Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Well now that we’re in a bit of a TSTO lull I figured now would be the perfect time for us to fill you all in on our super secret Addicts Vacation! (of course now that I said that a massive update will hit lol…that was a joke by the way…I have no idea if a massive update will hit or not) The cat was let out of the bag (don’t worry it was one CCL threw at us first) a little earlier than we planned back when Level 40 hit…you should KNOW something is up if an update hits and we’re not on top of it right away! But I PROMISE we had planned to post about this the entire time…..
So, back at the end of April the Addicts team met up for a fun little mini vacation out in….Las Vegas, Nevada! I know the audacity of us leaving right in the middle of a major TSTO Event, but let’s be honest you didn’t even know we were gone! 😉 So we decided Vegas would be a good meet up spot because well…I’m the only one on the East Coast. With Bunny and Wookiee both living on the Western side of the US we figured it’d be much easier for me to go to them, than for them to come to me. That and well…it’s VEGAS! My husband and I were planning a trip out that way anyway…so perfect timing all around!
Now, now before you start your gambling talk…YES we went to Vegas. No we didn’t gamble. Well my husband did a few times at the buffet, but that’s a different story! lol We actually took in much of what the city had to offer outside of gambling…we did however partake in Bunny “Water” a time or two…or 40… 😉
So what was it like when all the Addicts got together???? You know I’m going to make you click Continue Reading to find out 🙂
Hey look at that you guys followed directions! 😉
So anyway…as I was saying…my husband and I were planning a little mini-vacation to Vegas and Bunny and Wookiee decided to crash join our fun! However, we did manage to get a couple of days of quality husband and wife time in before the two furry ones joined us!
We arrived in Vegas late Friday night, just enough time to argue with the car rental place for telling us our reservation meant nothing and they didn’t have a car for us. (they later “found” one) So not much to do that night but get to our hotel and crash for the night, at this point it was about 2am Vegas time so 5am Jersey time…we were pretty beat!
Saturday morning (unusually cold and rainy for Vegas) we did a little walking around the city and had lunch at one of our favorite places. Ramsey’s Pub and Grill at Caesar’s (we’re both HUGE Hell’s Kitchen fans…and have been to the Pub a few times in the past). And that night we went to see Penn and Teller, at the Rio. An AMAZING show. Highly recommend it!
Sunday was when the fury ones were slated to arrive! With arrival times set for later in the afternoon…the hubs and I took in the Breakfast buffet at our hotel (the Flamingo…or as Wookiee calls it the Flaming-O). Complete with mimosas and….cotton candy! (what? I was ON vacation! Why can’t I have sugar with breakfast?!)
Flash forward to later that night. Wookiee had arrived, as he and his car emerged from the desert…and Bunny’s flight somehow safely landed and found the runway in all that sand! After everyone got checked in and settled, we decided a fun casual Vegas night was in order. We had dinner at a buffet (complete with crab legs and sushi! Talk about a Swanky Fish!), then walked the strip a bit to take in the “free shows” and the sights. Stopping at the Eiffel Tower (Paris hotel) for a quick photo and then we watched the fountains at Bellagio and walked down to the volcano at the Mirage.
We followed this up with a search for Bunny “Water” and a Piano Bar. We succeeded! Partook in a few glasses of “water”…although Wookiee’s water kept changing colors (at one point it was as blue as the eggs that were in Springfield!)..and sang along to…the Canadian National Anthem?! Yes, yes Las Vegas IS in America but at a piano bar they’ll play whatever you pay for! (this was followed up by the US and Australian National Anthems as well) Wookiee even paid to have “Sit on my Face” from Monty Python sang….WELL worth it! Especially when the pianists would break into a rendition of this song after singing a very serious song for another patron!
So after a LATE night, we all decided to call it a night and head to bed….
Monday was a bit of a whirlwind for us! With so many reality shows set in Vegas these days we decided to set out on our very own, self-guided, reality tour! (after a breakfast of $7.99 Steak and Eggs of course…ah Vegas!) We made stops at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop (Pawn Stars), Rick’s Restorations (American Restoration), the Toy Shack (Pawn Stars) & even found the Brown houses (Sister Wives…and yes they were gated).
