My buddy and I made a point of going one year as we were in town for a week (every year) for work.
But, yeah, typically, I am there to gamble and really don’t care about anything else. I take my wife to the shops and to some nice restaurants, but the reason for me being in Vegas is the reason Vegas exists.
I do love when there’s a good concert in town and I’m always game for partying with some old or new friends at the bar or hitting some karaoke or something, but I’ll be back at the tables soon.
I try to do some of the “other” stuff that the place has to offer, but I never get around to it. I’ve been to Vegas likely 100 times. I say, “You know, I think when I go this next time I’ll try out the pool.” [They have world famous pools at the various hotel resorts.] Then I get into town and I’m like, “Oh, right. Gambling.”
I don’t gamble. I eat, drink and people-watch. No better town for witnessing the absolute dregs of society.
And yeah, good shows too. Just got tickets for Slayer, Testament and Carcass in March. Can’t wait!
No, Hef doesn’t have slaves. But there are cooks and shit that have been there since the 60s. It’s almost sad. He’s the Big Fish and all the little Remora have been attached to his sides, eating his scraps for 30+ years.
[reply]Remember when he had the 3 girlfriends living with him? Bridget, Holly and Kendra? They had a reality TV show about them, and I produced one season of it.
Spent 4 or 5 months at the Mansion. It was a very surreal experience.
Tell me more about the boobs and less about the TV show.[/reply]
My ex brother in law used to be the head IT guy for this start up internet company called intervu out of san diego. Mid to late 90s online streaming had become a thing. Well intervu was the first company to do it or one of the first companies to do it so they were tasked with the playboy mansion job where one of Hef’s parties was streamed. So my brother in law got a ticket to go since he was somebody important at the company. He said the girls dont look right. He said they basically suffer from the opposite of what normal people suffer from. He said while regular people often look normal in real life and awkward in pictures these woman are beautiful in pictures and only occassionally look attractive in real life. He said they dont look right. They have all of the right parts that are beautiful but for some reason put all together it doesnt work because its mostly plastic and looks mutantish when all combined together. My sister was no where near the room when he was telling me this but he coulda been practicing the lie for all i know.