SwimFinsSF

The Strangest place on Earth.

So I did it again… Every time I get home from Las Vegas I tell people to SMACK me if I ever talk about coming back for fun agian… So guess where I am right now? Bingo… Las Vegas…. This place is wrong on so many levels I can’t even tell you..

I’m actually here for work ( this week is NAB ) so Randy, Rick, Kevin and I decided to come out the weekend before to play… We’ve actually been having fun so i’m not complaining.. Very little gambling… Lots of shows / good food / dancing / cocktails.. So its been good.. Here’s the basics so far:

First night:
- Dinner at Nobu
- Dancing at Ra
Second Day:
- Roller Coaster at New York New York
- Freemont Street
- Dinner at Il Fornio
- Penn and Teller Show
- Big Shot at the Stratosphere

Since we’ve actually had fun I figured I’d share some tips:
- Don’t spend the whole weekend gambling (unless you REALLY like gambling).. You WILL loose money… ya can’t beat the system so don’t try - they’ve been doing this a LONG TIME..
- Get ready for LOTS of bad hair, bad dye jobs, cleavage, slutty outfits, smarmy men, and everything tragic about this city / country.. But its kinda fun.. gives lots of fuel for catty comments..
- If you DO gamble - take advantage of free drinks… Drinks are free as long as you’re at a table! - Don’t go to gay bars… I REPEAT… Don’t go to gay bars.. They SUCK ROCKS… Don’t try… No hot boys.. no good music… bad drinks.. bad locations… This is not where the gay boys go - and if they do they don’t go out to the clubs.
- Straight clubs can be fun.. good music.. pretty OK crowds…
- Clubs at the casinos have dress codes - and they hold to it… Smarmy man in a bad suit didn’t let us in to one cuz we weren’t dressed to HIS standards (granted we looked better than he ever could .. but still)… No jeans.. no t-shirts.. no tennis shoes.. no shorts.. etc.
- Bring a watch.. none of the casinos have clocks.. ANYWHERE…
- Force yourself to go outside… they don’t want you to… but there is NO fresh air - even in the rooms - sealed chambers to promote gambling..
- Don’t think to much about where you are.. The city is SO WRONG and is all about what is wrong with this country… greed.. waste… debauchary… But hell… the fact that it can exist - even as fucked up as it is - is also pretty damn cool…

Now back to sin city..