Category: food

12/05/11 03:01 - ID#55656

BJ's

No, despite its name and upside triangle logo, it is not a gay bar. It is, however, a very delicious chain restaurant and brewery out west. I wish we had them in NY. The fried artichoke heart appetizer is the best appetizer I have ever had. It is the perfect blend of crispy outside and soft inside. We ate there 4 times between LA and Vegas because it was so good. They even have a gluten free menu.

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Category: food

12/05/11 02:56 - ID#55655

Mini Pies

Cookies gave way to cupcakes. Cupcakes gave way to macaroons and now, as (e:hodown) said, macaroons are being moved over to make room for mini pies. How cute are those little lemon marengue ones.

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Category: weddings

12/04/11 02:05 - ID#55651

Driscoll Progeny at a wedding

The wedding was beautiful. They were definately perfect for each other. In fact, the friends of both even quoted letters they had written about each other when they first met.

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Category: food

12/03/11 12:22 - ID#55644

ramen madness

One thing I will really miss about this vacation is the unbelievable variety of restaurants. I can't wait for the noodle bar to open on elmwood.

At the ramen restaurant called Ebisu I got a ramen bowl with octopus, shrimp, pork, veggies, beef, and quail eggs. We also got edamame and vegetable tempura.

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Category: vegas

11/28/11 06:26 - ID#55617

Artomat

What looks like an old style cigarette machine is actually an art vendomat. I think this is an awesome idea. More places should have these.

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Category: vegas

11/28/11 04:04 - ID#55614

The Palms Ghostbar - I am hating clubs

I think I just don't like clubs. Its all about being fancy and sitting and posing. I would much rather be dancing. At the ghostbar at the palms they don't even have a dancefloor. Its basically a lounge with thumping dance music that you sit too. Except all the seats inside were reserved and we had to sit out in the cold.

Sarah got us on the list so entrance for her was free. (e:terry) and I paid $15 each. If I was a straight guy looking for chicks that paid $15-20 to get it I would have been so pissed because no one was there. The whole point of free lafies night is that it is like shooting fish in a barrel, right? Thats why guys pay cover.Then it was $48 for three vodka red bulls.

If they had dancing I might have felt different. The service was way over the top. Some Guy guided me to the bathroom and then the bathroom helper did some tricks spinning towels to me in the air. I really don't like interacting with bathrrom.staff

In fact I hate that they exist. But when they make it into some sort of sporty catch game I hate it even more. To make it worse I had no change, just a $20 and $100. Despite his bucket being pre decorated with $5 bills there was no way I was upping to $20 and I felt weird asking for change so he got nothing. The craziest part they have a Plexiglases floorhole where you can look down 50+ floors. Sadly it was all scratched up.

Afterwrads we headed to the playboy club. It was swanky, the bunnies were hot bit it was totally empty. We were the only people. Instead of dropping another $100 on drinks we headed home.

At least I got to wear.my ridiculous new yellow pants. $15 at the Levis store on black Friday.

theecarey writes at 03:30:10 12/03/11 - Comment #66539: The yellow pants are hot. I'm digging them on you.

vincent writes at 12:01:41 12/01/11 - Comment #66507: What hotel were those shots taken in? It can't be the Rio?
I still like the Ghost bar even though you're pretty much right about the setup. I just like to hang out and overlook the view as you obviously did. But then again I'm not out to get laid by any stretch of the imagination.

It's kind of good and bad to see that not much has changed out there in 2 years, the last time I was out there.

Yes, I do like the pants!

tinypliny writes at 03:38:35 11/30/11 - Comment #66486: Those trousers are ridiculous. :) Are they corduroy? Might go well with those yellow shoes you don't wear.

heidi writes at 09:52:45 11/29/11 - Comment #66480: (e:terry), did you get new shoes? I thought you wanted brown ones?

heidi writes at 09:46:16 11/29/11 - Comment #66478: I love the first pic but I want to see the other two photos of that moment :-)

libertad writes at 09:43:10 11/29/11 - Comment #66476: I HATE bathroom attendants. I just feel so uncomfortable and I it feel so demeaning. Strangely, they were at the University of Havana and would bring you a bucket of water so you could flush the toilet. I really had no idea how much to give them, not knowing what was customary.

(e:lilho) looks hot next to that pair of dirty socks on the floor.

YesThatCasey writes at 03:53:49 11/29/11 - Comment #66474: Thanksgiving weekend is a bad weekend when it comes to partying in Vegas. That's why I was stressing the whole sunrise walk when it's a ghost town, to take advantage of the circumstances.

Not that I think the clubs are worth going to anyway...bunch of hype and status-seekers from my vantage point. While I'm not much of a clubber, I prefer the lounge setup, but in places like Vegas it's ruined by all the peacocks shitting all over the decor.

Love that first pic

mike writes at 12:59:07 11/29/11 - Comment #66472: you guys look so ready to party! Sorry it wasn't an awesome club but I'm sure you guys made it awesome in your own way!

flacidness writes at 11:34:41 11/28/11 - Comment #66471: Yuck I hate those kind of clubs. Why would they charge a cover and noone was there? I LOVE those pants paul they are so hot.

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Category: food

11/27/11 07:27 - ID#55613

Sterling Buffet

This was definately the most extravagant eating experience I have ever had. The food was over the top as well as the service. The meal was all you can eat oysters, caviar, champagne, lobster, crab, Lamb, fruits and desserts, charcuterie, filet, pork, chicken, sushi, etc. It was amazing.

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Category: clubs

11/27/11 04:05 - ID#55608

Piranah in las vegas sucks

I would rather go to Marcellas any day. It is super pretentious and I just got scammed in some shots scheme.

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Category: mobile

11/26/11 03:28 - ID#55605

At&t LTE

The mobile 3g internet speed in Las Vegas is so bad. I think it must just vr too many people on an overtaxed network. Its so bad, its unbelievable. In Buffalo I gdt around 2-4mbps, i. vegas I am often getting a fraction of a tenth of 1mbps like 0.08mbps. I mean its down right unusable in so many places. By the Rio I can't barely even get one bar and calls don't come through to our hotel room half the time. I tried to call (e:terry) in the room when I was outside and he didn't get the call for 45 minutes, after I came back.

Then last night we went to the AT&T store and the new Samsung Skyrocket has LTE. I took a picture of the speedtest results on the skyrocket with LTE vs the HSPDA data below captured at the same time on my galaxy sii.

Test Date: Nov 25, 2011 5:52:13 pm
Connection Type: Hspa
Server: Las Vegas, NV
Download: 0.08 Mbps
Upload: 0.10 Mbps

And here is the skyrocket on LTE.

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Category: vegas

11/25/11 02:47 - ID#55601

Insert Coins

We went to a bar called Insert Coins in downtown Vegas. It had a combination of coin driven old school arcade games and a drink service with high end current games at fancy booths. We danced up a storm despite it not being my usual music.