The silver gold stackers are home from Vegas!
But, let’s start with the part where we all went to Las Vegas.
My journey began Thursday afternoon with my arrival at Everett, Washington’s Paine Field Airport. Paine Field is a newer regional airport in the greater Seattle area. This airport can be great or terrible.
It is great because there are only 2 gates, the place is classy looking, and it takes 5 minutes to get through security. It is also closer to my house than the BIG Sea-Tac international airport. It is terrible because there is only one food outlet. Also, if there are flight issues there are no alternate flights to catch. Big surprise (not at all), my flight had issues.
We were meant to depart Everett a bit after 6pm, with an arrival of 8:45pm to Las Vegas. @summertooth offered to pick me up upon my arrival. Sadly, my plane was delayed 4 hours due to shenanigans in Cabo San Lucas with the plane, and a hold from the Las Vegas Airport on ALL arrivals because they had too much air traffic. So my flight landed at midnight. By that hour everyone else who had arrived Thursday was already in bed. So, I took a taxi to my accommodation at the Planet Hollywood Casino.
Friday was filled with miserable weather - rain cold, flooded streets. Luckily my place was right across the street from @summertooth and @silverd510’s hotel. So I walked over first thing in the morning to catch up with the fellows and silverd’s girlfriend. (I am sure I said this last year, but she is great. Plus, it was nice having one other female in the mix.) We had breakfast sandwiches in the Eataly food hall at Park MGM Casino. @fat-elvis met us there just as we finished our meals.
We had three main adventures lined up on Friday. First was a run to two local coin shops. I picked up three Christmas rounds, a voodoo round, a pilgrim bar and an Easter bar.
After a quick lunch stop at In-n-Out Burger, we headed to The Sphere. The sphere is a round movie theater/concert venue/light extravaganza. There is show on the outside and the inside. Plus a selection of bars, food offerings and opportunities to chat with AI powered robots! By this time @enginewitty and @brian.rrr met up with the crew.
The film at the Sphere is called “Planet Earth”. The scenes are a playback of the amazing elements of our world as remembered by a couple of astronauts headed into deep space to terraform a new home planet. The theater’s screen is immersive and huge, the seats rumble, and scents to match the film are sprayed through the venue.
Post the Sphere, everyone went back to @summertooth and @silverd510’ suite for a homemade Irish dinner! Summer had made us corned beef and cabbage, salad and potatoes. We also had an array of desserts including holiday themed Krispy Kreme donuts and some homemade rum fudge I brought from home. It was all so festive and tasty. By this time the whole group was together. Pre-food we all exchanged gifts, and after we played a round of Yahtzee.
Saturday started with a corned beef hash and eggs breakfast thanks to @summertooth. Then we made our way down to the Luxor for some gambling. @fat-elvis and I instantly lost a handful of dollars each on the slots. It turns out… don’t always bet on black. Other folks played craps and black jack with more success.
For lunch we snacked on food court pizza. Just a small slice each so as not to spoiled dinner. While most folks went back to gambling, Summer, Fat E and I went to the Luxor’s Titanic Exhibition. And I bought ALL of the souvenir photos! 😄
There were actually 11 different photos! Here are just 3.
After the museum and gambling, folks freshened up to head to dinner. It was about a 30ish minute walk from Planet Hollywood up to the Venetian. Fortunately… the rain had finally stopped.
Dinner was at Smith and Wollensky Steakhouse. Every year @summerooth has found a spot for us to share an AMAZING meal. This year’s choice knocked it out of the park. The service and atmosphere were fab and the food was spectacular.
Post dinner we headed to the LINQ Promenade and Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club. @fat-elvis and I MIGHT have chugged a tasty beverage along the way. The main performer of the evening was a comedian named Orny Adams.
When the show ended we walked back down the strip towards our hotels. On the way we stopped at a cool bar at the Paris Casino called Beer Park. It was outside (right on the strip) and had amazing views of both the Eiffel Tower and the Bellagio Fountain show.
After the bar we headed our separate ways for the night. For me, this meant bedtime. For others… you will have to wait to hear about their shenanigans.
Sunday morning started with another breakfast at Summer and Silverd’s place before heading to T-Mobile Arena for hockey! Silverd managed to buy himself, his girl, Summer, Fat-E and I tickets to the game. It was so fun! Not only was it St. Patrick’s Day, but the Vegas Golden Knights NHL team really knows how to put on a show! The atmosphere was fantastic and the home team managed to beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1. The team even had cheerleaders and their own showgirl squad!
After the game we made our way back to the Luxor so folks could cash in their spots bet winnings. Then it was off to Nacho Daddy for our annual Mexican feast. I had fajitas this time. 😄 They were even flambéd tableside!
The last twist of the night… it turned out one of my closest friends was also in Vegas on Sunday night. She had arrived to town for work conference and ended up spending part of the evening with us. That was… interesting. 😂 But I was super happy to see her. We have been friends since she was 11 years old and I was 14. I dated her brother Ned for awhile in high school. I have posted about Ned before and the passing of their dad back in 2019. She is family to me, so getting to see her in Vegas was a good time.
Late night roof top shenanigans.
To wrap up the evening we spent some time on the roof at Summer and Silverd’s hotel. It’s nice spot with an amazing view. The roof has a bar (that is only open in the summer, a little pool and a decent amount of seating. But it is still a relatively quiet and intimate space. We had the roof to ourselves most of the evening.
Around midnight silverd and his girl went to bed, my friend went home, I headed back to my hotel and the others Uber-d to the Luxor for more gambling. This was my goodbye to most of the silver gold stacking crew.
