Vegas Baby! Vegas!

Last weekend we skipped out Friday morning and flew to Vegas for my somewhat belated 30th birthday celebration. We were supposed to go two weeks ago (like for my actual birthday) but I got assigned to a big meeting at work and couldn't go sneaking out that Friday.

The morning we flew in and checked into the Venetian for the weekend. Very nice. I am now officially a fan of the Venetian hotel since it is all suites and very nicely done. I enjoy having the extra space in the room to relax, which is the point of the trip, instead of a normal hotel room where the only place to "be" is on the bed whether it is watching TV, eating, or sleeping. Friday night we went to dinner and then saw the Blue Man Group, tickets included in the hotel package we got. Love the recession, great vacation deals. Blue Man Group was awesome, as a former drummer, I enjoy any percussion type show. My other comment about BMG... random. The show as a whole is neat, but just has a serious of random elements strung together.

Otherwise, Sat we did some gambling and shopping and spent most of the day relaxing. I started out good on the blackjack table the first time we sat down but, as is always the case, we lost that later in the day. But at least we had some of their money to lose and it was less of ours. Sunday morning we had an excellent breakfast delivered to the room and it wasn't just a lame hand you a tray room service. The guy came in and made up the room dining table with linens and everything and set the table with food. Good food too. Then sadly we had to pack up and head to the airport.

Quick trip but it was fun and it was nice to get away for a couple days at least. Plus, we got to trade what was apparently a crappy, rainy Houston weekend for a sunny and 70 Vegas one. I'll take it.