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My wife and I went down and checked in for the Blog World Expo that begins tomorrow morning. We met up with a couple of friends and fellow bloggers from Denver, Brad and Jeannine. After we registered, all four of us met up for a bite to eat and at some drinks around 4pm.

Betsi and I headed back over to the Monorail station at the convention center around 5:15pm. We were trying to get back to Bally’s to get dressed and head over to pick up our tickets to Zumanity at Will Call by 6:30.

When we went to the Monorail station, the train was sitting with the doors open. A bit unusual we thought. We boarded and sat there for about 20 minutes before the train left the station.

The train arrived at the Imperial Palace stop. One stop before Bally’s. We were told everyone heading south needed to get off as the northbound side was shut down. The North bound train malfunctioned and was shut down until it could be repaired. Both directions would run from one side…  north fist then south.

Anyway, there was no way to get to New New York in time for the show. We were disappointed as we have seen other Cirque du soleil shows and loved them. I wanted to to review the show for you. Oh well, another time.

Tomorrow, I will attend the Blog World Expo and Betsi will hang out at the hotel and shop.

Getting ready to head out to Blog World Expo in Vegas today. I hope to develop some good contacts from the blogging world and learn a few new things. Hugh Hewitt will be hosting his radio show from at the convention center. I would like to get a chance to meet him. 

We will be staying a Bally’s, one of our favorites hotels. We got pretty decent prices on the airfare on Southwest since our last trip in February. Southwest made a gamble on jet fuel futures when it cost a few bucks a gallon. Their gamble is paying off by keeping their fares low and no baggage fees.

We’ll probably check out a few shows this trip. We really liked Momma Mia the last time we were there, so we are thinking about going again. 

(San Francisco, CA) Showgirls and celebrities showed up for the marriage of San Francisco and Las Vegas as the low cost airline announced the beginning of regular flights between San Francisco and Vegas.

In truly over-the-top Vegas style, Virgin America kicked off three daily flights with showgirls from La Reve, World series of Poker Champ Jamie Gold and the female passenger that was recently kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for dressing “inappropriately.”

The head of Virgin America, Sir Richard Branson, performed an in-flight wedding aboard Virgina America’s first flight to the city that never sleeps.

My wife and I flew into Vegas last night for a 4 day stay at the Flamingo and as usual we take a cab to our hotel.

Entertainment can be found almost everywhere in Vegas…including your cab ride from the airport. Our driver for this ride to the Flamingo was one happy cabbie and could not wait to tell us his story. Juan, a Guatemalan, arrived in US in the 80’s as a young boxer. He told us he worked as a professional sparing partner for boxers from Colorado to California.

He spoke rapid fire English with a slight accent and lots of hand gestures. It was a bit disconcerting that he was waving his hands about while driving, but he got us to the hotel safe and sound.

Juan was quite the enthusiastic story teller and ready to promote his return to boxing. Not sure what the status of boxing is these days, but if Juan were a golfer he would definitely be on playing the Senior Tour. Do the have have a senior boxing tour?

He said he was working on very little sleep as he drives a cab all night and trains as a boxer all day. Juan said he fights under the name Super Juan and went on about how the young guys don’t have the dedication or the drive these days. All they young guys want Super Juan exclaimed “are to be superstars without the work!” He boxed the air…yes, while driving, and shouted “I can take um all.” He didn’t even miss a lane change, a signal or and exit.

On the 20 minute ride we talked about all the old boxers like Frasier, Ali and Forman. And, we laughed about how Crazy Oscar de LeHoya is… caught up in some kinda of cross dressing scandal. Though his racing conversation and hand gestures he also called his 23 year old girl friend to find out what magazine is publishing an article on him next month. American Memorabilia was the name of the magazine. Not exactly Sports Illustrated, but a step above the Thrifty Nickle.

Every time you get in a Vegas cab or a bus you are a captive audience to a whole bunch of wannabe entertainers from comedians to lounge singers. This was my first experience with a self promoting, geriatric boxer who can drive a cab with no hands. There is always a show in Vegas.