Arriving in Vegas

I am going to write a series of posts about Vegas. Hopefully they will all be written today, but just with different titles.

We will begin with Monday which was mostly a travel day. I just finished packing in the morning before Ando and I headed out for Dayton at 1pm. We had to make a quick detour at the Library to drop off my materials as not to get a fine. While we were there we looked for a Vegas book to take with us, but couldn't find anything.

The drive up to Dayton was fine, but how I wish the airport was on the south side of Dayton and not the North. It was rare for me to see the Dayton Airport in the afternoon with a bunch of people bustling around. I usually only see the airport really early in the morning or really late at night. Our first flight went to Denver and then we hopped the second flight to Vegas. We arrived in Vegas at 7pm Pacific time. That night we just checked into our hotel, New York New York, and walked around the strip for a little bit.

Tuesday was of course the reason Ando and I were in Vegas for the NAB conference. We got some breakfast at our hotel before heading to the Convention Center to look through three halls worth of broadcast equipment. It is so large that we didn't make it through all the halls after walking around for 5 hours. My boss gave me specific things he wanted me to look at for work and Ando also had his own list of what he wanted to see. 5 hours of walking was plenty for one day so we headed back to the hotel.

That night we went walking again and headed to the Roscor party. Roscor throws a party every year for it's clients with free food and drinks, yes of the alcoholic variety. Ando and I went to the party under West Chester since I made the reservation and we use Roscor more than he does. They didn't have my name tag even though I made a RSVP so I thought maybe it was under my boss' name since the invite came to him. Ando then had to be my boss, but he didn't have a name tag either, but it was too late now. Ando became my boss for the night.

We ate a free meal and got a couple of free drinks before the entertainment for the night began. They get an awesome band to play the event every year. This year it was Starship. We got to see Starship live in Vegas.

We headed out of the party and hit up a few casinos, I won $35 at Treasure Island playing Black Jack, before heading back to the hotel and calling it a night.

Ando also won at Black Jack; He didn't use his winnings on a ring.