Vegas: Why 2 days is always enough

Vegas: Where the concept of sleep goes to die.

(Jenn-you rock! Thanks for taking this picture.)

Day/Night 1 - Sleepless in Vegas

We arrived in Vegas on Sunday the 10th of January. We were met by several friends; among them Steve Bergen, Jess Stambaugh, Joel Foster, Jennifer Hopkins, Jan Gdovic and Dan whose last name I never got. It was a long night...and most of the credit for sleeplessness on night 1 goes to Jess Stambaugh who arrived at 3pm on Sunday and headed to back to the airport at 4:30am Monday morning to make it to work on time; a fact she will doubtlessly keep from her boss. :)

Night 2 -A challenging day resulting in an Epic Battle.

The day began with an all-you-can-eat Sushi feast at noon and progressed onto a failed attempt at a nap, several energy drinks for all, a poor choice of a diablo shrimp burrito with repercussions and several Family Guy (cartoon) episodes to recharge. the remaining Vegasites- Jess, myself, Joel, and Steve- steeled ourselves for a beer pong battle in the hotel Excalibur that drew crowds from miles around. (For those of you unfamiliar with the game-beer pong rules and game description can be found here..http://www.bpong.com/)

(Seriously- it felt as if at least this many people were watching us.)

The game pitted Jess and I vs. Joel and Steve and it was well fought, ending in a crushing defeat for the lesser team (Steve and Joel). Not really; actually it was perhaps the closest game in the history of the sport in spite of the fact that I had to drink for two since we couldn't find gluten free beer.

Finally, I leave you with two very special Steve Bergen pics. One reminding everyone that he has a glass eye and the other reminding everyone he is very much in touch with his Asian heritage.

This was obviously a ridiculous post, but then again, that is what Vegas is. Freakin Ridiculous. More from Seattle and Vancouver soon...