[Shari, I will get all the Props up before I go to bed Monday night, I promise]
Had breakfast at the Stage Deli (props to Mark Vane for introducing me to this place on his bachelor party), then I went back to the room to research a room for the weekend while my dad went back to the trade show and my mom went to the beauty parlor. Decided to rent a car, booked it online, then took the shuttle to the airport to pick it up. Got my mom, stopped by Merrill Lynch to make the deposit I didn’t have time to make Tuesday, then went downtown to play Blackjack and see how much of what I taught my mom about basic strategy stuck. Unfortunately, not much, but she still managed to win $10.86 for our whole sojurn! I won $30 at El Cortez, then took a bath at the Plaza (which seems to happen every time). Was down quite a bit, when I got a phone call from Rob at Main Street Theatre, offering me the role of Schulz and one of the psychiatrists in Pardon My English, which I immediately accepted. Woot! This signaled a turnaround in my card luck, too, and I ended up making up almost all of my losses. We then went to Binion’s, where I went well into the black, then got another phone call, this time asking me to callbacks for Secret Garden. Woot! We came back to the hotel, met up with my dad, and walked over to Venetian for dinner at Valentino’s, which was most excellent, and then saw the Blue Man Group, which was outstanding. Walked back to Caesar’s, decided to just break down and get a room at the Luxor, and was pleasantly surprised when they offered me two free nights in a Pyramid room! A very excellent day