Wednesday, November 27, 2013 – Day Two of Eight
[This is part one of a ten part trip report. To start from the beginning, go here]
I am up at 8:00 am at Aria. I tried to go back to sleep but it was just not going to happen. I took my time getting ready and left my room at 10:30. First stop, Starbucks. The barista tried talking to me and I could not make out any words he was saying. I finally had to tell him “You and I cannot speak until I have had caffeine.”
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 – Day One of Eight
Today is Las Vegas day! I woke up and went to the bathroom, passing the microwave and noticed it was only a few minutes before my alarm was going to go off. So I shut it off blindly and went about getting ready for work, dyeing (dying? I never know how to spell that) my grey roots, getting ready for VEGAS. When I was all done, I turned on the television and only then realized that I was a full hour early. The clock I had looked at was my microwave clock which I never changed when we changed the clocks back. Son of a bitch.
Spent most of the day at work until I just got really bored and decided to leave early without telling anyone. I am a model employee after all. Good thing too because security at JFK was in-fucking-sane. If I had stayed at work, I would have been really screwed. As it was, I got through with just 10 minutes to spare.
Hello, my name is Jennifer and I am a degenerate gambler.
I have been to Las Vegas a bazillion times. Because of this, I often have friends ask me for help when they are planning a trip. You would think that I would be good with giving Las Vegas advice. But I am not. I actually feel mental anguish when I am asked. Why is that, you ask? Because I am a degenerate and degenerates do not know how to simply book a flight and hotel and go.
I was going to take you through a typical trip planning. But I was having great difficulty breaking down how I typically plan a trip. It is way too detailed, even for me. So then I decided to stick to JUST how I booked this one specific trip that I am leaving for TODAY. I figured it cut it down a bit since it is only an eight day trip, rather than 21 nights.
But as I got into typing that out, it was still way more detail than any non-degenerate gambler would want to read. So now I will attempt to just talk about my completed plans.
In honor of the Downtown Grand in Las Vegas opening TODAY, I thought I would post the trip report from when I had a stay here back in June of 2005, when it was known as Lady Luck. This hotel/casino was closed back in 2006, for what was supposed to be less than a year, for renovations. At this time frame, everything in Las Vegas that was closed temporarily or imploded to build new, came to a screeching halt as the economy crashed. Vegas lovers sat back and collectively cried at how depressed we were to watch our favorite places go away for no good reason.
Now, here we are in 2013 and while the property has been open for close to two weeks, the official grand opening is TODAY. I cannot wait to see it in just two weeks.
But for now, let’s take a trip back in time, shall we?
Westward Ho we go!
This morning, the alarm goes off at the exact nano second of the beginning of Billy Squier’s “Lonely is the Night.” Yes! This is a great way to start the day!!!
We get dressed and run out the door for our last day. Our first stop is the Riviera buffet. Saying it is not good would be an understatement. It is not as horrible as the Frontier buffet. But this is only because the Riviera had slightly edible donuts, whereas the Frontier had a grand total of zero edible items.
This is an old Las Vegas trip report that I am posting for the entertainment of Las Vegas addicts. While it was current at the time it was written, a lot of it is now completely outdated. Much of what you read about may no longer exist.
Thursday, March 28, 2003 – Day Eight of Nine
As always, we are awake early. To the Frontier breakfast buffet we go. Don’t ever eat this buffet, it’s absolutely disgusting. DISGUSTING. The bacon has hard strings in it. The eggs are raw and cold. There is very little selection. It’s just disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. The real slap in the face is that it costs $8.95 for CRAP.
Worst buffet ever.
Out to the casino.
The Frontier has an ancient slot machine hanging out in its casino.
This is an old Las Vegas trip report that I am posting for the entertainment of Las Vegas addicts. While it was current at the time it was written, a lot of it is now completely outdated. Much of what you read about may no longer exist.
Wednesday, March 27, 2003 – Day Seven of Nine
Today for breakfast, we go back to the Aladdin and finally get to use my slot tournament credit to eat at their buffet. It was great as always. I took a couple of pictures of Paris as we passed by.
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This is an old Las Vegas trip report that I am posting for the entertainment of Las Vegas addicts. While it was current at the time it was written, a lot of it is now completely outdated. Much of what you read about may no longer exist.
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 – Day Six of Nine
Today we wake up at the Barbary Coast. We walked over to the Aladdin to use my $20 food credit from the tournament yesterday to get breakfast. Oh wait! I don’t have the credit with me. Stupid. That’s okay, lets go to the Bellagio for breakfast! Of course, it’s excellent as always.
This is an old Las Vegas trip report that I am posting for the entertainment of Las Vegas addicts. While it was current at the time it was written, a lot of it is now completely outdated. Much of what you read about may no longer exist.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003 – Day Five of Nine
This morning we are awake early for our last day downtown. We made our way to the Golden Nugget for breakfast. As usual there was a line. While we were waiting, I put two quarters in one of the slot machines against the wall alongside the buffet line. I won $40! So much more exciting than being comped!
Monday, March 24, 2003 – Day Four of Nine
My mother and I wake up today at the Plaza. Breakfast is free for both of us with the Plaza’s Pleasure Pak coupons. The food here is nothing special, but it is free and features crispy bacon.
Today we are taking a day trip to Laughlin. I was hoping we’d get the same driver I had back in June. He was wonderful and shared a lot about Las Vegas, history, little facts and interesting things. Unfortunately we had a different driver. This driver had no personality and didn’t like to be spoken to. Oh well.