The second day of my trip began with a 6 a.m. (9 a.m. ET) work conference call. Just the thing for a hangover. After the hour call there were several other work-related calls, and then it was off to my seminar at the Monte Carlo at around 9 a.m.

Venetian valet took about 10 minutes to get my car.

By the end of the seminar I was ready for a beer or two with some TalkVegas friends at the MSS Brewpub. But first, I had to make a quick call to the office to see if any fires needed to be hosed out (this was a work-related trip, after all). Well, about 4 raging infernos and 3 hours later, I knew I had lost any chance to make the mini-meet at MSS. That was my biggest disappointment of the trip, which is saying a lot since the tables were NOT kind to me.

It now was about 8 pm, and I decided to try Mon Ami Gabi at Paris for dinner. Had the escargot appetizer, which was good (though I would be tasting the garlic until noon the next day). Then I had the roqufert steak, which was excellent. Cooked exactly as I ordered, and every piece was wonderfully edible. Very tasty, but I could FEEL my arteries hardening. The steak came with crispy onions. With a few glasses of wine the meal came to a reasonable $60, pre-tip.

Spent the remainder of the night playing breakeven blackjack at Paris and the Venetian. With the second day of my seminar coming up tomorrow, I hit the sack at about 1 a.m., exhausted.

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Mark L. in NJ

Mark, I am really enjoying your report, but I'm also getting verrrry hungry. [img]http://www.talkvegas.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Daisy --

I think we can all agree that the eating is at LEAST tied for the favorite Las Vegas activities for most of us on this board!!

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Mark L. in NJ

Mark, keep posting. Sorry the tables weren't kind to you. It has been that way for me on my last few trips.
Dinner sounded good. I'll have to try Mon Ami on a future trip.

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John
Moderator Dining Forum
john@talkvegas.com

I promise to try to finish this weekend!