Poll : 10 October - 16 October 2007

Analysis

With Las Vegas awash with celebrity chefs these days, it’s no great surprise that the outrageous-meal-splurge option came out on top, with a whopping 36% of the vote. Many of your top memories involve a whole package of experiences, while others are less grandiose but no less charming or memorable for that. We just wish someone who'd done it had actually described the zero-gravity flight.

That aside, here are some the highlights you kindly shared (sadly, space limitations didn’t permit us to run them all):

• For my birthday one year, my boyfriend at the time took me to dinner at N9NE at the Palms. We played some outrageous pai gow afterwards then went to the VIP section at Treasures, where we had multiple couples dances. Dropped a lot of money on a surprise birthday for me, but it worked out well for him as well. [Editor's note: At least in the short-term -- we noticed his "at the time" designation!]



• On our first trip to Las Vegas, my wife hit a $250 slot jackpot at the Monte Carlo, so we toasted the win by ordering a $125 bottle of champagne, which is something we'd never do ordinarily.



• I went into a jewelry store thinking it was a 'Fabulous Fakes' store and tried on a beautiful pin/pendant, absolutely ripe with gorgeous red stones (my favorite color). The salesman told me it was $95,000 but I could have it for $65,000. YOW! But what I realized at that moment was that I really could have it, if I really wanted it. I would have to sell my house but I could have it, and that gave me such a feeling of prosperity, abundance, and belonging that my trip was transformed.



• Two Streisand tickets for the Millennium concert -- 6th row, center -- $7,000. Terrace suite at MGM that weekend (3-night minimum) at $1,500/night. Also saw Bette Midler at Mandalay Bay (sat next to runway in audience and I kissed her hand) at $700/ticket. A pricless way to bring in the new millennium.



• We spent $100 to take a limo from the Golden Nugget to the Union Plaza -- a distance of at most 100 yards -- where we renewed our wedding vows at the chapel for our 25th anniversary.



• For about six months, a blimp was operational (until the FAA shut it down). It was the only one in the country that took paying customers. The route took us from North Las Vegas, past the Stratosphere, and over the Strip. Seeing the Bellagio fountains from the air, slowly, was spectacular. It was well over $200/person but completely worth it.



• Poolside cabana rental for the entire day, with cocktail service. Life of luxury!



• Playing Shadow Creek golf course [Mirage], back in the day (when it first opened).



• On our last trip to Las Vegas, in June 2007, my husband purchased a $10,000 diamond ring for me. We’ve been married 11 years and I get a small diamond every time we visit Vegas (sometimes twice a year), but this was by far the largest purchase ever



• In 2005 my wife and I had our 10-year anniversary coming up, so we decided to get remarried in Vegas (she’d live there if she could). I planned and paid for everything, from airfares for all and limo from the airport, to in-suite catering and hair dos and nails for all the girls. It was expensive but a lifetime experience that my wife will never forget. Worth every cent.



• I paid $400 for a ticket to the inaugural Star Trek Las Vegas Convention a few years back. Worth every single penny and then some, for me, a 40-year fan!



• Six of us took the Palms limo to SCORES last year during the Consumer Electronics Show and were escorted by two nude girls each to the VIP bottle service room. Six hours later the bill was $9,000 dollars. The whole story was quite wild and is very entertaining at parties when telling Vegas stories.



• I went to Las Vegas, not really in a good mood and wanting a decent cigar. So I went to Casa Fuente