Julie's Journal

It’s the end of another year, and man did this one go by fast for me. I really wish there was a way to slow them down. I guess that’s good though. I’m enjoying life so much I don’t want it to pass by quickly, right? Shrugs…I dunno.

So, back to my question. How are you planning on spending New Years Eve? We’ve got big plans of a picnic in bed, champagne toast at midnight, and a marathon game of Little Big Planet.

[tags]New Years Eve, Little Big Planet[/tags]

When people think of Las Vegas they usually think of The Strip, with it’s glamorous casinos and bright lights. All the women are dressed to the nines, taking diet pill for months before coming into town so they look their best.

We the people that live here rarely venture down to The Strip unless we’ve got out of town visitors. There are just too many people, and the traffic is horrible. We tend to stick to our neighborhood bars, and smaller casinos.

Friday night we went down to First Friday and then had some awesome Mexican food at Casa Don Juan. We then met up with some friends for a little pub crawling through some of the smaller bars on the north west side of Las Vegas.

We had a really good time, and I took some pictures of the things I saw around the smaller bars that you certainly wouldn’t see in one of the big casinos.

Click on the image to see the larger version.

[tags]Las Vegas, local casinos, pub crawling in Las Vegas[/tags]

While we were camping with our group last weekend, I finally got to try fire spinning or dancing as it’s sometimes called.

I’ve watched my friend Ron do it over the last couple years and I finally got the guts up to try it. I used his fire staff, which isn’t much different than the tall flags I use to spin in high school other than the ends are ON FIRE.

It was such a rush, and I can’t wait to practice more and get the dance part incorporated into a routine.

[tags]fire spinning, fire dancing, fire staff, Burning Man, Chilistock[/tags]

The Zappos Vendor Appreciation Party was last Sunday, which also happened to be Michael’s birthday. It was a private party held at Rain, at The Palms. They also had the pool area rented out for us, complete with penguins swimming around in the pool. They were the cutest things, and I wanted to pet them, but their owner warned me that they bite.

We spent most of the night out at the pool in a private cabana, sucking down vodka Sno-Kones. Not only did they taste delicious, but they were nice and COLD.

Some of our friends got a little too happy, and had to be escorted out by security. (Just kidding! I asked the security guy to pose for this picture)

Despite the fact that I should have bought some diet pills and taken them for about 2 months before the party to lose some weight, I had a wonderful time, and a lot of fun. Maybe a little bit too much fun??

[tags]zappos, party, The Palms, Rain[/tags]

Serena Williams went to Zappos.com yesterday where Tony gave her a tour of HQ. He also had the chance to “bunny ear” her in a picture to add to his portfolio.

I’m documenting all the pictures of Tony giving the “bunny ears” to famous people on this post titled Zappos Bunny Ear Madness, and Tony gave me permission to add the latest photo to it, so go check it out!

[tags]Zappos, Bunny Ears, Bill Gates, Penn Jillette, Serena Williams, Tony Hsieh[/tags]