Last weekend my kid sister turned 21 in Vegas, yep
21!
How did that happen?!
Didn’t I just turn 21 in Vegas?!
I told her I would not only chaperone
her Vegas Birthday, but I would blog about her big weekend.
A) she probably doesn’t remember half
of it and B) she says I’m a good writer
:). Plus, I could use some blogging material.
Unfortunately upon returning from Vegas I came down with a horrible head
cold, so I’m just now getting around to it.
I’ve blown my nose so many times it bleeds
:( Ug. I feel so old a
decrepit.
I’m currently lying in
bed with my two cats with a heating pad on my inflamed bursitis hip.
This late-twenty-something gal is currently
paying for some early-twenty-something partying.
According to Cosmopolitan Magazines "
Stages of Partying by Age," Kay and I are on two different brackets with our 8-year age differential.
Refer to AGE 21 and AGE 29. Whatever, I HAD SO MUCH
FUN!
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Just a picture of me this morning.
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Day 1 for this late-twenty-something usually consists of
checking in to my
Classic Las Vegas Hotel Room and relaxing for the rest of the day.
Well, when it’s Halloween night in Vegas and you are with a
vertical drivers license holding 21 year old, relaxing is not an option.
Upon check in we each got a
complimentary bottle of wine before heading up to our neighboring rooms.
I grabbed a Cab and Kay a
Chardonnay.
My plan was to get 45
min of R&R before getting ready for the big night.
Keith proceeded to break the motorized
window curtains, which he denies, and our bathroom light was broken.
There was no way I was going to pee in
the dark or be woken up by the glaring sun peering into our 22
nd
floor room each morning.
A room
switch was a must.
I suppose I
could have toughed it out, but in my older years my barbaric natures have
diminished.
I need light in the
bathroom and require a facemask and earplugs when I sleep.
Switching rooms meant we were no longer
neighbors with the early-twenty-something’s, but 5 rooms down was close enough
to those night owls.
I could hear
Kay’s country music blaring a few doors down. Neighbors, ya, No. #wegotlucky.
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| LVH Hotel |
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| LVH Room Number |
Kay headed over to my room to get Halloween ready with me.
I figured she just didn’t want to mess
up her room, until I saw it. OMG tornado!
I hadn’t seen anything like it since I lived with
Chris Horton #loveuchris!
I
suppose she just wanted to spend time with me
:) !
As soon as Luigi, Princess Peach and
the Grease stars were ready, we headed downstairs to the
Burger Bistro for
dinner. I was able to get my Vegetarian Burger,
Kay her Turkey, Keith lamb and Trevor the classic Angus. We shared 2 side orders of fries, took
a few pictures and headed over to Circus Circus.
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| Grease Stars, Plumber Luigi and Princess Peach |
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| Grease Stars in Burger Bistro |
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| Plumber Luigi was caught by paparazzi with Mario's girl in the LVH Lobby. |
Circus Circus was the home of
Fright Dome and just a block away, yes a Vegas block, never the less walkable. I enjoyed
the haunted houses and the people watching, along with a couple drinks as I
waited for Kay and Keith as they rode the carnie rides.
I stayed clear of the rides since the last time Keith forced
me on one I puked, and the time before that my brother Paul puked on me. #neveragain.
The scariest part of the night was the
crazy chainsaw massacre guy chasing me and Kay all around Circus Circus.
I could feel the heat of the
chainsaw on my legs and the scent of fumes filled my nostrils. It really was freighting because he wouldn’t go away.
My first thought was to run to a restroom where he couldn't get us.
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| Scary Chainsaw Guy:((( |
At one point Kayleen finds a man
dressed up and asks, “Are you Shrek?” He replied, “Yes I am.” Kay, “Thank
god, you won't hurt us!” I couldn’t help but laugh at
the fact that she immediately assumed Shrek would save her from the chainsaw massacre guy. It was like looking through
the eyes of a 6 year old again.
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| Shrek to the Rescue! |
The clock struck midnight, Fright Dome was over and so was our
night. We headed back to the LVH
by foot. I had warned Kay about
heals and Vegas. Call me old, but
I didn’t even pack a pair. It
didn’t take long before she took them off and held them in her hand. There is nothing like walking barefoot
in dirty Vegas. #sillyearlytwentysomethings. Luckily Trevor offered a shoulder ride. Needless to say, the first night was
the only night Kay wore heals.
Sometimes you just want to say, “I told you so,” but I won’t because I
made that mistake more than once.
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Result of wearing heals in Vegas
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Day 2 required a walk to Denny’s, the only place serving
breakfast by the time we got it together.
Apparently everyone else on the strip had the same idea. No wonder why there are so many Denny’s
restaurants in Las Vegas.
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| Vegas Denny's Options |
We proceeded to walk the strip after finishing our high
calorie Grand Slam breakfast.
Keith bought the birthday girl a yard margarita at Fat Tuesdays to sip
as we walked along the strip checking out the hotel shops and testing out our gambling luck.
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| Fat Tuesdays Yard Margarita |
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Mid Walk Photo Op
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We headed back to our rooms to get ready for the jam-packed evening. Keith and I had accumulated $150.00 in Bahama Breeze gift cards, so why not use them in Vegas?! We were on a time crunch so decided to take a cab over to the restaurant. The cab driver was an idiot to say the least. He didn’t know his way around the strip and was arguably probably the 2
nd worst cab driver ever, the first being the hung over and high guy that picked John, Katie, Ari and I up at the airport during a college Vegas spring break adventure 5 years back. This trips cabby earned his title after going the wrong way, cutting several cars off and letting us out of the car into on coming traffic. Trevor, frightened as hell, shook as he tried to find exact change for the $10.10 cab ride. Kay reached into his wallet, grabbed $15.00 and handed it to the driver and ran. Trevor, not pleased about giving the driver a 50% tip for his horrible driving, quickly got over it as we laughed about the young twenty-something country kids first cab experience over dinner.
