"Hey baby lets go to Vegas"

"Hey baby lets go to Vegas - Kiss the single life goodbye - hey baby lets go to Vegas - Bet on love and let it ride"  Faith Hill - Lets Go To Vegas

Las Vegas is on my mind....lets make a few things clear - I'm a stay at home mommy of 2 babies, so sadly, I will not be going to Vegas any time soon. Whaaa...  OK chin up, time to type.
During the day, if possible that both kids are napping at the same time, I will put on "The Girls Next Door" you know with Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, Kendra Wilkinson, and of course HEF!
Anyway, I'm watching episodes of them going to Vegas. Flying in on a private jet, staying at the Palms, greeted by the Maloofs, sleeping(?) in the Hugh Hefner suite, and money to play at the high roller tables. But unlike "The Girls Next Door" I don't get VIP tickets to Beatles shows, O, and I don't have a mansion staff/bodyguards at my beck and call.
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That's sooooooo far from MY Vegas experience.
I stayed at the Golden Nugget. I actually LOVE that hotel, how its on Fremont St, and it has TWO Starbucks in the hotel oh yeah, and since I stayed there before, my rooms were COMPED! WHOO HOO!  The pool is impressive, it has a shark tank and there is a slide that goes thru the shark tank.  But I'm the girl playing the penny slot machines, and will be brave and hit a roulette table occasionally.

Did you know that we got married in Vegas?  A planned wedding.  We didnt just go hop on a plane and say "lets do it!". We had a fun wedding, I did the whole gown/veil, he rented a tux, and  bridesmaides dresses., and a photographer.and not only is she gorgeous (she looks like Shania Twain to me) and her website. We LOVED her. Here is a plug for our photographer. Her name is Urszula, and her website is www.perlablue.com  She was amazing, professional, and reasonably priced! HIGHLY recommend!!!

My only thing I regret is not seeing a Carrot Top show while I was in Vegas. (You may learn more about my love with Carrot Top - seriously, not a joke - thru future blogs.)

I heard and saw some youtube videos that now in addition to the Fremont St experience they have a ZIPLINE!  How awesome is that??!  Dang, I wanna go!  I'm more of the Golden Nugget girl.  The "strip" is the fun place to be during the day and you can see the lions that were used in the Siegfreid & Roy show, and of course the Bellagio fountains. And my most FAVORITE bar in Las Vegas is O'Sheas. Total hole in the wall bar/casino, and I LOVED it. It was a place to get some drinks, gamble, and you didn't need to break out the GPS to locate your friends or the bathroom.
I enjoyed walking on the strip during the day, but once it got dark, I was afraid some drunk person was going to throw up on me, So I was perfectly happy going back to the Golden Nugget and having my nightly "Fremont Street Experience" right outside my hotel door.

Now I have all these Vegas songs stuck in my head now:
Katy Perry - "Wakin up in Vegas"
"Shut up and put your money where your mouth is - thats what you get for wakin up in Vegas - Get up and shake the glitter off your clothes now - thats what you get for waking up in Vegas"
And of course - we can not forget the King! Mr. ELVIS PRESLEY and "Viva Las Vegas"
"Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire"

And ironically the TV show Las Vegas with James Caan, Josh Duhamel opening title was "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley.  After being pronounced man and wife, thats the song we chose to walk up the aisle to. LOVED out wedding.  LOVED Vegas. (except that the damn static electricity got me everytime I moved!) But great memories, great town, and someday I hope to return.

Until then, I get to watch shows about Vegas, people with a hell of a lot more money than me visiting Vegas, and doing the wild and crazy things that you're supposed to do when you go there. :)