September 25, 2005 at 8:03 am
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Previously posted on September 25 at: http://spaces.msn.com/members/evandodds/Blog/cns!1phaOgcvNsBxzvBN9Zpx1vbQ!203.entry
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- Friday night had dinner with Amber, Matt, Matt’s father and sister. Good times!
- Saturday J&I went to the strip, and parked the car for the whole day at the Venetian (yay, free parking!)
- We ate lunch at the Venetian and got lousy service (over an hour for a salad and a pizza). We were told by our server that the pizza had been burned the first time, but the manager separately explained that the server had forgotten to put the order in. Whoops.
- Gambled a bit at the Aladdin – Jodi won a bit too (Evan’s advice came into play here — always do “max” bet or if you get a decent win it’ll be a sucky payout. We were doing max bet.)
- We got 1/2 price tickets to the comedy club at the Riviera casino.
- We had a buffet dinner at the Imperial Palace
- We saw our comedy show
- We walked back to the Venetian, just in time to see a bunch of “stars” arriving. It was actually a bit funny, because they had a bunch of people dressed up like Monks (even had little “bald” hair coverings on their heads) and each time some “famous” person would walk down the runway into the building they would bang a gong. They did not, however, get it on. We eventually got tired of waiting for anyone we actually recognized to arrive and came home. I was disappointed to not get any celebrity photos with my cool new camera, but I suppose that’s the price I pay for not recognizing any of the B-level celebrities.
Observation of the day: The best deals in Vegas are in the older/smaller/less-glitzy casinos. We asked about hotel prices at the Riviera, for instance, and it was about what we’re paying out in the Suburbs (and a small fraction of what they wanted for the newer places on the strip). And good luck finding some “inexpensive buffet” at the Venetian.
Tomorrow: Champagne Brunch Buffet at the Aladdin… Theme is “Remembering 2003″
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