VEGAS BABY , VEGAS BABY...... VISIT ALL THE CASINOS, SIGN UP FOR THEIR FREQUENT FLYER CARDS AND THEY JUST SEND YOU STUFF & STUFF & MORE STUFF. IN MY DAILY OBSESSION OF SIFTING THROUGH THE MAIL , THERE WAS AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE RICKY"THE HITMAN" HATTON VS JUAN "IRON TWIN" URANGO BOXING EXTRAVAGANZA & MAIN EVENT AT THE PARIS HOTEL & CASINO. THE INVITATION INCLUDED HOTEL STAY & TWO TICKETS TO THE FIGHTS FOR FREE.
IF ITS FOR FREE, YOU KNOW ITS FOR ME!! SO DISCUSSED IT OVER WITH THE WIFEY & SHE SAID SURE LETS GO! AND OFF WE WENT DOWN THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD! OK SO ME BEING THE COUPON CUTTING CHEAPO THAT I AM.....
TWO ROUND TRIP TICKETS ON DELTA TO VEGAS USING FF MILES....FREE
THREE NIGHTS HOTEL RIO,VENETIAN , & TI USING PROMOS.............FREE
TWO FIGHT TICKETS AT PARIS CASINO ....................FREE
WATCHING THE BEARS BEAT THE SAINTS................FREE
WATCHING THE COLTS BEAT THE PATS....................PRICELESS!!
WIFE'S SPA & MASSAGE TREATMENT AT RIO ............$310??????????????
ORDERING CAVIAR AT THE AQUAKNOX RESTAURANT ........$165 ^#@&%*
SO WE LEFT FOR THE AIRPORT FRIDAY NIGHT AND OF COURSE DELTA WHICH IS AN ACRONYM FOR DONT EVER LEAVE THE AIRPORT WAS DELAYED AT JFK WHILE WE WERE ON THE PLANE SITTING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR!!! THE STEWARDESSES COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE DISINTERESTED AND PERFUNCTORY. THIS JUST CONFIRMS MY REASONING NEVER TO FLY THE US LEGACY ( DELTA, AMERICAN, NORTHWEST, UNITED, US AIR) CARRIERS IF THEY CAN BE AVOIDED BECAUSE THEY ALL SUCK. GIMME JETBLUE OR SOUTHWEST OPTION ANYTIME AND I'LL TAKE IT! IT'S FUNNY THAT THE TWO CHEAPEST AND BESTEST AIRLINES DON'T SHOW UP ON ANY OF THE BIG TRAVEL WEBSITES SUCH AS TRAVELOCITY, EXPEDIA OR ORBITZ? ANYWAYS THAT RANT IS FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE GOT IN LATE AND STAYED THE FIRST NIGHT AT THE RIO ALL SUITES HOTEL & CASINO. THE
PEOPLE THERE AND THE HOTEL WAS GREAT. WE WANDERED ABOUT LOOKING AT THE SHOPS & RESTAURANTS FOR AWHILE. PRINCE PERFORMS THERE ON WEEKEND SINCE HE GOT HIS NAME BACK! WE STOPPED AT ONE OF THE CASUAL BARS AND HAS SOME DRINKS. I ALSO HAD A TASTY BURGER AT THE ALL AMERICAN BAR & GRILL AS WELL. THE WIFE HAD A FABULOUS SPA ( see above) THINGY ON SATURDAY MORNING WHILE I DID A FEROCIOUS 2 HOUR WORKOUT. UNFORTUNATELY THE CASINO WAS NOT SO KIND TO ME! WE LEFT THAT AFTERNOON TO PICK UP THE
FIGHT TICKETS AND CHECK INTO THE VENETIAN HOTEL. NOW THE VENETIAN IS A LUXURY STYLING & PROFILING HOTEL. VERY NICEY NICE. IT'S GOT ALL THE TOP STORES AND GREAT RESTAURANTS. WE WALKED AROUND THE GRAND CANAL SHOPS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO EAT BEFORE THE FIGHT. WE WERE TORN BETWEEN ZEFFIRINO & AQUAKNOX. AFTER SOME MORE WALKING AROUND & SOME DELIBERATION, WE FINALLY SETTLED ON AQUAKNOX BY ME MAKING THE MANLY (YEAH RIGHT) DECISION!
