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Starting the Year Off Right
Here's the bomb-shell...Maureen and I got married at The Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the 5th of January at 8:30 pm.
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We decided on Friday the 4th that we were gonna stop talking about it and finally do it. We got in the car at about 8pm Vegas bound. We rolled into Harrah's Valet at around 1am, checked-in and were upgraded to a Suite on the 23rd Floor of the Carnival Tower. Maureen wanted to get some gambling in and I was too tired to walk over to the Mirage so I headed off to the $3-$6 game in Harrah's poker room. Got off to a real rocky start marred by rags after rags. Don't think I saw a 10 or better for a half hour. Patience paid off and I cashed out of the session around 4 am, exactly $100 to the good.
The next morning I made an appointment for Maureen at the Spa so I could get across the street to the Mirage for some $5-$10 Omaha. there was a list with a half-a-dozen names on it so I decided to play some more $3-$6 while I waited. I never did get onto that Omaha game. By the time Maureen was done her Spa treatment and came over to meet me for lunch, I was ahead $85. +$185 for the trip.
We split a Corned Beef with Swiss on Rye Toast at Carnegie Deli and then it was off to City Hall to get the license. In-and-out in about 10 mins. & $62. After that was done, it was time to pick a place. I have since learned that there are 109 places in Las Vegas where you can legally tie the knot. There were some really bad ones; Some places that advertised $25 drive-thru weddings, theme weddings and of course, Elvis weddings. We looked at about 6 and it seemed that each one was worse than the last until we found The Chapel of the Flowers, a very nice looking facility in a not so nice looking neighborhood just a few blocks north of the Stratosphere.
We sealed the deal on the venue and they picked us up from Harrah's in their limo. I did, she did, take a few pictures, and it was back in the limo and off to Bellagio for dinner. I had made late dinner reservations at Circo for after the ceremony. They have an incredible wine list and the food was awesome. Maureen and I shared the grilled Calamari with roasted bell peppers and lemon chive vinaigrette appetizer. When it came out and it wasn't breaded and fried like pub-grub calamari, I though Maureen was gonna die, but she actually liked it. I had the Penne and (huge)Prawns with Brandy Sauce and Maureen loved the chicken dish she had.
The next day, Maureen and I ventured over to the new Palazzo Hotel & Casino, between the Wynn and the Venetian. more on that later...
Here's the bomb-shell...Maureen and I got married at The Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the 5th of January at 8:30 pm.
<< REWIND <<
We decided on Friday the 4th that we were gonna stop talking about it and finally do it. We got in the car at about 8pm Vegas bound. We rolled into Harrah's Valet at around 1am, checked-in and were upgraded to a Suite on the 23rd Floor of the Carnival Tower. Maureen wanted to get some gambling in and I was too tired to walk over to the Mirage so I headed off to the $3-$6 game in Harrah's poker room. Got off to a real rocky start marred by rags after rags. Don't think I saw a 10 or better for a half hour. Patience paid off and I cashed out of the session around 4 am, exactly $100 to the good.
The next morning I made an appointment for Maureen at the Spa so I could get across the street to the Mirage for some $5-$10 Omaha. there was a list with a half-a-dozen names on it so I decided to play some more $3-$6 while I waited. I never did get onto that Omaha game. By the time Maureen was done her Spa treatment and came over to meet me for lunch, I was ahead $85. +$185 for the trip.
We split a Corned Beef with Swiss on Rye Toast at Carnegie Deli and then it was off to City Hall to get the license. In-and-out in about 10 mins. & $62. After that was done, it was time to pick a place. I have since learned that there are 109 places in Las Vegas where you can legally tie the knot. There were some really bad ones; Some places that advertised $25 drive-thru weddings, theme weddings and of course, Elvis weddings. We looked at about 6 and it seemed that each one was worse than the last until we found The Chapel of the Flowers, a very nice looking facility in a not so nice looking neighborhood just a few blocks north of the Stratosphere.
We sealed the deal on the venue and they picked us up from Harrah's in their limo. I did, she did, take a few pictures, and it was back in the limo and off to Bellagio for dinner. I had made late dinner reservations at Circo for after the ceremony. They have an incredible wine list and the food was awesome. Maureen and I shared the grilled Calamari with roasted bell peppers and lemon chive vinaigrette appetizer. When it came out and it wasn't breaded and fried like pub-grub calamari, I though Maureen was gonna die, but she actually liked it. I had the Penne and (huge)Prawns with Brandy Sauce and Maureen loved the chicken dish she had.
The next day, Maureen and I ventured over to the new Palazzo Hotel & Casino, between the Wynn and the Venetian. more on that later...
