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Las Vegas Trip Report: Monday, December 2, 2013 – Day Seven of Eight – Part One

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Monday, December 2, 2013

[This is part eight of a ten part trip report.  To start at the beginning, go here.]

Today is my last full day.  WAH.

I wake up at the Riviera at 8:00.  One of the things I do not like about staying here is that the food options are awful.  The coffee shop is gone.  The buffet is gone (I think anyway, it was inedible so even if it does still exist, it is not an option)  You can have breakfast in their pub, but I don’t want to do that.  I want a very large iced coffee.  The only place you can get one around here is at the McDonalds across the street.  So that is where I go.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: The One With Vomitor and Public Urinator

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Sunday, December 1, 2013 – Day Six of Eight

[This is part seven of a ten part trip report.  To start at the beginning, go here.]

This morning I woke up with my alarm at 9:00.  Figures that I am finally actually sleeping on a day I have to be up to check out.

Today is Free Play Day  I will be using all the free play I have saved up and I will win a bazillion dollars with it.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: Hitting Aces Twice in One Day!

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Saturday, November 30, 2013 – Day Five of Eight

[This is part six of a ten part trip report.  To start at the beginning, go here.]

This morning I am up at Fitzgeralds 5:30 am.  I don’t mean to be but my brain knows there are slot machines below me.

I don’t go out until 8:00.  I head to Fremont to use the free brunch buffet comp I have from using the American Casino Guide coupon.   It would normally be $20.04 if paying with cash.

This is the one breakfast I have ever had in Vegas where the coffee shows up at a drinkable temperature, rather than too hot.  I drank a LOT of coffee.  Then when I left, I obviously went to the Dunkin Donuts inside Fremont and got a large iced coffee.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: I Did Nothing On My Itinerary Today

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Friday, November 29, 2013 – Day Four of Eight

[This is part five of a ten part trip report.  To start at the beginning, go here.]

I slept so terribly last night.   I kept having really bad dreams.  I finally gave up and got out of bed at 6:37 am, and was out the door at 7:30.

First stop: The D Grill, located inside Fitzgeralds.  Yes, I am still refusing the name change.  I had a $5 coupon from checking in and used my comps to cover the rest.  I still have a $25 dining voucher here but it’s a one time use thing that is too much for breakfast so I am holding onto it for dinner one night.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: My First Stay at Post-Fitzgeralds, Now Known as The D

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Thursday, November 28, 2013 – Day Three of Eight, Part Two

[This is part four of a ten part trip report.  To start at the beginning, go here.]

This is my first stay at Fitzgeralds since they did a name change.  The new owners would like us to call it “The D”.  Yeah well I would like them to pick a name that is not stupid, and to also bring back the neon rainbow and pot of gold outside.  So it looks like neither of us are getting what we want.  Fitzgeralds it is!

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Las Vegas Trip Report: I Hate Seth MacFarlane.

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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.”

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Las Vegas Trip Report: I AM GOING TO LAS VEGAS TODAY!

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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.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: Moving From Barbary Coast (RIP) to Frontier (also RIP)

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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 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.Paris, Las Vegas Paris fountain, Las Vegas Continue reading →

Las Vegas Trip Report: The Time We Saw Danny Gans (RIP)

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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.

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Las Vegas Trip Report: The Night Celine Dion’s Show Opened at Caesars

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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.

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!

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