2004-09-07 - 11:40 a.m.

Vegas in review

Warning: this is a long one!

Friday morning kicked off the girl�s trip to Vegas, and it started off almost great. Shannie, Ann, Kathie and I were supposed to meet at Kathie�s at 7 to go to the airport. Whoopsie-Ann and Jess overslept and woke up at 6:50 so we were about a half hour late which was irritating to the other 2 but they got over it. At the airport, Shannie and I got upgraded to first class which was quite delightful. Kathie offered me a granola bar en-route and I said �that�s ok honey, I just had a hot breakfast� which was kind of snotty of me but made me laugh. First class rocks.

We got to the airport, met up with Heidi Ho from Minneapolis and our limo driver, John, was waiting for us, so we got to ride in style. Upon checking into the Venetian, we got to go to the VIP check-in lounge which was awesome. Then we laid out by the pool and Ann and I watched the Packer game which blew. We all grabbed some dinner at the Grand Lux Caf� which is owned by the Cheesecake Factory people. Then it was off to the Carnival Court for some drinks and F-U-N fun. We met up with a bachelor party which was a hoot so we hung with them most of the night. We went to this bar, The Beach, at about 3:30 but they were closing at 4 so we went to this club at the Venetian, Venus, which was populated by quite a few very short Asian men. Shannie and Heidi Ho and I went to bed about 5, the other girls about 6. Saturday morning, MC flew in and we went to get pedicures and manicures which were quite lovely. I got a �leg facial� which was fabu. Then we grabbed some lunch and headed for the pool. I was wiped but since MC was only a 1-night guest, I sucked it up and went to have a drink and play a little slots.

We had 9:00 dinner reservations which we just made because getting 6 girls ready in 2 bathrooms is kind of tricky esp. because the shower doors are glass so you can�t have a girl in the shower and another one beautifying at the same time. Shannie was wearing a snappy red dress and the rest of us had black dresses on so we looked pretty snappy. Dinner at Canneleto was ok, my shrimp/crab/artichoke risotto was great but most of the girls didn�t love theirs. We then had a limo pick us up and take us to Olympic Gardens for the big stripper part of the evening. Most of the bachelorettes had their stage dances 3 or 4 at a time. Not super-bachelorette Shannie though � she had her very own cop stripper show which was a total hoot. She was the only girl on stage and the guy did this whole cop strip thing involving a flashlight, it was awesome, and she actually thought it was a hoot. We laughed so hard I thought my face would fall off. There was a girl in the next booth who had never been there before and you would have thought Ed McMahon just gave her the Publisher�s Clearinghouse check-she must have said �what the fuck� and �oh my god� 50 times and she kept on putting her hand over her mouth and fanning her face with the other hand. It was so damn funny, I almost peed my pants.

Then we tried to get a limo back as we would have taken 2 cabs but there weren�t any so this limo company owner took us back in his Mercedes sedan. That was the best hookup ever�this guy knows everyone in town and then some. We went to Carnival Court again, saw all our bachelor friends from the night before and commenced Shannie�s scavenger hunt. Then we all went to Harrah�s to have a couple drinks and by 4:00, we had to poke a fork in Shannie, she was done so her, MC, Ann and I walked back but on the way back, Casino Royale had $1 margaritas so Ann and I stopped and had a couple.

Sunday morning, we got up and went shopping down the strip. MC and Heidi had a 1:30 shuttle pickup so we were back to the hotel by about 1 so they could get going. I took a big ass nap and Shannie and I went to grab some lunch. Then we got showered and the remaining party gals (Ann and Kathie) went to Casino Royale for $1 margs and off to Imperial Palace to play blackjack. I did ok, lost about $30. The dealertainers were quite fun-I had skinny Elvis, Cher, Jake Blues, Tina Turner and Gloria Estefan as dealers. There was one girl we couldn�t figure out who she was supposed to be, turns out it was Shania. I think I am going to apply for the Shania-dealer job as I look about as much like her as this chick did. Kathie and Ann went and got some dinner and then we went to the Karaoke bar at IP. There was this couple behind me going AT it. Nasty-turns out they had just met there a couple hours before and he had been fingering her up her dress. Ick. Security kicked them out. We did see some crazy dancers, one girl was doing the splits or trying to and she fell over and other lady looked like Elaine on Seinfeld�s dancing moves. We were all tired so we called it a night about 12:00. We were supposed to meet up with Tarek, our limo company owner friend, but we never got his message, and he called again about 1 but we were all sleeping.

We got up and Tarek picked us up to go to the airport. Damn, that�s a great hookup to have, he had a grocery bag full of VIP passes to all the clubs and stuff. He can also get us show ticket hookups. Jingles will be in Vegas for a week at the Venetian in March so I might fly out and hang for a few days as he will be solo.

Anyway, nothing too naughty that I am reporting anyway, it was a most excellent trip but I am still wiped out!

Jess

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