The rest of the weekend



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Saturday afternoon was time for Texas Hold’em! I didn’t really want to play anything at a table, so I hung out with them and watched, betting on who would do well. Pretty much no one. Mike ended up with some money left though!
John had driven to the casino, so when we decided to go back to his casino, Hooters, we all walked while he drove. We never did make it. It’s like a magical casino that can cloak itself I guess. We stopped somewhere else after getting lost and just started drinking. When it was time for dinner, we headed to the Freakin’ Frog!
(I wrote about the amazing bar here, but it got so long that I’ve cropped it into its own post. Super great though!)
After dinner and drinks, we drove back to the Flamingo, hid from some cops, etc. Devin may have mooned the camera in front of a cop car. Back in someone’s room, we drank a bit and hung out even though the girls trashed the room completely. Oh, and a guy I didn’t know very well showed us a body part that I didn’t really want to see. 🙁
I was pretty tired, but Alex was up for more, so Alex, Mike (awesome guy by the way), gem and me walked the strip for hours!
When we got back, I took a nice bath and then went to sleep around sunrise!
On Sunday, gem and I watched the fountains at the Bellagio before heading to the M&M World Store. We bought some for us and a bag for Alex and Darnell in their wedding colors. Then we went to the MGM to see the lions! They were cute and napping! We played some penny slots because we like Lobster Mania. It took our dollars, but then… ta da! gem won $6! Amazing! But then we realized we lost the M&Ms 🙁
My grandparents picked us up and we went to Ta Ta’s, a Japanese restaurant for dinner. We ate with Uncle Rocco, my cousin Akira, and her friend. Afterwards we stopped by my great-grandmother’s house and then my grandparents’. We scratched Tilly’s (their tortoise) chin and looked at some of their various souvenirs from countries they’ve visited. I also saw my grandfather’s expanded collection of gems he’s found, cut, and polished and the award he’s won. It’s really impressive! I hope I do as many great things as they have. Oh, and I also saw his huge collection of DS games. He plays every night and has beaten most of his collection. He gave me Flower Sun and Rain (a Suda51 game) and Mystery Tales.
We went back to the M&M store, made our purchases a second time, and then checked out the Coke store. They had a soda bar! It was amazing! I do happen to love soda. We tried the World Tour sampler of Coke products from around the world. It was pretty interesting! Then we met back up with the guys for more drinks and adventures across the strip!
This morning we were going to head out, but I decided to check for Pac-Man Battle Royale locations. Turns out it was at Gameworks on the strip! We checked out, walked down there, and was amazed the arcade. I’ll post that separately too!
Anyways, some drama happened between a few people, and Daniel was left without a ride back to CA. He was going to have to fly back or rent a car, and we couldn’t have that! He’s with us in the car right now. We stopped at Peggy Sue’s for lunch and are now about an hour from home. Lunch wasn’t too special, but the burger with ham and pineapple was tasty.
And that’s the end of my weekend!