Category Archives: Las Vegas Travel Blog

Here We Go Again Las Vegas!

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Once again it takes me 76 years to put up a trip report!

This trip was originally going to be 3 days in March.  Then a week.  Then JetBlue cancelled Mint flights from NYC.  Then Delta’s flights went sky high.  So I said fuck it and went to Atlantic City.

Then somehow I ended up booking a Vegas trip.  I don’t really remember what was going through my head when booking.  I know that at many points during Covid, I decided to bank my vacation so I can use it to go to new (to me) countries when it is over.  And then somehow ended up booking a week in a half in Vegas.  Not even working, just vacationing.

Oops?

I am flying to Vegas on JetBlue Mint.  I am downstairs in my lobby at 6:30 AM waiting for my Uber. There is a strange man in my lobby at 6:30 AM who scared the fucking lights out of me when I opened the main door and saw him standing there.  There are only 4 apartments in my building so it is extremely uncommon to see strangers, let alone strangers at 6:30 AM.  I may or may not have screamed a bit.  He was just as shocked to see me.  He was dropping off something for one of my neighbors (at 6:30 AM?) and she also got a bit stunned when SHE opened the main door and saw ME standing on the other side of it.  Fun times in my lobby.

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Farewell Las Vegas! I Will Be Back Soon!

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Last day of this Las Vegas trip report WAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I start my day at California hotel in beautiful Downtown Las Vegas  I had set my alarm for 4:00 AM but it turns out I set it for 4:00 PM instead of AM because I am a fucking asshole. I did wake up at 6:00 AM though and am out at 6:41 AM.

Love the cotton candy sunrise!

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Las Vegas Strip Crawl

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Day 18 of this Las Vegas trip report sees me up at 8:00 at California Hotel. I do not go out until 10:30 because I am a slave to restaurant reservations and that was the first open spot Market Street Café had for breakfast after I had showered. Should have called earlier. I just cannot get into the groove of this reservation thing.

In the café, I am seated less than 6 feet away from what would have been a flip flop wearing Fred Flinstone. Except he didn’t have his Flinstone feet in the flip flops so they were just out there in the wide open.

I had Eggs Benedict, which were good.

After eating, I lost $100 on quarter Double Double Bonus video poker. Then I lost $100 on Ultimate X Bonus Streak video poker. Then I went over to Circa where holy shit!  Not only did I get 15 Buffalo heads for the second time in my life, it was the second time on this trip!
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Las Vegas: Luxor Super Suite Times Pay

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Las Vegas day 17 of this monstrous trip report!

I am up at 9:30 at California.  I am woken up by the phone ringing. I am checking into Luxor today and Luxor’s spa is calling me to let me know that I can get an earlier appointment than what I have scheduled. I can’t really change it though since I am checking in just to get my $100 resort credit and $50 free play. I need to have a room to charge the spa to my room, so I can use the credit.

I went to get breakfast at Binions, using an app reward. I have to say it, by this point in the trip, and for the first time in my life, I am sick of breakfast here. The hash browns taste like movie popcorn butter. I’ve never noticed that before and I don’t like it.

While I was eating, I got a notification that my Luxor room was ready. So I went back to my room at California to change my spa appointment and then headed to Luxor.

I checked in and got a one bedroom suite. These are wasted on me because non smoking so I won’t stay here.  Probably shouldn’t have messed the bed up before photos + I normally don’t mess the bed up.  Lots of people do this.   You know, so that housekeeping doesn’t report you didn’t stay.  I don’t think they actually do this / anyone would care.  So why I messed this bed up at all, nevermind before taking photos, is a mystery.

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Las Vegas: From Cosmopolitan to California Hotel

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Day 16 of Las Vegas trip report continues as I am up at 8:00 AM at Cosmopolitan.  I am pretty bummed I missed sitting outside on my balcony as the sun rises.  Oh well, maybe next time.

I grab some Starbucks and get to playing.  My favorite Ultimate X video poker machine is back up. I turn a $100 bill into $160.  I want to keep playing but I have to go back up to the room to get ready to check out.

I pack and get ready to go.  On my way out of Cosmopolitan, I stop at my Ultimate X machine on my way out.  I am dealt Aces!

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Las Vegas: Buffalo Slots and Double Double Bonus Video Poker

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Las Vegas day 15!  Waking up at Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas.  How much do I love my balcony?

I am up at 10:00 and out at 11:00.  I try some Buffalo.  I am going degenerate. I cannot stop.  I cannot get any bonus, I will not stop until I get the bonus.  I move between machines, putting a $100 bill into three of them with nothing.  I have lost today’s budget.  I still don’t stop.

I try a new machine and thank you Buffalo gods for saving me.

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Vegas Blog: Gorgeous Cosmopolitan Balcony Fountain View Room

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If I keep adding “Vegas blog” to all my titles, maybe I will start ranking in Google as a Las Vegas blog!  Good morning Las Vegas day fourteen!  I am awake at Bellagio.  I apparently wrote “I HATE MYSELF” in my notes.   YAY.

I am awake at 7:30, which kind of sucks because I wanted to see the fountains as the sun was rising.  But I have now missed that.   Even with sleeping with the drapes open.  Oh well.

Here is a photo from last night:

I also have a video of the fountains.   Yes, there is a channel that plays the music in the room.  No, it was not working during my stay.

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Las Vegas: There Is A Dog In A Backpack PURE JOY!!!

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Dog morning Las Fucking Vegas!  Yes that is an intentional pun!  Hello Bellagio fountain view! HI!  I love you!!!  EXCLAMATION POINTS LIKE WHOA!!!!!

I am up at 8:30 and out at 10:30.  Not so much because lazy slob, but mostly “LOOK AT MY VIEW!!!”  I mean, come on now.  It is beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, before breakfast I play some Cleopatra Keno and hit 7/9 for $100 YAY!

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Las Vegas: Bellagio Fountain View Room

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Good morning Las Vegas day 12!  I am up at 7:50 at Flamingo, and out at 8:15.  I have a collection of pennies with me to throw in the fountain outside in the Flamingo Habitat for good luck.

Starbucks!  I play MY Buffalo slot machine at Linq.  Lose the first $100 bill, double the second.

I now decide to play my Flamingo Buffalo machine for the first time during my stay here.  I turn two $100 bills into $300 each.  YAY. Continue reading →

Las Vegas: “You Drink A Lot of Coffee.” Yes.

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I am up at 8:30 at Flamingo on day 11.  As I am typing this many months later, I am getting residually annoyed that I would prefer not being a daytime person, and being a night person.  But I am a slave to the reduced iced coffee hours.  I cannot go out at 3:00 AM when the drunks go to bed, and then go to bed myself when the vacations wake up.  Because ICED COFFEE MOTHER FUCKER.

I am starving and we are still in the “mandatory reservations” portion of the pandemic.  It is so difficult to find anywhere that has an opening.  After trying way too many places, finally I am given an 11:45 reservation at The Pantry at Mirage.

Mirage is so pretty.

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