I had been planning a Vegas trip with 7 other girls for this past weekend for several months. Of course, when I heard that Jerome's birthday party was the same weekend as my trip, I nearly had a heart attack. I called OPM, confirmed that "nobodys" could attend this event for a $30 cover, and wore a nice dress even though the dress code was "no sweatsuits or tennis shoes". Sounds too good to be true? Of course it was. My friend Megan and I made our way to the front of the line surprisingly fast. We did see Joey Porter, Duce Staley, and Mike Logan enter the club. I think we got there too late to see anybody else. Oh, except for Plaxico Burress but I did not deem him worthy enough of camera memory. Stood there patiently for about 20 minutes until they told us it was a $100 cover. We decided that $100 would be better spent on VIP table takeover, flinging ice and guzzling free vodka at after-hours club Drais. In conclusion, I decided that this near-encounter with the Steelers makes me 3/4 theoretically cool but only 1/4 practially cool.

Other Steelers sightings in Vegas this past weekend according to gossip: Bettis, dining at Tao (The Venetian) Saturday night at a table next to Rohan Marley. Ben Roethlisberger at Pure Saturday night at Caesars Palace, and Roethlisberger again, sporting a huge diamond necklace, at Jet (Mirage) on Friday night with Carson Daly and Mario ("Pet Star") Lopez.

Where did they stay? Apparently they got the royal treatment at the Palms' new Fantasy tower. Ward got the Crib Suite, Bettis had the Director's Suite, Roethlisberger in the Penthouse Suite and Porter had both the Ghostbar Suite and the King Pin Suite.

More Steelers/Vegas gossip as I find it. I'm supposing anybody who has anything to say about this weekend is still trying to recover...