WE WERE A BIT EARLY SO WE HAD A DRINK AT THE REALLY COOL LOOKING BLUE BAR AND ORDERED THE SMOKED FISH PLATTER, A DARN TASTY SMOKED FISH PLATTER I MIGHT ADD. THE PLATE HAS SMOKED SALMON,SABLE & TROUT WITH SOME OF THAT CREME FRAICHE STUFF ANS SOME CRISPY CRACKERS. NOW ON TO THE DINNER TABLE. AS WE ORDERED MORE DRINKS AND PERUSED THE MENU, I HAD AN INSPIRATION TO ORDER THE 
CAVIAR! WE VERY VERY VERY RARELY HAVE IT AND SINCE THE HOTEL & OTHERS WERE FREE I FIGURED WHAT THE HEMP. I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS PRESENTED PROPERLY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS...BLINIS, CHOPPED EGG, ONION ETC. IT ALSO WENT QUITE WELL WITH MY 3RD & 4TH VODKA I MAY ADD! ME N THE WIFE REALLY ENJOYED. WE THEN ORDERED A WHOLE GRILLED BRONZINI FISH & A MUSHROOM RAGU OR RAGOUT OR RAGDOLL THINGY TO SHARE. BOTH WERE FANTASTIC AND WE GOBBLED 'EM UP. NO ROOM FOR DESERT BUT WE HAD SOME FRESH FRENCHY PRESS COFFEE WITH BAILEYS. THE MRS HAD THE NEW CARAMEL FLAVOR WHICH TASTED REALLY GOOD BUT A BIT TOO SWEET FOR MY TASTE. OH AND THEY GIVE YOU THESE LITTLE KEY LIME TART LIKE COOKIES THAT ARE KILLER, JUST KILLER. THE SERVICE WAS NOT JUST GOOD BUT IT WAS EXCELLENT. I DID ALMOST GAG WHEN I GOT THE CHECK AND SAW THE CAVIAR WAS $165 BUCKAROOS. WHAT THE HEMP, IT'S ALL GOOD. NOW ON TO THE PARIS CASINO & THE FIGHT. AFTER WAITING ABOUT TWENTY FRIGGIN FREEZIN MINUTES TO GET A CAB WE WERE ALMOST THERE.IT WAS VERY EXCITING GETTING INTO THE CASINO AND WALKING THRU TO THE LARGE BALLROOM AREA WERE THE FIGHT WAS BEING HELD. YOU COULD SPOT THE BRITS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE MISSED THE PRELIM FIGHTS BUT GOT THERE JUST IN TIME FOR THE CASTILLO
VS NGOUDJO. NOW I THINK CASTILLO IS A PRETTY GOOD IF NOT A LIKABLE FIGHTER. IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO COAST THROUGH THIS FIGHT. THE KID FROM CAMEROON , HERMANN "BLACK PANTHER" NGOUDJO CAME TO BATTLE. IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THE FIFTH OR SIXTH ROUND WHEN JOSE LUIS "EL TEMIBLE" CASTILLO STARTED THROWIN TO GET IN THE FIGHT. CASTILLO IN PERSON WAS JUST AS DIRTY A FIGHTER AS HE IS ON TV. THE CROWD LOUDLY BOOED THE DECISION AS MOST THOUGHT THE " BLACK PANTHER" WON THE FIGHT. FOR A GREAT REVIEW AND RECAP OF THIS FIGHT CHECK OUT THE BOXING TIMES ARTICLE FOR MORE ON THIS FIGHT.ME THE MRS JIMITHEGREEK WERE CRACKING UP WITH ALL THE BRITS THAT WERE AT THE VENUE. