Surviving Vegas

We just “survived” yet another weekend in Las Vegas and guess what??  We lived to tell about it.  Yep, despite the excessive drinking, gambling, and eating, we all made it out alive.   Now the “WE” that I am referring to consisted of 7 friends from Chicago and California that decided it would be a good idea to meet in Vegas for March Madness. Our original group consisted of 9, but some last minute circumstances prevented two of them from coming.  Boo hoo.

Since we like these friends so much, we were not about to let this stop them from enjoying Vegas with us (sort of).  So we did what any normal people would do…we drew a picture of them and toted them around all weekend!  Actually only one of them got toted around, her name is Karen.  For some reason Eric was left upstairs in the room and didn’t get to come out to play.  Sorry Eric!

Meet Karen!

Karen accompanied us to the sports book, she hung out in the diamond lounge, and even came to dinner and a show!  One morning, I sat down at the bar and the bartender asked me where Karen was!   Apparently she made an impact on him.   

Karen being social

Yikes...Karen got kissed

The original “Karen” got lost by day two, so we improvised and made a mini napkin version for the remainder of the journey.  Normal behavior huh? 

Karen came to dinner

Shes at the head of the table

uh oh... we lost karen.  Heres her replacement

 

The journey began early each morning with booze….lots of it.  The one thing you can be sure of in a casino full of adults drinking lots of booze is that they are going to eventually act like idiots.  We were no exception.  What do you expect?  When a bunch of idiots get together they meet more idiots.  Suddenly all the idiots are making bad decisions and taking pictures of each other.  That’s what they do. 

random stranger with Slice

Hey Boys

Without sharing too much, our weekend included a bull ride, rock climbing a casino wall,  falling asleep in a show, steak dinner in a private room (some of us may or may not remember this one), and many hugs to Javier.   Don’t ask…  Oh, did I mention the gambling?  There was plenty of that as well!

another random girl in a shoe

posing with a passed out guy!





rock climbing and spanking a complete stranger

So that is basically Vegas in a nutshell: Drunk idiots hugging other drunk idiots while losing money gambling on anything.  Good times huh?  Actually it is!  Trust me…we will be back with another group to repeat the performance!!

Javier with Josh

Three things I learned in Vegas (on this trip):

1.    Extra olives in bloody marys = breakfast

2.   Earl of Sandwich is the best sandwich ever

3.   When in doubt, pose for a pic with a stranger

Stay tuned because I think the next stop is Montreal!!