Favorite Picture

Whilte organizing my pictures, I came across one of my favorites from our big day.

March 23rd, 2006 Posted by Jessica | Life | no comments

Vegas (again!)

If you’re sick of my Vegas posts, lo siento kids! But, I promise this is my last one (until Sept of this year b/c we’re taking Craig’s sister there for her 21st birthday!).

My last trip to Vegas was November 2003 for a friend’s wedding. Sara and Bret (high school friends) live in Hawaii, so when they decided to marry, they picked Vegas as their destination for the big day. I couldn’t have been happier. After all, Vegas and I have a great track record and this trip would prove to be no different.

While most of our friends decided to stay at the Mirage, I stayed at the Ho. I couldn’t afford $200/night, so I opted for the $60/night at the Ho which I split with Laura.

Ok, some background on my friends.

Martha, Laura, and I were part of a “group” in high school. We weren’t the preppies that were too good for everyone else; our “group” was pretty much the welcome wagon for high schoolers. New to the area? Come on in, we’ll break you in and get you on your mighty way into the halls of OTHS. If you were semi-entertaining and didn’t do drugs or drink, you were more than welcome to hang out with us. We didn’t do drugs, per se. We did, though, stage a drug night in which we convinced Laura to take a hit of the bowl….which, of course, was essentially oregano and some pepper. She eventually caught on, but in the meantime, she provided some much talked about entertainment.

Martha is the sarcastic one, Laura is the wanna-be gangsta, and I am…….somewhere in between.

So now the three of us are in Vegas together. Lord help us all.

At the wedding, we’re seated with friends of Saras from Hawaii (Sara is a some kind of nuclear engineer, I think- so all of her friends are presuambly super intelligent scientists). We’re given table #69. Let the party begin.

Patrick, Martha’s husband, is the first to consume a little too much early on in the evening, and when the videographer comes around and asks what song comes to mind when we think of the lovely couple, Patrick looks right into the camera and says “Put it in your mouth.” (if you’re not a Laura Gangsta, then you may not know that that refers to a rap song which describes certain lude acts). I’m sure thats exactly what they want on their wedding video.

The night got more and more fun. We bonded with the Hawaiian friends we dined with and became especially fond of Ryan (the very cheery man in the middle below).

With the bar being right next to our table, we all enjoyed our fair share of beverages. The wedding was a mid-afternoon ceremony and reception, so afterwards, a group of us decided to head back to the strip and hang out. Not sure what made us think of this, but someone thought it would be a great idea to ride the roller coaster at New York New York (seen as the red winding coaster in the picture below)

The girls and I handled it well, Ryan on the other hand, upchucked several times in the bushes outside the exit to the coaster. Uh, sorry dude.

Overall, another very successful trip. What I enjoy about Vegas is each trip was very different for me; even when I went with the same people, we created great memories each and every time.

Unfortunately, in November 2005, the Westward Ho closed it doors for good. Needless to say, Polly and I shared several emotional phone calls, and have realized that future trips will not only cost more, but won’t be nearly as fun to recall b/c they won’t include stories that center around staying in the Upper Rear of the Ho.

Long Live Las Vegas!

Cheers to my girls

March 23rd, 2006 Posted by Jessica | Life, Oh the places I'll go | 2 comments