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO OR THREE THOUSAND. EVERY TIME RICKY HATTON'S NAME WAS MENTIONED OR THEY SHOWED HIM GETTING READY THE PLACE ERUPTED INTO CHEERS, CHANTS, CAROUSING AND CAROLING. THE CASINO MUST HAVE MADE MONEY TO COVER THEIR EXPENSES FOR THE NIGHT JUST ON THE BEER THAT WAS PURCHASED AND CONSUMED WITH MUCHO GUSTO! THE FIGHT ITSELF WAS A SHOWCASE FOR MR HATTON. HE CAME OUT AND PEPPERED "IRON TWIN" URANGO WITH SOME RAPID FIRE SHOTS. HATTON PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED THE FIGHT BUT DID NOT REALLY HURT URANGO. THE CHEERS, SINGING AND CHANTS WERE LOUD AND FUN. IT WAS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A UK SOCCER MATCH AND A ROCK CONCERT. THEY WERE SINGING SOME RENDITION OF WINTER WONDERLAND ( AT LEAST THAT WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE!) A BLOODY GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. I THINK HATTON GOT A BIT TIRED OF SMACKIN URANGO AROUND AND COASTED THE LAST FEW ROUNDS TO A UNANIMOUS DECISION. I WAS SURPRISED THAT RICKY DID NOT KNOCK HIM OUT BUT LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE FIGHTERS IN VEGAS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO USE TEN OUNCE GLOVES INSTEAD OF EIGHT. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH UNLESS YOU ARE GETTIN HIT WITH THEM ...BELIEVE YOU ME!
AGAIN CHECK OUT THE BOXING TIMES ARTICLE ON THE FIGHT. THEY ARE THE PROS WRITING ABOUT BOXING. WE JUST LIKE WATCHING IT LIVE , ON TV OR ON TAPE! AFTER A TWENTY MINUTE WAIT IN THE FRIGGIN FREEZIN DESERT TO GET A CAB BACK TO THE VENETIAN HOTEL, ON TO THE NEXT DAY. BY THE WAY WHEN THEY SAY ITS A DRY HEAT AND ITS +NINETY DEGREES , IT'S FRIGGIN HOT, SAME AS WHEN ITS TWENTY DEGREES, BUT IT'S A DRY COLD....................ITS FRIGGIN COLD!!
SUNDAY ME N THE MRS, SLEPT IN A LITTLE BIT THEN WENT TO THE FITNESS CENTER/SPA AND HAD A REALLY GOOD & LONG WORK OUT.TOOK SEVERAL STEAMS / SAUNAS UNTIL I WAS PRUNE LIKE AND THEN SOME. WE THEN WATCHED THE BEARS PUT AN ASS WHOOPIN ON THE SAINTS , WHILST PLANNING DINNER. ON TO CAESARS SHE SAYS!!! SO OFF WE WENT ON A BRISK (BECAUSE WE WERE FRIGGIN FREEZIN) WALK.
NOW CAESARS PALACE IS A VERY OPULENT PLACE AS WELL, MO MONEY MO MONEY MO MONEY.
