catching up

Mike and I wrote a blog at 2am on Friday morning, but we didn't have any internet access, here are our thoughts:

Mike and I went out shortly after he got here and hit up Casino Royale for some cheap beer. We then headed back to Caesar’s since it would be our last chance to hang in the casino for any length of time. We hit up (naturally) the penny slots and the drink service was HORRIBLE! The waitress wouldn’t take my order and said she’d be right back. Fast forward 30 minutes later, and I still had not gotten a drink. I was all, “I’m a guest here, do I need to whip out my Bill Compton room key and say ‘COMP me a TON of drinks!”? Mike and I thought that was hilarious.

We later found another set of penny slots where we were COMPed a TON of drinks. The lady brought us 2 bottles of champagne each! Ow! We told her we were thirsty, and she listened! SATISFACTION!

Mikes's thoughts: Interesting sightings of the night: a guy at McDonald’s that Ginger said had a “Standard” haircut. I didn’t know what that meant, but he definitely looked “special”. Apparently “Standard” means the standard haircut for the mentally challenged. Which was totally true in his case. Lots of other totally sick mullets later, we spotted a dude with some curly kind of hairdo that looked like Mick Foley aka Mankind. That dude was the spitting image. Until he opened his mouth and showed that he still had all his teeth. Oh, and back at McDonald’s, Ginger was appalled at the behavior of some family who all stormed the counter shouting and waving their receipts. She said it was like watching trading on Wall Street. I said they were probably just Persian. (Is that racist? Oh well.)

Thursday in Vegas

Gabe took off at about 8 this morning and I cleaned up a bit in the room (it looked like my bag exploded) while deciding what the hell I was gonna do for food. Nothing at Caesar's is cheap, there's no free WiFi to be had anywhere on the premises, and I really didn't feel like walking anywhere in the heat. In the process of organizing everything, I realized I had left my Nascar/Dale Jr./Budweiser boxer shorts at home! Now I need to find more "patriotic" pants for tomorrow night! I'm sure I can find something.

Anyhoo, I finally cleaned myself up, pushed the "service please" button (yes, they don't do "do not disturb" tags at Caesar's), and headed toward the Palazzo, where I heard there was free WiFi to be had at the First Restaurant and Bar. It's pretty pricy, but if I can blog here, I guess I'll pay a little extra. Plus, I'm relaxing today.

I ordered a PBR right away because, well, they have it on tap. It's like some sort of rule of life that if a place has PBR on tap, you have to order it. Look it up somewhere. The bartender totally forgot to take my order, but was apologetic when I walked up to the bar to order a "Tommy Burger" (a build it yourself deal, which is perfect for people like me who don't like much on their burgers). I even took a picture of it, a la Kathy with a C and her burger blog). The burger (that I'm currently eating) is delicious. Very good meat, cooked perfectly on a nice bun. The fries are thin, similar to the ones you'd get at Claim jumper, but sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, which wouldn't be my choice, but they're good anyway.



I'm really not doing anything of interest right now, so I'll finish my lunch, get another beer and add some pictures.

Sorry, I'm not doing anything interesting while on my own! I had a couple of beers, though, we'll see what happens! I'm heading back to the Palace now so I can go swimming and watch TV from the shower again.

By the by, the PBR is only $3 a pint here, not bad for a drink in an actually classy place on the strip.