Age 29 -2006
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This was a groundbreaking year because it was my first year away from home for Halloween, ever… and I didn’t die!! And I had a great time!!
My friend had rented a house in Vegas for like 5 weeks, doing his annual Vegas vacation thingy so I decided to join him and go down for Halloween Week. So for someone who’s NEVER experienced a big city USA All Hallows Eve celebration… I had to go all out and full scale… what a frightening thought. I had an indian girl costume, put together by articles of clothing I already owned & were in my closet. It was also my first year not being something scary for a DECADE.
The first thing we did on the first night was go to some haunted houses “fright fest” thing & it turned out with was in an old parking lot and the stupid HH’s were trailers. Some could’ve been double wides but even that couldn’t save the experience. It was cheezy… it was goofy… it was a business… and that’s what it felt like. There was one where they have blacklights all over and they paint the walls with neon glow-in the dark paints so it looks all trippy and stuff. Little did I know that was going to be a popular gimmick this year and next!
It was also my first time in Las Vegas strictly for pleasure and NOT being at multiple conventions!! SO i made this huge friggin list of touristy stuff I needed to do. The short list of stuff I did do: Red Rock Canyon, the roller coaster at NYNY, shooting guns at the indoor range, a goofy Haiwaiian Luau at the Imperial Palace, Hoover Dam, the Wax Museum, the Atomic Testing Museum, the Nevada Historical Museum, Bodies: The Exhibition (friggin amazing, you MUST see it). Wow, that was a lot of stuff!! That weekend prior to Halloween, we went to some Halloween party at MGM Studio 54 but we didn’t dress up, some people did. They had stage dancers doing choreographed shows to songs like “Thriller” and we met a nice couple who were going to the infamous Fetish Ball. That weekend we also went to another Halloween party but DRESSED UP THIS TIME at Tao in the Venetian. Everyone was dressed up and we danced most of the night, super fun!! Then we walked around the strip late that night while everyone else was all dressed up too, it was a cool street party atmosphere for sure!
On that Monday we went to the big indoor amusement park at Circus Circus; we wanted to go on the weekend but the lineup was WAYYYYYYYY too long so we came back another day. Dude… it was so freaking awesome I don’t even know how to describe it. the mood was set perfectly, it was dark, they had a lot of ghouls roaming around scaring people. And of course all 7 of their haunted houses ROCKED! It wasn’t so packed that you’re in there shoulder to shoulder so that was really nice. And we rode the indoor coaster a bunch of times & not knowing where you are going makes it that much more fun.
Halloween fell on Tuesday that year and we decided to forgo a club but to go see BITE! a vampire musical at the Stratosphere instead (we were pretty partied out that time). I had never been to a musical dance production before so we got tickets early and then hung out on the strip until it was close to dusk. I got dressed in my “Pocahontas” outfit (omg I look sooooooo adorable ) and handed out candy to all the kids that knocked on the door!! that was super fun. We watched some scary movie and then went to see BITE! It was kind of goofy for sure. There was so dialogue or anything, just dancing & acting to well known songs, and also some rope acrobatics & gymnasts too. Well that was it for Halloween night, it was a quiet one but we did so much the week before it was nice to have a break.
You can see my 2006 Halloween E-Card here!
Little did I know ( I could never have predicted this in a million years ) that soon I would be moving to another country and be getting ready for my weeding, oops! I meant WEDDING,