7 Days in Vegas

So you’re under 40 and you want to rock? You’re in Vegas and you want to rock? You want to party like a rockstar or see some rockstars then you must visit the home of rock; the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Vegas.

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

The Hard Rock is arguably one of the coolest places in Vegas for the younger crowd and they have must visit clubs, restaurants, and of course the casino. Head out there on a Saturday night and you can catch happy hour down at the Pink Taco, a little Mexican type of bar/restaurant that serves up half priced apps (4-6pm) and they have some of the cutest servers in town.

Pink Taco Hardrock Las Vegas

Head back into the casino and throw some dice or put a few bucks down on the roulette wheel. The drink service here is great, which means no long waiting to get that next Corona as long as you’re gambling.

Hard Rock Casino Entrance Las Vegas

Want to catch a good concert, then check out the upcoming events list at The Joint, no not stuff you smoke, but the Venue where all the top acts play at when they roll through town. We were lucky enough to see The Raconteurs play there back in April and it was easily the best Rock show I’ve ever seen. The beers are pricey $5-6, and the lines are long so grab two at a time.  On Sunday’s you want to check out the weekly pool party called Rehab if you want to be surround by the cream of the crop when it comes to Las Vegas hottest girls.

Las Vegas Rehab Party

Overall, our night at the Hard Rock was one to remember and a destination I will return to on my next trip to Vegas.

Extra Pics:

Hard Rock Las Vegas Elvis Collection

Hard Rock Las Vegas Motorcycles at Entrance

September 14th, 2008 | Category: 7 Days in Vegas, Featured, Gambling in Vegas, Shows in Vegas |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Day two, was really day one for us because we had wasted most of yesterday by flying and getting settled into our hotel room.  I finally got my wireless connection going so I had a decent Internet connection for the week.

We got up around noon, went to the Las Vegas Outlet Center south of the airport.  This place is the biggest outlet mall I’ve ever seen it’s well over a mile long and has 130 different outlet stores.  All big brand names are sold there and everything is half the price you would expect it to be.  Only had an hour to grab some stuff but I would be back here a few times through the week to get a new wardrobe, something to take home from Vegas if I can’t take down the casino as planned.

Las Vegas Outlet Center

We were hitting the links at 2:30pm at the Angel Park Golf Course so we drove on up there.  Everything about Angel Park was top notch.  The service staff are friendly, one of the guys bringing carts out offered to put my new spikes in for me while I was getting ready, thought that was good service.  The most impressive part of the day for me was the rental clubs the gave me, brand new Callaway Hyper X Woods and X20 Irons, better than my own clubs from home.  By the end of the day I wanted to buy a set but I though I would just go back to the hotel and try to win some money to pay for them.

Angel Park Pro shop

Got back to the Nugget around 7pm, went down to the Shark Tank to go for a swim.  This is probably one of the best things about the Golden Nugget is their sweet pool, with a shark tank that you can swim around from all sides.  Or just take the Water slide down and go through the middle of the tank.  Great way to relax after a great round of Golf.

Golden Nugget Shark Tank Pool

August 21st, 2008 | Category: 7 Days in Vegas, Daytrips, Featured, Golfing in Vegas, Trip Reports |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

If there is only one thing I would recommend to anybody who has ever ridden an ATV or Dirtbikes, it is to take a tour through the Nevada desert with one.   This is your chance for the ultimate dream ride on some pretty sick machines.   Once your done it leaves you with the taste of sand in your mouth, dirty, and begging for more.

We booked it online through American Adventure Tours and we lucked out by having a small group of riders (6) and the guide was pretty cool too.

ATV Tour Guide Seth

The Day starts early and its best to do it with some good rest instead of a hangover. They offer free pickup service anywhere on the strip, we met up with our tour Guide Seth at 8am in a van with a trailer and some bikes hooked up on the back.  We filled out out our paperwork as we drove to Bellagio and Flamingo to pick up the other 4 people then headed 30 minutes south to the middle of the desert.

Las Vegas Extreme ATV Tour - Taking a break on the mountain

Why does this day have to end? I could have went on the afternoon tour if I wanted but we had some other things to do in the afternoon so we headed back to the Strip to get back to the room and clean up for the night.

Las Vegas ATV Tours - Great Views

When you should go: Seth told us between October and March is the best time for good weather.  We went in late April and it was perfect.

August 20th, 2008 | Tags: Las Vegas Extreme ATV Tours 4 Wheelers | Category: 7 Days in Vegas, Daytrips, Headline, Trip Reports |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Since there are unlimited choices of food in Vegas, surely you will find some killer restaurants with great food.  Since I am also a pizza addict I had many times to sample the pizza that Vegas had to offer.

I only had a few below average meals and one meal that I wouldn’t feed my dog.

Starting with the worst:

#10 Binions $10 Steak and Lobster special: If you want to dine with 50 rednecks and eat Grade D steak and lobster then you should dine at Binions dungy basement of doom restaurant.  You get what you pay for most of the time but this crap was a ripoff to say the least.

#9 Golden Nugget Buffet: I ate there only because I was staying at the Nugget and had a 241 coupon. I thought it was weird how you have to pay before you eat in vegas but I guess that’s because they don’t trust anybody.  Pablo or whoever served us was friendly, and the food was a little bit above McDonalds quality (which is garbage).

#8 $5 footlong subs from Subway: convieniently located all over Vegas, I went to the one near the Las Vegas Outlet Center and right next to a liquorstore with the cheapest liqour/beer in town, and a good selection.

#7 Pizza from O’Sheas: Way in the very back of Osheas they have a few fastfood type of places, a Subway, BK, and this cool little pizza place.  Great way to cure the hangover is a slice and a gatorade G2 from Osheas, plus you can watch all the idiots play beer pong right beside the tables.

#6 Carson St. Cafe @ Golden Nugget: Ate here about 5 times over the course of the week since they are the only 24hr food available at the Golden Nugget.  Good Club Sanwiches, and Wings for the 3am munchies.  The servers are friendly and most of them look like they’ve been working there since the Golden Nugget opened in the 60’s.

August 14th, 2008 | Tags: Binions Steak and Lobster Golden Nugget Osheas Carson S | Category: 7 Days in Vegas, Dining in Vegas |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Mini Putt Course - Angel Park

We booked our tee-time about one week in advance and booked a twilight time for 2:30pm on the Mountain Course.  They set us up with a cart and some sweet Callaway rental clubs.

View of the Strip from the Mountain Course

The total cost for the whole trip was less than $150 and included:

Twilight Golf including a cart – $75

Callaway Rental Clubs – $35

Range Balls – less than $5

New Spikes for my shoes – $10 plus $2 tip (one of the cart guys offered to install them for me)

Hotdog & Beer from the clubhouse – $8

August 9th, 2008 | Category: 7 Days in Vegas, Featured, Golfing in Vegas |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment