Unplanned Fun
Very often the best nights are the ones that you don’t really plan. I was in Las Vegas for a belated birthday weekend with Alexis. Last night we had a standard Vegas entertainment night planned. We had a great dinner, went and saw the new Cirque du Soleil show Ka, then went out to have a couple of drinks and have some fun. By around midnight we were feeling like heading home, so I dropped in to a Walgreens to buy a couple of bottles of water. This is the conversation I had with the depressed-looking guy behind the counter:
Me: How are things?
Clerk: Bad…The best DJ in the world is playing tonight and they wouldn’t let me switch shifts to go see him.
Me: Oh really? Who is that?
Clerk: (Looks at me a little weird) Paul Oakenfold.
…pause…
Me: Really?! When?
Clerk: Oh, he should be going on right about now.
Me: Really!? Where?
Clerk: Club Ice, on Harmon right around the corner.
Me: Sweet!
…pause…
Me: Oh…sorry dude…that really sucks.
…pause…
Me: Ummm, do you guys sell ear plugs?
OH MAN WE WENT TO SEE PAUL OAKENFOLD AND IT WAS FRICKIN FANTASTIC!!!
Club Ice turned out to be a newish club in Vegas and while it was pretty full, the line wasn’t completely impacted and most everyone there was there for the same reason, so it was a good vibe and a total blast. Best clubbin’ I’ve done in recent memory (perhaps ever). By the end of the night we were completely dead and seeing Ka earlier in the evening barely registered in our memories.
Yeah, sometimes the best nights are the ones you just can’t plan. Fantastic birthday, just great. The Thirties are gonna be great.
