Category Archives: Las Vegas Travel Blog

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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Las Vegas: Starting a New Year at Flamingo Hotel

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Happy fucking New Year!  Goodbye 2020.

I am up at 8:00 and out at 9:00.

I lose $100 on Ultimate X video poker . Then a second $100 bill gets me 7s x 4 = $200 cash out.

I go back to my room to pack and go.  I am moving to Flamingo today, and I decide to take the bus to kill some time between losses.

The bus is completely fine until the stop before mine.  A homeless guy gets on, no mask.  Snot dropping from his nose to his chin, it actually looks green.  Not sure why he was allowed to board.  I kind of want to offer him a mask but don’t want to get anywhere near him.   Thankfully, I am off the bus seconds after he gets on.

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Las Vegas: Riding the Bus Around Henderson

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Las Vegas trip report day 9!  Happy New Year’s Eve!

I am up at 7:00 and out at 9:00. You might think this means it takes me 2 hours to get ready, but the joke is on you. I haven’t showered and I am wearing filthy clothes. I am just a lazy slob.

I am supposed to take the bus to Emerald Island but I opt for an Uber instead because aforementioned lazy slob. My driver assumes I live in Henderson, does not occur to him that I am a tourist. This happens to me often.

Even though I have been to Emerald Island before, it has been so long since my last visit that I am considered a new player and get new player stuff. Such as a coupon book that includes free meals if I hit 50 points, which I do.

FINALLY get a win on Buffalo Chief.

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Las Vegas: The Day Vacation Kicks In YAY!

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Another day working in Las Vegas, another day up at 5:00 am in Las Vegas.  What makes this day special though, is that this is the day my vacation actually starts once I am done with work.

I learned that I cannot get breakfast until 6:00 when things open, so I sneak in some Buffalo while waiting.  The hope was to win a million dollars so that I can go back to bed rather than into a video meeting.  I won, but was missing quite a few zeros and work meeting it was.

You can tell I am super anxious to LET’S GO because I am playing max bet, which is out of my price range.  Or you can tell how degenerate I am because I was playing out of my price range.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: The Day With Zero Photos

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Las Vegas trip report day 7.   Not sure how I have been here for a week already when I just got here.

I was up at 4:30 at The D, where I stayed because smoking.  I am still checked into Circa and walk over there to shower with their incredible water pressure.  I thought I had left my toothpaste here, but did not.  It is also not in my room at The D.  So now I have to go to Walgreens.

When I checked out, Circa tried to charge me for the room.  I paid through Orbitz.   So that took a bit.  This is what happens when you stay at a hotel on opening night, which is completely fine.

I decided to play $100 on Buffalo because degenerate.  I got some bonuses, but never hit a cash out point.

Back towards The D, I opted to skip Dunkin Donuts to get McDonalds and they are not open.   Neither is the coffee cart by the elevator.  Now I am “at” work and starving, with back to back to back meetings for the next six hours.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: Moving From Circa to The D(ick)

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Good morning Las Vegas day 6!

I am up at 5:00 am at Circa so I can get breakfast and be at work at 6:00 AM.   Fun fact:  I am actually lying because I am really up at 5:00 AM so I can gamble a bit before starting work.

I really like gambling before work. It is a weird feeling, and also I love the fantasy of winning a million dollars and then not going to work.  You know, I am going to add “stick to huge progressive machines” to my before work gambling routine going forward.

Circa sunrise:
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Las Vegas: Buffalo Slot Machines and More!

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It is day five in Las Vegas and I am awake at 7:30 AM at Circa.

My morning view.  I love the morning view in Las Vegas.  You look outside and know ANYTHING can happen today.  I also find myself fantasizing about running away from life, maybe getting a drivers license and driving into those mountains in the background just to see where they lead.

I shower and get dressed and am ready to hit the town at 9:30.  I really should do more hitting the town in Las Vegas, rather than just going back and forth between the same casinos all the time.  But I won’t.

When I get to the casino, I stay away from my usual money stealing machines and try some Dragon Link Spring Festival.  I doubled four $20 bills and lost the 5th.

Next I try Peacock Princess.  I lose a $20 and then double a $20.

Buffalo Deluxe!  I lose $80 and then lose $100.  Why do I do this?  Like seriously, why.   When I type up these trip reports, I just get so mad at myself.   I am fiiiiiiine with losing, fine with repeatedly losing on Buffalo.  But why do I keep putting more money in when I am losing?   Because of those sporadic big wins?   Oh yeah, that is why.  Because of those sporadic big wins.  Sigh.

Breakfast is me grabbing McDonalds at Plaza.

Then, since I cannot smoke in my room, I smoke a cigarette at a Buffalo slot machine before taking a nap.  Buffalo does not hate me during this session. Continue reading →