Planning.

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I've been using Evernote to keep all my snippets organized for this trip. I've used note-taking apps for various phones on previous trips, but Evernote is the best one I've used so far. I'm able to easily add notes from my home laptop and then those entries are synced to both my iPad (which is going with me) and BlackBerry automatically.

I'm finding that it's really helpful to remind me of things like making sure to use Player's Club cards wherever I go to eat or drink, and I've also got notes with new bars or restaraunts I want to check out or just general reminders like when my sports teams are going to be playing while there.

I've got a note with names and locations of a few off-strip dive bars I may want to check out if I feel like breaking away from the usual spots. Had a plan to do that last trip but ended up in NYNY all day so maybe this time. I've also got a note with current totals of comps, what casinos they're at and what point totals I need to hit to move up to Mlife Gold (close, so close).

In general I'm not giving myself a rigid "plan" for this trip as I have in the past, playing it more by ear, but Evernote lets me list all my options and will serve as a reminder of certain things I want/need to get done while in town. Evernote combined with my Google Calendar (also synced across all devices) should keep me on track and not let me deviate too far from the reservation while there.

Unless deviation is what ends up happening. In that case, let's just hope the deviation doesn't end up landing me in a cell.

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