Vegas Memories PT II

First of all...Happy Holidays to all...Although I am thankful for all that I have and all that I will soon have I conceptually do not celebrate Thanksgiving. For those who do, ask yourself the question: "Do you think that Native Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?"

Now on to the recap. Overall Vegas was great for the beau and I. It was definitely a time where we got to know one another better. Rather than write paragraph after paragraph (which can sometimes be painful) I am just going to give some of the highlights/lowlights

---It was NYBoy's first ever flight. Why was I more scared than he was? He said it felt like a rollercoaster ride.

---The hotel, as usual, was wonderful.

---The club we went to was great although NYBoy's friend from Vegas kept continually trying to hit on us both...HARD

---It got so bad that after the club NYBoy stormed off in a rage after his friend tried to grab his "stuff" in the bathroom. We then proceeded to get in a heated argument in the middle of Las Vegas boulevard at about 4:30 am because he wanted to take a 25 dollar cab home and insisted that we use our 5 dollar, 24 hour bus passes since we were right by bus stop.

---We slept in seperate beds that night (yes the hotel fucked up and gave us a double when I BOOKED a king sized suite)

---We had a ball at the Houdini Magic Shop at Caesar's Palace on the strip. We brought some neat card tricks there and NYBoy bought some fake scratch off tickets. Every ticket is a 10,000 dollar winner. He bought 3 of them and gave 1 to his mother and the other 2 to 2 friends of his.

---We had a nice dinner at Vic & Anthony's (a steakhouse) in our hotel. I order the Veal Chop for a whopping $39.75. Why upon finishing it I feel a rumbling in my stomach and try to rush to the bathroom (which is outside of the restaurant and inside the casino). Needless to say I did not make it to the bathroom before vomiting. I vomit up a 70 dollar meal right into my hands as I am standing on the outskirts of the casino looking for the nearest bathroom. One of the attendants directs me to a garbage can that I could toss my "upchuck" into. This was the most expensive meal I never ate.

---I lost about 200 dollars playing the "Powerball" slot machine.

---NYBoy was about 30 seconds away from winning a 2007 Ford Mustang. Celebrating it's 60th anniversary, the hotel was doing drawings every day for 30 days and giving away 30 Ford Mustangs. So on this particular night a name is called and the person is not there. They had 3 minutes to make it there to claim their prize. at 2 minutes and 30 seconds they draw another name name in anticipation of the first person not showing up. It is NYBoy's name. All of a sudden the woman shows up, NYBoy tries to point her in the wrong direction but it doesn't work. NyBoy returns to the room in AGONY.

---NYBoy had to go to Walgreens so he left the room and went. On his way back he gets into the elevator with a white couple. The woman begins speaking to him and asking him questions about how he is liking Vegas. The white man leans over to his wife as says "Don't ask the black guy questions."

---NYBoy and I got all kind of stares in the hotel all week long. At certain points we felt like white people were looking at us like we were not supposed to be there or suprised that we could afford it. Prejudice and Bigotry still live.

All in all it was a restful and enlightening trip. I do think it's made our relationship stronger to have shared such an experience. It's our first vacation and certainly not our last.

In any event...enjoy your holiday...don't eat too much...

PeaceLoveandEternity

Q