{"id":1184,"date":"2016-03-03T20:34:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T02:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2016-03-03T20:34:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T02:34:32","slug":"vegas-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rickneal.ca\/travelblog\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Vegas, Baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So, tomorrow, I’m getting on a plane for a weekend in Las Vegas. It’s just a weekend, so it doesn’t get the whole blog treatment as my other trips. I haven’t been nearly as obsessive about planning and researching, for example, so not much to write about that.<\/p>\n

I have been wanting to go to Las Vegas for several years, just to see Penn & Teller<\/a>‘s show live. They never seem to tour up to Winnipeg, so I figured this was the only way to see them. They are heroes of mine, and there’s been a lot of my heroes dropping off the planet in the last few years. I’m not waiting any longer.<\/p>\n

This trip is different for another reason – I’m not going alone. My friends, Michael and Sandy, are coming with me. That’s kind of weird for me, as I’m used to my solo travel mode where I don’t have to consider anyone else’s preferences on my trip. But it’ll be fun to actually have\u00a0friends<\/em> with me to, y’know,\u00a0talk to<\/em>. So, I’m looking forward to that, and will be on my best behaviour1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Aside from the P&T show, we had also got tickets to see Mac King<\/a>, another magician2<\/a><\/sup>, but yesterday I got e-mail saying that he’s got a substitute3<\/a><\/sup> performing on Saturday, so we’ve decided to try and get a refund, instead. That’ll free up some more of our limited time to see other sights.<\/p>\n

Gambling? Probably not. Though, if I find myself with a lot of free time and there’s someone there who can explain the appropriate etiquette to me, it might be fun4<\/a><\/sup> to sit in on a low-stakes poker game in an actual Las Vegas casino.<\/p>\n

Anyway, probably a few pictures over the weekend if you check back.<\/p>\n

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  1. Of course, as anyone who knows me will tell you, even my best<\/em> behaviour is not necessarily\u00a0good<\/em> behaviour. [↩<\/a>]<\/li>
  2. I’m a little obsessed with magic. Hard to tell, right? [↩<\/a>]<\/li>
  3. Dana Daniels<\/a>, who is a perfectly good magician, but he’s not the guy we (and by “we,” I mean “I”) were excited to see. [↩<\/a>]<\/li>
  4. Though costly. [↩<\/a>]<\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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