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Viva Vegas Party Scene:
As we mentioned yesterday, Halloween was a big weekend for slutty costumes in Vegas. However, also going on in town was a bunch of random automotive trade shows, Vegoose and Jimmy Buffett's second weekend in a row playing at the MGM. So aside from sexy nurse costumes, Vegas was filled with parrot heads, traveling salesmen and frat boys.

Pure at Caesar's continued its party rep by hosting the 25th birthday party for Ivanka Trump. And this wasn't just some low-key affair. Nope, Pure posted a ginormous sign featuring a picture of Ivanka outside their club and laid down a red-carpet along the entrance.

Either Ivanka is trying to get a piece of the celebutante pie or she is trying to butter up the folks in town for her dad's new venture--the Trump Tower Vegas.

Viva Vegas High Roller News:
Even more random than the staying on the same floor as one the automotive trade show's pre-show is Greta Van Susteren blogging from Vegas where she saw inside some of the high-roller suites at Caesar's Palace.

I was told you can't rent these rooms -- they are reserved for the high rollers.

This is a shot of one of the room's private pool.

Greta also went and took video inside some of the super suites at the Palms. We wonder, did she checkout the Playboy Club?

Viva Vegas Comedy:
What's worse? The fact that we paid to see David Spade perform at the Danny Gans theater in the Mirage or that Danny Gans has a theater named after him in the Mirage? Nevertheless, David Spade was entertaining, especially for us because the first fifteen minutes of his set he joked about Vegas hotels. After that, he ripped off some old Tommy Boy jokes and the weed started to affect him a bit much.

Anyways, here's his round-up of Vegas hotels. From what we can remember and it's a bit paraphrased. This is Vegas afterall.

Bellagio: "Hookers" (said in sing-song voice.)
Hard Rock: "500 guidos from Jersey oiling each other up." (So true.)
Excalibur: "Yeah, that place has lost something. People go there expecting the knights to do some jousting. But they stopped that stuff like 12 years ago.
MGM Grand: "You ever tried to get laid at the MGM Grand? You tell a girl, "Hey why don't you come back to my room. I'm in room 582,667."
Circus Circus: That's where they put up opening act Todd Glass (so he says.)
Luxor: This was a bit of physical comedy imagining what it would be like staying in the penthouse suite, essentially the tip of the pyramid.

So David Spade was mildly entertaining and a heck of a lot cheaper than a Cirque du Soleil Show.

Viva Vegas Drinks:
We don't expect you to end up at Hooters Hotel Casino on your trip to Vegas. But should you find yourself in search of the cure for the common casino or just those orange shorts, don't forget to try the crudely-named but very intoxicating drink they serve, Nippers.

Served either on the rocks or frozen, it has about 11 types of rum mixed in with some juice. Or at least that's what we think we were told and that's what it felt like the next morning. Either way, it looks like tang and tastes like a mixture of juices. It's actually the perfect chick drink because you can't taste the rum. Just don't have more than three because you may just be "indisposed" for the rest of the night. And the next morning.

If you want something a little high-class, try the espresso martini at Postrio in the Venetian. If we liked to drink in the mornings, which we are close to doing, this would be our drink of choice as it has espresso and vanilla stoli.

Viva Vegas News:
· MGM Skylofts and Wynn make AAA Five-Diamond List [Las Vegas Sun]
· Stardust closes tomorrow [World Hum]
· Joe Sharkey visits Vegas.com [NY Times]
· How to get around fast in Vegas. Answer: You can't [KTVU]
· Prince takes over the Rio [TMZ]
· Voters to vote on possible smoking ban in Casinos [Scripps News]