Vegas Vacation
Posted By Kristabella on April 28, 2008
It seems so odd to write about a trip when it seems like I’ve been back for so long. But then all I have to do is look on the floor at my still-packed suitcase to remember that I indeed only got back yesterday and that yes, I am a lazy cow still. Whew. Vegas didn’t change that.
So in true Kristabella style (i.e. bullets) here is my Vegas trip in a nutshell. With pictures!
- So being the stupid whore that I am, I decided that going to bed around midnight the night before you leave for a SIX A-M flight is not as good as of an idea as it seems at 11 PM when you realize you still need to watch Lost before you go to bed.
- Because getting up at 3 AM after three hours of sleep is ugly. See what I mean?
- And also, taking photos pf yourself in the bathroom mirror before you’re supposed to get your happy ass on a plane, probably isn’t the best use of time.
- Did you know that the security line at O’Hare doesn’t open until 5 AM? That will freak you the fuck right out of your gourd when you see a line stretching the length of the entire terminal and your flight leaves in an hour.
- Dear TSA man checking IDs, yes that is me in that photo. Yes, I used to have blonde hair. And yes I’m not wearing glasses in that photo. And YES, I may have put on some weight since that photo was taken. But look, terrorists don’t go to Vegas at 6 in the morning. Only drunks do.
- I actually ended up sleeping on the plane a bit, only because lately I’m battling this extreme exhaustion that will limit my fun in Vegas. It wasn’t because my knee caps where shoved through my nostrils because I have the legs of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, only with better hair. Sometimes I hate my long legs and disproportional torso.
- Bacon decided that he was freaked out by flying and spent the whole flight cowering under the seat in front of me, hiding in my bag. I would have taken a photo, had it not been for the knees in the nostrils thing.
- Although, he might have been more freaked out by the foot tapping under the stall in the bathroom which forced him to go running and screaming from an O’Hare bathroom. Which is an odd site any time of day.
- Note to travelers, don’t watch Lost before you go to bed and fly across the country. At the first hint of turbulence, you might have flashes of the plan splitting in half. That may just be me, though.
- Once we landed, my two friends Amber and Sharm and I headed over to the hotel. And then we hit the buffet. Because by this time I had been up for about eleventeen hours. A fact I made known to anyone who would listen.
- Bacon was then introduced to his new friends.
- We caught up over the tastiness at the buffet at The Excalibur and decided that our Pee Wee’s Playhouse-esque word of the weekend was DIRTY. And anytime it was mentioned, we had to take a drink.
- Dirty can be used oh so many ways.
- Over coffee and 4,000 calories worth of breakfast food, Bacon turned on the charm. Sharma was like a greased frying pan in his hands.
- After breakfast, we stopped off at Dick’s Last Resort for a slushy adult beverage to imbibe on our way back to our hotel, so we could check in and hit the pool.
- Which we did, except, did you know that the pool at Mandalay Bay is the place to be? And the line forms at eight o’clock in the morning? It’s not even that warm out!
- Bacon stared wistfully out at the pool below. Which he would never see.
- We got in some pool time, headed to dinner in the MGM Grand and danced until the wee hours of the night at Studio 54. Because we met a nice gentle-boy who gave us free passes. (Seriously he was 21 if he was a day and was wearing a suit jacket 17 times too big for him. I said it was because he recently had lap band surgery. My friends came up with a more logical call that he borrowed his dad’s jacket. Whatever, he used to be a fatty.)
- Saturday we got up, hit another buffet, stuffed our faces some more. A few of us headed down the strip to the shops and I just walked with them, enjoying wearing flip flops and that it was SUNNY and WARM. (Which I reminisced about this afternoon when my heat kicked on. It’s APRIL 28!)
- Then we had some pool time and headed out for the night.
- I left Bacon back at the hotel again, because I forgot, so he had to amuse himself in other ways.
- Bacon also was introduced to Connie and Ang. Note to fellow people who will greet Bacon: he doesn’t find this funny. AT. ALL.
- We had a great time, even if I went to bed the earliest on Saturday night. (It’s a long story, but I’m pretty sure I’ve got some sort of issue because I really shouldn’t be that tired EVER.)
- Bacon enjoyed getting out and seeing the inside of a hotel room and a buffet. Which really, isn’t that all most people see in Vegas anyway?
My cute new outfit!
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You look so much like this girl I went to high school with it is FREAKING me out.
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Wait, what?! You went to bed the earliest on a Saturday night? You so did not represent. I hope you made up for it later.
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I like that cute outfit!
Sounds like it was cooler in Vegas this weekend than it was here. That is just not right, yo. (I am Randy.)
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You went to bed early on Saturday night because you met Clark’s brother in law and he creeped you out so much you were hiding from him, RIGHT?
Dude, I wouldn’t have made it through the first day. 3 hours of sleep is a migraine waiting to happen.
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I love your outfit! Bacon looks like he enjoyed all the female attention.
You went to bed EARLY in VEGAS!!!???!!! Now I feel younger than you –
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I covet your new, cute outfit.
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I can’t even tell you how long it takes me to unpack my suitcase when I go away, even if it’s just for a couple of days.
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Love the outfit!
Y’all are too beautiful for words 🙂
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I’m so glad you had a fab time…and I love your new outfit…perfect for Vegas!
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Yay! Is the Dick’s Last Resort in Vegas better than the one in Chicago? (which was lame the last time I was there)
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Thinking you’re the only one crazy enough to be up at 5am and then seeing a line full of people is disappointing, indeed.
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Gosh, I love Vegas. And your outfit!
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You rock that outfit. Did you get a matching outfit for Bacon?
Love love love the outfit! Glad you had fun.
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I loved that Bacon went to Vegas.
That outfit is adorable. Bet it looks good with your pink coat.
I just want to know which of your girlfriends woke up with bacon grease on her chin.
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Hooray for girls weekend! Good for the soul. Looks like Bacon had a great time.
Also, your outfit rocks! Did you spill anything on your white pants? (I only ask because I would have.)
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I went to bed early in Vegas too, only I did it… ummm, most nights. It was a long flight.
Looks like you and Bacon had fun, though 🙂
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I’m glad you had a blast in Vegas. Bacon clearly needs to get out more. Perhaps on the next trip he can get his own seat on the plane if there’s a vacancy…
The outfit is tres chic, btw!
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Oh my! First off, cute outfit!
Lucky you-lots of buffets and adult beverages! I’m jealous! 🙂
About the extreme tiredness-I think it has something to do with being 30……I have been sooooo tired the past few months. Or it could be the late nights. Hmmm.
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Um, dude… your trip sounds exactly like my last one – complete with the dancing at Studio 54 and the kid wearing a jacket too big for him. FREAKY!
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Damn it you went to Vegas without me?
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Love your outfit! Also, you’re totally bringing Bacon to BlogHer, right?
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So I know the point of your trip was to eat and drink…but did you gamble at all?
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Man. I missed you by days. Had I known… well, had I known, I could do nothing about it regardless. And hey, I’m a perfect stranger anyway! Glad you had fun. Or, at least smiled in photos.