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GetLucky Mailing/Day 1 of Greedy and Joe's GoneGambling Wedding Reception!!!

GreedyGirl

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THE EMAIL PART:

It's the first 'official' day of our GoneGambling 'Wedding Reception,' celebrating Joe's and my very big day! As I mentioned in yesterday's mailing, each day through next Friday, you'll be receiving a lovely GetLucky mailing (you ALWAYS love GetLucky's, right?!?), along with some other tasty treat!

Today's special morsel will be a day filled with fun Competitions in our forum. You'll have plenty of opportunities to win an assortment of great GG prizes, so be sure to check the forum (frequently!) for new Competitions!

And while you're in the forum, don't forget to check the newsletter section, which will have the continuation of Jimebear's recap of my wedding day--it's really entertaining reading and it almost makes up for Jimbob crashing my wedding!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Please don't forget that tomorrow is our Sunday is Funday chat--I can guarantee this will be one of the most fun chats we've had in a while and even GAIA is promising to be a bit kinder this week!

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!

It figures. I'm barely back and it looks as if we may be experiencing some difficulties getting emails out. Just know that I've sent off GetLucky's to everyone (30 Standards, today)--hopefully y'all will receive the actual email. Please post if you've received the email or not. :crazy:

And now on to...

JIMEBEAR'S WEDDING DAY ACCOUNT, PART II

We all gathered in the area of the Lucky Horseshoe for the ceremony. Of course there were no trees and the only shade was a small area reserved for the couple to say their vows. A few got lucky enough to receive umbrellas, although my bald head was not one of them. But who cares, I lived in Miami for 32 years so heat is my best friend. Of course there wasn't a negative word mentioned about it...after all, this might not be the coolest place but it reallly is the COOLEST place to have a wedding! Sooooo Greedy!

The minister, dressed in a BLACK suit, met the guests and gave us a few "instructions"; turn the cell phone volume down! "If I hear a cell phone go off during the ceremony, that person will have to pay the entire bill"! He was also a comedian and had so many one line zingers and I can't remember any of them. I was having too much trouble trying to turn my cell phone volume down.

And then, the moment we'd all been waiting for. The crowd divided to form an aisle and our precious bride Greedy began her walk. She wore a beautiful white lace dress and was escorted by Bryan Bailey, the owner of Casinomeister. She was adorable, beautiful, beaming and simply glowed. "TheJoe," who looked spiffy yet casual with his shorts and sunglasses, met her at the altar. What a handsome couple! Their touching vows and sincerity rippled throughout the crowd until there wasn't a dry eye around. And when the minister pronounced them man and wife and said “you may kiss the bride,” boy, did Joe plant one long, deep, wet kiss on Greedy (not that there's anything wrong with that)!

After some photo ops and a goodbye to the neon signs, it was time to get back on the bus and COOL OFF ...oops, I meant go to the lunch reception.

Of course, after Greedy's brilliant choice for the wedding ceremony, no one even tried to guess where lunch would be. I guessed Taco Bell because Greedy lives in El Paso (I know, but bear with me). I was actually close as we pulled up to a cool mom and pop restaurant called "Juarez Border Food El Paso Mexican Restaurant.” Simply put, it was the BEST Mexican food I've ever eaten!

Again, lunch was just before 1…and outside… with no umbrellas…it is NOT normal for the temperature to be 102 on September 30! In any case, it still didn't matter to anyone, because this is where they opened the bar!! Liquor and shooters and beers, oh my!

After stuffing ourselves with Mexican food and booze, we were given a gift bag by the newlyweds as we boarded the bus for the Casino Crawl. Actually, the bag was a "Dive Casino Crawl Survival Kit" for those who were partaking in all the alcohol (which was everyone). It was funny, yet practical: Disposable toothbrushes, hand sanitizer (no, Deeds, it was not mouthwash!), packets of tissues, stomach coater (some anti-hangover concoction). condoms and a barf bag personalized by the couple themselves!! Sooooo Greedy!

Of course, when we grabbed our bags, we noticed the tubs of iced down beer and shooters made with blueberry vodka, coconut rum and I don't know what all.

As I wondered how all this was going to unfold logistically, I noticed these two guys who drove the "booze" mobile who would always be a step ahead, at the next casino when the bus arrived. While we all went inside to gamble and/or drink at each stop, we'd come back out and there would be a "bar" set up with different tasting shooters. Following the "booze" mobile was a chauffeured limousine IN CASE ANYONE WANTED TO LEAVE EARLY... HE WOULD DRIVE THEM BACK TO THEIR HOTEL (this will be re-visited later, trust me)!

