{"id":2857,"date":"2010-07-19T21:06:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T01:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2010-07-19T21:20:58","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T01:20:58","slug":"viva-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=2857","title":{"rendered":"Viva Las Vegas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went to Vegas last week.  Have you heard?  It was awesome!  And exhausting, expensive, excessive, and tons of fun!  It took me awhile to get out there because I was flying standby and didn&#8217;t make it on the first two flights.  I stayed a night in Boston with Lauren&#8217;s brother, then back to the airport bright and early to miss a few more flights.  Ugh.  I ended up just buying a regular ticket and that got me to Vegas pretty quickly.  It was great catching up with my college roomies.  We spent the days by the pool (not as tough as I thought it might be!) and the nights getting dressed up, dancing, and paying $14 for drinks!  Eek!  :)  Luckily my standby flights on the way home went much more smoothly.  Alan and the kids picked me up at the airport and we spent about an hour hanging out there, having dinner, watching planes, exploring the parking garage, ec.  <\/p>\n<p>Here are a few pictures.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2858\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2858\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3170-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"night view\" title=\"night view\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3170-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3170-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A night view from our hotel.  We were on the 25th floor of an awesome new hotel!  The whole place was digitally controlled and very fancy.  <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2859\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2859\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3172-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Pool  - p1\" title=\"Pool  - p1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3172-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3172-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pool area<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2860\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3174.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2860\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3174-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Pool  - p2\" title=\"Pool  - p2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3174-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3174-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Where we spent our days.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2861\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3177.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2861\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3177-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"palm trees\" title=\"palm trees\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3177-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3177-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palm trees<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2862\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2862\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3180-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Pool - p3\" title=\"Pool - p3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3180-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3180-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the pool, with the Monte Carlo in the back<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2863\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2863\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3181-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Our hotel\" title=\"Our hotel\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3181-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3181-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aria - the hotel we stayed at.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2864\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2864\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3182-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Lovely ladies\" title=\"Lovely ladies\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3182-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3182-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim, me, Lauren and Amy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2865\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2865\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3183-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Daytime view from the hotel\" title=\"Daytime view from the hotel\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3183-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3183-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daytime view from the hotel<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2866\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3193.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2866\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3193-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"At the club\" title=\"At the club\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3193-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3193-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren, Kim, Amy and me at the club drinking $14 drinks.  Yum!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2867\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3195.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2867\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3195-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Me gamblings\" title=\"Me gamblings\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3195-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3195-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was about the extent of my gambling, loosing $2 on a black jack computer at the bar.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2868\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2868\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3199-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Back at the pool\" title=\"Back at the pool\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3199-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3199-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Do you see where we are sitting?  Lauren was so smart and brought the boas along to the pool to make it easy for us all to gather.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2869\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3206.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2869\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3206-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Out to dinner our last night\" title=\"Out to dinner our last night\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3206-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3206-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Out to dinner our last night<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2870\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2870\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3210-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Mirror picture\" title=\"Mirror picture\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3210-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3210-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our elavator had a mirror wall, so we took a lot of mirror pictures :)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2873\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2873\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3219-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Freemont Street\" title=\"Freemont Street\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3219-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3219-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freemont Street.  Old school Las Vegas.  Check out the roof of this street.  Yep, the roof.  Every hour or so they darken the street and do a light show on the ceiling.  It's pretty cool.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2874\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2874\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3222-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Dolled up on Freemont Street\" title=\"Dolled up on Freemont Street\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3222-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3222-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All dolled up on Freemont Street<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2875\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2875\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3226-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Light show\" title=\"Light show\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3226-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3226-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The light show<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to Vegas last week. Have you heard? It was awesome! And exhausting, expensive, excessive, and tons of fun! It took me awhile to get out there because I was flying standby and didn&#8217;t make it on the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=2857\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2857"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}