I went to the oh-so-famous NBA All-Star Weekend this year in Las Vegas thinking that it was going to be an awesome weekend partying with the big names in basketball but instead turned out to be survival of the fittest. Let me just give you the facts: 5 separate shootings, one official death but I'm sure there were more, and over 250 arrests over the course of the weekend. This is what happens I guess when you bring the East and the West together in the City of Lights.
Sorry, but there was no real reason to be at this event. The game itself is always a blowout, this year the West taking the crown, and really it's a show-off shoot-out. There is hardly any defense that is played since players avoid getting themselves injured in a non-advancing game that has no bearing on where they stand in the playoffs, although, I find it ironic that Wade gets severely injured the following game. It's really their time to practice their dunks and their alley-hoops which gets painfully boring after some time. This also proves my point that basketball is a game of defense, but we'll leave that for another discussion.
So basically, my weekend consisted of staying as far away from the strip as possible and engaging in some fine dining, cuz that's what I do... I ate at awesome restaurants off the strip, Hannah's sushi was off the hook, and a real chill place to hang out with great food is FireFly Tapas Bar. I did go to Trevi in the Ceasar's Forum, which I must say was quite a disappointment. I could have made the same dish I overpaid for...should've gone to Spago's instead...
Overall, had a great weekend since I came out of it alive, and glad to have hung out with pops and V while I was at it.
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