Vegas - Post-Meeting

The sales meeting was fun and educational. It was great to just hang out with friends and re-connect with people I have not seen in awhile (and some of them that I hadn't see in a week since Philly).

Ira flew into Vegas the last day of the sales meeting and we were able to hangout until we flew home on Monday. First we started off with the Monte Carlo fire which we could see from the expressway between Red Rock and Excalibur. And, of course as soon as we startd walking towards our elevators we get attacked by one of the timeshare reps. Did we want to save money on a show - sure. We had already planned on going to one anyway. On the way over to the desk I told Ira this is all on you, but I do not want to go to any presentation. Yeah, right! I am not sure how many times he said sorry in our 4 hour presentation, but we didn't have anything planned anyway and I did get tickets to Tournament of Kings and Mamma Mia, as well as $75 in gaming credit for $140. That would have been over $400 by the way, so I guess it was worth some of our time. We went to dinner that night and had two large drinks at Dick's Last Resort. Due to Ira only being on his second night in Vegas (and not feeling well) plus me being exhausted from the week at the sales meeting we went to bed early.

The next day it was shopping, gambling, walking, a yard of margarita (and a nap immediately after) and dinner with the Tournament of the Kings. At this point I was down $200 to the roulette table and not particularly thrilled about that. So, I put $20 in the penny slot machine and after 2 bonus rounds - bam, $100 back in my pocket.

Sunday it was the gondola ride at the Venetian, lots of walking, a hurricane each, some dinner at House of Blues, and off to Mamma Mia. Stupid me had the times confused from the show the night before and we showed up half an hour late. Crap!!! The usher looked at the ticket and said you are late, I'm sorry that means we will need to sit you closer - YES!!! We initially had center stage tickets in the back section. While we were not in the front row, we were in the front section, just left of center stage. The show was great and we didn't feel like we missed anything at all. Mamma Mia is actually going to be at Fisher Theatre the first week of February, so if you are looking for a fun night out, I highly recommend it. After the show, we had a drink at Dick's Last Resort and off for our last bit of gambling. While Ira was doing well at roulette, I was back down another $40. So, some last love to my penny slot machine and another $60 - Thank goodness for Cash Inferno!!!

When all was said and done I was still down $250, but that happens with gambling and over 8 days that probably isn't too bad.

Breakfast for the last day had been on my mind for 2 days. The mexican restaurant that we had the yard margaritas from serves breakfast until 11 am and I had my mind set on huevos rancheros and a bloody mary for the last day. Especially since I had to be up at 8 for a conference call. And let me tell you, it was worth the wait. Ira and I both cleaned our plates and would have taken more if they offered it.

After breakfast it was off to the airport and a smoothe flight home. Good times!