Playing with the Boys

Memorial Day weekend 2010 was spent in Las Vegas catching up with the boys. We did a little bit of site seeing at the new City Center complex and hiking in Red Rock Canyon, but most of the weekend was spent eating, drinking and most of all, laughing.

This time around, I got to eat at the restaurant Ross works at in the Monte Carlo hotel. My arteries will never forgive me, but I don't care, it was worth it. We started the meal with seared fois gras (sorry to all my vegetarian friends out there but it was mind blowingly good). Then, we were the chef's guinea pigs as he had us sample a new appetizer he was working on, Bison carpaccio. Next up, french onion soup followed by Lobster Thermador. I've never had it in a restaurant, so I had to take this pic. It was amazing!

On the last night we were there, my friends Chris and Brian from Milwaukee arrived in town for a little sun and fun. We hit a fun local hot spot called The Blue Martini, then proceeded down to the strip for a little gambling.






Some like to class it up at nice casino's like the Bellagio or The Wynn. But, not this motley crew. We promptly made our way to the Imperial Palace, perhaps one of the last hold outs from the old, seedy underbelly days of Vegas. But, we didn't really care. The gambling minimums are low, and the booze is still included. We were all in. I'm not much of gambler as I hate to lose money. But, I was the only one who walked away that night with positive cash flow. I played Roulette for about an 1 1/2 hrs. had two drinks and still pocketed a tiny little $16 profit. Not bad. As always, Vegas was a blast. I'm looking forward to Ross and Jassen's visit to Wisconsin at the end of the month.