Vegas: Day Four
08/20/06 08:36 AM Filed in: Personal /
Misc.
Here's a little re-cap of an amazing day:
The day started out with some healthy (insert sarcasm here...) breakfast from McDonalds. After eating breakfast we hopped a taxi over to the Hilton to watch Leonard Nimoy, then William Shatter, and then both of them on stage at the same time. Later that afternoon after grabbing some pizza from a Pizza Hut Express we went back to watch James Darren speak. After that we picked up a few monorail tickets to save some walking and cab fare and went to the Southern part of the strip to the MGM Grand and walked up the strip to Paris, Balleys, The Venetian, The Wynn, and others. From the Wynn we caught a ride on the bus to the Las Vegas Convention Center where we got back on the Monorail and went back up to the Hilton to stand in line (after eating at Quarks Bar of course) to see Robert Pacardo and James Darren sing. While on our way there we ran into George Takei (Sulu from the original Star Trek) in the casino and chatted with him. He even let me get a picture with him. It was really cool to see how nice he really is in person and how open he is with fans. The show was amazing. Robert sang about 3 songs, one of which made fun of several things which gave everyone a laugh. After Robert was finished he handed it over to James Darren who sang songs from Frank Sinatra and others. It was a great show, with lots of humor and even an encore.
On the way back to the hotel and once we got back to the hotel I called my dad in Germany and talked with him for a while about what I had seen on this trip and chatted as well. For him it's about 9 hours ahead so he had just woken up. It was nice to talk with him and chat although it's also sad that he could not join me here in Vegas. The trip is almost at a close and it's been a blast. I saw a lot of things and did a lot of things but there will always be something for me to come back for in Vegas. I don't think there's any way you can do it all in one trip unless you move here.
Love,
Chris
The day started out with some healthy (insert sarcasm here...) breakfast from McDonalds. After eating breakfast we hopped a taxi over to the Hilton to watch Leonard Nimoy, then William Shatter, and then both of them on stage at the same time. Later that afternoon after grabbing some pizza from a Pizza Hut Express we went back to watch James Darren speak. After that we picked up a few monorail tickets to save some walking and cab fare and went to the Southern part of the strip to the MGM Grand and walked up the strip to Paris, Balleys, The Venetian, The Wynn, and others. From the Wynn we caught a ride on the bus to the Las Vegas Convention Center where we got back on the Monorail and went back up to the Hilton to stand in line (after eating at Quarks Bar of course) to see Robert Pacardo and James Darren sing. While on our way there we ran into George Takei (Sulu from the original Star Trek) in the casino and chatted with him. He even let me get a picture with him. It was really cool to see how nice he really is in person and how open he is with fans. The show was amazing. Robert sang about 3 songs, one of which made fun of several things which gave everyone a laugh. After Robert was finished he handed it over to James Darren who sang songs from Frank Sinatra and others. It was a great show, with lots of humor and even an encore.
On the way back to the hotel and once we got back to the hotel I called my dad in Germany and talked with him for a while about what I had seen on this trip and chatted as well. For him it's about 9 hours ahead so he had just woken up. It was nice to talk with him and chat although it's also sad that he could not join me here in Vegas. The trip is almost at a close and it's been a blast. I saw a lot of things and did a lot of things but there will always be something for me to come back for in Vegas. I don't think there's any way you can do it all in one trip unless you move here.
Love,
Chris
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