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I told her to call me when she gets to San Antonio and we c ould do dinner since there’s no meet and greet for that show. Don’t mind the big guy who just died in front of her, that was me. She wrote, I’m Always & “Forever Your Girl”. “We met in Austin last year.” She gave me a hug a huge smile and said, “oh my god, you really did get that tattooed!?” I asked if she’d add to it and she replied, “what should I write?” I told her to write whatever she wants and she went to work on my arm. When it was my turn to meet her, I showed her my arm and it went something like this. I purposely put myself at the end of the group of ten people. Immediately after we were lined up for the autograph and photo ops. She then went to the stage and they ran through Crazy Cool. I was taken by surprise and almost lost it. As they sat us down, Promise of a New Day kicked in and we were all just watching the stage and then out of the corner of my eye, there’s Paula standing right in front of us greeting everyone with her hand as she was singing. We all had the “Ultimate” passes so we got to watch soundcheck before getting to meet and talk with her. We got our swag bags and such and got with our group of ten folks. We then went to Red Rock, grabbed a quick meal and checked in with Paula’s on site VIP host. We had to be at the meet and greet by 430 and the hotel/casino (Red Rock) was up near their condo.
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Sarah and Mark picked me up and we went back to their place for a bit to chill before the show. Ended up meeting up with my San Antonio friend Gordon who was in town with his wife and they were doing some record shopping. The following morning I started going around to some record stores but didn’t really find anything. Cool punk bar but the cigarette smoke was horrible, so we left and they dropped me off at my hotel. I arrived in Vegas Friday night around 10PM, got checked in and Sarah Kay and her husband Mark met me at the Hard Rock for some dinner and drinks and we just hung out for a bit. She’s a good friend and the perfect person to take to the show with me. I know her from Austin but she and her husband live in Vegas now. I bought the VIP meet and greet passes and invited my Sarah Kay to come along.
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What could go wrong? The answer to that is NOTHING. Paula announced her Straight Up Paula tour a few months back and the most convenient show with a meet and greet was in Las Vegas, a place I had never been but seemed like as good of a place as any to go, especially with my frequent poker playing. I finally met her last year and when the opportunity arose this year, I jumped on it! To say I love Paula Abdul would be an understatement.