Whatever happens, whatever stays. {Las Vegas}

Some things that happened in Vegas: a three dollar breakfast, a pool party, a walk at night, a strong vodka cocktail, an affair with a slot machine, an encounter with a hair extension, a hauntingly bad burrito, a photograph of the New York skyline, a battle with an elevator, a Joey Fatone sighting, a moment in straw sun hats, an hour or more in a sun chair, an hour or more beside the pool, an hour or more with an US weekly, a glance up at the Eiffel Tower, a bed full of shoes, a fight with a bouncer, a dance at a club, a ride in a taxi, a conversation with Hello Kitty, and Rod Stewart’s hair.

Some things that will stay in Vegas: the dollar that I lost at the Wolf Run penny slots; the thirty dollar money voucher that Reen threw away after she collected her winnings; a half empty bottle of coconut water; my embarrassment when I realized I wasn’t really In Paris; a gold hoop earring; a drink voucher to Fiddycent’s club; the group’s collective innocence; a few text messages; our fanny pack’s shadows; the sun and the sky and the thousands of drunk people with their sunburns and their plastic containers filled with fruity alcohol; the billboards and the crowded streets; the towering hotels and the honking cars and the live cover bands and our view out of out hotel window and all of the swirling, flashing lights.

Dear Vegas: I hate you.

But I kind of love you a little bit, too.




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