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Recently I vacationed in Las Vegas. I slept at Excalibur. It was a 20+ year planned vacation. When I was a teenager, my friend Shannon and I had planned to go somewhere…anywhere. Finally, it was here and we were excited to celebrate.

We arrived around 6 p.m. Vegas time, had dinner, unpacked and changed into our PJs. STOP! HOLD ON… We were in Vegas! Since we didn’t want to miss anything, we headed out to explore the hotel as we were dressed. No big deal, right? We were in lounge pants and t-shirts – no one was going to stare at us. And, no one did. There were women walking around in their teddy’s. SAFE! You can do just about anything you damn well please and it is sociably okay.

We were up at 7 a.m. every morning. We’d get breakfast, a cup of coffee and hit the slots. Around 10 a.m. we’d head to the pool. At 11 a.m. we’d order frozen margaritas from Dick’s Last Resort. Around 1:30 p.m. we’d go get lunch and margaritas at Dick’s Last Resort. After lunch, we’d head to the room, with more margaritas, and get ready for an evening out. Then, for dinner and margaritas, we’d hit Dick’s Last Resort.

Dick’s wasn’t the only thing we did. “That’s what she said”...We did see Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil “O”. Both shows were unreal. We bounced in our seats and bobbed our heads for Blue Man and held our breath in amazement during “O” – two shows you don’t want to miss.

One night, we had dinner at the Stratosphere’s Top of the World resturant.  I had the best filet migon. The price was, well, pricy but worth it.

We did a strip stroll one day and it took us five hours to walk a quarter of the way down the strip; of course stopping and sightseeing. When we were hot and very thirsty, we decided to head back. We stopped and ate at Serendipity’s at Caesars Palace. I think we both drank about eight tall glasses of water. We did the strip stroll mid-afternoon while it was about 90+ heatwave. I highly recommend walking in the evening hours, plus, there’s more things going on, and the city lights up at night.

Coyote Ugly was on our list of must sees. I have to tell you, I was very disappointed. The bar was very small and not too much going on other than the bartenders dancing on the bar. I can get that in Pittsburgh.

Overall, we spent most of our time poolside sipping frozen margaritas at Dick’s. Though, I’m not sure why exactly we frequented Dick’s because the bartenders and wait staff our unbelievably rude, throw shit at you, write nasty things about you on handmade, paper hats, and do obscene things behind your back. I never enjoyed anything as much as I enjoyed Dick’s. This comment goes out to Blink and Taco.

Las Vegas Got Dick’s!

Blue Man

Picture taken from Stratosphere

Las Vegas Strip

Dick's Last Resort Las Vegas