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After our reality tour, we toured Downtown Las Vegas and Freemont street. (one place in Vegas Wookiee had never been!) We saw the Giant Cowboy and his gal, as well as some interesting street performers!
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After the trip downtown we decided to head out to Red Rock and see some…well Red Rocks! 😉 THIS is where hilarity ensued! Let’s just say if you’re in Vegas make sure you Vote for Bernice, don’t randomly press buttons in a rental car thus opening your truck while you drive down a highway at 60mph, and don’t scare the homeless by suddenly jumping out of your car and running to close said trunk! Oh and make sure you take fun guy…aka Wookiee with you!
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That night we all took in a hilarious hypnosis show by Marc Savard, where my husband decided he wanted to get hypnotized. Let’s just say he was hypnotized and I was traumatized….nah I’m just kidding it wasn’t THAT bad. But seriously Marc Savard puts on a GREAT show, so if you’re ever in Vegas and looking for a great show to see check it out. You’ll laugh hysterically
After that we had a few more laughs, a few more drinks, some pizza & called it a night.
Tuesday morning Wookiee left bright and early to head back to school…he had a midterm THAT morning! And Bunny, my husband and I headed to the pool! We enjoyed a few hours in the sun then took in some more Vegas sights & walked the strip again. This time we headed towards Downtown and took in the sights of the Venetian (and partaking in a dessert from Carlo’s Bakery…yes yes yes I KNOW it’s IN Jersey, but hey don’t make me go to Hoboken!).
We ended our Vegas trip with a ride on the High Roller…The World’s Largest Observation Wheel…and took in the sights of the Vegas Strip at night! Some really great views!
Wednesday we awoke a little frantically as we got the news from Wookiee that an update hit…and we were THREE hours behind! And I think you guys know the rest of the story from there 😉
All in all a GREAT trip with a couple of my best friends! Lots of laughs, LOTS of inside jokes, plenty of Bunny “water” flowing…and the PERFECT distraction from the chaos of our everyday lives!
So to sum up…
-Vote for Bernice
-Don’t randomly push buttons in a rental car and accidentally open your truck while driving 60 mph down the highway
-Don’t trip to kidnap Homeless men and throw them in said trunk
-Don’t brag about your rock climbing skills…unless you also brag about your rock climbing falls too!
-Red Rocks are awesome…way to go God!
-Fun guy!
-And when Addicts get together…chaos and laughs start and DON’T stop! 🙂
You can check out all the photos from our Vegas Adventure in our dropbox here…
Addicts Vacation Album
Hope you guys enjoyed our little Vegas Vacation recap! And more importantly we hope you didn’t mind us being away…kinda…for a few days!
Let us know what YOU think, sound off in the comments below. You know we LOVE hearing from you!
Wow! What a trip… Hopefully you found the Irish pub near that very insane piano bar — I’ve had many a drink at each over the years…
We started at the one in Harrah’s (which would be by O’Shea’s) but moved to the one in Paris after the Harrah’s crowd was a bit too old for us lol
BWAHAHA, what, they bus in a nursing home herd?
;P
Well Bunny AND Wookiee were there… 😉
LOL!
Your lucky Bunny is holding me back right now….or else I might…… oh what am I saying….I am out of breath. Im old too by your standards.
lol…part of my joy in life is harassing them about their ages. I take great pleasure in being the baby of the blog…and never miss an opportunity to remind them! Although they never miss an opportunity to remind me that I often act like I’m 60…just like George Bailey I was born old! 😉
Ya, especially that Wookiee, 34 is just **so** old LOL
lol hey my hubs is only a few years older than me and I still harass him for being “old”
Its not how old you are on the outside its how you act from within.
uh huh and within…they’re the babies of the blog lol
Bwahahaha! I must be 13 then 😉
Ahhh… I was thinking of NY-NY– recommend their piano bar for your next Addicts’ outing — Nine Fine Irishmen is awesome too!
