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March 26, 2009 • Posted by Tommy Choi• Travel, Twitter • Comments
A twitter diary of Tommy’s weekend trip to Las Vegas. Ordered first to last, enjoy.
@tommychoi: 10:48AM PST welcome to Sin City!
@tommychoi: 10:50AM PST sat behind a group of girls celebrating a 21st birthday in Vegas. Now I know what Pac felt like when he got shot.
@tommychoi: 11:15AM stuck in the cab line with the same girls from flight. They keep calling everything they do “Chicago style”. What?
@tommychoi: 11:30AM cab driver just handed me a book of escorts after talking about last nights American Idol. I wish I was making this up.
@tommychoi: 12:34PM Fine dining at the Cheesecake Factory. Goooo capitalism!
@tommychoi: 1:13PM Changing $300….
@tommychoi: 1:20PM I’m stimulating the economy one roll at a time.
@tommychoi: 1:23PM Just got a text reminder from Shorty to go to the sportsbook and bet on Memphis.
@tommychoi: 2:17AM at O’Sheas. Beer pong tourney inside the Subway inside the casino. Que John Mellencamp song about America.
@tommychoi enjoying beer pong ala his last tweet
@tommychoi: 4:33PM 5 gimlets later still at O’sheas playing craps. Is that a good thing or bad thing?
@tommychoi: 4:56PM back at Ceasar’s and checked into the room. New tower suite. Not bad for not having a robot maid.
@tommychoi: 5:02PM just opened the curtains to see the view. Have to see pic of bro and sis mormons that sing about puppy love. linton pic
@tommychoi going up the new tower at ceasar’s. Hi donny and marie
@tommychoi: 5:28PM go Xavier! Papa needs a new pair of shoes. Seriously, I do. Tryst said I can’t come in w/my AF1’s. They’re consignment!
@tommychoi: 7:26PM I hate the concept of gambling..
@tommychoi: 9:57PM now I remember why I don’t play blackjack.
@tommychoi: 10:58PM I’m stimulating the economy by paying to stimulate the bachelor.
@tommychoi: 9:28AM No, I’m not dead, yet.
@tommychoi: 9:56AM “Changing $300″
@tommychoi: 9:57AM I love Vegas ATMs because they only dispense $100’s.
@tommychoi: 10:15AM Need to stop gambling. Going to pool to chill before bottles at Tryst tonight.
@tommychoi: 10:53AM Just found out from my wife that Sarver got booted of Idol last night. Best news of the weekend.
@tommychoi: 10:57AM To the guy that walked out to the pool with colored mirrored Oakley glasses, 1983 called and they DON’T want those back.
@tommychoi: 12:00PM Lunch at Bellagio @Olives. Then craps. Then hopefully some shopping.
@tommychoi: 2:18PM High, Low, Yo hit 3 times in a row! Thank GOD for sucker bets and thank GOD I’m a sucker!
@tommychoi: 5:11PM On my way to the Wynn for dinner, games and Tryst.
@tommychoi: 7:20PM It’s only 7:20PM on Friday?!
@tommychoi: 7:28PM That basket that counted at the end of half cost a lot of people some money. The ones that are swearing right now.
@tommychoi: 9:09PM at the Wynn sportsbook and Billy Packer is speaking over the mic. Am I drunk?
@tommychoi: 10:17PM at Tryst. Bottles. I am not responsible for tweets from this point on.
@tommychoi: 10:45PM just ordered 2nd bottle of Patron and I’m already calling everyone sweetheart.
@tommychoi: 10:50PM Just found out from our hostess that Lil Weezy is at the Palms tomorrow night. Done.
@tommychoi: 10:51PM RIP ODB.
@tommychoi: 11:58PM I’m chillin with the twilight vampire Eddie. He’s kinda pale, like powder.
@tommychoi: 12:05AM okay just ran into Barry Manilow at Tryst.
@tommychoi: 12:16AM didn’t know Manilow was gay or liked cocaine. It’s crazy what you can find out when you buy a jagerbomb for a celeb.
@tommychoi: 6:47AM who am I?
@tommychoi: 7:07AM still going strong.
@tommychoi: 4:54PM Just woke up. Brain hurts. Money still in wallet. No stiches on body where vital organs are. I consider that a win.
@tommychoi: 3:23AM Dinner @ Sinatra hangout. Gambled @ the Nugget in old vegas. Then Palms for Lil Weezy. Bottles @ Pure. Now going to bed.
@tommychoi: 3:32AM BTW, I’m exhausted.
@tommychoi: 10:52AM Lunch @ Caesars, not sure where. Then MSU/Louisville game. Then time to get th f*ck out of this town!
@tommychoi: 10:54AM I think I just had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. I might walk the earth.
@tommychoi: 10:56AM Thought Pearl Jam “Once” was on in the background. Ends up it was Phill Collins “In the Air Tonight”. I need to go home.
@tommychoi: 12:19PM Playing Wheel of Fortune slots. Can I buy a vowel?
@tommychoi: 3:01PM @ McCarren just found out my flights delayed. Is this a sign for me to go gamble some more?
@tommychoi: 5:39PM TSA preforming “added” security check on “random” bags @ gate. I better not get profiled cuz I’m a Bradley grad.
@tommychoi: 5:49PM My boarding group is 5. Wtf?! Is it necessary to have that many boarding groups?!
@tommychoi: 6:01PM About to take off. See ya later Vegas. Thank you very little.
At first I was very skeptical of where Starbucks was going with such a large marketing push of their re-mastered instant coffee. When the original press releases came out there was quite some hype, so much I really didn’t think they could live up to it. Then yesterday, March 2nd, every CTA bus was decked out with Starbucks VIA advertisements all over it. At that point I knew that Starbucks must have really had something going for them.
This morning I walked directly to Starbucks to pick up my first three-pack of VIA. I was very impressed with design of the packaging, small but very informative of just what Starbucks was trying to do. “Never be without great coffee” a very bold statement for a product with such a terrible stigma. Now it was time to make the first cup.
Making it was truly as easy as instant. Just add water and stir. I chose the Italian Roast because I am a bold coffee drinker. As nervous as one can be when taking the first sip, I was pleasantly surprised. The coffee had absolutely no watered down taste, it was not in the slightest bit overly bitter, and it was just as smooth and fresh as a recently brewed pot of coffee.
I can honestly say that I am a huge fan of Starbucks VIA. For both convenience and taste VIA is the right product. For the first two years in my professional life I have waited till I arrived to work to go buy a cup but today I found my way to make a cup of coffee for the commute. Thank you Starbucks, you have made me a happy coffee drinker again.