Viva Las Vegas

First, a little disclaimer. We've all heard the infamous phrase, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Well, clearly I'm about to break the rules and disclose some of the insanity that occurred during our trip. Hopefully, the group won't hold that against me! Although I consider our behavior to be at it's worst PG-13 rated (well...maybe not Alex's, but he was the birthday boy so we won't hold it against him), I caution that some of the pictures and/or video that you are about to see may be considered offensive. Enjoy!

Our Hotel: ParisAfter checking in and exploring Paris, we headed across the street to the Bellagio for Alex's birthday dinner, The Gourmet Buffet. I'm sure your first thought was, "A buffet?" Seriously though, talk about heaven! Considered impressive any day of the week, on Friday and Saturday nights the Bellagio steps things up a notch with an impressive spread of delicacies and desserts.

The offerings were truly overwhelming, but we all unanimously agreed that the lobster ravioli won the title "Best Dish." That's saying a lot too when you consider the competition: Kobe beef, king crab, venison, rack of lamb, beef wellington, seabass, swordfish, an amazing sushi spread. I could go on & on. Don't even get me started on the desserts! My mouth is watering even now!
After stuffing ourselves silly, we watched the world famous Bellagio fountains "dance" and thrill the crowd of spectators that had gathered around the lake, and then headed back to Paris to our put on our party clothes!As any woman knows, party shoes are not the best for walking. So we opted to cruise the Strip in a limo instead of crippling ourselves. After all, this was our first night. We still had money burning a hole in our pockets at this point. Let me tell you, that feeling didn't last long!First stop -Dick's. Our friend, Brad, manages this bar and grill, and I'm sort of at a loss for words on how to describe this place. It's tons of fun, but as a patron, you need to have a sense of humor and/or thick-skin. The staff's job is to give you a hard time, and they are very good at what they do!Our waitress was quite clever and decided she would help us accessorize with clever hats that displayed lovely statements like:

Anh - "I did gay porn to pay for this trip."

Mike - "I fart KY jelly."Amy - "High Maintenance (But, I put out.)"And, my personal favorite...

Nguyen - "Even my mom thinks I'm a slut."I know! I know! We picked a classy spot. Just wait. It gets better!

While at Dick's, I asked Brad for a "fun" drink after seeing the wall of frozen daiquiri machines, and this is what I got. Apparently, I should have specified a size.My jumbo drink was passed around. I guess no one was afraid of catching cooties.

Thanks to Brad, Al was the center of attention and treated like a V.I.P.

Alex received more special treatment when he turned 21 at Midnight.

From Dick's, we headed to another one of Brad's bars, Coyote Ugly. If you've seen the movie, you know the theme. The girls are scantily clad and dance on the bars while picking on "lucky" males in the crowd. Wouldn't you know it! They knew there was a birthday boy in the crowd!

They were happy to provide him with his birthday spankings. Although, spankings may not adequately describe the beating Alex took.

The reward for taking his beating like a man? A shot with a view. I told you it got better!Now, for a time check. When I took this photo, it was exactly 12:40 am, 40 minutes into his 21st birthday. Alex was escorted back to the hotel about 5 minutes later because he was feeling "under the weather." Sad! Very sad! The rest of us "old folks" partied until around 3am which for us was really 6am on the East coast. Personally, I'm amazed we lasted so long. We definitely paid for it the next day. No sickness, but we were dead tired.

Stay tuned for part II of the trip report. That's pretty much it for the raunchy behavior though. We got it out of our system early.