Bright Lights, Big City & Eric Cain's First Time

On Tuesday afternoon, we bid farewell to Los Angeles, and started on our short drive to Las Vegas. I was really looking forward to this part of the trip for a few reasons. First, and foremost, I get to see & stay with, my good friend Sidney Fault & his fiance, Tess, second, I get to visit the custom corset store, and lastly, it was Eric's first time in Vegas, and we get to have fun showing him around! I mean, if you're gonna see Vegas, you gotta see it with a local.

The drive was relatively short, and we arrived in Vegas in the early evening, and after we got settled & ate something, we took Eric out for a little bit of sightseeing. We drove him down the strip ('cause you gotta see it at night) and then we did a drive-by of Hartland, which, back in the day, was owned by the Hilton & when Elvis wasn't staying there, he was staying at Hartland. Then, we took him to Fremont St. I have been to Vegas about 4 or 5 times, and Fremont St. is something that I have always wanted to do, so I was pretty geeked. We parked at the El Cortez, Bugsy Siegel's old joint,

We walked around inside for a bit. Sidney won some quick money at the roulette table, and Eric tried slots for the first time. Since we are such big spenders, I took him to the penny slots. We didn't win anything ;-)
The El Cortez was kinda cool, I mean it was neat to be in there for the historical factor alone, but really, it was kinda sad. I hope we have time to take Eric to a swankier casino before we leave. Anyway......

Fremont St. was awesome! I am so glad that we got to do that, and Eric had a really fun time!

Here's Tess & I having our "experience"

And, here's Tess & Sidney Fault. Awwww.....

I had a lot of fun taking pictures of the old neon. My dream is to one day do a photoshoot in the Neon Graveyard, but *sigh* I hear that that's next to impossible....

We finished up there, and then headed to one of my favorite Vegas spots, Frankie's Tiki Room.
This is my newest aquisition from Frankie's,

And one more time, me & Tess. Tess wasn't feeling too well, and looks a little sleepy :-(

We drank some froufy drinks, soaked up the atmosphere, and called it a night. Both Eric & I had shoots the next day, and we needed to get some sleep. All in all, not a bad first night in Vegas!