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My Trip this weekend to Vegas..Pictures inside, Sports Related..Especially BEARS FANS!!
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I went to Vegas this weekend to see Keith Urban in concert. I stayed at my favorite place I always stay at when I am there, The Bellagio. My Host is the best she always hooks me up with great seats and a great room.
Most of the time I stay in The Bellagio Suites but this time my hostess hooked me up with a 2 bedroom penthouse suite for me and my girlfreind. Anyway, the first night I am there I am playing Blackjack and one of the pit bosses comes over and says hey Felicia aren't you a Bears fan? I said I grew up in chicago and yes I like the Bears why do you ask. He says the guy right behind you ( I'm sitting in 3rd base and hes on 1st base on the next table, for those that don't know that means his chair and my chair are back to back), he is one of the owners of the chicago bears. I said, how do you know? He said we are rating him and I got his players card and hes wearing a bears super bowl ring.
I turned around and said, excuse me are you with the bears? He was like yes I am I am one of the owners. I said really well what the hell took you so long to dump Grossman and Orten and pick up a decent quarterback. He stated laughing. I said when you get done over there, you just come sit here we need to talk about the bears situation. I have several questions for you,
So he sits down a few minutes and we talk about the bears, why Rivera was let go, all sorts of stuff. I asked him If I could be a ball girl at one of the games or go down on the field. I asked If I could goto the game on Nov 22nd ( Ill be in Chicago for the holidays and card show). He gave me his card told me to call him and we will make arrangements for me to go. I posted some pictures below of my trip and I had a great time. I wore the Bears Super Bowl Ring...see below..
Here are pictures of the penthouse suite: ( Thats my friend Angie that I took with me to Vegas)...
Here is a picture as we were going to see Keith Urban ( they took us in a limo)
And here is ME WEARING THE BEARS SUBER BOWL RING!!! ( Thats Tim McCaskey with his arms around me and Angie!!)
Just thought I'd share...
Most of the time I stay in The Bellagio Suites but this time my hostess hooked me up with a 2 bedroom penthouse suite for me and my girlfreind. Anyway, the first night I am there I am playing Blackjack and one of the pit bosses comes over and says hey Felicia aren't you a Bears fan? I said I grew up in chicago and yes I like the Bears why do you ask. He says the guy right behind you ( I'm sitting in 3rd base and hes on 1st base on the next table, for those that don't know that means his chair and my chair are back to back), he is one of the owners of the chicago bears. I said, how do you know? He said we are rating him and I got his players card and hes wearing a bears super bowl ring.
I turned around and said, excuse me are you with the bears? He was like yes I am I am one of the owners. I said really well what the hell took you so long to dump Grossman and Orten and pick up a decent quarterback. He stated laughing. I said when you get done over there, you just come sit here we need to talk about the bears situation. I have several questions for you,
So he sits down a few minutes and we talk about the bears, why Rivera was let go, all sorts of stuff. I asked him If I could be a ball girl at one of the games or go down on the field. I asked If I could goto the game on Nov 22nd ( Ill be in Chicago for the holidays and card show). He gave me his card told me to call him and we will make arrangements for me to go. I posted some pictures below of my trip and I had a great time. I wore the Bears Super Bowl Ring...see below..
Here are pictures of the penthouse suite: ( Thats my friend Angie that I took with me to Vegas)...
Here is a picture as we were going to see Keith Urban ( they took us in a limo)
And here is ME WEARING THE BEARS SUBER BOWL RING!!! ( Thats Tim McCaskey with his arms around me and Angie!!)
Just thought I'd share...
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Link To Scanned 1952 Topps Cards Set is now 90% Complete Plus Slideshows of the 52 Set
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Thanks for sharing---- Sonny
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<< <i>but I thought you were an Eagles fan! >>
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<< <i>wow a ring from the bears' last superbowl?? is that the oldest piece of sports memorabilia you've ever seen? >>
Boy your so funny. I think you should leave the boards and head for the comedy club circut. I'm on the floor laughing so loud right now.
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Great story; thanks for sharing!
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Great story and it sounds like you and Angie had a blast. Hope to run into you in Cleveland to at least give you a nod and bow for your graciousness to this group and your passion for this great hobby.
