Early start on my birthday trip 3/27 - 4/2
My birthday trip to Vegas is one month away, but I’m so looking forward to it I thought I’d start early.
We used to go to Vegas four or five times a year, but now it’s only two or three times. We are just too busy with work, and we have a new granddaughter who was born in August. Plus, flights got more expensive, and my husband has his own business so doesn’t travel as much. No more diamond with Delta, which is very sad. Knowing we won’t get upgraded to first class is a little depressing, but he has lots of drink vouchers!
We’ll be staying at our timeshare at the Elara. I love this place. The rooms are beautiful, it has a nice pool, and the location is perfect for us – right across the street from Aria. Of course, in Vegas right across the street is a 15 to 20-minute walk!
We have two dinners planned. My b-day dinner at Sparrow + Wolf and a dinner at Pampas – I’m a foodie and my husband loves meat. Granted, I love meat, too, so I enjoy Pampas. We don’t have a Brazilian meat joint here. I got a pretty good deal on Groupon, and it’s on the way to the Aria.
We are doing the tasting plus wine pairing at S+W, and I cannot wait. It’s a bit extravagant, but you only live once. I spend most of my money on travel, food, and wine, so this fits right in. (I buy my clothes from Goodwill, lol.)
We usually go snowboarding in the spring, but my husband is still recovering from long Covid (doing much better) and a back issue, so that’s definitely not happening.
Other than eating, we’ll be drinking a lot of wine/champagne while playing mainly PLO at Aria. We usually know someone at the table, and the dealers remembered us. I hope it’s the same this time. Should be because we were just there last fall. We did miss our winter trip, though.
I’m going to update this a little with how my poker is going live. So far this year, I’m down $1,700, but $1,000 of that is because of crazy $25 double board PLO bomb pots and a couple of luck boxes.
I have a NLHE game tonight and a PLO game Friday night, so I’ll post about those soon.
Roll and shoe picks will come closer to the date.
Well, I was going to post shoe and roll pics, but Tapatalk is not working correctly for some reason. I'll try to get them posted tomorrow. Up in about 8 hours to head to the airport. Spent the evening cleaning the house for the house sitters, but it will be really nice to come home to a clean house! Going out of town when you have animals is a lot of work.
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have a fun trip
Good luck, run well
safe travels, have fun, run well!
Requisite shoe (comfort is key) and roll pics, plus a bonus sad puppies pic. They knew we were packing. The only negative about flying somewhere is leaving them. Cannot wait to retire and travel to poker rooms and beautiful places in our travel trailer with them.
(I found my other running shoe. The little dog likes to carry my shoes around and leaves them on beds, couches, and chairs.)
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At the airport! It's funny how they know what packing means.
Good dogs! Who's watching them?
We have a young woman who stays here. She and her sister also take care of the horses. When my mother-in-law is in town, she stays at the house with the dogs. I prefer that, but she's out of town.
On plane. In row 10. I didn't know it went back that far. Lol. I love having my husband home more often, but I also loved when he traveled all the time and we always got upgraded! I am spoiled.
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odds on 100% of shoes being worn on the trip?
Probably all will be worn, so careful with your bets!
In Delta lounge, Atlanta. Enjoying lunch and a little bubbly and a game or two of Scrabble.
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STOWE(D) on a double word.
Actually, you can do WI(D)GETS instead 😉
He blocked it all and crushed me.
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very advanced game, would not play either of you for money
love that it's well balanced with meth, jive, poopier, and penis mixed in
had to look up a bunch of them
mahi is surprisingly not an official scrabble word
Requisite shoe (comfort is key) and roll pics, plus a bonus sad puppies pic. They knew we were packing. The only negative about flying somewhere is leaving them. Cannot wait to retire and travel to poker rooms and beautiful places in our travel trailer with them.
Cute pups. Happy Birthday, and have a great trip!
matchasalamander
do ya have a new tea pot to percolate just long enough to swim away and land a steep profit?
We have arrived. Paris mural was neat. We get to go there every year for a conference I have, and we love everything in Paris.
My husband is technically a professional Scrabble player. He came in third place in an official tournament. He considers himself an intermediate player. He is much better than I am. It's pretty funny because I taught him how to play Scrabble. He taught me how to play poker!
Going to look up mahi. He played that one. I did not even consider challenging it.
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Missed this pic.
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Meth is an abbreviation, is that allowed? Can you complete the word for huge points?
It's pretty funny because I taught him how to play Scrabble. He taught me how to play poker!
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ha - I have the exact same thing with a buddy of mine. I taught him gin rummy and he crushes me at it and he taught me backgammon which I am better than him at. Weird how that works
very advanced game, would not play either of you for money
love that it's well balanced with meth, jive, poopier, and penis mixed in
had to look up a bunch of them
mahi is surprisingly not an official scrabble word
PE and KAE were both new to me
I'm still not sure on POO_IER - is that Pookier?
Not a bad little room. I love having a small kitchen. It is time for a little more bubbly, yada yada yada. Then we're off to play poker at Aria!
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Meth plays, and it's poopier 😉
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Link with timestamp to the line:
https://youtu.be/ioGEI_UO81Q?t=120
1/2 PLO at Aria. Seated next to the big stack.
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