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A couple of weeks ago I was in Las Vegas for the Snowsports trade show. I wanted to get in earlier than my original 10pm flight so I flew standby and connected via Phoenix to get there at 7:30pm. Why? Because Monday was PARTY night! I had a friend pick up tickets for me at the show.

Rick Ross & Pitbull at Sapphire

I checked into my hotel room at the Tropicana (ghetto). However there was a fight or something that week and all the hotel rooms were like 5 times their normal price. My friend was running a little late with dinner so we didn’t get to the Palms until 11pm. Burton was having a party and fashion show at Rain. Well we missed the fashion show which I heard was great with cirque du soleil like dancers. We had to pass back bracelets in order to get to the vip line too. Once we got in, Common was performing and then a DJ. After the live music the party pretty much died, so we left to go to the Boost/oakley/Dingo’s 21st BD party at Sapphire, a strip joint.

We didn’t have bracelets for that party, but we were supposed to. Still it was no problem getting in and Rick Ross was on when we got in. Good lord, the guys there stunk. We wandered into the strip club proper for a bit, as one of the guys I was with wanted to buy his girlfriend a lapdance. However while we looked around, every single bouncer in the place ran to the back. Somebody was getting his ass kicked, and we snuck back into the party. Afterwards we went to the Mandalay to gamble, but since the House of Blues Foundation Room was open for non members that night we went up there.

snowboarding skirts?

Did I forget to tell you I met Mr. Right…er..Mr Wright? Jessie negotiated to get all 4 of us up for the cover of 1 person.

It was fun up there, but a weird mix of people. It does have the most amazing view of the strip. Jessie and John wandered off to do something and left Emily and I dancing with some strange guys for a bit. After they were gone 20 minutes we decided to walk around and found the techno room and the hip hop room. Finally we found the guys again. I didn’t end up getting back until after 4am.

The rest of the show went really well for me. I made a lot of great connections.

Tuesday night I had invites for a bunch of parties including Bam’s Bachelor Party at the Hard Rock, but I have an injured foot and after a day spent walking on thinly rugged concrete I could barely walk. So I stayed in my room and ordered room service. Wednesday was super busy but then I had a few hours to kill before i headed to the airport.

I got home around 3am and went to bed for a few hours before getting up aroudn 10am to start packing for my drive to Aspen.