Thursday, April 28, 2005
NAB runs from Monday through Thursday, which means most people leave on Thursday or Friday. Last year I felt weird *leaving* Las Vegas on a Friday. So this year I stayed through the following weekend. After partying the first Friday and Saturday night, my body took Sunday off. But after that it was non stop until the end. Here's a summary of what we did over 9 days:
Restaurants: Lots of great food. Vegas has the best restaurants. Highlights were Envy, Ah Sin, Marrakech.
Clubs: It's strange but all the cool clubs from last year were pretty lame this year. Voodoo Lounge was my favorite, but now it's Mix. We did bottle service at Ice where Paul Oakenfold was DJing. We had so much alcohol just sitting there that most people were passing out by 2. Mix is amazing. It's on the top floor of Mandalay Bay and you you have an incredible view of the strip. We tipped the bouncer and got a private table outside, and two free *bottles* of Grey Goose!
Shows: We saw Second City again at the Flamingo. And we saw Eddie Griffin do standup. It was his first night in Vegas and they didn't promote it well at all. There were about 30 people in a place build for 50. They ended up combining two shows and pulling random people from the casino. But Eddie still did an amazing show. He's hilarious!
We saw O at the Bellagio. That was amazing. It's Cirque De Soleil performed over water. The large pool has a platform in it that can lower and raise so sometimes it's a deep pool for diving, shallow to walk or swim, 4 inches of water so you can "run" over water, and sometimes fully up so it's a solid platform. The coolest part of the show was how they would change sets without you noticing. Your attention would be on one part of the show, and then all of a sudden you realize they moved in a whole bunch of new props on tracks, and you never noticed.
Other: We took a day off from Vegas and rented a car and went to Red Rock Canyon. And of course there was the requisite gambling. Although this trip had the least amount of gambling I have ever done on a Vegas trip. We went to Fremont Street which is a lot of fun because it's more laid back, with bands playing. We saw the car show at Imperial Palace.
Overall an amazing trip. And a great way to celebrate a huge release.
Click here for all the pictures
I love Las Vegas.
Restaurants: Lots of great food. Vegas has the best restaurants. Highlights were Envy, Ah Sin, Marrakech.
Clubs: It's strange but all the cool clubs from last year were pretty lame this year. Voodoo Lounge was my favorite, but now it's Mix. We did bottle service at Ice where Paul Oakenfold was DJing. We had so much alcohol just sitting there that most people were passing out by 2. Mix is amazing. It's on the top floor of Mandalay Bay and you you have an incredible view of the strip. We tipped the bouncer and got a private table outside, and two free *bottles* of Grey Goose!
Shows: We saw Second City again at the Flamingo. And we saw Eddie Griffin do standup. It was his first night in Vegas and they didn't promote it well at all. There were about 30 people in a place build for 50. They ended up combining two shows and pulling random people from the casino. But Eddie still did an amazing show. He's hilarious!
We saw O at the Bellagio. That was amazing. It's Cirque De Soleil performed over water. The large pool has a platform in it that can lower and raise so sometimes it's a deep pool for diving, shallow to walk or swim, 4 inches of water so you can "run" over water, and sometimes fully up so it's a solid platform. The coolest part of the show was how they would change sets without you noticing. Your attention would be on one part of the show, and then all of a sudden you realize they moved in a whole bunch of new props on tracks, and you never noticed.
Other: We took a day off from Vegas and rented a car and went to Red Rock Canyon. And of course there was the requisite gambling. Although this trip had the least amount of gambling I have ever done on a Vegas trip. We went to Fremont Street which is a lot of fun because it's more laid back, with bands playing. We saw the car show at Imperial Palace.
Overall an amazing trip. And a great way to celebrate a huge release.
Click here for all the pictures
I love Las Vegas.