Las Vegas - Day 2

Friday November 9 2007

At 7:15 a.m. the phone rang - the bell girl (a new one) needed our checked luggage tag number and claim number because Southwest could not locate our bags and perhaps they’d been sent back to Seattle. Now, Crystal was cranky and gave the girl an earful, then called Southwest and gave them a bad time. She made 10 phone calls over the next hour, trying to get answers and was finally told they would deliver our bags within 2 to 4 hours. By this time it was 9 a.m. We couldn’t wait 2 to 4 hours - we had things to do, people to meet and no clean clothes, no makeup, hair products… so we got the car and drove back to the airport and located our bags with no problem, much to our relief .

Back at the hotel, we were still grumbling about the confusion, the incompetence and stupidity of the bell girl, so I phoned the assistant manager who was new on duty. He returned my call and I explained our dissatisfaction and that we’d taken matters into our own hands and picked up the luggage. Of course he apologised and offered us a lunch voucher or show tickets. I said yes to the lunch voucher then told him I was sure he was making good on the cost of the ‘taxi’ trips there and back as well. He said he’d leave an envelope at the concierge desk for us. Things were looking up again!

We drove to the Hilton Convention Center and walked around all the booths at BlogWorld Expo. It was interesting, but not nearly as ‘big’ as I expected. We visited the PostieCon booth and met some of the ‘peeps’, picked up freebies everywhere we went and had fun. It’s all about making your own fun - if you are prepared to have a good time, you will. We waited until 4 for the Ipod draw at the AOL booth but were not lucky.

The plan was to meet up with some of the posties at Caramel in Bellagio but we were late and missed them. Apparently they were all standing around outside the bar near the slot machines by the time we arrived and I didn’t see them. We enjoyed a drink in the bar, talking to the bartender, and the cocktail waitress who made me feel like a 12 year old flat chested geek. I wanted what she had and couldn’t help ogling!

We then drove to the MGM Grand to see the Cirque de Soleil show KA. Crystal and I both thought it was fabulous, but apparently in the opinion of the cocktail waitress it is one of those shows you will either love or hate. The acrobatics, acting, wall climbing skills, vertical stage, costumes and props were amazing even if the story line was a little lame. The ’starfish’ costume and character was darling and the rotating wheel acrobat (with no safety harness) has to be seen to be believed. He scared me!

We were home in bed by 1 a.m. - an early night!