Good to know. That would have been our next stop if the one in Paris turned out to be a bust too. But ended up being a blast! 🙂
Can we have an awesome TSTO get together at some point, pretty please?
You paying? Lol 😉
We’ll all go dutch silly Bunny, & we could all pitch in & cover you 3. (even if you abandoned us) ;P
Woohooooooooo!!! I can run away
Only with your harness on LMBO!
Wow I just realized how wordpress was posting on here from my phone. It is horrible, I am glad you are keeping up with the conversation! I hit reply to your comment and it puts it like ten tabs back! LOL Oh WELL, Harder for everyone else to understand I guess.
HAHAHAHA…yah, worpress is a crazy lil thing at times. If you reply directly on site it is so different then if you reply via the apps. Comments all sorts of jumbled.
I like WordPress, but won’t use it on my phone. Too confusing.
Next time we all get to go 😉
I’m only 6 hours away!! Granmamadar you can stay with me 🙂
6 from Vegas? or 6 from me? how do you know where I am? are you the CIA? I didn’t do it, I swear!
😉
Seriously, I’m somewherish near the convergence of I-10 & SR 85 if anyone can figure out where in AZ that is.
%^P
Granmamadar you are scaring me. I live in az also and by the 10. Sr85 I’m going to have to research that. I meant 6 hours from Vegas but something is telling me that you are a lot closer. Freaky!!!!!
Oooooh now I know where to stalk BOTH of you…oh so close to me you are. Muhahahahahhaha 😉
Oh then I could have brought you ice cream. I thought you were back east.
I travel there a lot…so it seems like it. Lol
We will have to meet up when you come to town.
Wait…who’s meeting who? When? Where? Who’s buying dinner? Lots of water to drink?
We have a water shortage out here, but plenty of mexican cactus juice. Do bunnies like margaritas?
I like…ummmm…”water” beverages of all kinds. Bwahahahahha. 😉
If I buy you dinner it would be a date and then freak will really get upset if granmamadar joined us then it would be a threesome and then he would be irrate. We can talk later. You have my email….wink wink lol.
Wink wink nudge nudge cough cough. 😉
Ummm, how did we get to 3 or soooo? LOL Bunny, you just sure know how to bring out the naughty in us LOL
I DID NOTHING!! I INNOCENT BYSTANDER…YOU GUYS!!! Tsk tsk tsk
Its my good looking!
How about 4 or something!! If you are not carefull there granmamadar i will park you at a gaolfcourse in Sun City!!!
Hold off there Ryan, I’m not old enough for Sun City yet 😛
Im just saying! btw goodnight ladies see you tomorrow night!
Pssssh…fine…go…sleep. 😉
Awww, Bunny, poor boy can’t even keep up 😉
Goodnight/morning Ryan 🙂
Ok one last question…… What does the fox say??? Night!!
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding,
of course!
LOL
(points at Bunny)—–> She did it occifer!
NOT ME…THE THREE!!
(points at Bunny once again)—-> See occifer, she can’t even count!
(can count just fine…you just didn’t catch the movie reference) 😉
I missed a movie reference!?! I’m sorry, I shall commit myself now. Please, do tell, I’ll go cray cray if I don’t know!
Alice in Wonderland…Queen of Hearts…paintin the roses red…Not me your grace, the ace…not me, the three… 😉
I’ve not seen that one enough, now on the other hand, I can tell you what the number 1 rule of Hero’s Duty is, and where Nemo is 🙂
Ok Bunny, your new project outside of FG AND TSTO is to show me how to use this wordpress program. On my computer, and my phone and in the shower…. wink wink. I kill myself sometimes. Hey did you know that you can go skydiving without a parachutte……but only once!
Actually more than that…if you got another plane below to catch you. 😉
What is my pay rate for helping with such a major technical issue? Benefits? 401K? Stock options? Lol
OK, now I say definitely NOT innocent 22 yr old LOL
I say 46 just because you wanna play tough
Who’s 46?
Bunny silly.
No…that is CYBERsilly…I am just Bunny 😉
N.O.W.A.Y.!
