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We arrived in Vegas on Saturday, and had to deal with a pesky car rental company. We had a reservation, but they were out of cars! Instead of dealing with the headache and starting our trip off on the wrong foot, SK found a good deal at another car company and we headed to our hotel.

The Paris in Las Vegas is beautiful! Be warned though - the walk from the parking garage to the registration counter is killer when you’re hauling luggage. The rooms are large and roomy, and we even had a view of the Bellagio fountains.

We had lunch in one of the restaurants inside Paris called Mon Ami, Gabi. We drank champagne and made googly eyes at each other over French toast and eggs benedict. After spending some time, uhm, settling into our rooms, I headed over to the Bellagio to play some poker and then met Pauly and Sanscour for the first time. If you are interested, you can read more about it in my poker blog, or check out Pauly’s version.

Sunday we decided to go see the Hoover dam. I probably would have enjoyed it more if we didn’t have to sit in traffic. They are doing construction on the road, and they make you go through a security check point like you just came over the border. Learning more about history was nice, but the coolest thing about the Hoover dam? The little chipmunks (or whatever they are) that will actually eat out of your hand! The view during the drive was pretty, but I decided I like my mountains green and covered in trees.

Once we got home from over sight seeing mission, we had to start getting ready for Zumanity. We had dinner at the Gallagher’s Steakhouse. Whispering to each other over candle light, we talked about the year and reminisced over our early dating stories. The steak was tasty, but the best part of the meal was the green beans. Fresh and crisp, oh so tasty! Just make sure your kissing partner eats some too, because they were heavy on the garlic!

Our seats to Zumanity were awesome! We were in the first row of chairs, with the love seats in front of us. We considered getting tickets in the front row of love seats, but for some reason we were under the impression that there were in groups of 4, and we had no desire to sit that close to another couple. But, our view was awesome and right near the center.

As for the show, if I hadn’t seen any other Cirque du Soleil shows, I probably would be raving about how much I just loved this show. I guess I went in expecting something…more. Don’t get me wrong, it had some very sexy scenes, and definitely managed to crank my engine, if you get my meaning! But, SK’s whispering in my ear had a lot to do with that…Hubba Hubba.

What was I talking about? Oh right, Zumanity. The hula hoop girl in her Catholic school girl skirt was smokin’, and the water scene with the two topless women slipping across each other…yummy. There was even eye candy for the ladies (or gay men)! SK and I even commented to each other about the hotness of this one male performer. Sounds awesome, doesn’t it? And, while it was cool, I guess I expected something more like Varequi, only naked. But, there were lots of boobs, dildos, fruit, and sexy men and women, so how bad could it really be?

We had an afternoon flight on Monday, so we checked out of our hotel and planned to do a little gambling after brunch. Pauly came out to join us, and we were so swept away in the conversation that we had to rush to the airport! As he put it:

It’s always fun to spend time with people you have common interests in… I mean Jaxia loves playing poker and loves women. I happen to love both too. It some weird twist of Six Degrees of Pauly, I discovered that SK was childhood friends with Beano, one of my good friends from college. Small world, huh? Seriously, how random is that? I meet someone I played poker online with for the first time and her life partner lived across the street from a guy who was in my fraternity and I followed Phish around in Japan with.

SK and I decided that 3 days and 2 nights is not enough time in Vegas. Hopefully we can plan a longer trip next time we go.

I’ve learned that traveling together is a true test of relationship compatibility. If you can spend that much time together and still not get on each other’s nerves, then ya’ll really have a chance of making it. SK is a great travel companion. We can spend hours in the car together and never turn on the radio. We both hate waiting at the airport, so we wait until the last minute to go to the terminal. She likes the window seat, and I like the aisle. She doesn’t mind when I want to stop and read all the signs.

Sometimes it’s the little things that make me smile, and remind me how great we are together.