Vegas Weddings

Vegas. The Entertainment Capital of the World.
A place for gambling, drinking, prostitution, crime, love, bright lights, fancy shows, and weddings. Not the kind of place I ever imagine getting married, but that’s one of my favorite things about America. Anyone can get married any way they want. And it’s totally okay.

Over the weekend, my favorite cousin got married. After a few years of dating, they finally decided to do it. And since not everyone in the family could go to France, they decided the Paris hotel in Las Vegas, was close enough….

The photographer that was provided by the venue, wouldn’t follow them around town to take photos at the various locations they had in mind, so I broke out the D90, and down the strip we went….

They were greeted with smiles and well wishes for the future by just about everyone we passed.

SS and I jumped in for a few pictures of our own…

Then we stopped for drinks….

And then this happened……

SS was given the garter. I was given the bouquet. I know what this is supposed to signify, but SS and I are so far from entertaining the idea of getting married, that people just need to simmer down. It’s something that could be in our future, we won’t deny that, but trust me when I say It’s nowhere in the near future.

In all the times I’ve been to Las Vegas, I’ve never been to the New York hotel to ride the rollercoaster. So, this time we made sure that happened. And it was sooooooo awesome!! I highly recommend you do it if you’re ever in Vegas.

Until next time….

 

Things I noticed while in Las Vegas

• People are so gross and disgusting.
• When drunk people slam head-on into traffic lights with their cars, they don’t stop. They drive off as if nothing happened and leave the debris where it falls.
• It’s perfectly okay for a large woman to take her dress off, wash her lady parts, and redress herself. While waiting for the bus. In daylight.
• There is sooo much wasted paper (ads advertising sex delivered to your room in 30 minutes or less) and trash thrown all over the streets. When is that cleaned up?
• While casino hopping in a Kyle Busch jacket, people have no problem making it known they don’t like me and my choice in drivers.
• It’s totally acceptable to dress in any sort of outfit. No matter how bad or ridiculous you look.
• Toby Keith’s I ♥ this Bar and Grill is an awesome place to eat. If you’re ever in Las Vegas, go Harrah’s and eat there. You won’t be disappointed. Unless you hate Country Music. Then you’ll probably not want to go. Cause it’ll suck for you.
• If you ever go to Las Vegas, stay away from the BAD part of town. Men in wheel chairs with no legs, will chase you.
• There are less and less “themed” hotels. There are more and more “regular” looking, non-themed, fancy on the outside, hotels. I dislike that.

NASCAR in Las Vegas

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the NASCAR race this weekend in Las Vegas, thanks to a fabulous coworker of Sis’s. It was the most incredible day, and I will owe her BIG TIME!

I invited JK to go with me since he idolizes Kyle just as much as I do. When he called me back to confirm he’d be able to go, he said, “I already booked us a hotel and reserved a rental car to drive out there.” To say he was as excited as I was, would be a total understatement.

 

Hanging out in the Hospitality Tent waiting for the Interstate Battery team to come out, so figured I’d snap a few pictures elsewhere.

 

An 8am Coors Light was definitely on the agenda. Plus, the can koozie seemed a little lonely without something in it.

 

We listened to J.D. Gibbs chat about the future of Joe Gibbs Racing.

 

And then he signed my jacket.

 

Trevor Bayne and Michael McDowell got up and shared some funny stories about their time in NASCAR. These guys seem like they’d be fun to drink with. ;-)

 

And then…the man of the hour.

 

I ♥ this guy soooo much!

 

And when he was signing my jacket, I couldn’t help but stare at him. No words could come out of my mouth except, “Can I shake your hand?” And he did. With no problem. Just look at that smile. I’ll never ever ever forget what was said to him at that very moment by JK, that caused him to look at me that way. I truly love this guy!

 

Yep. I was standing right there. :-)

 

A few of the tire changers were there, so they signed my jacket as well.

 

They served us a big lunch. Food was good. This cool little table made out of jack stands was so cute. Love it. Will definitely have to remember that décor! It’ll go good with the coffee table made out of an engine block. ;-)

 

After a disappointing 23rd place finish, we headed home. A long drive back to LA.

 

First, we saw this guy. I guess when you’re sitting in traffic that is STOPPED, there’s no place else to go. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. I guess.  :-/

 

Then we ran into this. The 15 freeway was shut down in both directions. Apparently, there was an accident that resulted in a fatality, but that hasn’t been confirmed. It was the first time I got to get out of my car on the freeway and walk around. We never did find anyone that had a bbq grill with them, but we chatted with some fun folks.

It was, by far, my most favorite NASCAR experience. It was even better than the time I got to ride around California Speedway in Scott Riggs’ car. (Watching that video is pure comedy. Maybe one day I’ll figure out how to upload it to YouTube.) Haha.