THERE IS BOOO KOOO BUCKS IN THAT PLACE TOO! THE FIRST ENTRANCE WAS THRU THE FORUM SHOPS, WHICH IS ANOTHER HUGE SHOPPING PLACE TO PART YOU WITH MORE OF YOUR MONEY. THEY HAVE EVERY HIGH END STORE YOU CAN THINK OF AND THEN SOME! WE STOPPED AND HAD A DRINK AT JOE'S STONE CRAB (MIAMI ORIGINAL). I HAD A $15 VODKA AND THE WIFEY HAD A $12 GLASS OF WINE....EGADS...SURE NOW WE WERE READY TO GO THRU THE SHOPS TO GET TO CAESARS. JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET A CLEAN GETAWAY WE WENT INTO A PRETTY COOL SOUTHWESTERN STORE CALLED WEST OF SANTE FE. THEY DID HAVE SOME REALLY NIFTY STUFF. MRS JIMTHEGREEK GOT A NIFTY AND REASONABLY PRICED WALLET! WE GOT TO CAESARS, LOOKED AROUND AND PICKED BOBBY FLAY'S MESA GRILL TO
EAT AT. I HAVE EATEN THE MUCHO EXCELLENT PORK TENDERLOIN AT MESA GRILL IN NYC AND YOU CANNOT HAVE A BAD MEAL AT THIS RESTAURANT. WE MADE RESO'S FOR 7PM. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A COUPLE OF HOURS TO GO. I FOUND THE PERFECT PLACE, A WPT TABLE WITH A TV SCREEN SHOWING THE COLTS - PATRIOTS GAME. DOES IT GET BETTER? YES IT DOES, I ACTUALLY WON A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS . THE MRS WAS OFF LOOKING AROUND BUT I FOUND OUT LATER SHE WAS ALSO WATCHING THE GAME AT THE SPORTS BOOK. (WE WILL MAKE HER A FOUR SPORT FAN YET!) WE MET UP, CAUGHT THE END OF THE GREAT GAME AND HAD A FAMOUSLY FABULOUS MEAL. WE SHARED THE SHRIMP & GROUPER CEVICHE AND THE TIGER SHRIMP & ROASTED CORN TAMALE APPETIZERS WHILE THE COLTS FINALLY BEAT THE PATRIOTS. (FOR MORE ON THE FOOTBALL & OTHER RIGHTEOUSLY WRITTEN STUFF, CHECK OUT THE LATEST, GREATEST WARDENSWORLD) WE THEN BOTH ORDERED THE ROAST GROUPER SPECIAL AND THE SIDE OF CORNMEAL CRUSTED
ANAHEIM CHILE RELLENO WITH WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE, BLACK BEANS & RICE. DON'T YOU LOVE THE WAY THE MENUS DESCRIBED THE FOOD? OF COURSE THIS WAS ALL WASHED DOWN WITH A BOTTLE OF VERY FINE AND REASONABLY PRICED CAYMUS CONUNDRUM WINE. IN FACT THE WHOLE MEAL WAS A BARGAIN AS I USED UP ALL MY TOTAL REWARDS POINTS FOR A FAMOUSLY FABULOUS MEAL!! OH AND THE SERVICE WAS FLAWLESS!AAHH A GOOD DAY BY ALL MEASURES......BUT AGAIN WE HAD TO WAIT FRIGGIN FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR A FRIGGIN CAB IN THE FRIGGIN COLD TO GET BACK TO THE HOTEL. I SHOULD WENT TO BED EARLY LIKE THE MRS BUT NOOOOO, I HAD TO GO DOWNSTAIRS TO THE VENETIAN CASINO AND GIVE BACK ALL THE MONEY I WON AND THEN SOME!! THE NEXT MORNING WE WAITED TWENTY FRIGGIN MINUTES FOR A FRIGGIN CAB IN THE FRIGGIN COLD TO GET TO THE AIRPORT! THE FLIGHT HOME WAS UNEVENTFUL EXCEPT FOR THE DIRECT TV NOT WORKING ON THE DELTA FLIGHT. WE ENDED UP PAYING $5 EACH TO WATCH THE DEPARTED. YOU THINK DELTA WOULD HAVE COMPED THE MOVIES SINCE THE TV WAS NOT WORKING BUT ..NOOOO. THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY SUCK AND THEY WILL EVENTUALLY GO THE WAY OF PAN AM (SOME OF WHOSE ROUTES THEY ACQUIRED), TWA ETC. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN THIS WEEKEND FOR THE MOSLEY - COLLAZO FIGHT AT MANDALAY BAY!!!
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Well said.
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