Weekend Update: Viva Las Vegas!

Jay and I celebrated our July 4th weekend in Las Vegas. Shawn, Jay's best friend from college, and his girlfriend Juvy were celebrating Shawn's birthday and we were happy to join the festivities! 

Jay wanted to get there early, so we were out the door at 4am and on the road. I tried to get back to sleep a bit before the sun came up with no luck, but did enjoy the beautiful sunrise over the desert!

We arrived at the Palms Las Vegas a little after 9. Juvy's old high school friend Thomas has VIP status at the resort, so we started the weekend off right with reserved chairs by the pool for Ditch Friday. If you have ever seen the MTV show "Rehab" it's pretty much the same thing - a big pool party for adults. Chairs/seating is in high demand for this, so we were thrilled to have our own piece of real estate with front-row seating (prime for some serious people-watching!).

Jay cooling off. 

The pool was packed! 

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) was the DJ for Ditch Fridays. For those of you who aren't familiar with him - he was the one that survived the plane crash last summer. He was rockin'!

Me and the birthday boy Shawn.

After a full day at the pool (nearly 9 hours!), we headed back to the hotel for a nap. We ended up sleeping for 5 hours and woke up at 11pm! We showered and headed back to the Palms for a night at Moon. Again, Thomas' VIP status was awesome! I swear he knew everyone that worked at the resort! We walked right to the front of the lines, got escorted by a special concierge in the VIP elevator, and had a reserved table all night. Just like at Ditch Fridays, tables (i.e. real estate) are precious and hard to get! I didn't bring my camera on Friday night, so sorry, no pictures.

Saturday morning, we got up around 10 and headed back to the Palms pool. This time we had a cabana and can I tell you that I am so glad we did! Somehow I managed to get a sunburn on Friday (even with SPF 50), so I stayed "inside" most of the day while everyone else continued to work on their tans. 

View (up) from the cabana

Our home for the day - refrigerator, flat-panel tv, misters and a fan...we were in style for sure!

Me & my man

After the day at the pool we headed to Hooters for some wings. Jay had mentioned getting wings on Friday night and we all were still craving them by Saturday! After that, a quick nap, then back to the Palms! Thomas had a little tour planned for us, so we started at N9NE Steakhouse for a cocktail before heading up to GhostBar. 

Juvy & Shawn at N9NE

Jay and I

Thomas and Juvy 

View from GhostBar

On the patio at GhostBar (it's open air and on the 55th floor overlooking the strip)

Then, we headed to Rain and Moon. 

Rain

Thomas talking with our VIP concierge while Juvy, Shawn, Jay and I wait for the elevator to Moon. 

Our table at Moon

The 4 of us at Moon

Wow! I'm exhausted just reliving this weekend while writing this post. It was a lot of sun, a lot of late late late night partying, and a lot of junk food eating! Such a great time had by all. And once again, we are back in Phoenix and back to work planning another weekend away. This time we're thinking somewhere a bit cooler...stay tuned for the continuation of Davis Travels 2009!