VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!!

So this past week I got to go to VEGAS for work. I had never been to Vegas before, so when I found I was going, let me tell you I was pretty excited. Now this was not all play as some of you may think, I did work a lot over the 3 days that we where there. We where attending Magic, which is Retail Apparel Trade Show. Now as many of you know I work for AmericasMart, and we are a Retail Apparel Trade Show as well. So why would I be going to a different Trade Show? Good Question, we do this as a way to bring more vendors to our show. We go to all the different trade shows over the US, like Chicago, New York, and Dallas, to try and get more vendors to bring their apparel lines to our market, so that the buyers that attended the market at AmericasMart will have a better selection of product available to them. We had great success at the show and have a lot of new vendors interested in coming to Atlanta.

Now for the fun stuff, we arrived on Monday afternoon and checked into our rooms at Caesars Palace. We wondered around the hotel for a bit and got a bite to eat, then made our way over to the Bellagio to check out their AMAZING fountain show. I have never seen anything like this before, it was so beautiful. That night we went to dinner with all the people I work with, there where 12 of us total there for the shows. We went to an amazing steak place called Mon Ami Gabi at the Paris. I had Steak Frites, and it was so good, I could not get enough of it. We where so tired after dinner, from all the traveling and time changes, that we went to bed since we had a long day the next day.

Pulling Up to Caesars

Lobby

Ladies I work with, Krista, Me, & Tamesha

Fountain Show

After work and all on Tuesday, we had decided that we all wanted Sushi, so we made reservations at the place called Yellow Tail in the Bellagio. I had an awesome sushi platter that was some of the freshest I have ever had. I love it.

CELEBRITY ALERT: I had stopped in the bathroom on the way out of the restaurant and was washing my hands and all of a sudden I recognized a voice behind me. I turned around, and what would you know it was Audrina Patridge from MTV's The Hills. I was in shock, I had been saying since we got to Vegas that I wanted to see a celebrity and I got my wish. She was super nice and looks just like she does on The Hills. She also took a picture with a few of the girls I was with. For those of you that don't know who she is here is a picture.

Ok so anyways, after dinner we decided we wanted to do a little gambling, cause you can't go to Vegas and not try and win/lose some money. We started out with slots and I have decided that after playing them a few times I will never do them again because they are all a waste of money. My new game of choice is Roulette. Ryan had told me to play it and so I found a table sat and watched and the dealer and people at the table showed me how it is done and then tried my luck. I guess I am one lucky girl cause I won $70 by playing it. I think I'm a natural, so if you need any tips just let me know.

My Winnings

Since I was up $70, I was a good girl and stopped playing, we where back at Caesar by this time and we where ready to check out the night life. We went to PURE nightclub which was in the Hotel. Inside PURE is the Pussycat Dolls Lounge. They where performing that night so we wanted to check it out, cause you also can't go to Vegas without seeing some Show Girls, we had to wait a while for them but we didn't mind. They had great music playing and we where enjoying ourselves. Their performance was really pretty cool, I was a little concerned to watch something like this at first but they really are talented, I know I could pull of any of their moves.

Inside PURE/ Pussycat Dolls Lounge

Me with the Lead Lady

So Wednesday we had to switch hotels because we where only suppose to be staying 2 nights but our boss let us stay a 3rd because we where not able to do everything we needed to do. Caesar’s was too expensive for us to stay the 3rd night so we got rooms at the Venetian, and WOW what a hotel. This was a total upgrade from Caesars. When I walked into my room I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. It will be very hard to get me to stay any place other than the Venetian next time we go. Since, we where so tired form going out on Tuesday night that Wednesday we just wanted to go to dinner. We went to Bobby Flay's Restaurant called Mesa Grill. This was the best meal I had all week. I had steak and mash potatoes and where probably one o the BEST things I have ever eaten. I would HIGHLY recommend this if you are ever in Vegas. After dinner we wanted dessert, so we headed over to Serendipity 3, which is know for their amazing Frozen Hot Chocolates. We each toughly enjoy them and headed for bed. Thursday we finished up a few last things then headed to the airport to go home. It was a great trip, but I was for sure ready to be home.