So now you have the idea.....the guests don't know where they are going except to a number of dive casinos someplace. When you get off, you gamble 20 minutes, return to drink (guzzle) beer and shooters and board the bus for the next dive.

I'm not a big drinker but boy did those shooters go down SMOOTH! I was having a blast and was up about $600 from our crawl. At one particular dive, Greedy rounded up the troops for the cake cutting! A cake cutting at the "Jokers Palace"??? And sure enough, beside the bar in a private banquet room with black curtains drawn, there is a fancy cake and lots of champagne! A couple of champagne toasts, a slice of DELICIOUS cake and it’s off to another dive! Soooooo Greedy!!

Everyone is REALLY feeling good and doing the happy dance as we stumbled...oops, strolled to the next dive, "The Emerald Isle.” This was the farthest point from our hotel and this time we were told to RETURN TO THE BUS IN ONE HOUR (this will be re-visited later, trust me)!

This was like the 5th casino we've been to and I'd had quite a few shooters and beer, so those stripper poles on the bus were looking very inviting to me.

I forgot to mention that Deeds and I kinda partnered up as her boys left before the first dive. Again, she was hunting down those "Quick Hits" machines and I was looking for old familiar slots. Deeds got SO involved in her slot playing I had to be the one to remind her when we had to return to the bus.

About 45 minutes had passed and I was taking a break and went outside to see what kind of shooters they were offering at the bus. To my surprise, I didn't see the bus parked where it had dropped us off. No big deal, I'll just check the back parking lot because it is a LONG bus and probably wasn't allowed to park out front for an hour. Well.....

There was NO BUS ....ANYWHERE!

There was NO LIMOUSINE ANYWHERE!

I finally pried Deeds fingers from the Quick Hit machine she'd been playing the entire time, and told her that the BUS and LIMO were both GONE! She didn't believe me at first until we walked outside and checked every alley and parking lot around!
In the meantime, my phone battery was dead and Deeds only had a bar or two left on hers. Deeds immediately texted Greedy and we crossed our fingers hoping she hadn't passed out and would respond!

About ten anxious minutes later, Deeds shows me Greedy's response: "OMG"!

That was it? Just OMG? What in the he double hockey sticks, were we supposed to do in the middle of nowhere 15 miles from the hotel?? Deeds being the cool, calm, intelligent woman that she is, suggested we grab a cab and meet them at the casino where they were now at. She texted Greedy (who is still sober enough to agree) and gives us the location they’re at, but reminds us they'll only be there for 20 minutes.

I rush back and speak with the cashier who also held multiple duties as the waitress, casino host, bartender AND taxi caller. I told her our situation and plan, and she replied, "honey, it takes 45 minutes to an hour for a cab to get out here.” My mouth dropped and I started to sober up even quicker.

Deeds used her last bit of phone battery to text Greedy and tell her the situation and to ask what the NEXT casino would be. Greedy's reply: "This is the last stop…we're going to be heading back to the Encore from here."

So I went back into the casino, had the multi-tasker order the cab, and asked what the fare would be to the Encore hotel and she said "it's a lot.” I asked her how much is “a lot”, and she said ..."about $50-$60.” I told her to tell him to hurry.

Deeds and I are sat on the curb in front of the "Emerald Isle Casino,” waiting for the taxi, laughing and trying to figure out HOW the hell they could not have missed us on the bus; or WHY someone didn't come back to the casino and check to see where we were...or WHEN was it that the bus actually left or didn't it stay an hour or what happened to the limousine???

To this day Deeds and I don't know what really happened. I don't know that ANYONE knows what happened.
One rumor is that some folks were tuckered out and took the limousine back and it was ASSumed we went with them. But I have a few ideas of my own: Maybe they were afraid "Jim-Bob" was really going to get on that stripper pole; or maybe, just maybe Greedy found out about my casino wins and not giving her a cut as promised.

At any rate, we arrived at the hotel at the exact same time as the party bus and helped close Greedy and Joe's Wedding day in their suite with the leftover booze.

Ah Vegas, baby....what a "getaway"! What a wedding! Sooooo Greedy!

To Greedy and "TheJoe" :

May you have all the happiness
and luck that life can hold—
And at the end of all your rainbows
may you find a pot of gold.
Thank you for letting me be a part of this very special day!


Luv,

Jimebear

GREEDY-NOTES:

Tomorrow you'll get to start seeing some photos, along with what REALLY happened to the bus and limo and why Deeds and Jim missed it--and more!

See you tomorrow!!! :wine:
 

veebot

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Wow!!! What a story. Somewhere there is a Hollywood movie producer waiting to make the best romantic/wedding comedy ever out of Deb and Joe's story.
 
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