A Little Las Vegas Trip
Written by admin on March 7, 2010 – 3:19 am -
Azusa’s company had her attend a scavenger hunt on the company’s behalf a few weeks ago in Las Vegas. She was given two tickets so I took the trip with her. US Airways provided our flights, hotel, and a nice banquet. Not bad for a scavenger hunt. She teamed up with other reps from other tour companies and there were 6 teams of 5. The winning team would receive $25,000 in flight voucher!
Long story short, her team did not win 
Overall, we did manage to have a great time for the 3 days we were there. Our first night, we went out to our favorite Japanese grill, Raku. We got to meet up with our good friend, Neng.
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The next morning, I had a few hours to kill while Azusa was on her scavenger hunt with her team so I got to check out the new City Center that had recently opened.
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That evening, they held a banquet dinner to announce the winning team for the scavenger hunt. We had some great foods and an open bar. Azusa’s team came in 3rd place. We left early and met up with another friend, Alex, at Ichiza restaurant, another favorite of ours.
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We did some shopping our last day and left in the afternoon. Our flight got delayed and we found ourselves as bored as these dogs. Adios Vegas!
All the rest of the pics are >>HERE<<.
Tags: Las Vegas
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Las Vegas Xmas weekend ‘08
Written by admin on December 31, 2008 – 6:36 pm -Right after work on Christmas Eve, we drove down to Las Vegas to spend the Christmas weekend with our friends Alex and Haruka. 9+hours later and we’ve arrived at their house around 3am but stayed up until about 5am…zzzZZZ…
Christmas day was spent sleeping in, though we did manage to get up and go shopping at the Paris Hotel/Casino and ended up having way too much Alaskan King Crab legs from the dinner buffet…and an all night out with more friends and karaoking…until the early morning.
So the day after Christmas we decided to find some deals at the Premium Outlet off Charleston exit. Probably the best deals I have ever seen as long as I can remember (i.e. take xtra 50% off entire store!). And with that, most stores looked like they’d been hit with a tornado. Check out the pics.
Banana Republic Outlet disaster
Storm inside Lacoste
Later that night, we found a gem of a place called “Raku”, a Japanese grill restaurant that had just opened earlier this year. I can say that it may be the best place to check out out of all of Las Vegas restaurants. So authentic to the style that this might be just as good as Japan’s. Presentation, decor, and service is A+. If you’re in Vegas, you have to go. And it’s open until 3am. And we stayed until about then.
See more mouth-watering pictures >>HERE<<.
For the last day in Vegas, we all went to check out the new Encore by Wynn Casino. Walked around the casino to see the expensive stores all empty with no one inside but the sales people talking to themselves.
Nice decorations throughout the place, very vibrant and red!
We finished up with an All-U-Can-Eat Korean BBQ for dinner before heading on the road through the night back to San Francisco.
Exhausting trip but we had a great time and got home safely…Zzzzzz.
See the entire trip >>HERE<<!
Tags: Las Vegas, xmas
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I can fly!
Written by admin on August 14, 2008 – 10:06 pm -
Just two days before our big move out of Las Vegas, Alex and Haruka took us flying in the early morning on a Cessna plane!
We took off from North Las Vegas airport and not long after being in the air, Alex let me take over and I flew from the co-pilot’s side! It was so much fun and we all had a great time. Can’t wait to fly with them again!
We miss you guys!! Come visit soon!
Follow the link to see the entire set >>HERE<<
Tags: flying, Las Vegas
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