
In other, totally unrelated news: yummy cell phone pr0n! I totally want this, omgwtfbbq. Srsly.
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wtfbbq? B B Q? hahahaha
It’s pure Internet: omgwtfbbq. -m
Color me jealous. I want to go to Vegas. It’s so close to me. I should just roadtrip it.
I see you wore the long-sleeved shirt for some reason. Well, that pose of yours, with the cig dangling from your fingertips is pure Mush. And that picture of the mirror in the hall is trippy. I dig. And lastly, you and Teh BF are adorable together.
You are adorable too. Go to Vegas. Srsly! It’s not like you don’t deserve it. -m
Sounds like a grand time was had by all. I’d love to hang out with Adam. I miss that guy.
He’s still hella adorable, glad-handling all the wait staff and finding out the answers to questions like, “Who the hell is that bass player?” by asking the CD table lady for me. -m
A coworker just got back from her first trip to Vegas a couple of weeks ago. She described the lights, the crowds, the twenty-four-hour activity and said that while it was fascinating, it wasn’t a relaxing trip. More like a frantic sort of dream. So I was feeling kind of down on it. But after looking at your pics, I’m thinking Hells Yeah! I got to go there someday!
Oh, just do it. The food’s great, the whole town is totally over the top, and everyone should go at least once! -m
A well deserved 40th birthday to say the least. So glad you had someone nice like KJ to spend it with. Speaking of teh BF…so what did he get you for your b-day that you had to wait to get home to have it??? Or should I ask??? *smooches*
Knitting needles! -m