{"id":119,"date":"2007-01-15T14:58:04","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T20:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/team-awesome-in-las-vegas\/1122007-day-one\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:26:36","slug":"1122007-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/team-awesome-in-las-vegas\/1122007-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas #3, Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

We got started early at the lovely Hubert H Humprey Terminal at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport. We continued the party on the aeroplane. The party also included canasta and the sammichsammich<\/a>. We landed in Las Vegas, and were greeted at the airport by a limo driver holding a sign reading TEAM AWESOME.<\/p>\n

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We hopped in our limo and broke out the champagne. We got to Excalibur, checked into our widely-scattered rooms (which they told us would be together), and regrouped half an hour later, ready for action.<\/p>\n

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We had dinner. We drank tequila-based beverages. We video-gambled at New York New York. We wandered up the strip and eventually found ourselves in the Barbary Coast, the lesser-known pirate casino. While most of our crew headed for more games, Matt and I circled the casino and stopped cold at the entrance to the bar. There, onstage, was a cover band with a keytar. We were ecstatic. After a series of hair-metal ballads, and as if it was not already the best day ever, they launched into Faithfully<\/em>. We died of joy.<\/p>\n

…And then were resurrected to go across the street to the Flamingo. Katie and Wendy ran over to play the Wheel of Fortune, so I grabbed a seat, put in $10, hit ‘max bet’, cashed out, and walked away with $81. We watched poker for a while, and headed back to the hotel sometime around 3am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We got started early at the lovely Hubert H Humprey Terminal at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport. We continued the party on the aeroplane. The party also included canasta and the sammichsammich. We landed in Las Vegas, and were greeted at the airport by a limo driver holding a sign reading TEAM AWESOME. 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