Saturday, May 12, 2012

Las Vegas with Sister Pants

In honor of my 21st, the sister pants packed up our bags with our good friend Michelle, and headed to Las Vegas. Plans for this trip had been in the works for several years and finally came to life. We stayed at the Flamingo complete with fabulous live flamingos outside. Exploring as much as we could of the city was a fun adventure. Upon arriving Friday night, we hit up the Paris's night Club, Le Chateau which had an awesome view of the Eiffel Tower. Saturday morning, breakfast was complete with mimosas at Serendipity right in front of Ceasars.  Next order of business was to get our hands on a yard long margarita from Fat Tuesday which was perfect for sipping on the go.Riding the gondolas in the Venetian and gambling at the penny slots in Ceasars were just the beginning.  Exploring as many casinos as possible was a delight. Lunch at Margaritaville wouldn't have been complete without margaritas all around.
Later that night we hit up Tao, after carefully getting our names on the exclusive guest list. Tao was offering open bar for the first hour that we were there. Rum and Coke? Yes please. Dance floor was crowded so women created an impromptu dance floor in the lounge area. Awesome guy running around with giant glowing boom box. Since our names were also on the list for Lavo, we decided to jump ship after a couple hours and check out the Venetian's other awesome club. Here we found the world's coolest female DJ who had gem stone headphones, ripped arms, sexy low cut top and awesome dance moves. Here the Go-go dancers were the best. After dancing our feet numb at Lavo, I still wanted to hit up XS at the Wynn. Unfortunately, the line was super long and we didn't feel like waiting. So instead we skipped over to Surrender which was a unique inside/outside mix. The sister pants furry coats grabbed a lot of attention at this club as it was very cold outside. The dance floor was inside a tent and packed with people. In the back of the club was a tent set up for the bar and gambling area. Though prices for a rum and coke were steep, it was worth it. The outside areas had beautiful pools with walkways through the middle.
Sunday morning we headed over to the Wynn's buffet which was overwhelming the number of choices available. We happened to be there when they were switching from breakfast to lunch to we got to try our favorites from both spreads. More casino exploring and penny gambling concluded the day before we had to get back on that plane back to reality.
It was an incredible trip and I am so glad that my sister promised me years ago that she'd take me to Vegas when I turned 21. It was a trip I'll remember forever.