David wanted to go to Vegas to see if he could get into theWorld Series of Poker; i had been talking with Greg about finding some time to go out there, adn we settled on the first weekend in May. Unfortunately Greg had to bow out, but David and I were still game (sorry), so this past Thursday morning we left my house at 4:45 am to drive to Intergalactic. We both bought through Priceline, and ended up on the same outbound flight, United, with a change in Denver. Got caught up on some sleep on the first leg, and finished Mort on the second. We got into Vegas around 11am, picked up the rental car (which somehow got changed into a red Mustang!), and drove to the Strip. We decided to try Ginseng Bar BQ II for lunch, and found it quite tasty, if a bit expensive. I dropped David off at Bellagio, then drove to the Merrill Lynch office to make the deposit I forgot to make the day before. It turned out to be across the street from Texas Station, so I ducked in there for a bit to get my feet wet. Left an hour later $200 richer…not a bad start.
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