All of us
Then
There
You (of course since you drink the most “water” 😉
I already know where you are Bunny. hehehe
I guess I better watch what I say about work then LOL!
I am in school right now. Lol I won’t stalk you I promise. (As long as you transfer me one million donuts) lol
Sweetie, if I had a million donuts, I’d definitely be spreading the wealth, but since I don’t… Aren’t you supposed to be studying for finals next week?
I go onlije year round so i have midterms next week. I have a 99.937 in my class. I’m good for now. You can yell at me next weekend to study.
GO STUDY!!!! Oh…is it not next week yet?
Your killing me.
Softly? With this song?
Now you are strumming my pain with you fingers.
Good thing I got nails, makes strummin that much easier sans pick. Lol
You two are too young to know that song… oh yeah, they did a remake of it, nm
You know not my age. No one has guessed it yet. 😉
And yes…I know original and remake version. 😉
Bunny, you are 26.
Was I close?
I’ll never tell. I think it’s amusing all the different ages people think I am. Main hints were Alissa is the baby of us all. Lol 😉
Good grief, you must be in your 40’s then! (JK Alissa, you know I luvs ya)
🙂
OK, if Alissa is the baby, and Wookiee just turned 34, I can’t be THAT far off!
Hey now…i’m still in my twenties! Don’t start making me older than I am! 😉
LOL, I re-read that, it was actually Bunny I was saying must be in her 40’s. So… was I that far off? is Bunny in the middle, or is she older than the Wookster? I can’t imagine her being in her mid to late 30’s!
Well thank you for the compliment. 😉
Let the guessing of my age begin. Lol.
Nice grades! What’s your major?
Business Admin. I want to get paid better for telling people what to do, so i went back to school. Lol
He just wanted a pretty paper to use some decopage’ on in a shadow box with some embellishments. 😉
This guy doesnt understand.
That’s a good thing. Craft talk. Lol.
Well, you’ve got a ways to go sweetie, you haven’t made us do a thing 😉
Or have I??? Whahahahaha
(Would love to hear this)
OK, go ahead Ryan 🙂
(pats the poor lad on the head)
Holy cow granmamadar I actually adopted my dog at the Petco in your town. Lol. I live by Luke afb. Are you kidding with me or what. Are you CIA? Did that crazy lady hire you to find me. Witness protection isn’t doing their job. I gotta run now. Lol
Psssh chicken 😉
You don’t know the crazy lady. Good thing she lives closer to Alissa then me.
Lol. Well I am not far from AZ. That is for sure. I could have drove to Vegas if I wanted to. 😉
Lazy!!
No…7 hours is still a bit of a drive. Less time having fun.
I have flown and played my last 20 bucks at the airport. Won enough to pay for the whole trip and an extra 200 in my pocket.
NICE!! I sat down one time out of boredom at a black jack table…turned 20$ into at least $550, then I played for a few more hours. Free rooms, meals, etc. Fun trip.
I’m not that lucky, so I have a time saving system, it’s go to casino, throw money on ground hoping whoever finds it has better luck than I do, leave & go have fun doing something else 🙂 Great system 😉
I enjoy the bonus rounds.
Bonus rounds?
Now I am drawing a 7 hour circle around Vegas… Hehehe
Circle, square, oval, hexagon? Lol
They give DL’s to cray cray Bunnys ? 😉
Shhhh…that’s my real name…I swear. 😉
LOL! Oh, yes, your REAL name 😉
Wait a minute… YOU are the only one who knows exactly what my whole name AND address is! That explains the rest home & funeral home junk mail I’ve been getting LOL
YOU’RE WELCOME!!! 😉
;P
🙂
OMG!!! Sage & Sand!!! 😉
LOL
104 really!! Too much too soon.
Been at S&S quite a few Sat. nights lately LOL!
104 yes yeckkkk. Nice for a night bike ride though 🙂
You dirty dirty bird. Oh wait that S&M my bad.
Uh huh, innocent little 80’s boy who knows what S&M is… Ever been to Sage & Sand? It’s that place almost right across from Luke.
