Hi Ck! I just posted a few pics in the License to Chill thread. I don't know how much I can type in one reply so I'll break it down into days. Here's the first:
This was one of the coolest trips I've taken. I frequent a Buffett board called Buffettnews.com. Its kind of like this, but the people are from all over the place. A lot of them travel to shows all over the country and know other BN members. My buddy, partner in crime, and fellow coworker, Shawn, went with me. We had been on the board a lot before the trip, getting to know a lot of the people that were going beforehand. I had never met any of these people. As the show got closer the thread got pretty crazy, and indication that this was going to be a phlocking to remember. We flew in to Sin City on Wednesday after work. It hadn't been an hour since we got to the Flamingo and we were in a limo with a few Vegas parrotheads bound for Roy's, one of the finer off-strip restaurants. Of course I made them stop at the liquor store next to Battista's for a bottle of Jager!! Dinner was awesome.... highly recommended. The funny thing was that after 3 double Jager's on the rocks, the waiter told me that the bartender wanted to meet me! I guess they're not used to Jager drinkers there. After the bartender shook my hand and wished me luck at remaining standing, we headed off to M'ville Cafe to meet other BNers (Buffettnews people) and hopefully some of the Coral Reefers (Jimmy's band). The drinks were flowing at M'ville and I got to meet Ralph (percussionist and Coral Reefer) as he was getting pretty lit on rum & cokes. We met a ton of people there, then headed off to Carnival Court, a place where we spend most of our nights in Vegas. Christian Delpesch, the top rated flair bartender in the world, and a friend of ours was working and bought us the first of many many drinks. Things eventually got fuzy and I vaguely remember something about Flamingo security escorting me back to my room..... nice of them!!!! I hadn't done anything wrong.... they apparently thought I could use a hand. (Shawn was occupied with some hotties at the piano bar at Harrah's and cut me loose) Not a bad day 1!!!!
Me at M'ville Wednesday night with Bners from Conneticut, Vegas, Chicago. I think I was getting lit and talking too much.