Las Vegas, baby!

I actually have a legitimate reason for not blogging this last week. Seriously.

I was in Las Vegas!! That's right, practically the whole week was spent in Sin City for an event called Globalshop. Long story short, it is a POP show that is the biggest one of the country, so I was there with some work people from Tuesday through Saturday.


Anywhere else you wouldn't need the sign!

I could bore you with all the details of the show, but I won't do that. It was cool, but not earth shattering like last time. There were a few good ideas that came out of it, but we shall see how it pans out in the grand scheme of things.

The coolest part though was the dinners. We had a lot of big vendors there, and so we got wined and dined like fools! It was awesome.

First up was the Mandalay Bay which was cool. The view from the bar called Mix on the 64th floor was spectacular to say the least! We saw the whole strip. Awesome!


We drove to the Hoover Dam, which is in Arizona technically...by about 1/2 mile!

We went to Bouchon in the Venetian, a very fancy French restaurant. That was cool too, but a little too stuffy.

We ate at Nine, which in the Palms Hotel, and we went to the Playboy Bar in the same hotel. That was not all it was cracked up to be, but I will take it anyway. I was only there for the articles!

Steph flew out on Thursday, and that was cool. We visited the Hoover Dam (second time for me, first for her) and that was nice. I keep forgetting simply how massive that place is.


Hard to believe James Bond made it down there!

I got upgraded by Hertz which was nice. I was supposed to get a minivan (due to our group size) but because I rent so damn much from them, I got an automatic upgrade to a 2007 Lincoln Navigator! Sweet ride. I felt like Royalty!

We stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel, which was nice. Very musical theme as you would imagine, but the hotel is nothing special. It was our choice, and I think that next time I will stay on the Strip. The Hard Rock is a few blocks behind the MGM Grand.


I could see the iconic guitar from my hotel window.

The high light however, came with one of our vendors. They took myself, Stephanie, and one of my coworkers to the "Gun Store" (actual name!) to go and shoot machine guns. That's right. Not little hand guns which you can do practically anywhere, but real live machine guns!


It was like a menu at a restaurant. You literally picked you weapon, and went and shot it!

I picked an AK-47 as my weapon of choice, and shot 100 rounds with it. Damn! What a rush !



Steph had an UZI as hers, and we did pretty good I thought. So much fun, and I can totally see why people get addicted to it. I will be back for sure next time I am in Vegas.



Steph was a much better shot than me, and it showed from her final target groupings. Mine were all over the place, where as hers were really all around the head. I blamed it on the power of my weapon.


Clearly you wouldn't want to mess with her!

So, in summary, Vegas kicked ass. 5 days was too long, but all the events and the goings on were well worth the wait! Can't wait for next year!