Viva Las Vegas!

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? Well, except for the things you brag about of course =). On New Year's day and through the 4th my sister (Helen), her two friends, (Matt and Cat), my best friend (Beth) and I visited Las Vegas for a fun trip. Beth and I stayed at the Flamingo and Helen and her friends stayed at the Monte Carlo. Upon arrival we didn't have many set plans-just to visit the hotels and see Zumanity, a Cirque du Soleil show. We wanted to go clubbing but we knew a cover was around $20-$30 so we didn't have high expectations for it.

Well, we ended up getting a connection that not only got us into one club, but THREE, and with NO cover. It was more than we could've imagined. We were the people that walked in front of the long line and said to the guy with the earpiece "Um, we're on the list." It felt awesome. Okay, enough bragging. These are the clubs we attended. To keep from boring you, I kept the reviews short and sweet:

Tuesday night: Moon and Playboy- These two clubs are located in the Palms Casino. Moon has a very outer-world quality, hence the name, with silver being the dominant color. It is two stories and has outdoor patios on both floors. The crowd was They have a very big central dance floor and the music was great.



Wednesday night: LAX- This club is located in the Luxor casino and is home to Paris Hilton's favorite club in Vegas. In fact, she was even there that night and got on the microphone and said "Hey guys, let's have a great time here in LAX tonight!" This club is very posh with red velvet curtains and black leather furniture. This club also boasts two floors with a HUGE (but still not big enough) dance floor. The crowd was really awesome and friendly, not too uptight. My favorite club of the trip.

Thursday Night: Tao- This club was an experience. It is easily the most popular and talked about club in Vegas and it is not hard to see why. It has a sensual Asian theme and draws a very sophisticated crowd. The go-go dancers and models shocked me with their attire and dance moves. They even have girls that lay on beds and give each other back massages! The dance floor was very small though and I didn't care for the DJ as much.









We also saw Zumanity on Wednesday night and that was fantastic. Yes, the racy, sexually-themed one. To be honest, while it was probably more sexy than your average show, the acts are very stylized, choreographed and calculated that it doesn't arouse the feelings you might imagine. You are just more in awe of the skills and the level of athleticism it takes to do something like bend your body so that you don't hit your head when you dive into a human-sized fishbowl. The audience interaction was HILARIOUS because they would pull people on stage and embarrass the heck out of them. I haven't seen the other Cirque shows, but apparently this one has a much smaller cast and is extensively less acrobatic than the other shows in Vegas. Still, I enjoyed it very much and I highly recommend it!

Back to reality now though and I will be heading out to Nebraska in two days to resume my adventure as a Field Marketing and Operations Manager (we had a title change) for Up With People. I am going to try to blog once a week so if you read this, stay on my case to make sure I do. If anything, it's good for keeping up my writing skills that I feel like I'm rapidly losing. Feel free to comment and keep in touch. Happy 2008 to you all!