They're gonna give Daddy the 'Rainman' suite, you dig that?

Rachel Ray has the life I want. She has a seemingly endless supply of extra-virgin olive oil [The closest thing to ambrosia that mortals can possess] and she travels around the country and eats while jabbering cute little bon mots. I could do that. I love food and I'm cuter than a bunny cuddling with a puppy.

I saw an episode of $40 A Day where she travelled to Vegas. Do you know what you can do with $40 in Vegas? You can live like a king! A hell-damn-ass king [+10 to anyone who gets it]!

So, after watching her flounce through the courtyard at the Bellagio and wander all through Sin City [including the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino which features Stevie Ray Vaughan's custom Fender Strat ♥] I came to the conclusion that I desperately need to go to Las Vegas.

Crew -- are you listening?

So to persuade y'all that a Vegas Vacation is in order, here's a list of reasons why Crew + Vegas = Good Times We'll Have To Rely On Photographs To Remember:

• Gambling. Now, I have no clue when to hold 'em or know when to fold 'em, but you guys do and you're actually good at it. Gambling = the possibility of money which can in turn be exchanged for booze [ambrosia of a different kind]
• Paymon's Hookah Lounge. Delicious hookahs, a very cool vibe and drinks like the Babylon Spice [ginger infused Captain Morgan's, coconut milk and mango juice served on the rocks] which are only $3 during Happy Hour. That alone is reason enough to go! Whoever said smoking and drinking do not make you look cool lied.
• Cheap eats -- Vegas is home of the buffet and the happy hour appetizer special and if that wasn't cool enough, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has a Mexican eatery called The Pink Taco. And if that didn't rock your world hard enough -- they have a beer margarita.
• Prostitution is legal [Pepe, I'm kinda looking in your general direction here]
• Crew + anywhere = good times. I can remember trips to the grocery store that have been riotous.

So, Vegas, baby, Vegas? I'm thinking it sounds like a plan.