Monday folks started heading home. Summertooth was kind enough to shuttle everyone to the airport throughout the day. For the first time during the whole trip I slept until 7:30am (most days I was awake by 5:30am). The bummer about this is, I missed saying goodbye to silverd, his girl and Fat E by just a few minutes.
Instead, I met Summer at his room post airport drop off number one. We had some coffee. After we walked to Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Mall for some final souvenir shopping.
@enginewitty and I were the next two schedule to depart. So after loading my suitcase in Summer’s car, we drove over to the Luxor to pick up Witty. They dropped me off at 11:45 for my 1:15pm flight. Like every year it was a bummer for the trip to have come to an end.
It was also a bummer when my flight ended up being delayed for FIVE HOURS!
I didn’t end up taking off until 6:20pm. Little did I know at the time, Witty and Silverd were in the midst of similar misery but in different terminals. I did make it home by about 9:30pm. Which was a better outcome than was had by the others.
I say this every year, but this trip would have never happened once let alone THREE times were it not for @summertooth. He is our instigator, event planner and the cog that brings the whole Vegas adventure together. Great guy, so easy going, mischievous, fun, and a friend to all… if you have not gotten to know him you really should.
Thanks Summer for organizing all the things. You are the best. 🩷
To the rest of the crew - Fat E, Silverd, JENN, Brian, Witty and thedamus… it was great to see you all. Hope we will have a four peat next year with maybe a detour to NOLA in 2026!
Viva Las Vegas and VIVA SGS!
Sounds like an awesome time was had by all. Brave of you to bring an old friend in to hang out with the crazy stacker crew. That would have been an eye opener for sure!
“Brave of you to bring an old friend in to hang out with the crazy stacker crew. That would have been an eye opener for sure!”
There is a lot of truth in this statement…
That VooDoo round is killer, I didn't see ya snag that one! And for three years running, a pleasure sweets. Lmao can't be live you had presence of mind to snap that pic of me jumping in the bed 🤣
Too bad you didn’t see the voodoo round, they had more than one!
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What an awesome time Dfinn. Great seeing you again. PS you don’t have to block me out anymore I no longer care.
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Great seeing you and Jenn too.
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I like that first one a lot
Ya that's a great shot 🥰
Awww... Love those pictures 😍
Beautiful couples.
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Great wrap up!
The only way this #sgs meetup happens anywhere but Vegas is if someone else plans one 💯😃😎
But think about the gift bags I could make for New Orleans! 😂 ⚜️💜💛💚⚜️🎷
So plan it then.
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I agree with this sentiment 💯
Or the private jet you have and can pick us all up around the world 😂 Hahahaha 🛬✈️
Great Post!
Thanks.
It is sad you weren’t able to join us that first year. But who needs Vegas now with your own delightful and relaxing Spanish holiday accommodations? 😍
When all are rich and retired we can arrange a visit.
That looks like so much fun! I already told my wife, and she's on board with it. I want to tour the Carson City Mint out there and snag an elusive bottle of whiskey. I just need to work on getting my passport and save up! 😁
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Yes, come along! And definitely bring your wife. We need more gals along on the adventure. 🩷
Oh I will. She wants a chance to get away from the kids too! 😆
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Be awesome to see ya!
Awww... @dfinney, what a wonderful time you had together, and a thoroughly done post! A great time, for sure!!! It was nice to see you all, decked with sincere smiles!!!
As I told @silverd510 , you have all bonded so well with the group. Our loss for not being there with you!
Rest up, @dfinney !
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You really should come along next year. We are a fun time. 😄
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Sounds like an amazing time @dfinney , I'm tired just reading your post Lol!😁
Good food, good friends, and shiny what else is there!!🤗
It was a lot of fun. Hopefully we will get a little PNW meetup going with you and Liz soon too!
Glad everyone enjoyed themselves, maybe the local coin shop up here would give a “Group” discount on Silver Lol!😇
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Quite the adventure! Sounds like you all had a good time for sure. Thanks for sharing all the great pictures too. Take care @dfinney! !LADY🤗💜
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As I mentioned to silvertop in my comment to him, I hope we can have a PNW coffee date meetup soon. 😍
That would be very cool!🤗💜😍
Great to see that everyone had a good time!
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That is a bunch of amazing pictures that made me smile inside out 😊
So cool you guys got to meet up again and I am always amazed by how beautiful Vegas is.
Such a cool adventure with the show, game, Sphere with all the planet and AI things. Bet that was cool 😁 Lol
And I love all the delicious food, made me hungry and wish I could be there and snap some.
My favorites tho are the ones with you all together 🥰
You seem like such a close clan and lots of fun and love.
That cuddle with silvered and his gal made me giggle 😂 Hahahaha
Thank you for sharing this and I hope to make it one day 💕
Much love and Hugs 🤗❤️💋🤗
Come visit us! 😄
Oki... On me way 😜 Buwahahaha
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STOPThat looks so much fun! Next year I want to make it, just not on my kids birthday next time!
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Kids, schmids… 😉
So far we have always gone in March, just because the coin show was in March. This year we basically kept March and picked the weekend with the cheapest flights and hotels. 😄
Prices are important!
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What a great meet up with the silver gang! I enjoyed the whole virtual weekend with you
❤️ I know how you love a meetup too! They are always such a good time.
You always got the best coverage of the event 🤣 !BBH
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Great recap and a fun trip! Was great spending time you you and the gang! 😃
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