Chef Jeff

He was some stranger that ended up boozing with Anders and I in the Mirage book long after all the Saturday games had ended.  Good times - I was so torn up I could not do the last Jaeger shot.

Did someone say strip club?

I remember Drew from Mike's Jamaica party in Durham, but who is Chef Jeff?

Chris

The most wonderful time of the year

Is the first weekend of the men's NCAA basketball tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America.

I think I am going to stick with my previously arranged accommodations in my favorite dive hotel off the strip across the street from the Hard Rock.  No, it is not the strip club across from the Hard Rock, but a reputable hotelier.

That being said, I plan on hitting the sports book with everyone and partying in the big suite.  I also promise to pace myself on Saturday so as to pull an all nighter with Chef Jeff and Anders.

I arrive Wednesday evening and depart Sunday morning.

Looking forward to it.

  Drew

Roll call!

The following people are confirmed for the Vegas trip...

Anders: Wednesday night to Sunday night
Mike: Wednesday night to Sunday night
Dan: Wednesday to Sunday
Chris: Thursday night to Sunday night
Heath: Friday to Sunday

Others (have expressed interest but not yet confirmed): Frank, Henry, Steve Dunn

With the five people that have confirmed, assuming for simiplicity that we just split the total cost of $3,270 according to the number of nights each person is there, I calculate the following approximate charges:

Anders/Mike/Dan: $769 each
Chris: $577
Heath: $385

Of course, you would only pay for the nights that you would be staying in the suite. These costs will decrease if we get firm commitments from Frank, Henry, Steve Dunn, and/or others. Given the available space, Mike and I also plan to invite three mutual friends (unless there's opposition to that idea).

Air travel update

Mike and Anders have booked their air travel...

Anders: Arrives in Vegas on Delta #785 on March 14 at 7:47 pm, departs on Delta #4917 on March 18 at 6:20 pm

Mike: Arrives in Vegas on Delta #785 on March 14 at 7:47 pm, departs on Delta #1896 on March 18 at 11:26 pm

I'm in for the Room!

Gents-

 

  I am in for sharing the room, but as mentioned in previous email, I'm only going to be there 2 nights (16-17 Mar).  Would prefer to pay whatever you deem is the appropriate per night charge for some sort of accomodation (actual bedspace or not) in that super-fly suite.  I'm not planning on sleeping much.

 

Heath

 

LCDR Heath L. Marcus, USN

Deputy J-2

CJSOTF-Afghanistan

 

NIPR: marcush@soccent.centcom.mil

SIPR: j2dep@cjsotf-a.soccent.centcom.smil.mil

DSN: 318-231-4718 / 4719

 

From Mike

One more quick note - in addition to comments, if you want to make your own post (looking for roommates, asking about games/casinos, picking on Small) you can send an e-mail to the following address:

andershall.pikapp@blogger.com

The e-mail will post to the blog with your subject line as your title and the body as...well, you're all edumacated.

Logistics of the Mirage suite

The Mirage has 18 two-bedroom suites available (like the one pictured below) for March 14-18. Each suite has two king-size beds. The couch is not a pullout, but the staff can bring in one rollaway. The Mirage limits each suite to a maximum of six people. Rates are $750/night for March 14 and 15 and $875/night for March 16 and 17 for a total of $3,531.60 per suite for the four nights (including tax). The best and easiest case is if we have six people for all four nights and the sleeping arrangements are first come, first served. Then the per person, per night cost would be $147.15 per night. I was able to do the math because I went to Duke.

I think we can cheat on that "six maximum" some if we want to, but we'd have to share room keys somehow.

The Mirage suite idea

The carrying capacity of the Mirage suite depends on some variables like cots and whether the couch is a pullout, but Mike and I will look into that. There are two bedrooms with a large common area in between. Mike and I are fine with everybody fending for themselves and sharing the cost based solely on the number of nights each person is there, or we can take the two bedrooms and offer a discount to those people that don't get a room.

Here’s a picture of what we’re talking about:


While you wait for more details about the cost of the suite, you can look at pictures of the Pi Kappa Phi banquet and my cute daughter.

Air travel update

I have not booked my flights yet but I’m likely to arrive Wednesday night and leave on Sunday (potentially the red-eye). Mike and I still want to do a huge suite and invite everybody to go in with us on it and crash there. We stayed at the Mirage for one night on a trip back from LA recently and got a free upgrade, and the suite was awesome. So Mike and I are definitely in.