Day 37

Day 37: 6/23/15 (Las Vegas)

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First off, we want to say happy birthday to our little kitty Khaleesi.  She’s 2 years old today and we left her some tuna with Rico’s parents to celebrate.

Second, WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS!

Just kidding! 

After such a long day, we ended up sleeping in as much as we could.  When we got out of bed, we introduced ourselves to Lindsay and Derek (and their son Hudson).  We had met Derek briefly 2 years ago during our first trip to Vegas.  He hooked us up at the pool club that he worked at, so now we’re going to owe them doubly for letting us stay for a few nights.  We were trying to catch up on the blog a bit while they went out to Lindsay’s parents' to go swimming. 

Later in the evening, we went downtown for dinner.  We started at Hogs and Heifers which is this crazy biker bar by Fremont Street.  The bartenders use bullhorns to yell at people for being on their phones, not tipping, you name it.  While we were there, the bartenders did some line dancing on the bar, and this was some pretty legit Coyote Ugly type stuff.  Once they finished they’re routine, they welcomed all the girls to dance on the bar with them, but there was only one taker (and no it wasn’t Jillian – she hadn’t had enough drinks yet), and thank god because the girl that did go up got her boobs yanked out and got stickers on her nipples to dance around topless pretty much – welcome to Vegas!   Lindsay said she then realized why Derek like the bar so much haha. 

From there we kept walking down Fremont and stopped at a little street bar for some beers and shots (Lindsay’s doing).  We all toasted with our shots of Jameson and drank our beers on the way to Carson Kitchen.  Amanda (Jillian’s cousin) told Lindsay that we liked to eat and drink apparently (which is true) so she brought us to this new place that she likes.  All the dishes are medium-sized so they're meant to be shared.  Lindsay ordered and we ended up with so much food!  We had bison sliders, mac and cheese, a chicken sandwich, bacon jam and baked brie spread, chicken thighs, crispy chicken skins, and a beet salad – and it was all so good! Huge thank you to Lindsay and Derek for taking us there!!!  On our way back to the car, we had to stop at Hogs and Heifers for one more beer.  This time when the bartenders called the ladies up to dance, Jillian ran up and joined a few others on the bar. [*Dance on a bar in Vegas (√)]

When we got home we found out that dogs can get into sealed containers pretty well.  Their lab had broken into our snack container and ate a couple granola bars and half a bag of crackers.  We were slightly impressed with how successful they were with opening the granola bars, and the fact that they didn’t also eat the wrappers.  Derek went to bed, but Lindsay opened a bottle of wine and we hung out for a few more hours talking.  We showed her some of our photos from the past 5 weeks of our trip and our blogs/videos.  Although it was probably a low-key night for a Las Vegas native, we had a ton of fun visiting a part of downtown that we hadn’t been to before.  We let the time get away from us and we were all crawling into bed around 2:30am.

Fact:

If you want Jillian to dance on a bar in Vegas, she needs more than one beer

Lesson:

What happens in Vegas doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas – especially if you blog about it…

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