back from vegas. it was a great trip as usual. jeff got off work at 4:45 (45 min late), and i told him i was gonna be at his place by 5:30 (got there 5:50). and then andrew calls and says he's gonna be an hour 15 minutes late to ontario mills plaza. so me and jeff get to ontario mills by 8:25, finish eating by 9. i got the bourbon chicken, and seasoned potatoes and corn. scarfed that up cause i must have been hungry. dropped our cars off at a near by neighborhood. we got to vegas at about 1am on saturday. we had a suite at the treasure island. everyone pretty much crashed when we got there. andrew went downstairs, and dropped some cash. the next day, we went to go eat at sam woo's for lunch after everyone got up and showered. then we went to get boba at this place called volcano tea. then we headed back to the hotel. we were gonna stop by the pool to check it out, and see if they want to lay out there. on the way, we see the arcade, and see DDR 5th mix. so we played 6 songs (2 games). at the end of the 6th song, we gathered quite a crowd (old ladies with grandchildren mostly). not knowing we had an audience, i let loose. and got an applause after we stepped off after the 6th song. that was pretty cool. unfortunately, i haven't played DDR for more than 3 months, and i could probably barely do 6 feets now. but played 5 and lower songs. after that, we went back to the hotel room, then came back out to gamble till about 5. then we went to the pool and stayed there till 7. then we went to go eat at the Bally's SteakHouse. Overall, it was pretty good. Can't compare it to the tenderloin at Pampas, but still a very good cut of filet. then we watched 3 fountain shows at the bellagio fountains. then we were gonna hit up the club in hilton, but jeff and ritchie felt like going to a kareoke instead, but when we got there to one the waitor recommended to us (ellis island), it looked really shady, so we decided to look for an asian style kareoke place. unfortunately, we couldn't find one, even though vegas has one of the biggest asian plaza clusters i've seen (sprung up from last year). but we did run into another boba place, Tea Planet (another name for Tea Station we have in Convoy). So we got some more boba that day. then we got back and everyone crashed except andrew who went back down for some more blackjack, but was back rather quickly. the next day, we checked out, and then hit up the bellagio buffet. they added one big addition, which is the tenderloin (filet mignon). keep in mind this is a buffet. so i pretty much went all out on protein first dish. and had some more protein, lots of veggies, and some carbs the second plate. and fruits for desert. then we went to gamble some more. ritchie worked his magic, and won a cool grand (he'd won something close to that the night before), and then we went to the arcade at bellagio for a few games (games suck there), got some more boba, and we decided it was time to go home. we got stuck in traffic for an hour, but other than that, the drive was okay. i drove jeff's 97 accord wagon for about 2 hours (1 hour in traffic).



a couple notes about the trip. the room came out to about $97 a person, for the suite we stayed at for 2 days. it defintely had a lot of extras. like 2 bathrooms with all the extra goodies you don't get at the regular rooms, plenty of towels for all of us. eating at sam woo's is more a tradition for us because they used to all eat at the sam woo's in SD, but since they've all moved away from SD, eating at Sam Woo's at vegas feels like old times. food is the exact same. the reason i ate so much this weekend is still not really against my diet. for muscle building, it is recommended that you increase your calories to 150% of your intake for a few days every 2 months or so. this will trigger a muscle growth spurt. so i can plan these binges out and i'll still be doing the right thing. how convienient.



I felt guilty about getting 2 boba's in one day, but one thing i haven't been able to turn away completely is boba. it's my kryptonite. i have been able to drink lot less of it. but when i'm there, i always get it.



on the drive to ontario mills from san diego, yahoo gave us some weird directions. and the directions pointed us to 2 toll roads. it felt odd paying 1.50 then another 2.50 a few minutes later. and then it sucked to see a cop watching out for speeders. what's the deal with that?



on our second day to get boba, some people went to volcano tea again, but this time, a dog was taking a shit right in front of the door. the dog belonged to these 2 customers. how awful for a business. you open up a store. and a customer's dog shits all over the entrance, while everyone is watching. the dogs owners looked like they had no clue what to do when the dog was doing his business. obviously the dog wasn't trained, and the owners of the dogs looked like it was the first time they saw that dog take a shit. i guess the dog was new, or was watching it for someone. so naturally, i decided to get my boba elsewhere.



as i have always said, the bellagio buffet is the best buffet on earth. they got everything you can ever fantasize about being at a buffet. and the quality is top notch. i always recommend it to friends, and i guess i'm not convincing enough, because someone always manages to convince them that all other buffets are about the same, or it's not worth the hassle. trust me it is. peeled tiger shrimp, filet mignon, prime rib, even some sushi? all there. all great to gourmet food quality. well, less people that know about it the better. last time, we had to wait 1.5 hours to get in. during the holiday weekends, the buffet is $40 not $22. fortunately, this weekend, it wasn't much of a wait at all. 30 minuetes at the most.



next year, i might catch Danny Gains. supposedly he does close to a 100 dead on impressions of celebrities. that should be interesting. hope the tickets are not more than $25.



non vegas related news, peas and spinich supposedly have stuff in them to make your skin have less wrinkles and keep its elasticity. so i'm gonna be eating a good dose of spinich twice a week. probably fry some up in some garlic, extra virgin olive oil, with some fresh ground pepper and salt. can't have it everyday because it has too much iron.



i always thought my headlights were piss poor. i'm gonna look at some aftermarket bulbs. people drive around blinding people all the time. if i can't help with my dim lights, might as well get my share of lighting. i'll probably replace my headlight bulbs next weekend.