February 9, 2010
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Aria VIP Event
We were so excited to be invited to the grand opening of CityCenter’s Aria Hotel in Las Vegas. The invitation was probably the nicest invitation I’ve ever received!
CityCenter is the largest private sustainable development in the world and with a pricetag of $8.5 billion dollars, it is sure to forever change the landscape of Las Vegas.
The best part was that we got to go to the VIP pre-party before the hotel opened to the public. It was so awesome being one of the first people to ever be in the hotel. All of the restaurants were open and tray passing their signature dishes and drinks. We got to watch along with tons of television and newspaper reporters as the public came rushing in at midnight.
Guess who my new buddy is?? It’s Lloyd (Rex Lee) from Entourage! We were on the same flight in and became buddies. We ran into him later at the party. He actually came up to us when we were talking to a bunch of Andy’s work people and totally remembered us. His co-workers were so surprised. One of them even took a photo of Andy taking a photo with Rex, hehe.
I always take photos from one side so when we were at the airport and I was taking a photo with Rex I naturally went to that side. The funny thing is I felt him sort of pushing me to the other side. I didn’t think anything of it because I never thought guys cared about that stuff. BUT when we were hanging with him at the party and taking photos he did the same thing again! This time he admitted he has a “good side” and we realized our good sides conflicted, hehe. I’m too embarrassed to show you the ridiculous photo that resulted.
It was sooo fun and memorable. There aren’t many opportunities in life where you get to be a VIP and also get to experience the opening of a hotel and project of this magnitude. It was also meaningful to both of us because I worked on this project at the first law firm I was at and Andy recently worked on the project.
