Archive for June, 2009

Wanderlusting for Vegas…again!

The wanderlust strikes again. It has been barely two weeks  since my sidekick and I fled from the scalding deserts of North Texas to the humid, aqueous beauty of the Panama City beaches. Apparently ten days of roadtripping and living like blessed bums weren’t enough to satisfy the wanderlust. Here we are again, planning our next trip to Las Vegas in August.

I just booked tickets for the Playboy/Moon/Ghostbar Club at the Palms Casino Resort. The whole point is to avoid falling in line for an hour (how unglamorous?) just like we did at the LAX last Spring Break. It can discourage even the most patient partygoer to see how long the lines are in popular Vegas clubs. But in Vegas, all the wait is worth it. When we went to Panama City, we were appalled at how easily we could get into the clubs — especially at La Vela.

God forbid if you ever came into this “hotspot” on any ordinary night. It may be the biggest Spring Break venue for all the bikini-clad guys and girls this side of Florida, but if you’re just looking for a place to hang out and drink a long island iced tea, then scurry somewhere else. Not only do they charge $15 cover charge if you happen to forget your bikini, they also let in barely-eighteen kids with fake IDs.

If dry humping is your idea of dancing,  however, Club La Vela is probably not a bad place to be.

The best part of the evening we spent in that zombie zone was when my hubby found $60 on the floor by the bar when he was ordering some drinks. The cover charge wasn’t really worth paying for the ambiance, but we were happy we got paid for sipping LIIT to the point of intoxication while watching minors debase themselves on the dance floor.

Vegas, of course, has more classy partygoers.  The more we think about it, the more we can’t wait for this next summer roadtrip.

My fire hydrant at York Street

If there is one thing you cannot criticize about a woman’s ways, it’s how she drives. That’s like  provoking a country armed with nuclear weapons. You can tell her that it’s bedtime and you’re too tired for any midnight delight and she’ll curse you for it. But in the morning she will still love you like something happened the night before (when all you did was pass out and snore five seconds as soon as you hit the sack). But when you poke fun at how horrible she drives, then you might as well raise Cain.

Learning to drive used to be so difficult until my brain started figuring out how things really worked. The more I drove, the better I got. My first accident which almost caused me my license was when I turned too fast on a neighborhood curve and hit a fire hydrant. I swore. I thought that would be the last of my living breath. The car was going so fast but I didn’t step on the brake, since I knew I was gonna make it back on the road clear. It was a quiet Spring day. When I looked back at the scene of the crime, it was all dust and dirt. I didn’t even know there was a fire hydrant until a cop reported it.

In most countries you don’t even need to drive. Where my parents lived in metropolitan Manila it would be a torture to even own a car. It has been forever since I last rode a bus in that city.

But I love driving now. To me, it means freedom and sporting an apple-red sports sedan. I am so in love with my car that I can’t afford to ram another fire hydrant, even if the insurance company pays for it. (My husband said that fire hydrant on York Street is actually mine now. Get that?? That fire hydrant belongs to me!)

I have a lazy left eye (the optometrist called it amblyopia). I didn’t even know I had it till I took my visual test on driving. But that is not an excuse to berate my driving. Do it again, and World War 3 will commence.

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