Nope never heard of it. You will have to take me there.
LOL ya, so everyone can ask why you brought your grandmother, so she could teach you to do the Twist?
Mashed potato?
BUNNY! Get outta mah head! That’s what I was going to put first LOL!
Oh wait is that the place right next to Sonic??
No…closer to tails…but watch the spikes or you will loose your gold coins. 😉
Yep, it sure is 🙂 Fri & Sat inside DJ & outside live band
Let’s try this again, please delete the dupe & edit this one for me dear furry one… If the first didn’t go through 🙂
Yes Ryan, next to Sonic
Vegas is probably my favorite city to go to for vacation. Which is fortunate, since I live in Los Angeles, which is a 3-4 hour drive from Vegas.
Looks like you guys had a great time! I’m going to Vegas myself in a couple of weeks.
Knowing you guys had such a blast, I guess we can forgive you for abandoning us 😉
You know, I was less than 6 hours away & could have gotten you free copter tours if I decided to re-sis my un-sis LOL!
Loved the pics! I had quite a few that were my favorites, but the best was the one with the Wookiees, followed by the ones of the 3 of you together 🙂
Lol @ abandon. Pssssh. As if we ever would. Lol.
Ya, you love my long posts LOL!
Looks like fun! Glad y’all got a vacation 🙂
I only knew something was up because certain towns had nothing to tap 😉
Sounds…..and looks…..like a well deserved fun trip. But now I’m completely confused!?! I thought Bunny lived with you and Wookiee lived in a “galaxy far far away”! LOL
I do… Hollywierd is real close and just down the road is a Magic Kingdom.
LOL……sounds like we live in a similar galaxy….I too have a Magic Kingdom not to far and a Hollyweird within a land speeders range. Plus…I can see a “Bald” mountain near my base station😉
Not **even** touching that one LOL
BHAHAHAHA….I just re-read that last sentence I wrote…LOL. Some unintentional naughtiness😆😆. Miss “G”, you naughty girl!
Hey, you said it, not me LOL
I was only saying I wasn’t going to say anything 😉
SSsshhhh!!!…that maybe teh topsecret part…!!! 😉
Considering how much TSTO resembles a casino these days, Las Vegas seems a poetically appropriate place for an Addicts meet-up. 🙂
Meh. We had more fun taking in the sites then anything. Only time I set foot in casinos is to go to room or passing through really. 😉
I go thru, put a dollar in a penny machine just when the server is coming around to get a free drink. Once I actually won $50 trying to get a free drink.
HAHAHAHAH…gotta love the free drink tricks. Work everytime. 😉
Thats my kind of Vegas vacation! Gawk at all the cheesy excess and fantastic kistch, take in the amazing shows, then head out to the gorgeous terrain that many folks have no clue exists right out of Vegas! One of my favorite trips my honey and I rented a Fat Boy and rode up into the hills (its always fun to have a park ranger warn you about splinters while making out on a picnic table). The gambling, well I respectfully leave that to the non-scientists who are guided by their inner woo-woo rather than the physical laws of ‘odds’… Thanks for the update and fun pics, glad you guys got to play together for real instead of just virtually!
I am not your standard tourist. Just ask Alissa. Lol. I always try to go where everyone else is NOT at. Have fun without spending a fortune. It is more about the company that surrounds you than where you are. With the right people, anywhere is a blast. 😉
It doesn’t look like you all had a blast LOL pretty evident by the pics! Never been to Vegas! Happy you all went! With all the hard work you do, a vaca was prolly needed! Love the bikini pics and also love the pic with Wookie’s brother! Such beautiful pics of Vegas too!!! 😉
Lol @ bikini pics. You boys 😉
Yaaaayyyyy!!!! You guys musta had a blast! That’s awesome!!!
Lots of giggles. Poor poor homeless man though. I think I gave him the fright of his life.
🙂 …glad y’all had fun…lol…I guess the super top secret part was the pictures since only the top two loaded…lol… 🙂
lol uh oh…maybe it’s your device? Working on on my end…
It’s okay…I’m just glad you all had a good time and are safe at home…honest… 🙂
I think i figured out what happened…lemme know if you can see them now. Apparently they just disappeared from the post….
