Some friends and I headed to Las Vegas last weekend for the New Kids on the Block reunion tour. Yeah...and it was AWESOME! I haven't been to Vegas since I was about 17 and way too young too fully appreciate it. Lots of pics of the debauchery after the click!
We got there on Friday afternoon and headed out to the strip. We stayed at a nice little hotel right off the strip and behind the Hooters Casino, which was the way we always found our way stumbling home at 4 am.
Vegas has changed a lot since I was last there; tons of new casinos and things to do. The first night we had dinner, then my friend Cristy and I wandered around the strip, harassing/getting harassed by random people. We even got those massive two foot tall souvenir drinks.
We spent the rest of the night partying at the club LAX at the Luxor. Now, I have never been to a club before, and was sure I would hate it. I actually had a freaking blast! I even danced. Criss Angel was randomly there, being all douchbaggy like usual. We left the club at about 3:30 am; I don't even know the last time I was up that late.
The next day we spent trying to find Cristy's ID that she had lost the night before. We had no luck until right before the club opened, when a security guard came through and found it for us just in time. Good thing too, because it was Cristy's 30th birthday, and that would have really sucked. We did manage to go on the roller coaster at NY NY; it was really scary and awesome. Different than regular coasters because you're flying around a building and above the strip.
That night was the NKOTB concert. Honestly, it was fabulous. The guys sang great live, and were as hot as ever.
Me and Cristy at the concert:
The best part was their after party at LAX. We were waiting by the red carpet for them to show up, and when they did I jumped to the front and took a pretty sweet pic:
I also grabbed to touch Joey (my love since I was 10) but got Jon's arm instead, which is also super ok with me!
We waited in a herd of people (all of us were "on the list") trying to get into the club for the after party, and it just wasn't happening. Finally one of the girls bribed a bouncer and we were let in, much to the chagrin of the snooty girls in the crowd. I'm glad we did, because even though it was packed, New Kids were in there and played another small set. I'll have multiple videos of that soon; I'm still going through and editing them all.
I loved Vegas way more than I thought I would. I had such a good time with everyone; hopefully we can have a girls' weekend there once a year!