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The Kids First Cab Ride
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I enjoyed a house salad appetizer, Lobster and Shrimp Linguini Entrée and a Skinny Paloma drink. Kay went with a house salad, in addition to her Grilled Jamaican Jerked Chicken and classic margarita. Keith of course has to prove to me that he eats vegetables and ordered a house salad as well, a Seafood Paella Entree, Lemon Ginger Mojito AND Margarita. Trevor decided to skip the veggies and go straight for the Lobster and Shrimp Linguini with a strong Zombie California chased with a Margarita. We racked up a $135.00 bill. Success! We finally used those gift cards.
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| Trevor and his Margarita |
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Bahama Breeze Birthday Dinner and Margarita
We quickly rinsed our mouths with the bathroom mouthwash and
jumped into another cab. We made
it to New York New York Hotel and Casino with maybe 30 seconds to spare before the Zumanity Cirque du Soleil show started. We
were sitting 3rd row back from the stage, which made us vulnerable
to audience participation. The
birthday girl became part of an act when she caught a flying pom-pom. So funny!! She was totally speechless and froze up, as she didn’t know
how to respond to the thong wearing man hovering over her. For the second time in the same night I
saw fear cross these country born and raised kids faces.
After a very enjoyable show we headed up the strip with a
purpose of hitting up the PURE nightclub at Cesar’s Palace. Well, we never made it. I stopped off at the CVS pharmacy to
get some much-needed chapstick for my ever so dry lips. While we were there we decided to pick up some beer to drink
as we walked the strip. How lucky were we to run into the one and only ultimate car guy Barry Meguiar! We ended
up taking pictures in the Vegas night and watching the water show at Bellagio
before stumbling in to Bellagio’s Hyde Nightclub where Kay decided to dance
with a bear and I lost my cell phone, ID, credit card and room key. The only thing left in my purse was the
chapstick I had purchased hours before.
I quickly lubricated my lips and headed to the bouncer to report my
missing belongings. He had my
stuff! All of it! Before heading back to the dance floor
I showed him all the pictures of my cats in my phone. It became early morning and we had spent enough on nightclub
drinks, so we headed back to our hotel by foot. There is nothing like a long walk in the cool hours of the
morning to sober you up.
Kay and Trevor Enjoying the Evening
Me and Keith
All of us in front of Aria
Bellagio Water Show
Hyde Photo Op
Dancing
Bathrooms are too nice not to take pictures in
$30 bucks for these two drinks
Boys and there $9.50 a piece Coronas
The Crew at Hyde
I lost everything but my chapstick!!!
My New Car
Keith helped me walk home.... I guess.
By Day 3 I was done. We all headed down to the champagne brunch buffet at the
LVH. Keith and I ate normal
breakfast food and drank orange juice and coffee while the kids ate crab and drank
champagne. Dear god, crab?! The smell made me want to puke. We were hung-over and a million miles
away from water, in a desert, and these kids eat stinky crab. Trevor immediately felt sick and decided
to head back to his room. That was
until exploded a massive fart bomb and was immediately relieved. He in turn grabbed more crab and stayed
for breakfast.
Normal Breakfast
We decided to go our separate ways for the day. Keith and I enjoyed a 1-hour massage
and relaxed in our room while the kids went on another strip walk. Kay filled her Fat Tuesday souvenir cup
up with the complimentary bottle of wine and sipped it as she walked down the
strip, before stopping at Fat Tuesdays for a margarita refill to drink while
she walked back up the strip.
Post Massage Hair
More Strip Walking
Needless to say Kay was already sick before making it to dinner at Vince Neils Restaurant where we enjoyed huge servings of Mexican
food and margaritas..... oh ya, and birthday cake.
Birthday Cake
Kay and Trevor in Line for Mystere
Keith and I in Line for Mystere
We were up in the nosebleeds for this
one, but it worked out since so much of the show was performed in the air. Completely exhausted Keith and I
decided to turn in after the show.
Kay and Trevor headed over to the Tao Nightclub at the Venetian before
heading back to the LVH to try their hand in gambling again. Turned out Kay won $107.00, which at one
point was $168.00 after putting only $1.00 in the machine. She said she would have cashed out sooner,
but she thought she only had $1.07 and $1.68 respectively. The only reason she cashed out was
because, “the game was taking forever.”
Well ya, I assume it takes a while to lose 50 bucks when you play 1
penny at a time on a machine! #earlytwentysomethings.
Kay's Winnings
And More
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Day
4 was home time.
The plan was to
leave around 9am.
I made sure to
call the kids room at 8am via the hotel phone (aka loud and obnoxious).
I went to get everyone coffee and fruit
to eat and drink while they packed up.
To my surprise the kids were actually ready on time!
I was fooled, the dollar Kay had in her
hand was her, “I want to play 1 more time before we leave” money.
How do you say no to the birthday
girl?
You don’t.
We waited as she WON more money!
We did eventually hit the road and headed
home.
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| Kay's Last Shot at Luck |
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| And she wins...... again |
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| A sleepy early-twenty-something |
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| Another Sleepy early-twenty-something |
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| Rest Stop Snack Break |
I wish I would have gotten a picture of Trevor's Costco Pizza! This country kid had no idea what 3 pieces of Costco Pizza looked like....he at one! Well, I had so much fun with Keith, the little sis and Trevor. I hope you had a wonderful little birthday Kay. Love you tons!!
#awesometrip
#happybirthdayKay
Thanks
for reading
JenniferMarie
When will I return to Vegas? Maybe for Tim McGraw and Faith Hills
Soul2Soul Concert?! Who is coming with me?!
