OT Damn you El Prez!

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If you get tickets to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay it will also include admission to their wave pool.

Giant wave pool, very fun, sandy beach. MGM's pool is really nice, MB's is about as nice, just different. Just something different so you're not hanging at the same pool every day.

Not sure if they club crawls are running, but there is a pool crawl. Go to 3 pool parties (Bare at Mirage, Flamingo Go Pool and Daylight at Mandalay were the ones last time). In between you get on a big ass bus with stripper poles and free beers and shots of shitty liquor. Its a good time if you want to get wasted in the afternoon one day.

MGMs pool is nice, but its crowded as fuck. I heard they were closing the lazy river, not sure if that's true or not. It used to be hard to get a chair.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

cool thanks. We’ll have to check it out. Is it like a lazy river type float? Any restaurant recommendations? My girlfriend is insisting we go to the Gordon Ramsey place. She raves about their beef Wellington

im all about the all out seafood prime rib type buffets

Get reservations to the Sterling Brunch at Ballys if you can. Shit is expensive (maybe $130 per person?), but the quality is awesome. Unlimited Perrier Jouet Champagne, lobster tails, prime rib, steaks, caviar, oysters on the half shell, etc.

Not a fan of most of the buffets. I preferred going to Station Casinos for their basic buffets, places like Red Rock or Green Valley Resort. If you are only there for the fist time, I'd skip it though. Go to the Wynn, Bellagio or Bacchanal Buffett at Cesars (although I really didn't like Bacchanal at all, but its highly rated). Night time, some will have the good big ass crab legs instead of the shitty snow crab legs. If you like Seafood, the AYCE sushi spots off the strip are DOPE. Goyemon, Sushimon, etc.

At MGM, I like eating casually at the Wolfgang Puck Cafe. I mean, its not going to blow you out of the water, but its pretty solid. I did Emeril's a few times, its just meh.

For steaks, I like Del Frisco's Double Eagle, STK in the Cosmo (really cool vibe in there) and SW Steakhouse at the Wynn (they do this crazy Cowboy Crusted Bone in Ribeye for 2).

 

[THE HCP]

You guys got to hit up my friends place called Modern Mantiques next time you are in Vegas. From NE Portland great guy.

https://www.modernmantiques.com

 

[SlyPokerDog]

ALL LIES!

You didn't say when you went to the sports book.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If its your first time in Vegas, definitely hit up the Neon Graveyard at night.



Hit up Fremont Street too. Its gotten a lot better and is probably honestly better than walking the strip nowadays.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

ALL LIES!

You didn't say when you went to the sports book.

Gray's Sports Almanac.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If its your first time in Vegas, definitely hit up the Neon Graveyard at night.



Hit up Fremont Street too. Its gotten a lot better and is probably honestly better than walking the strip nowadays.

I really enjoy Fremont Street. Always really fun bands playing. And the gambling, tables and slots, is way looser/friendlier odds.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Gray's Sports Almanac.

Grays.

Learn your almanac then bet.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I really enjoy Fremont Street. Always really fun bands playing. And the gambling, tables and slots, is way looser/friendlier odds.

Drinks are so much cheaper. Vibe is way cooler.

The strip has gotten so gentrified nowadays.

Go to New York, New York. Go to Bellagio to see the fountain show and the observatory. Aria is a waste of time. Cosmo is good for the food. Ceasar's Palace Forum is cool to walk through once. Mirage and TI are a waste of time. Not much to see at Wynn/Encore anymore, they took the Jeff Koons art out of there.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Drinks are so much cheaper. Vibe is way cooler.

The strip has gotten so gentrified nowadays.

If you ever stay at the QQQQs make sure you go up to the pool on the roof of Binions. It's out of the 1960s. Not big, no one is ever there except for the towel girl but the view is insane.

The new Circa looks crazy, that pool is going to be insane but it might change the vibe of downtown.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I've really been wanting to eat at Oscar's Steakhouse at The Plaza for the atmosphere. If you watched Back to the Future 2, that is Biff's Casino.

