Well, I’m back. I had an amazing time in Las Vegas, seeing the sights, gambling and eating some of the world’s finest and worst cuisine. I ended up winning just enough money playing poker to pay for the trip and food and cover my losses at the craps tables. By the way, if you ever reach onto the table while I’m shooting the dice, I absolutely will cut your hand off.
But enough about my hobbies; I have one more update I wanted to throw out, now that I’m on the East Coast again. There are some gadgets I brought along with me to test out for just such an occasion.
First of all, this week was a prime chance to try out my new Butterfly from American Express. I have been a Gold Card member for two years and, one day last month, I got this box in the mail from Amex. In the box were a new card and a key-chain, which I thought was weird because I had just received my new credit card a few weeks previously. Then I realized the key-chain was actually a new gadget that allowed you to fold up your card and carry it on your key-chain wherever you went.
I thought this was absolutely absurd at first and thought I would lose it with a degree of certainty.
The card is actually a neat new toy. The number on the butterfly card is different than the regular card, so if you do indeed lose your keys or the butterfly gadget, you don’t have to replace your entire Gold Card account.
The first unsuspecting merchant I sprung the butterfly on was the bartender at Wolfgang Puck’s in Boston’s Logan Airport, and he had no clue what I was giving him. “It’s kinda neat, but I thought you were giving me your keys,” he said.
Next test, I removed my keys from the butterfly as I clearly did not need them in Las Vegas. Oddly enough, we ate at another Wolfgang Puck's, this time at Spago in Caesar’s Palace. No comments this time; the waiter took the metal trinket, opened it, swiped it, and brought it back with a slightly larger monthly balance pending.
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