I was just on the BBC radio website because I was in the mood for some good tunes and John Peel always delivered. As I was listening to the show from Tuesday, there was some other guy on talking about how they were going to miss him. Alas - John died last Monday. Read his obit here. Instead of his usual shows three times a week, they played some of the music from old Peel Sessions.

As I was trying to console myself I listened to this cool 4 part-series about BritPop called "Don't Look Back In Anger".

I watched America's Ugliest Bathroom last nite. They were bad/gross/horrible/unliveable. People need to get a grip.

Now they are having one for kitchens. If you win, you get a new one. Duh. Hell my kitchen ain't ugly but yours might be. So sign up.

Eric and I hit up Vegas this past weekend for our friends', John and Sam, wedding at Paris. We had a blast! Saw all the big hotels on the strip, I hung out with the ladies (and the boys went out separately, to the library I'm sure) and Eric and I had some quality time together.

Our favorite place was the Bellagio hands down. From the food, the interior and the fountain show, it was the classiest place there. And how can I forget...The botanical gardens had huge pumpkins and fountains and a cool glass sculpture ceiling by Chihuly in the reception area.

The gals witnessed the Thunder from Down Under Friday night at the Excalibur. There was much abuse of tear away velcro pants. And did you know that it will cost you 15 dollars to get a Polaroid with you and a greasy beefcaked Aussie?

Saturday we did more walking and just relaxed saturday night. And watched the Red Sox game. And cuddled.

Sunday was Eric's bday and the day of the wedding. It was a short, sweet and all around great ceremony and reception. I got to know some of Eric's old friends, and we made new friends as well.

Monday we rented a car and drove to the Valley of Fire State Park and to the Hoover Dam. Definitely two must-see for anyone going out to Vegas. Although I am deathly afraid of heights, the dam was impressive and had some cool art deco area signs and sculptures as well. The valley was majestic and every turn had great photographic opportunities.

That nite we drove back to LV for one more night. After driving to Mandalay Bay and finding out that the restaurant that we wanted to dine at was closed for a party, we settled on going to the Pink Taco at the Hard Rock Hotel. Ahem. There were kids eating there! And old people! And no one seemed to care the place was named after a vagina! Despite this, the food was excellent and the girls working there had cute outfits to boot.

After dinner we roamed around and looked at the memorobilia on the walls around the casino floor. I got to see Britney's outfit from "Hit Me Baby One More Time" video and even a flannel belonging to Kurt Cobain.

The only dissapointing part of the trip was not seeing any celebs. Monday night was the NBC Radio Awards. A friend said that she saw Leo Dicaprio at the Bellagio (while we were there at the same time!). I would've settled for seeing Chingy.

Despite the lack of gawking, all the walking, the crazy drunks roaming the sidewalk and all the weddings going on all over the place - we had an awesome weekend. I reccomend for everyone to go at least once. Make sure you have some quarters to blow on the slot machines! Our favorites were the Kenny Rogers "The Gambler", and the one that I won on, the new Monopoly slots.

And be sure to walk all the way down to the Frontier. In the lobby there are really cool old slot machines and even a Family Feud one all the way in the back near Gilley's. Speaking of which, I wish we weren't so tired Saturday night, because they have Bikini Bullriding!


The other thing I didn't get to do was to walk around the old cheesy part of town on Freemont, and re-inact the "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Video.


Like I said to Eric on our last night there, holding hands, walking around the Mexicans that hand out flyers for strippers: "Vegas makes everyone feel like they are a big shot no matter who you are!"