Did I miss the trip report?
Link?
Ah I guess I didn't post anything up:
WED: Landed early. Had a super stretch from Presidential pick up Myself, GF, Becca, Buddy (coworker), his wife (1yr anniversary) and his father (founder of our company). Dropped them off at Caesars then dropped the GF and Becca off at Cosmo where we met Susie.
Myself and the Girlfriend plus her friends susie (pilot, all american volleyball player, married to my buddy) and becca (GF's best friend from college) were all sharing a room. had a comped City Room... Tipped $30 at front desk and gut us bumped to terrace studio on 59th floor with private balcony. Faced airport but still a great room. Got settled into room then went down to chandelier bar to kick off the trip with some Verbenas. Hadn't eaten so we hit Hidden pizza for lunch. good stuff.
After that I had to run and set up my tradeshow booth at caesars. Got that knocked out. and headed back to room to shower up and get ready for industry welcome reception thing. Did that then met the girls at
Holsteins for burgers/drinks. Bounced around Cosmo and hit Vesper and Bond (
hung out with DJs for a bit). Headed over to Rockbar or something at PH? Got some drink special and didn't really pay for anything. Hung till 1ish or so then called it a night since I had to be up at 5am.
THURSDAY:
Woke up, suited up, and cabbed over to Caesars for day 1 of the show. How early? Early enough the
giant screen at Quad was rebooting in a test pattern. Worked the show that day. A little groggy but nothing crazy. Left the show and met the GF and the other girls. GF's cousin apparently had just moved to Vegas so he came down and joined us.
Got a call from my buddy Kaz (host) about comping us a bottle/table at Haze that night. Just had to tip everyone out (no biggie). By the time I got the girls to agree to get dressed up and go out (about 5:30-6:00pm) I text Kaz and it's a no go... he had to let manager know by 5pm. ####in women. So now I've got 3 ladies dressed up, the GF's cousin whos in t shirt, jeans, and jordans. I start making calls... Kaz can get us a bottle at some other spot (Forget).
Hit Todd English pub (solid) for a bite to sort out the plans when the girls mention getting some passes for "some club from some promoter guy". Usually these suck... nope. They're guestlist tickets to hakkassan with Danny Avila Spinnin, and open Ketel One vodka bar till 1am for the ladies. Well #### me. We're off to Hakk.
Given I had to be up at 5am again we were there at open. Got in guestlist line and got right in. Hit the pavillion bar for a round of ketel and tonics on the house then headed down to the ling ling room to check it out.
Sick wine list bro. Badass vibe. Grab a table (all tables are first come down there, no bottle service requirement
. Music's great. Girls are loving life. Drinks are flowing. We head upstairs to the main floor and another couple rounds of comped ketel and tonics before they shut that down at 1 and danny Avila takes the stage.
Main Room is pretty damn sick... but is still inferior to the main room at Light. Either are head and shoulders above any other club I've been to so you can't go wrong.
They threw out these sweet color shifting LED wants to everyone. We raged. Finally Becca was too drunk and it was about 2am. I needed to get a couple winks so we took off. Some dickhole played goalie on the way out and was blocking her..stepping side to side and not letting her pass. [GF behind me, becca in front, susie way in front] between the booze and being tired and ready to go, I reached forward and just threw the kid to the side (was a little fella...5'8" 150ish) and we walked past. He got mad and punched me in the ribs but it was a weak effort and we just kept walking out. Got back to the room and passed out for a couple hours.
FRIDAY:
Woke and made it to the show on time without issue. Thankfully today was a short day (ended at 2pm). Powered through and broke down the booth. Shipped it. ran down to meet Becca and GF at Caesars lobby as my 2 night comp at cosmo had ended and we were moving to Caesars Palace. Upon check in our room wasn't ready (asked for 2 beds). Told her 1 bed was fine, it was just me and the 2 girls. She laughed and shook her head.
Bumped us up to Augustus tower premium room or something. GF's cousin was back down and they wanted to do lunch when I was done. I hit the room and grabbed 2 hour power nap. Then met them down at Slice at Caesars to watch the NLCS.
They had posted up on video poker and had some cool bartenders who were ignoring the fact that they were playing one .25 cent hand of blackjack every 2-3 mins and drinking like fishes. I jumped on a machine and we watched the entire game pounding drinks for a total of $0 tab. Tipped the guys $50 or so. The girls wanted to head over to Carnival court and the bartender called the beverage manager over there and got us on some list. We asked for him and skipped the line and didn't pay cover.
Drank and danced there for a while and then rolled through Quad for a a little gambling and whatnot. I think we got in around 4am but not totally sure. Cousin and becca crashed in the room. I think it was me and the 2 girls in the bed and him on the couch but it's fuzzy.
SATURDAY:
We woke and cousin and becca were down getting coffee. They both bolted and GF and I met Buddy and his wife (celebrating their anniversary while he worked the show). First day with no show duties and we had brunch reservations at Mon Ami Gabi for 10:30am (right before they switch over to brunch). Despite reservations was told there was a wait. Slipped $20 and said it's my girls bday and we would love a table on the rail outside. Boom 2 mins later seated center rail. Bloody mary bar. Crepes. Etc. Stellar meal as always.
Girls had to do some shopping. Buddy and I hit caesars book and watched some games based on some bets we had laid down that AM before brunch. Eventually he went to join his girl and I joined GF at shops. We hit PJ Clarkes in lower forum shoppes for happy hour. Couple drinks, some oysters and couple sliders. Solid snacks. great value 3-6pm. Went back to room and got ready for dinner that night.
Cabbie picked us up for Firefly reservations. Turns out it moved. Cabby was insane russian woman. Finally got there after almost dying 38 times. Fantastic meal. Two thumbs up. Took cab back and everyone wanted to crash. I was beat but hadn't really gambled much and wanted to play some craps. GF agreed to join. We hit a $10 table that was half insanely hot 22yo chicks in mini dresses and half funny older guys. We have a blast. Couple hot rolls (mine and new buddy next to me) and suddenly I'm up a couple hundred bucks. English fella and his lass pull up next to us and he's a ####### riot. We all have a great time, making money, joking and high fiving whatnot till 1am or so. GF was crashing. I was wiped so we called it a night. Went back to the room for the first quiet alone night of the trip. Wound down and crashed.
SUNDAY: Limo picked us up and we got to the airport. Blah blah blah. Buddy was desperate to throw $100 in slots after hearing of my $300 hit on craps the night before. I join. We both might as well have set fire to the Cnote. Back to the gate with tails tucked and "I told you so's" from the ladies. Fly home and crash hard. Great trip