Vegas: sorry for stepping on your feet!
Finally a full night's sleep after Vegas! It was my first time in Sin City, and what an overwhelming experience that was. Of course, most of the time was spent at the Expo, with my client, Jennifer Allan. In my rounds on the floor doing my bits of ‘research' I must have stepped on hundreds of feet, all leather bound and with hills if worn by women on the first full day of the expo and then stockings only or flip-flops and tennis shoes. I must have walked a dozen miles every day, or at least if felt like it. Room to elevator - through a casino at MGM, that is a size (and wealth) of a small country,- to the monorail - and finally to Sands. I am actually surprised how happy people at the Expo were, even on the last day of the event. Most looked like they were genuinely enjoying themselves... Hmmm, maybe it's the free drinks so long as you are playing that took the edge off minor and major inconveniences...
A few expo related observations: The NAR's displays and POS stuff was outrageously expensive-looking, like a five hundred dollar chip on a roulette table next to... well... the rest of ‘our' five and ten dollar ones. Most of the exhibitors were pleasant and not at all pushy, but there were a few that decidedly got on my nerves. The drag everything that moves to the booth and sell sell sell tactics were not what I was prepared for. An appalling number of displays that seemed put together last minute with the help of a drape and Staples copy center, then again, maybe their booths were simply lost by the NAR's ‘no-bid' contractor for the event - has happened to quite a few people from what I heard.
Less that, had an absolute blast. I wish I had picked up a guide to the city before going though, as it may have helped locate a restaurant that was less than $120 bucks a person or a casino table where a minimum bet was less than $10.00 bucks. I have heard that those placed exist in Vegas, even on the strip, just did see any with my own eyes.
The buildings are incredible, and would have liked to take some time to look at every one of them, but alas, maybe next time. For what it's worth, I must say thanks for the Expo as I would have probably lost my shirt gambling if I wasn't so busy stepping on people's feet navigating the Expo! If I stepped on yours, I am truly sorry!
J
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