What Happens in Vegas...

As the saying goes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But here is what I can tell you about my experience:

We experienced Vegas with our good friend "P".

We stayed at the Monte Carlo.

The main purpose of the trip was to celebrate "P" 's birthday and see The Beatles Cirque du Soleil show, "Love" at The Mirage. The show was amazing. It was beautiful and moving and gave me goosebumps. I would see it again in a heartbeat.

We had drinks at the Revolution Lounge before the show.

We went to the biggest, cheesiest gift shop in Vegas.

We checked out Fremont Street to experience "old" Vegas and got to meet Vegas Vic.

I had countless vodka gimlets over the course of the weekend. Vodka gimlets are my new favorite drink.

Lions and Fountains and Paris...oh my!

We only got about 4 hours of sleep on our last night there--and it was worth every second of sleep that I missed.



Other highlights:

I received a kiss on the hand by a complete stranger.

I saw Elvis.

Jello shots. (In addition to the vodka gimlets.)

I posed with meat in the wee hours of the morning after the Jello shots.

Free drinks while playing the penny slots.

There was laughter, tears and lots of snoring due to the incredibly dry air (and maybe the drinking?). Funny, constant, loud, multi- person, synchronized snoring that even led to one person having to get out of bed and walk across the room to stop another person who was snoring. Names will be withheld to protect the parties involved.

I wore an orange corduroy mini-skirt (which was, hands down, the shortest skirt I have ever worn in my 36 years) with black tights and tall, sexy black boots. It was Vegas and I was going to a Beatles show--it somehow felt appropriate.

I had the opportunity to utter the words, "I would give you another inch, but I am stuck because you are on my hair."

It's been a long time since I've laughed this much in one weekend.

Happy birthday, "P"! If you read this, thanks for celebrating with us!