Wednesday, March 10, 2010

An education, in Las Vegas.

Things I learned on my first trip to Las Vegas.

1) Anything is possible, literally anything.

2) Girls, we look really stupid wearing 4-12 inch heels when we are trying to walk somewhere intoxicated.

3) In fact we look stupid in 4 - 12 inch heels trying to walk anywhere further than the length of a catwalk

4) I have the highest arches in my family and cannot walk 16 miles in two days. It results in a 26 year old body that looks like it needs a walker. Thanks to The Walking Company for fixing that little problem.

5) Men will pay for sex, and have no qualms about it. It doesn't even have to be a private exchange. Side note: Roger you are GROSS!!!

6) I understand how people lose their entire life savings in that city. It is too easy to get hooked on winning. I will never understand runner's high but I do understand winner's high.

7) My mother is lucky. She just puts out a positive energy into the world and it comes back to her in Vegas.

8) My sister could have been a clown in Cirque de Soleil

9) Las Vegas is the perfect place to inflate your self-esteem. Seems contradictory right? The thing is, as a woman you WILL get hit on no matter what and there WILL be at least 25 people in the same room at any given time that look worse than you, even after getting caught in the rain. Double BONUS!!!

10) You can be a star, just find a karaoke bar that pumps it's AV system onto the strip.

11) My mom is a Cougar. A man her age told her that though, so it was a bit confusing. Maybe he wanted to set her up with his son??

12) Nobody laughs as much as my mom, her sister, me and my sister. Seriously, we got dirty looks for how much we were laughing.

13) Officers are gentlemen, especially if they are in the British Air Force and Army.

14) There are plenty of beautiful women that are 100% natural.

15) White guys CAN dance.

16) Play some Michael Jackson and even the old ladies in the back will clap.

17) Wedding rings are often just for show, they don't really seem to stop anyone from doing anything.

18) High roller rooms and high stakes poker are mostly inhabited by business men from the far east. Not just in movies.

19) The dollar is worth shit.

20) You can literally bet on anything, down to the designer a star is wearing at the Oscars. Way to go Hurt Locker!

21) Sleep is extremely underrated. You shouldn't do a lot of it while you are in Vegas, but if you don't give yourself proper time to recuperate from the trip you will maintain a certain level of deadness in your brain.

22) Everyone is friendly, even if you can't believe a word that comes out of there mouth.

23) James at Mandalay Bay, I love you.

24) If I could dance my way through life I would be happy.

25) Buffet, buffet, buffet. When you walk over 40 miles in three days, you can eat whatever the hell you want.

26) Pregnant women should not have to serve drinks on casino floors. There is smoke and those outfits aren't made to fit someone with a bun in the oven, plus I felt bad for her, which made me not want to order a drink from her. I wanted her to ask her boss if she could go home early.

27) If you hold hands with your sister while walking the strip, most people will think you are lesbians.

28) Mohawks, not fauxhawks, but Mohawks are still really really in.

29) Life is all about fun. Not even a recession will keep people away.

30) I am sure women pay for sex too, I just didn't see it. We didn't go to Thunder from Down Under show because my mom and my sister said it sucked. :)

31) I am already excited to go back in June for Keely's wedding...even though I have to say I will have a completely different approach for round 2.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great post, Lauren...last time I went I felt like it was the bachelorette party capital of the world. Lots of chicks running around in matching lingerie...crazy!

KChristensen