After a week in Italy I arrived back in New York, and less than 12 hours later I departed for Vegas, for NAB. Vegas is always a blast, and probably my favorite city in the world for sheer partying.

Highlights include:

Apple was staying at the Venetian so we all had AWESOME suites. The suite was about double the size of my NY apartment.

Apple's media event on Sunday where everyone got to see what I and the other members of my team have been working on for a couple years

One of the best meals I've ever had at Rosemary's, a somewhat random restaurant in a strip mall way off the strip. Don't let the exterior fool you, it's a very fancy place and we had some incredible (expensive) bottles of wine.

Crashed the G-Tech/AJA party at the G-Suite in the Palms. This was like something out of Entourage. The G Suite is a 2500 sq feet fantasy suite on the 31st floor which has a waterfall and pond in the room, a full sauna and exercise room, and a private swimming pool on the balcony which overlooks the strip. The view was incredible. Even the bathroom has two walls of floor to ceiling glass.

Played lots of blackjack in a random casino called Slots A Fun. I was disappointed by the blackjack rules in Vegas. Lots of casinos were paying 6:5 on blackjack and hitting on soft 17. All were either single deck or 8 deck. Then Ray told me about Slots where they have all the favorable rules and 6 decks. The dealers were very friendly and some of the other players were cool. And hey, the beer at Slots is the same as the beer at the Wynn so why not?

Ass Juice at Double Down Saloon

Mix. As always, my favorite lounge in Vegas. Though I did get into an argument with the bartender (it's a Sachin/Vegas tradition). Met up with Corinne here!