Las Vegas was certainly an interesting place to visit. I’m not going to outright tell you that I enjoy it, because quite frankly, I didn’t.

I think Las Vegas is a pathetic city, if one can even call it a city. It’s more of a hub of stupidity designed to house lots of people for no specific reason. The only purposes, per se, are sex and money. Both are expected to consume much of your time while in the city of sin.

Regardless of the reputation, or the supposed deviations that must occur, this is the description of my trip. Hopefully pictures can summarize everything succinctly.

Day 1: Arrival in the hotel. We drive out onto the strip and shoot some b-roll for the introduction of Fast Lane Daily.

Day 2: SEMA does not begin until Tuesday, so in order to gain any footage, we walk the showroom floor in hopes of running into something cool. Luckily we did.

Upon walking onto the showroom floor, we bumped into this amazing Carrera GT, and the guy was kindly enough to offer revving it for us. That was great.

We get back to the hotel and I begin editing and preparing some basic things.

After getting some things done, we went to the Wynn Hotel to meet up with Brian, a Fast Lane Daily fan, and friend. While doing so, Kenny took a breather.

The next day comes, and Ashley Van Dyke makes her appearance.

After filming all sorts of things, I get back to the room and continue the daily grind that is on-the-road work. My editing cubicle, and view from the desk.

The next day is a big one. We have two interviews, and one proposed third interview.

50 Cent and Jerome Williams are first on the list. Ashley interviews them, and I film.

After that, I went back to editing quickly. (See daily grind photo above)

Not so shortly after, we went to a Chip Foose press-related event. Luckily, things paid off, and Ashley Van Dyke managed to get us an exclusive interview. (With the help of Kenny Herman, of course)

Only three groups of people were allowed to interview him. The New York Times, AOL Automotive, and us, Fast Lane Daily. Go team, go.

The following day, Wednesday, was full of more surprises. We met with Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of the famous Gran Tourismo game series. It was an amazing interview, done by Alex Roy. We had a great time.

If you’re interested in watching the interview, it will be a special episode of Fast Lane Daily, coming out at some point this week… when I get down to editing it.

(Left: Vinny Russo, Right: Matt Farah)

Thursday, by far, was the best day of the trip. We did the typical stuff, and then thanks to Vinny Russo, were able to get a Lamborghini Gallardo SE.

(Left to Right: Vinny Russo, JF Musial, Kenny Herman, Matt Farah)

I used the rented Escalade we had, and filmed from the roof.

Kenny took me on a ride to get some driving shots.

I went home and edited the episode as usual. Following some editing, we headed to the CEC party.

Sydney got to meet and give the Michelin man a kiss. He was happy.

Following this, we headed to an exclusive GT5 party, where Chris Cornell performed live. The entire party was comprised of no more than maybe 250 people. We were definitely living in glory, with VIP passes and an open bar.

Matt Farah and Kenny Herman both got to meet Chris Cornell after his performance. I got to meet the drummer, and he grabbed a drink for Sydney, JF and myself. I don’t know what time the night ended, but needless to say, it was amazing… and yes, alcohol was involved. I’m not going to lie.

Friday was yet another exciting day, as the show was ending early. Matt Farah and Alex Roy walked around the show creating a large number of small segments of “Best of the Best and Worst of the Worst”.

Later that evening, we decided to film an epic event, involving Rascal mobile chairs. I won’t go into detail, because that is a post within itself.

Here is the final episode of our SEMA coverage… enjoy.

I would also like to add some credits to this post. If you’ve been omitted, or want something removed, please let me know. Check out more photos here.

JF Musial - Thanks for the photography and secondary work while I was editing.
Ashley Van Dyke - Thanks for getting some interviews for us.
Matt Farah & Alex Roy - Thank you for performing some hilariously mind blowing things.
Vinny Russo - Your connections rule, thank you for helping us get what we needed… and more.

Countless others, thank you for contributing small things that I don’t remember. Please let me know if you’re missing, I don’t want to leave people out. Unfortunately my memory is terrible.

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