Vegas, baby!

[Caohmin]

Heh, he said p0rn.

[Axecleaver]

Oh, we walked -- we walked about an hour one day. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe, then walked to a liquor store across the street which turned out to be a convenience store with just beer.

So we walked another block up the street to "Office Liqours" which turned out to be a bar, with a liquor store in the bar. Pretty damn convenient if you ask me. Then we went back outside, but there were no taxis so we just started walking back to the hotel.

My black Doc Martens were like mini foot kilns. We all got blisters and sore feet. We would pass these sun bleached abandoned lots with nothing but cracked earth, and there would be an abandoned row of those machines that give out free escort services brochures. They were everywhere.

We finally made it back to strip-civilization by stumbling into the 123rd National Auditer's Convention. Man -- we nearly dropped dead from boredom just catching pieces of their conversations.

So that adventure was why we took taxis the rest of the time.

[oldtimer]

At least you had fun ! Personally I guess I am lucky in that I live 4.5 hours away by car so I normally drive there . If I had known a little more in advance I would have drove up there and met you guys for dinner or something but I am planning to go up there at the end of July anyway with a friend . I have a similar method of keeping my gambling money seperate from my spending money cept I bring cash for gambling and use my atm for everything else and when I run out of cash I am done gambling and just eat, drink and tour the rest of the time. Did you happen to go in the Motown cafe for lunch or anything (at New York , New York) pretty cool show, or have dinner at the Excaliber downstairs at the arena ?

[Rosslyn]

Motown cafe got replaced by ESPNZone a little while back.

My wife was bummed because she liked it.  Myself (being a sports geek as well as a computer geek), I liked it.

[Axecleaver]

We usually see a show, but this time we didn't. We were too busy seeing all the free stuff. I went to the jousting show last time. It was worth it to see it once, but I don't think I'd go back for another. I don't think I ever got to the Motown cafe.

One night the women went to bed and my friend and I (I had a buddy who relocated to UNLV for his Masters program) just chilled in the Luxor's lounge drinking beer and listening to the live sets til about 3am (6am Axetime). Was a good time.

[Sodom]

I've stayed in the Excalibur once and the Luxor twice. Must say the Luxor is probably my favorite place to stay of all the casinos.

[Rosslyn]

I don't mind Luxor, but I think my favorite so far is Mandalay Bay.  I personally also liked the Venetian, but my better half didn't think the rooms were worth the money (but go figure, she really liked the shopping and restaurants).  Aside from maybe the Hard Rock (swim-up blackjack has its advantages), Mandalay Bay has the best pool on the strip, especially since they have concerts out there.  It has a massive wave pool w/ a sand beach, one of those lazy river things, and it's laid out so that you don't feel like you're just in a sea of lounge chairs.  I think Caesars Palace gets an honorable mention because they have a European-style (i.e. topless babes) pool area, but you have to be careful with that because sometimes you get European-style grandmothers, and that's not usually a pretty sight.