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Las Vegas December 18-20, 2009, Guys Weekend
I had the occasion to re-connect with some friends from back in the day, and had some other meetings as well while I was in town.
Before meeting up with the guys, I had a chance to visit with cousins Glenda and Ed, who were in the midst of a frenzy as they were trying to pack for a trip to Florida the next morning, which they had planned, then had to cancel, then got permission to go again moments before I arrived.
Cousin Glenda looked and sounded pretty good for having been quite ill a few months ago. I took this picture and then got out of their hair!
Unfortunately, while on their Florida trip, Ed had a massive MI and passed away. He was a great guy. RIP, Ed. :*(
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First, I met up Alan Diamond, old roommate and frat bro, but flashing lights apparently make him sleepy.
We met a little before the others so we could visit a little while, before eating at a place called Stratta in the Wynn Hotel.
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The cast of characters starting clockwise with me:
Me
Alan Diamond,
Mark Troy,
Scott Siegal,
Marc Fein,
David Gurnick, and
Michael Etkins
After dinner, we walked to the Mirage to see the Love show, a Cirque production based on the music of the Beatles.
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Me and The Gurn.
We had pretty great seats, although hard to tell from this picture.
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Photo op with the staff afterwards.
We wound up checking out some clubs, rambling around various casinos, and catching up until about 130am.
Next day, Michael Etkins and I had a chance to visit with our teacher from Encino Elementary, Mrs. Bernstein (now Mrs. Wagman), with whom we reconnected through...surprise(!)...Facebook.
Then:
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And a little later:
She even brought her own copy of our class pic!
How cool is that!!!
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Then Saturday night, dinner at a restaurant in the Bellagio called The Fix.
As Borat said, it was veeey niiiiice.
Following dinner, we saw Frank Calliendo, a comic who does impressions. The show was pretty funny and he reacted well to some heckling.
After that, we went separate ways, and then back to our regularly scheduled lives.
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