High Roller's Weekend Reg. Closes Tonight

Pre-Registration for the as Vegas High Roller's Weekend closes tonight.  Dates are: February 24th - 27th, 2011.

Register here.

After that you can purchase rally pack and limited t-shirts friday and saturday. The Events schedule has been updated, so read that for full details.


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I won't be there this year, but Josh from Scoot! will be.

While I was in Vegas...

I really was working, really! I sold subscriptions and shirts and answered questions and stuff. I also got away from the Scoot! booth long enough to actually talk scooter with scooter people. One of whom was the very nice and generous-with-his time Hank Norush who took the Build-Off credo to heart with his amazing custom Vespa. He took some time from his windy, Saturday and shared how his bike came together.

Sorry for the wind noise, but it became quite blustery out there just as some rain drops began to fall...

Going to Vegas!

Just packing up stuff for our journey to Las Vegas for Highrollers Weekend. If you are there, stop by our booth and say hello or Twitter message me @scootmagapril.  Looking forward to seeing some great scooters and meet up with scooter friends from far away.

NPR Waxes About Ellis Island Casino

Last week, NPR ran a story as part of David Greene's 100 Days project. He drove across the US to gauge what is going on in our country during Obama's first 100 days. One of his stops was at the Ellis Island casino in Las Vegas.

Two years ago, the Las Vegas High Roller's Weekend was based there. It's no Wynn or Bellagio or whatever, but we had a comfortable, inexpensive room and the casino and restaurants were inexpensive and good quality. Perfect for cash-poor scooterists such as the Scoot! team.

This year, we stayed at the Tropicana, and old Vegas lady who has seen better days, but was still enjoyable. But the prices were more than we wanted to pay, so we went to Ellis Island for gambling and food. $10 for breakfast for 2; a $6.99 steak dinner; $1.50 microbrewed beer-- AND I won $40 on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine. Yay! The food was so great and the service exemplary that I left a $4 tip on the $10 meal, and it was still half of what I spent on my meal for one at Outback Steakhouse (don't ask!),

Back from Vegas!

And still recuperating. I got a bloody nose upon returning: dry, warm air and not enough H20. I had a splendid time & will download my photos for posting.

Unfortunately, our hotel was stingy with the Internet, so I only had my iPhone to use and it won't send emails...only receive! That's the only way I can post to Blogger, so it was kaput.

However, if you were following me on Twitter, you would have seen regular updates. Much easier and TwitPic makes it a jiff to post a photo. Thanks, Twitter!

Will be back with some more posts, soon!

High Rollers: Here We Come!

On Friday my crew is journeying to Las Vegas for the High Roller Weekend. Highlights will be the Put Up or Shut Up Biker Build-Off, seeing The Aggrolites, and meeting/reuniting with all the scooter folk from around the US and the UK.

If you are going and want to connect, I'll be Twittering/Tweeting on my ID: Scootmagapril, and under #highrollers. If you are there join me, if not, search on Twitter for it, or follow me.

Sadly, I won't be able to bring a scooter. Mike & Josh are flying in and my boyfriend's Honda Element will be filled with Scoot! Swag and my housemate, Lori.

One cool item is that we have told the Biker Build-Off folks that we will feature the top 3 scooters in an upcoming issue. It is a win-win as the builders get national (and international) recognition for their hard work, and we get some awesome bikes to feature in the magazine. Yay!

BTW...because of the rally, the scoot office will be closed for most of this week and early next week. We'll be back after the rally!

Blog entry soundtrack: "The Rip" by Portishead

Get 30% off at Ben Sherman Las Vegas...

I just heard that attendees of the High Rollers Weekend later this month will get 30% off at the Las Vegas Ben Sherman store (on Las Vegas Blvd South). Get more info when you check in at the rally.

Vegas,Baby!

Who's going to Vegas for the High Roller's Weekend...show of hands! Well, I can't really see your hands, but feel free to post a shout-out here if you are going. We were lucky enough to get a room at the main hotel, which was a miracle since I booked my room a week & a half ago.

This will be my fourth year attending, as I took the past 2 years off. One of the years I was in Indianapolis for the Dealer Expo. Josh does the Dealer Expo and this will be his 4th year in a row. If you are at either of the shows stop by to say hello to one of us!