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Re: Travel Part 3: Destination Unknown
Had a great time in Vegas again. Pretty hard to not have fun there.
Finally made the effort, and had a friend to help me, to learn craps, so played a decent amount of that. Was a very fun time. Sunday night we ended up playing craps until about 4AM, and I had a run of about 20 minutes rolling, with the table cheering like you see in movies. Helluva fun time. Didn't win much money playing it though, played 3 total times, won $150 the first time, lost $200 the second time, and won $250 the third. But, ended up ahead, and had a blast playing. Ended up about even at blackjack too, was up about $400 after Saturday, but gave it back over the course of Sunday and Monday.
Had quite a bit of fun being out there for the first weekend of college football. Games on all over the place, with money on all of the big games. I bet on Washington, Notre Dame, App. State, and LSU, Washington let me down but I hit on the rest. Also put $50 down on the Twins to lose, and they were down by 10 after 2 innings that game, so that was easy money.
One afternoon we decided to slum it a little, and see how ****ty Circus Circus and Stratosphere were. Holy ****, I hope I didn't catch any diseases in Circus Circus, that place is a complete disaster. I can't believe anyone would ever decide to actually stay at that **** box. Stratosphere was quite a bit nicer than I expected. The casino floor was really nice, and looked to be recently renovated, they were also in the process of renovating some other areas as well. So, that wasn't nearly as ****ty as I had previously heard it was, plus, the view form the top was pretty incredible.
Saw one show while there, Absinthe, at Caesar's. Very good show. Mostly acrobatics, and crazy stunts, but with a good amount of comedy mixed in too. I would recommend it.
For food, the three places we visited for "desination" restaurants (at least in my opinion) were Morimoto (MGM Grand), Michael Mina (Bellagio) and Yardbird (Venetian). Morimoto was the best of the 3, in my opinion, even though Michael Mina was the highest regarded by reviews and rankings, etc. Michael Mina was still very good, but the general consensus was that it wasn't as good as it should have been. I had to try some good sushi from Morimoto, and it did not disappoint, it was really quite amazing, but ended up overshadowed by my main dish, which was a seared red snapper, with a thai curry sauce, sushi rice, mussels, and fried plantains. It was incredible. Lastly, Yardbird was a bit different kind of place than the first two, but still awesome. Southern fried chicken, and soul food. The chicken, biscuits, macaroni and cheese, and deviled eggs were all very, very good.
Had a great time in Vegas again. Pretty hard to not have fun there.
Finally made the effort, and had a friend to help me, to learn craps, so played a decent amount of that. Was a very fun time. Sunday night we ended up playing craps until about 4AM, and I had a run of about 20 minutes rolling, with the table cheering like you see in movies. Helluva fun time. Didn't win much money playing it though, played 3 total times, won $150 the first time, lost $200 the second time, and won $250 the third. But, ended up ahead, and had a blast playing. Ended up about even at blackjack too, was up about $400 after Saturday, but gave it back over the course of Sunday and Monday.
Had quite a bit of fun being out there for the first weekend of college football. Games on all over the place, with money on all of the big games. I bet on Washington, Notre Dame, App. State, and LSU, Washington let me down but I hit on the rest. Also put $50 down on the Twins to lose, and they were down by 10 after 2 innings that game, so that was easy money.
One afternoon we decided to slum it a little, and see how ****ty Circus Circus and Stratosphere were. Holy ****, I hope I didn't catch any diseases in Circus Circus, that place is a complete disaster. I can't believe anyone would ever decide to actually stay at that **** box. Stratosphere was quite a bit nicer than I expected. The casino floor was really nice, and looked to be recently renovated, they were also in the process of renovating some other areas as well. So, that wasn't nearly as ****ty as I had previously heard it was, plus, the view form the top was pretty incredible.
Saw one show while there, Absinthe, at Caesar's. Very good show. Mostly acrobatics, and crazy stunts, but with a good amount of comedy mixed in too. I would recommend it.
For food, the three places we visited for "desination" restaurants (at least in my opinion) were Morimoto (MGM Grand), Michael Mina (Bellagio) and Yardbird (Venetian). Morimoto was the best of the 3, in my opinion, even though Michael Mina was the highest regarded by reviews and rankings, etc. Michael Mina was still very good, but the general consensus was that it wasn't as good as it should have been. I had to try some good sushi from Morimoto, and it did not disappoint, it was really quite amazing, but ended up overshadowed by my main dish, which was a seared red snapper, with a thai curry sauce, sushi rice, mussels, and fried plantains. It was incredible. Lastly, Yardbird was a bit different kind of place than the first two, but still awesome. Southern fried chicken, and soul food. The chicken, biscuits, macaroni and cheese, and deviled eggs were all very, very good.
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