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By Misti Lake Submitted by Misti Date: 2001 Jul 31 Comment on this Work [[2001.07.31.00.15.8790]] |
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Well, we survived Las Vegas. Won some nickels. Took tons of pictures. I wore Chris out with my long-legged exuberant strides down the Strip. He still has blisters on his feet. I just had to get pictures of the "Old Vegas"...Binion's Horseshoe, the Sahara, Circus Circus, the Stardust. Before too long those supreme displays of vivid American tackiness will suffer the same fate as the legendary Sands. We stayed at the MGM Grand with Chris's parents, sister and grandmother. We had our own room and pretty much did our own thing but we met his family for most meals and shopped with them at the M&M store. I was in absolute awe...there were dozens of different colors! I bought two pounds of orange, green, purple, pink and robin's egg blue Peanut M&Ms. I'm one of those freaks who thinks certain colors taste better than others. I hate the new blue M&Ms. I eat them, anyway, but they really piss me off. So we were at the South end of the Strip where all the new European inspired casinos are located. They're gorgeous, especially Paris, but I missed the old Vegas at the North end. And I thought they'd have "looser" slots and better odds at craps and blackjack. As it turned out, I never got in on the craps action and didn't play cards. Instead I played nickel slots. I played the occasional quarter and dollar slots but I kept it small. Didn't take advantage of all the free liquor, either. Surprise, surprise. I stuck to Coca-Cola Classic with maraschino cherries. Had one beer (a Tecate at the Coyote Cafe...there was a ruckus across the way at this Olio club...dozens of screaming teeny boppers...seems N'Sync was in the casino---I cannot lie. I skinned my foot standing on the table in my stiletto heels trying to catch a glimpse. Bad me!) and a margarita at Mandalay Bay. Oh, Mandalay Bay is a cut above. They have this restaurant called Aureole! I took a picture of Chris framed by two gargantuan plaster breasts! I wanted to see the sharks but it cost an arm and a leg. Bad joke. Excuse me. Um...let's see...went to the splendidly tasteless Excalibur and had our photos taken in a booth. Not regular photos! Morph photos! A picture of me by myself and Chris by himself and a picture of our future children! Chris wanted a girl, I wanted a boy. So we spent ten bucks on two different photos. Our "children" look like they were placed in a closet since birth and fed dog food. Wonderful birth control, I recommend it. Chris saw Ben Affleck and his entourage in the MGM while I was taking a nap. I saw Ed McMahon. STory of my life. |