I almost made a rez for Andiamo at The D, which I heard is pretty good for steaks.

The go-to in Fremont is to get some Hawaiian food at the California Hotel though. Oxtail soup or some Saimin.

Evel Pie also has some great pizza by the slice down there.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Some of the off strip Tiki Bars are really good too. Great way to get plastered before a night on the town, and you have to take uber everywhere anyway.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I've really been wanting to eat at Oscar's Steakhouse at The Plaza for the atmosphere. If you watched Back to the Future 2, that is Biff's Casino.

I almost made a rez for Andiamo at The D, which I heard is pretty good for steaks.

The go-to in Fremont is to get some Hawaiian food at the California Hotel though. Oxtail soup or some Saimin.

Evel Pie also has some great pizza by the slice down there.

Top of Binions is great for steaks.

The California has cheaper deals to fly to Hawaii from Vegas then you can get from Portland. Hawaiians love that casino.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If you plan to get booze for your room, the CVS and Walgreens on the strip jack up their prices a little bit. Its cheaper than other spots, but off strip places are cheaper. May be worth to hit up an albertsons or something if you want to stock your room with snacks, water, booze, buy sunscreen, etc.

What I do sometimes is I go to the CVS across from where the Hard Rock Hotel was (Paradise and Harmon). They had a big ass selection because...it was across from the Hard Rock Hotel. Uber there straight from the airport and then uber to the hotel.

The cab drivers are fucking crooks in Vegas. Take Uber/Lyft when you can.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If you plan to get booze for your room, the CVS and Walgreens on the strip jack up their prices a little bit. Its cheaper than other spots, but off strip places are cheaper. May be worth to hit up an albertsons or something if you want to stock your room with snacks, water, booze, buy sunscreen, etc.

What I do sometimes is I go to the CVS across from where the Hard Rock Hotel was (Paradise and Harmon). They had a big ass selection because...it was across from the Hard Rock Hotel. Uber there straight from the airport and then uber to the hotel.

The cab drivers are fucking crooks in Vegas. Take Uber/Lyft when you can.

Yes, all of this!

Never take a cab.

The Stage Door isn't bad for buying booze and it's close to where Tupac got shot.

The MGM casinos do surge pricing in the casino gift shops. If they're busy the price goes up for everything.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If you want a cool experience, get a reservation at Mon Ami Gabi at the Paris out on the patio. Its across from the bellagio fountains and the food is pretty good

 

[wizenheimer]

my wife and I are leaving this morning for a camping trip to eastern Oregon (5th wheel). Won't be Vegas but we will pass thru Burns, OR. It has it's charms, I imagine, but I haven't discovered them yet. We'll pass thru Seneca too, and on the way home will stop at a dump station west of Burns. I'm sure all of you are looking forward to updates from that dump station. My wife has Hagen Das in the freezer and I have vodka in the cabinet . We won't take a katana but will have a 9mm (for mosquitoes obviously). Eat your heart out El Pres.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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[Lanny]

If you plan to get booze for your room, the CVS and Walgreens on the strip jack up their prices a little bit. Its cheaper than other spots, but off strip places are cheaper. May be worth to hit up an albertsons or something if you want to stock your room with snacks, water, booze, buy sunscreen, etc.

What I do sometimes is I go to the CVS across from where the Hard Rock Hotel was (Paradise and Harmon). They had a big ass selection because...it was across from the Hard Rock Hotel. Uber there straight from the airport and then uber to the hotel.

The cab drivers are fucking crooks in Vegas. Take Uber/Lyft when you can.

I go to Ben's in Reno.

 

[Orion Bailey]

If you ever stay at the QQQQs make sure you go up to the pool on the roof of Binions. It's out of the 1960s. Not big, no one is ever there except for the towel girl but the view is insane.

The new Circa looks crazy, that pool is going to be insane but it might change the vibe of downtown.

