Crabs and Vegas and Tattoos Oh My!

Hello folks,
I was just thinking about you guys... Its a lovely sunny day here in San Francisco, one sunny day surrounded by rain falling on every other day in the 7-day forecast. better enjoy it now! I've been back from the gold coast now for a couple months, and they've been nothing short of wild and crazy.

I've been pretty busy playing tour guide to one friend and a welcome wagon to another, both girls i met in my class in Costa Rica. We did a little sight seeing, ate and drank everything in sight, including crabs at fishermans wharf and got fake tattoos. I find myself sounding just like Heather when i moved here, telling Kate (her name is kate too) hang out in that part of town, this is the best place to eat Chinese, best place to buy socks, best taco tuesday... its fun to have a new friend in town to show off all your favorite stuff

Just after my return from Costa Rica my friends Matty, Luned and Brett decided it was time we all visited Las Vegas. So off we went on a unplanned, haphazard trip one day after work in a broken down car full of sleeping bags and pillows. It was a cool 9 hour drive to the city of neon lights and all night fun.

Arriving at 4 am, we couldn't check into our hotel untill 11 that day, so we headed to the New York New York casino for some early morning gambeling with our breakfast of beers and nachos. For those of you who know of my good luck with slot machines can just hold on to your seats. It took me about 20 minutes to find the right slot machine with a 25 cent sticker and cherries on the spinny wheels. JACKPOT, well kinda! I won $378.75 with just one quarter. It sure was a hoot going back to the bar with that ticket and setting it down in front of matt and luned. Yeah Buddy! We visited the Stratosphere to see the Vegas strip from the sky, played carnival games at Circus Circus where I found a Zoltar Machine and knocked a rubber chicken into a rotatin pot of water and of course visited all the casinos for video poker, black jack and more slots.

That is all the news i have for now. I'll see you all in May at the Outer Banks, family vacation style! Can't wait to see everyone, eat Thanksgiving, bask in the sunshine, dip into the pool and swim up to the bar where there should be a margarita waiting for me already. Make that a mango margarita!