4:00 am

i believe that vegas-style for us encompasses going to bed around 4am everyday.

not something i'm use to but - VEGAS BABY!!!

as planned we did go to mgm for their buffet (best quality for buffet i've ever had) and we did go to see KA.

we didn't however, go to caesar's pure nightclub. in turned out it wasn't open last night. and any of the top rated clubs required a strict dresscode - not everyone had the appropriate attire.

so... with a bit of decision-making, we ended up going to venetian's V and to be quite honest, i'm glad we did. the club was small yet intimate. the atmoshere was great. but how we got in, was even better.

it all started with arvie and i trying to decode the directory map (these vegas hotels are huge!) the security guard came over (obviously due to the look of utter confusion as both arvie and i were pointing at different directions) to help us out. AND he told us to look for some guy name 'joe' and tell him that 'matt' sent us. and that 'joe' would take good care of us.

alright.

well, turns out joe took very good care of us. he waved our cover charge and gave us 2-for-1 drink coupons.

not a bad way to start off the night.

then tai, using his ultra, charming ways, talked to joe into providing us a bit of more excitement for the night.

the next thing i knew, we were being whisked away in a limo to another club where the cover charges were waved again (though no 2-for-1 drink coupons but you know, greed was never our colour anyway). [edit: learned afterwards that the first round of drinks were free]

what a night!

granted, we were dead by the time we got back to the hotel yet for whatever reason, we had enough energy to try and go to one more club.

this time, the guy wouldn't let us in for free.

i guess at that point, we got cocky and forgot we lost the 'joe' connection.

thanks vegas joe. you did us good last night!