It's Not A Bender, It's A Lifestyle.

Still doesn't feel quite real but 48 hours from now my plane will be on approach to LAS. Whirlwind, seemingly scant, little over 2 months since the last trip and I'm just about back. All is ready; the laundry's done, the money is GTG. Will pull out $3900 tomorrow and have another $650 available Friday if needed. I have reserved the limo to/from McCarran to the hotel. All that's left is working out the string tomorrow and a half day Wed then come home, park the car safely, get on the bus and head to SFO to commence the lost weekend. Hoping this trip will be a banger, it represents 1/3 of my Vegas time this year so I'd love for it to be a fun one. Still nothing planned, no shows, concerts, nada. Seems the best way for me to go. I don't like being on a schedule here in SF so why should I plan things to the T in Vegas. Just wake up, pick a direction and ramble. There's not much going on in town this week anyway, I think the city is catching its breath bef...

...on trip one of '17. Not much has changed. Still not at the usual fever pitch of pre-Vegas jazz I usually have, but I'm sure it will kick in over these last two weeks. Worked out the situation with parking the car this time, the timing is such that if I park it on the correct side of the street when I leave Wednesday I won't get any parking tickets, as I'll be back on the Monday after so no risk of the Tue/Thu street cleaning violation. Leaving work at 2:30p that day to secure a spot and then will just bus to the airport as I have in the past. Nice to not have to pay the $100+ for parking around the airport like last time. Most likely will do the Bell Limo to/from the airport again. It's $30 plus $10 tips both ways, so maybe slightly more than a taxi but it's far more baller. It'll be the first time at Paris for me, staying anyway. Hopefully the room looks a little better than in the pic above. This is the Burgundy remodeled room. It looks a l...