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My Top 5 Vegas Vacation Moments — I Lost My Phone

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My Top 5 Vegas Vacation Moments

I Lost My Phone

Crowded nightclub dance floor under large ring-shaped LED light fixtures, with purple and green lights and people holding

A couple of years back, I went to Vegas with a couple of buddies to vent off steam after a bad breakup. As is typical of these broken-hearted trips, I proceeded to get extremely drunk the first night in town. Leaving the club we were in (I think we hit Omnia, at the Caesar’s, that night, but my memory is hazy), I realized my phone was gone. 

Instead of going back to our suite and wallowing in self-pity, I decided to go play some blackjack, while my friends, too tired to keep going, went to bed. 

The next morning, my friends joined me for breakfast. Much to their surprise (and mine, if we are being honest), I had won enough money to treat everyone to a hearty breakfast at The Brass Fork, AND buy a new phone!

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