I stayed at the Aladdin. It's a pretty nice hotel. My sisters loved the mall connected to it. Being a rookie gambler, it wasn't the place to gamble because $5 tables were few and far between.

We ate at the Aladdin buffet (Spicy Market Buffet?), Todai - japanese buffet, Barbary Coast restaurant - (cheap steak meal), Harley Davidson restaurant, P.F. Changs... Those were the big meals. We had snacks at food courts every now and then.

I played blackjack and slots only. At first, I was kind of nervous to play blackjack so I played nickel slots. My sister actually won $50 playing nickel slots. Anyway, Thursday morning, I decided to look up on the internet basic strategies of playing blackjack - when to double down, split, stand, etc. After studying them for an hour or so, I felt confident enough to play at the tables.

All in all, I lost about $140. $100 of that was at the tables.

Next time, I'm going to count!

I would have been more prepared this trip, but early last week, my trip was in limbo since I didn't know if I was going. Because of this, I didn't do any research. I'll be more prepared next time.