My 21st birthday was spent in Las Vegas. Can you think of a better place to party when you are "officially" legal? I know I sure can not! Me and a truck load of friends headed down on Friday and stayed until the following Monday. My birthday was on Sunday. One of my very favorite things to do down there is hang out for hours at the Bellagio watching there amazing fountains. Hello - how can you not want to sit for hours? The shows are always amazing!
We also did some "touristy" things. I have been to Vegas a few times but never hit up the M&M factory or the Coca-Cola. I can't say I was impressed. Who wants to pay $13 dollars for a bag of plain M&M's when I can buy some peanut ones at home for $4? I was impressed with the colors though and all merchandise they had. Who knew there were so many ways to slap the label on and sell it for $20 bucks more than average? Genius!
Yes I had a little to much fun there - those blankets by the way are incredibly soft in case you were wondering or in the market for some eye popping pillows.
Next time I go I am hoping to see more shows or exhibits. One we went to was the Bodies exhibition in the Luxor. I wish you were able to take pictures inside. It was absolutely amazing. All of the bodies used there are real. You go and can see every muscle, vein, organ, and bone in your body. You have so much more respect for how complex your body actually is, I feel thankful that mine is healthy as well. Below is a picture of us in our amazing shades after the exhibition.
On Saturday night we headed out to the strip. Good story - we got pulled over by the good old Las Vegas cops for expired tags on the car. (We were using a friends car in Vegas this wasn't the same car we drove down there in - nightmare!) Then when asked for license and registration Landon (the driver) did not have his license on him, he left it at the hotel. This is making us look pretty freaking amazing right now. We got hassled a little bit about it but got off of everything. I thought for sure Landon was headed to jail for the night. I ended up driving us back to the hotel to pick up another car and try it again.
We did however make it to the strip and went to the MGM grand all of the others right around there. I think out of all the casinos and hotels in Vegas MGM is my favorite. Once it started to get closer to midnight we headed over to Margaritaville for my first legal drink. (Sorry Mom, Sorry God) It is the weirdest feeling being old enough to drink if you want to. I never have been a heavy drinker or cared really, but knowing that I can because I am finally that old is a very weird feeling. I ordered a pink cadillac margarita, I am not going to lie to you - it was damn good! I also gambled $20 bucks and lost it all and that was the end of me gambling. It is not a fun game at all!
We were up until 4:30 in the morning that night. The fun in Vegas really does start around 1-2am. We saw a band play at a bar, and ran into some rather interesting people along the way. Being hit on by sloppy drunks always leads to good stories, that should probably stay in Vegas.
Once I was able to crawl out of bed around 1pm the next morning on my actual birthday we had a birthday "cake". My dad was so wonderful, he went out in the morning and bought some donuts and candles so that I would have something to blow out and for them to sing the birthday song. We did some shopping, swimming, and had lunch at In and Out burger. Can I just tell you how lame that place is? If I hear another person tell me how wonderful it is, I am going to have their sanity checked...three choices? REALLY? pssh.Because we slept through half the day it quickly became dinner time and we got dressed up and left for the Rainforest Cafe for dinner at the MGM. I couldn't help myself, I love that freaking place!
We did more walking around the strip that night and a little more parting. We went to Fremont street - wasn't too impressed with that place either. Monday morning all we did was eat and then drive a very long drive back home.I know this post is very broad overview of what happened that weekend but honestly most of the things that happened there will stay there. :)
3 comments:
I went to Vegas for my 21st birthday too. Imagine 8 people squeezed into a two bedroom room... trying to get ready in the morning. It was a nightmare and now I'm not friends with most of the people that went probably because of that. And in-n-out burger is not lame... if you were cooooool you'd know there are more then 3 options they just aren't on the ordering board. HA!
hahahaha, i'm going to have to hit up the in and out burger...looks like you had sooooooooo much fun and i'm so glad that you are 21!
Yay! looks like you had a fun filled 21st birthday!
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