We stayed at the lovely Flamingo hotel and casino. All in all this is not a bad hotel. The buffet was actually pretty good. The rooms are big. It's no "W" but it was nice and inexpensive. Plus it has a stop on the Monorail and is really close to the Bellagio.

We did have a homeless guy try to sell us a coffee cake outside of the hotel, but I guess that could happen anywhere. When we said no, he took the coffee cake and waved it in front of his crotch. Hot.

We mostly walked up and down the strip, stopping in casinos to walk around inside. You could seriously do that for days, since there are so many.

Some of my favorite things that I saw:

• Madam Toussaud's (I know these are in other cities, too, but we had a lot of fun taking pictures)
• Paris - I loved this casino, even if it is a bit cheesey. I mean, I'm pretty sure that none of the names of the stores or restaurants were actually french, but I thought it was charming and I would love to stay there
• The Bellagio fountains - they were so beautiful and apparently were in Oceans 11, but I didn't see that

Oh there was a ton of stuff that was awesome. We saw "La Femme" which is apparently the same show they have at the Crazy Horse in Paris. There were a lot of naked ladies. A lot.

We also rode the monorail a million times. And we got into a cab with a crazy Asian man that had a karaoke microphone and made us sing all the way back to the hotel.

I braved the tables and played both blackjack and roulette. I won and lost and ended up about even.

I didn't get to do many of the things I thought I would - like see the Liberace museum or the Star Trek exhibit in the Hilton, but I had a good time anyway.

Now I'm trying to adjust back to Jersey time and unpack. I hope I get to go back to Vegas soon. I highly recommend it.