Thanks so much for sharing! Brings back a lot of sentimental memories!
The Bellagio was my late wife's and my favorite place whenever we visited Vegas.
She just loved the Jean Philippe chocolates; they were her favorites. I personally had an insatiable appetite for the vanilla nougat bars.
Looks like you had a great time with some very memorable moments! I'm not a Bears fan, but wearing that Super Bowl ring, even for the moment, must have felt great!
Living life to it's fullest is so important; it's nice to see that your life is filled with happy times.
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<< <i>Hi Felicia,
Thanks so much for sharing! Brings back a lot of sentimental memories!
The Bellagio was my late wife's and my favorite place whenever we visited Vegas.
PoppaJ >>
No no no-- Vegas is all about the North Strip, and Slots o' Fun. It's the only place I've ever been where a woman has actually taken a guy home with her after he had a hot roll in the dice pit (he held the dice for over an hour, it was a true table dump-- that place is probably still recovering). And who can argue with the Mega Dog?
<< <i>I went to Vegas this weekend
[Just thought I'd share... >>
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Awesome story, thank you for sharing.
And dont let anyone give you any crap about the last super bowl ring your team won being from 85. As a Seahawk fan, Id hang my hat on that
Cool run-ins out on the town rock!!
I'm sure you enjoyed every second Congrats
Thanks for sharing with pics!
drooooooooool VEGAS droooooooooool
I did pretty well at the tables, I won a little the first night, then gave some back the second night, On saturday night I played from after the concert till the next morning and caught a great run..I had the perfect shue and bet it!!
So I walked away up quite a bit. The last trip ( a few months ago I dropped a bunch) So it worked out pretty well for me.
The next time I go I will let you guys know and if you want some futures on the super bowl Ill let you know the odds and Ill get the tickets for you.!!!
Felicia
Link To Scanned 1952 Topps Cards Set is now 90% Complete Plus Slideshows of the 52 Set
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No no no-- Vegas is all about the North Strip, and Slots o' Fun. It's the only place I've ever been where a woman has actually taken a guy home with her after he had a hot roll in the dice pit (he held the dice for over an hour, it was a true table dump-- that place is probably still recovering). And who can argue with the Mega Dog? >>
Now go easy on Slots O Fun.
In 04, my 1st trip to Vegas, we did a tremendous amount of walking. We went into all the casinos just to take them all in.
As I was the only player in the group I decided to play in the off hours and join the rest for the tour of the hotel and casinos.
Well we come out of the Circus Circus and someone hands us a coupon book for Slots O Fun.
My mother in law was looking for a Wheel of Fortune machine and we found a few .25 machines that were full. We then found her a nickle machine and she played. I threw in $20 and hit it for 1800 nickles. Woot big payday. A whole $70 profit.
The .25 machines open up and I sit at a machine and my MIL at another. I throw in another $20 and have about $15 left and I tell my wife to play.
Now I need to tell you how my MIL and by default my wife played. They would cash out after every "hit" to hear the coins clink and then place 3 more quarters in and repeat the process until done.
The wife is not too big on gambling so she did a few spins and went to get up. I told he to play what was left in the hopper machine. Well she pulls out 3 more quarters and hits a bonus spin for 500 quarters. It was like someone gave he a lifetime supply fo gold.
I told her now to take the leftover coins, probably about $6 and play the machine to the left. Well she hits a bonus of 100 coins and actually starts to turn purple as she is so embarassed. I then load the quarters into a couple of cups and cash then in. There was $153 and change when all was said and done.
I pull a $20 out and tell her that was the cost of the winnings and she had to abide by the ages old rule (that I made up) that you have to spend winnings in Vegas.
The look on her face when she won was something I will treasure until I die.
And no I did not try the steroid dogs.
Great story. For all the good karma you have spread here I hope they let you toss the coin and announce the game.
nice to see people do normal things in vegas...
my pics from vegas would get me banned..
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<< <i>Where did the pics go?? Felicia...I love Vegas! But I am a Pai Gow player......loads of fun for me...lots of pushes! >>
I too play pai gow all night. Its hard to get any of my friends to play with me as they don't wanna learn the game, or rather play blackjack or 3 card poker
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