Aawww…is that Wookiee blushing with his…cousin??? Our two lovely girls…but wait…is that bunny water??? LOL 🙂 I truly am happy for you guys… 🙂 🙂 🙂 …now back to work!!!…jus kidding, I’m sorry… 😉
I can see them all now😊. Good job on the quick fix. Go see if EA is hiring, they could use that kind of help right now😜
lol no thanks I’m a little busy with my 4 current jobs lol
Aka your husband, bunny, wookie and us?
lol ok my 7 jobs 😉
Shockingly I have my regular full time job, I help out a good friend run his company. And then the other blog for that “other game”…plus you guys!
Yeah I give you permission to quit your “other game” job. I got to like level 7 then delete!!! Took up to much quality TSTO time.
lol definitely a time consuming experience!
Only 4 jobs!?!……..SLACKER!😆😆😂😂😜
I know right? Serious slacking going on here! 😉
Oh and…
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT!
Ahhhh snap!……you are no longer allowed to conspire with Bunny. She is apparently a bad influence on you…lol……..picking on a delicate, little gentle soul as myself….😆😜
lol is she the bad influence on me? Or am i the bad influence on HER?! 😉
I always thought I saw little horns behind those long ears, but in a few of the pics I think Alissa looked like the instigator 😉
One question will tell…..who ordered the bunny juice?
I plea the 5th!
Hey…I only wanted one souvenir to take home…but he wouldn’t get in the trunk. Next time…next time.
Decided what you said Bunny, was worth more than just a “like” so… TFF (as in too furry funny) 😉
Let’s just say when it all went down I was in tears laughing so hard. Wookiee too. Very memorable trip.
Funny how something so silly n simple turns into a whole nother story.
That’s what’s so great when you just quit worrying about everything & have fun 🙂
The homeless guy? Now the truth comes out!!
Lol…such a great story. Not even planned.
Awwww what a great read!!! 🙂 gonna look at your album now…
🙂
Be blessed always guys, nice photo. i wish i had a chance to go to USA *finger crossed
Not only are you guys on top of everything TSTO, you also seem like a fun group to hang out with. This is why I love visiting your site! 🙂
Looks super fun! Went to Vegas for the first time two years ago for my honeymoon/actual wedding. We had a wedding at home but our officiant wasn’t ordained in Pa so we made it legal with Elvis! Followed by the best meal I’ve ever eaten at Gordon Ramsay steak. Yes, I had the Wellington nom nom.
Coming from someone who has had pizza, ice cream, chocalate, etc, for breakfast I say that cotton candy would not be the worst thing you could have had.
Also hope all of you had fun on vacation, but obviously you wouldn’t need me to point that out. 🙂
lol I stick to sugar and air 🙂
And yes we had a blast! 😀
Wait I thought bunny live near you?
Nope. She’s just always out this way for her job so it seems like she lives by me lol
Is it bad that the swimsuit picture was my favorite?
No comment. lol
Now how did I know one of you men were going to bring that up LOL!
Looks who’s talking, Miss naughty mind😉…..LOL…..
Ps…you’re about to be IT again…😆😜
LOL@ Miss naughty. Don’t even say it was the background & not the forefront 😉
That’s ok, I got allll night to wait to tag you 🙂
Lol
Looked like u guys had a ball.. Ill b in Vegas myself in late June 4 the WSOP. Can’t wait 2 eat IN N OUT again.
It was a lot of gun, Vegas is always a good time. Have fun on your trip! And yes In n Out is a must when you’re there. We stopped for lunch before heading to the airport lol
LOL…….too funny…..just had IN-N-OUT for dinner. It’s the BEST!
Looks like you guys had a GREAT time! Always to get away for awhile and enjoy yourself! Nice Photos!!!!!!
We had a blast, and thank you! 🙂
It looks like you had a great time!
We had a lot of fun, the laughing never stopped! 🙂