waking up in vegas

enjoy reading about my trip to vegas, one day at a time!

last week i had the opportunity to fly to las vegas to visit my dear friend, jen guttman. jen and i met while at disney world for the college program - she and i both worked at kilimanjaro safaris! after we both decided to extend our programs, jen and i decided to move in together while in florida into a one bedroom apartment. we had a great month together, but jen had to abruptly leave the program for medical reasons. we did a decent job keeping in touch over the past year, and i was thrilled at the chance to see her again.

day one:
i flew into las vegas at about 11pm (2am to my body!) on a wednesday night, and went straight back to jen's parents house to sleep! on thursday i slept in a bit, and then we headed to the strip to take advantage of a connection jen used to get our names on the guest list at the wynn hotel pool. there, we baked in the sun all day - from 11am-6pm! we did take a break to have a nice lunch indoors at the terrace point cafe inside the wynn.

here's a photo with our view while laying out:



and of course, a classic myspace picture of us in the mirror of a bathroom:



that evening we headed back to jen's house for a fabulous dinner cooked by her dad, neil. he made grilled chicken (off the grill!) fajitas with peppers and onions, along with an amazing guacamole! later that evening jen and i took our time getting ready, and then we drove back downtown to the strip, right back to the wynn! we went to the wynn's nightclub, tryst.

jen and i before leaving her house:




the waterfall within the nightclub!



jen and i at tryst!



tryst was quite an experience. there were wall-to-wall people so it was difficult to make our way toward anything! we did manage to come out of the evening having not paid a dime, and we made it fun, despite the crowd!