Fear and Loathing -- NOT

Dateline: Las Vegas, Nevada





We just returned from 5 days in Las Vegas, mostly dedicated to the doins' at Vegoose at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl. The most insane day for me was Sunday:

Sunday October 29, 2006
Las Vegas Nevada

10:20 am

Awoke at Terrible's Hotel, showered, went down to the casino to check the latest betting lines. The Steelers were playing the Raiders - so we located a Steeler Fan Bar on Flamingo Ave - Play of the Day - voted one of the 10 best Sports Bars in Las Vegas.

1:30 pm

Arrived at Play of the Day. The bar is filled with die-hard Steeler fans and has a lot of space and probably 20 TV/flat screens.







We (me, Scott, Polly, Peter, Nichole, Carole) found a table and were dismayed to find the Steelers were losing to Oakland. We had two rounds of Jagermiester, beers and mixed drinks.



2:15 pm

We headed out to Vegoose and managed to have the celebratory drink of Jagermeister in the parking lot.




3:00 pm

Stubhub.com has created a Sports Bar with every football game on a projection 82 inch TV. We had more drinks as we watch Pittsburgh lose to Oakland and Denver lose to the Colts.




4:45 pm

I was able to get to one the smaller stages to catch Fiona Apple and her brand of angst. Great show. Sun went down at the close of the show.



6:30 pm

The Black Crowes took the stage and there was a strange feeling with the crowd, lights and energy.



8:00 pm

Widespread Panic came on for a continuous three (3) hour set. It was chilly but everyone was have a good time.



10:00 pm

The ladies were having a good time!




11:30 pm

We left the venue and found a couple of folks selling fun-fun baloons and walked back to the car. A group from New York were impaled on a dirt mound in the lot, but Peter figured out how to lift them out and get them on their way. They ended up with big hugs of graitude.

12:15 am

We were back at the hotel, dressed up and headed to the Orleans for String Cheese Show. String Cheese came on at 1 am with a Jungle themed show. Two sets, lotsa wierdness (Axel rose impersonator), acrobats and fun.

5:00 am

The show was over there was a huge line for cab rides so we connected with a limo and rode to the MGM Grand.

5:45 am

We ended ed up in the lobby bar at the MGM Grand Hotel - great time.



We made friends:



7:00 am

Back home at the Terrible's Hotel and to bed!



More to come.

Monday 10/30 -- Widespread Panic at the MGM Grand Arena

Tuesday 10/31 - Halloween at the Wynn