Vegas

Why does everyone have their panties in a bunch about the Bruins and whether or not they will make the playoffs this season? As I watch them battle the Leafs tonight, at best they could finish in 6th place but more realistically in 7th or 8th. Great, so they make the playoffs and lose in the first round probably via a sweep. So what the fuck does that do for the franchise? Not much. I’ll keep watching because I am a total suck bag but seriously they are not a good team so keep your expectations low.

Now the rest of this article will be another helpful travel tip to all you loyal Goonblog readers. Hopefully, many of you have read my post titled This has Nothing to do With Hockey. Well so does this. Last week, I was fortunate enough to spend Monday – Friday night in The City of Sin. Part of it was work that I won’t talk about but there sure was some fun!

I arrived in town on St. Paddy’s day afternoon after a joyous flight. You would think by now, with my history on Delta, they would stock up on vodka before I board. Sure as shit, this was the third trip in the past few years that I have single handedly cleaned out the vodka on a flight. So as Chris and the rest of my Irish booze bag friends were falling down drunk that day, I was 37,000′ above smashed up like crash test dummy. As we took a cab to the hotel, we passed an Irish bar with 2 chicks passed out on the sidewalk wearing mini skirts with their roast beef curtains hanging out. I looked at the cab driver and said Vegas Baby! Vegas!

I had work events Monday night ending Thursday at lunch time. I survived that and even ended up + $$$ on the tables. Beginning Thursday at 9:20 a.m. PST was the NCAA division 1 hoops tourney. The Ref offered up a great piece last week and I hope you get a chance to read it. I’m not a huge hoops fan but anything that gets you out of work early, allows many people to gamble together and involves drinking, I am all for it!

I spent most of the time watching games at several sports books including The Wynn’s, The Venetian’s and the Mirage’s. The entire city was jammed with party goers and hoops fans from all over. Stepping off the elevator Friday morning and walking into a packed sports book full of people boozing it up was awesome. With bets being made on individual games as well as parlay’s, every contest was closely watched by all. I personally would like to thank Clemson for totally fucking me in the ass with their loss to Villanova.

I headed home Friday night on a red eye with blurry eyes and a pocket full of Benjamin’s. I wish I could have stayed through the weekend but duty called with MBH and the Million Dollar Babies. If you ever plan a weekend to Vegas, make sure you do it around the first weekend of March Madness. Or, as my buddy Red Dog who lives in Vegas told me, come here for Rodeo weekend as it is the most popular and craziest weekend of the year. If you have any questions about Vegas contact me, I would be happy to share my experiences after multiple trips to the belly of the beast.