The first social distancing pool!

 

[barfo]

Sunday:

• Went off strip for Breakfast. Shit is like 1/3 the price of eating on the strip. Hit up Babystacks Cafe, which does like filipino/hawaiian breakfasts with like a bunch of pancakes. Lots of Hawaiians in town, so good place to grab some grindz.
• Got back to hotel, decided to hit up Encore Beach Club/Pool. They allocated a number of chairs for hotel guests so we got that. Made friends with a couple from the midwest, he was a big car dealer of some sorts and just sold his biz before the covid hit so he was straight chillin'. We drank for a few hours. Grabbed a sandwhich at the deli counter at Encore, and ate it and chilled in the room to sober up.
• After that, we hit up a few weird antique malls/flea markets. One was really weird, it was called Fantastik. It felt like I was in a 1990s cheeseball casino giftshop on crack. The people in the mall were fucking weird, mix of all kinds of characters. You could get some weapons, and wig and beds, and all kinds of crap. It was insane. We got there pretty close to closing, so we had to walk through fast.
• Drove through fremont street. Didn't go down, they had health check points going in. Not sure how it was inside, but I heard the live music was stopped on Friday until they see how COVID does.
• Ate dinner at Lotus of Siam at their OG location. Good stuff. One of the best rated Thai spots in the US.
• Drove down the strip. They are doing a SHITLOAD of road work on the strip, shit was moving slow as fuck, it was annoying.
• Was a bit sunburnt so we just stayed in the rest of the night and remained lame and safe from teh coronas.

Monday:

• Checked out
• Hit up antique malls (bought a tiki mug and a circus circus mug from the 90s)
• Went to the army surplus store in North Vegas. They didn't have as much as I thought they would, it was pretty big, pretty much like Andy and Bax and shit like that. That area was super ghetto, it must have been projects because we ended up in some cracked out neighborhood, they had shared dumpsters in the middle of the street, it was a fucking trip.
• Then went to some Flaming Fajita Restaurant
• Then the Bass Pro World shop. Shit was cool. Lots of people in line to buy guns.

The End.

TL;DR, waiting for the graphic novel to be released.

barfo

 

[Orion Bailey]

TL;DR, waiting for the graphic novel to be released.

barfo

This will sum up his adventures accurately enough.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I go to Ben's in Reno.

There's some asian owned liquor store chain called Lee's. I've been once, but honestly, I'd rather just go to CVS or a grocery

 

[PDXFonz]

Brought a katana, detained in security, likely has covid. And syphilis. Short 2 thousand dollars.

And to think he just landed as is still sitting on the airplane

 

[MickZagger]

Heading to Vegas on Saturday for 5 nights. Staying at the mgm.

going to be a heat wave. Around 115 Saturday and Sunday. Needless to say we’ll be poolside acting silly quite a bit. Pedialyte in the mornings plenty of water and lots of booze

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Heading to Vegas on Saturday for 5 nights. Staying at the mgm.

going to be a heat wave. Around 115 Saturday and Sunday. Needless to say we’ll be poolside acting silly quite a bit. Pedialyte in the mornings plenty of water and lots of booze

Make sure you do the $20 trick when you check in.

 

[MickZagger]

Make sure you do the $20 trick when you check in.

what’s the $20 trick?

 

[riverman]

what’s the $20 trick?

You know what a trick is, right? Well Sly charges 20 bucks for the experience.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

what’s the $20 trick?

When you check in you have a folded $20 sandwiched between the DL and your CC and you pass it to the clerk and you say, "are there any complimentary upgrades available?" If there isn't they will pass the $20 back to you.

It's worked for me multiple times in Vegas and have gotten upgraded to a suite twice at Mirage and a corner suite at Luxor.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I may go this weekend too, I just got an email offer for a buy one night at the wynn, get one free. I'll call them to find out more.

hot weather may cockblock it though, plus I just got back Tuesday from PDX